Silver Lake Shorts Fellowships
The Silver Lake Shorts Fellowship is designed to support
Los Angeles-based artists making bold, distinct and personal work.
Our intention is to provide filmmakers with the financial resources to fund a short film (animated or live action) that they would not
be able to make otherwise.
The film created will be entirely owned by the creator.
We will screen it, help get it seen by our industry partners and contacts, and assist with the submission process to other festivals.
Our logo will also be included in the credits.
Each filmmaker will receive $5,000 per film.
This $5,000 must go towards the full completion of the work with
the Silver Lake Shorts Fellowship serving as the financier of the work.
The film must be no shorter than one minute in length
and no longer than five minutes in length.
All films must be completed within a year from the date
of receiving the grant money.
Additionally, the fellowship will also include connecting recipients
with an industry mentor who will help guide them through the
filmmaking process from pre-production to post-production.
This sponsorship is made possible thanks to the generous support of
Paramount's Content For Change, GIPHY Arts, Titmouse,
The Animation Guild Foundation and Toon Boom.
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2024 Silver Lake Shorts Fellows:​​
Jewell Karinen
Luis Reyes
Christina Fidler
Arius Ziaee
Kat Messing
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We are so incredibly proud of the work that each fellow put into their applications and can't wait to share updates throughout the process!
The SLS team is thrilled to be able to empower these amazing artists
with the support of our community.
We did this together!
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More info on the 2025 Silver Lake Shorts Fellowship Application
process will be released later this year.
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Let's make some more art!
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