Silver Lake Shorts Fellowships
The Silver Lake Shorts Fellowship is designed to support
California based artists making bold, original work.
We provide filmmakers with the financial resources to fund a short film (animated or live action) that they would not
be able to make otherwise.
Each filmmaker will receive $5,000 per film.
This money 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
and no longer than five minutes in length.
All films must be completed within a year from the date
of receiving the grant money.
The film created will be entirely owned by the creator.
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We will screen it, help it get exposure with our industry partners and contacts and assist with the submission process to other festivals.
Our logo will also be included in the credits.
We will also connect each recipient 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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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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The 2025 Silver Lake Shorts Fellowship applications
are currently being reviewed.
2025 fellows will be announced later this year.
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Let's make some more art!
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