Announcing the Quarterfinalists for the Rue Dangeau Short Film Grant!

In February, thanks to our friends at Moviemaker Magazine, we announced our first ever Short Film Grant!

This month, not only will we be choosing a short film to win a $2,000 cash prize, but also we have incredible sponsors who will help the winning project from pre-production to production to post-production and on to festivals!

The prize package includes:

• 80% discounted camera package from Rare Breeds Camera Rentals

• free Color & Finishing from Neon Diesel

• 40% off all Post services from The Garrison

• free DCP creation from DCPforAll

• discounted 2-ton G&E truck rental from Lucky Ones Collective

• free 1-hour mentoring session with Katie Bignell at Festival Formula

• free 1-hour mentoring session with Alexander Jeffrey at Bespoke Works

• 50% off key art / poster services from graphic designer Jackie Berliant

• free waiver codes to submit to Heartland, Phoenix, Port Townsend, Julien Dubuque, Dances with Films, El Dorado, Charlotte, Rock the Shorts, Waco Indie film festivals, and more!

After weeks of evaluating submissions, we have finally narrowed it down to the 32 Quarterfinalists!

Our 32 Quarter-Finalists are:

Melissa Puente - A New Address
ZhuZha Akova - ApologyProxy
Valeria Cazares - Baby Teeth
Jasmine J. Johnson - Break
Emma Josephson - Don’t Be Weird
Sara Silkin - E.V.E.
Marianne Vail - Eclipse
Julie Sharbutt - Every Night at Midnight
Olivia Sandoval - Everywhere You Go, There You Are
Riley Scott - Gorge
Keaton Morris-Stan - Gorgeous As You Are
Kathy Meng - Gwada
Iman June Blackwell - Holy Hustle
Mark Apicella - Home
Sara Reshamwala - Home Video #1
Arom Choi - How to Make Cold Buckwheat Soup

Rebecca Lerman - In Red
Ava Acres - Junebug
Anastasiya Sergienya - Kalyady’s Light
Juan Herrera - Light of My Life
Tallulah Bark-Huss - Mensch
Matt Balcerek - Negative Split
Thea Lux - No Easy Way Back
Jeryl Parade - Orthodox Girl
Anastasia Olowin - Pauline Retrograde
Cephra Stuart - Safety First
Michael Hyon Johnson - Squad
Alyssa Rallo Bennett & Gary O. Bennett - State Crossed Lovers
Marta Roncada - The Good, the Bad, and the Beauty
Dazhi Huang - The Hole to Heaven
Matthew Campanella - The Name Between Us
Rose McAleese - Very Boring, Very Fast

We expect to announce our 16 Semifinalists by the end of the week! Thank you to everyone who submitted. It was incredibly difficult to narrow it down to these 32 amazing short film projects.