Meet the four award recipients of the “Full Short” Competition!
After a thorough review of all 241 submitted applications, the international jury is finally ready to announce the winners, albeit with a slight delay. In its final decision the jury considered the originality of artistic vision, the applicants’ mastery of the short form, as well as peer review ratings.
Based on the voting results, a $20,000 grant for the creation of their short films goes to:
- Animated project “Oasis of Good Things”, directed by Anastasiia Falileieva
- Fiction project “Dirt”, directed by Lada Kopytova
- Documentary project “On the Steep Cliff”, directed by Taras Spivak
- Documentary project “The White Cliffs of Vinnytsia”, directed by Karolina Uskakovych
Congratulations to the directors! We can’t wait to see your completed films!
An initiative to support Ukrainian filmmaking.
In collaboration with RIBBON and Decentralized Pictures (DCP) we invite Ukrainian filmmakers to apply to win financial support to produce a short fiction, documentary or animation film. As Ukraine continues its fight against the Russian invasion, Full Short offers an opportunity to amplify the voices of filmmakers who are at the forefront of shaping the nation’s contemporary artistic expression.
Four selected directors will be awarded with $20,000 USD of essential funding, mentorship, and professional development.
Submissions can be made through the DCP platform by this link from December the 3d 2024 till January 31st 2025. The symbolic submission fee of $1.5 USD must be paid.
Eligibility:
- Must be either a resident of Ukraine or a Ukrainian citizen living abroad.
- All films must be produced within Ukraine.
- Age restrictions: 18+
- Fiction, documentary or animation projects.
- Submitters must have produced at least one short film prior to submitting.
Dates
Submission Start: December 3, 2024
Submission End: January 31, 2025
Peer Review End: February 7, 2025
Jury Deliberation and Final Selection of Recipients: February 2025
Final Recipients Announced (target): February 28, 2025
Finished Films: September 30, 2025
Selection procedure
4 Recipients will be selected by a Jury composed of DCP board members, including the platform’s co-founder Roman Coppola, representatives of RIBBON, and representatives of the filmmaking community in Ukraine. It is intended that the Ukrainian representatives of the jury will have the final decision on the recipients of this award. The DCP community vote ranking (how it works – by this link) of the films will be taken into consideration in the final selection of Recipients.
General award Rules
- All submissions must be either in English or have English language translation for all materials.
- Filmmakers can submit their applications with or without a producer or production company attached. If a submission is selected and a producer is not already in place, the organizers will work with recipients to find one or assign one.
- All submissions must include:
- A logline
- A synopsis
- Cover art for the project listing and supporting imagery
- For shortlisted projects – A link or upload of 1-3 examples of the filmmakers previously completed films or projects will be needed.
We encourage submitters to include a treatment with visual references and tone, as well as a pitch video in either voiceover or selfie style that may include:
- Who you are as a filmmaker
- Why this film is important to you and the world
- Your influences as a filmmaker
- A clear explanation of the inception of the idea and its development
- Your approach to telling this story and why you have chosen to approach it in this way
Filmmakers are encouraged to visit the Decentralized Pictures platform to review submission guidelines and learn more about the application process.
The funding will be provided in accordance with industry standards. Importantly, no intellectual property (IP) ownership transfer will be required, allowing filmmakers to retain full ownership and creative control over their work. RIBBON, Decentralized Pictures, and Kinotron Group are committed to ensuring that filmmakers preserve their artistic integrity throughout the production process.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to us at full-short@decentralized.pictures.
Organized and/or supported by:
RIBBON is a platform supporting historic and contemporary Ukrainian arts and culture in the form of exhibitions, artist commissions, public programs and grants. RIBBON runs through Ukraine by way of its railway system. Marking nearly three years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, RIBBON aims to provide support to the endangered legacies of Ukraine’s cultural and artistic heritage, as well as to artists, cultural producers, contemporary culture and institutions throughout Ukraine in their fight for cultural autonomy.
Decentralized Pictures (DCP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization seeking to discover new and innovative filmmaking talent. We run a democratic film fund and opportunity pool that allows anyone with internet access to apply for financing or support and to have a say in deciding who is most deserving of our support.
Kinotron Group is a collective of filmmakers based in Kyiv, Ukraine. Their films have been screened at film festivals and art institutions worldwide, including International Film Festival Rotterdam, Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Docudays UA the Institute of Contemporary Art (London) and e-flux (New York).