From Variety · Tanya Fedak · · 1m 10s
Vimeo puts $300,000 behind five new filmmakers
Vimeo's short film grant doubles its pot, and five emerging directors split the money plus mentorship.
In brief
Vimeo's short film grant doubles its pot, and five emerging directors split the money plus mentorship. Five emerging filmmakers will each get funding, mentorship and resources from a $300,000 pool to make an original short. Originally reported by Variety.
Vimeo doubles the pot
The second annual Short Film Grant Program comes with $300,000, twice what Vimeo put up last year.
Five filmmakers split it
The money goes to five emerging filmmakers, who each get funding to make an original short.
Money is not the whole prize
Winners also get mentorship and resources meant to speed up the filmmaking process and their careers beyond this one short.
Betting before the world notices
Vimeo's pitch is the early bet: backing a filmmaker in the window before anyone knows the name.
“So many filmmakers attribute their success to the moment when someone took a chance on their work”
Hunting the next generation
Ina Pira, head of curation at Vimeo, frames the grant as a discovery tool for filmmakers who need backing and a community around them.
“give them the resources, encouragement and community support they need”
A second year, scaled up
Doubling the prize in year two signals Vimeo wants the grant to be a real launchpad, not a one-off marketing gesture.
The essence
Five emerging filmmakers will each get funding, mentorship and resources from a $300,000 pool to make an original short.
