Since 2019, Film Impact Georgia has awarded $35,000 in grants across 7 cycles. Working with partners and board members, FIG has connected the winning filmmakers with mentors that could assist with film festival strategy, marketing, post-production, securing locations and more.
Visit our Filmmaker Grant page to learn more or submit your short film project to the current grant cycle.
WINNER
Erika Miranda // Trailer [Trash] Magic
“Nine-year-old Fox was born into a family of Mexican witches raised in a trailer park in Georgia. Fox dreams of becoming a Baptist preacher. The only problem is, she might just be the most powerful sorceress of them all.”
WINNER
Hannah Patterson // Late to the Party
“During his 25th birthday party, a Trans man runs into his ex-best friend who ghosted him after he confessed his feelings for her, but she doesn't recognize him post-transition.”
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Shandrea Evans // Bloom
“An introverted teenager and her outspoken best friend discover themselves as their already rocky relationship comes to a boiling head on the hottest, most boring day of summer 2004.”
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Jeremy Thao // Wokman
“Settling into his new responsibilities at his family’s Chinese restaurant, an American-born Chinese boy seeks to better understand his immigrant father’s vision of the American Dream while facing his own challenges from behind the cash register.”
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Andrew J. Lee // A Sparrow Cries At Night
“A child who repairs broken items searches for his brother who went missing in a town full of disappearances.”
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Lev Omelchenko // A Song For Echo
“A blooming year long film that documents and collaborates with Phae and her infant Echo, in their day to day lives as they explore their new world through dance.”
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INÉS MICHELENA // ANGIE
“A fourteen-year-old Latina girl is left to process the rippling effects of her first intimate experience after her best friend pressures her into going on a double date with an older high school boy.”
