Sofia Coppola Launches $20,000 Short Film Award for Emerging Directors — Exclusive

For directors trying to break through in the competitive indie film market, meaningful support can be practically impossible to come by. That’s what makes a powerful new mentorship initiative — backed by none other than the legendary Sofia Coppola — so extraordinary for the right artist. Decentralized Pictures, the nonprofit group founded with support from American Zoetrope (co-founded by Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas in 1969), has just launched the Sofia Coppola Short Film Award. As IndieWire exclusively announces, the new program is designed to identify and elevate a single emerging filmmaker with a distinct creative voice worth championing today.

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