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Sony Future Filmmakers Awards Names Shortlisted Finalists (EXCLUSIVE)
Sony has announced its shortlists for the Future Filmmaker Awards.
The selected works span a diverse array of stories, including a drama about an inmate firefighter battling parole denial amidst a historic blaze, a tale of Chilean shellfish divers searching for answers about a missing relative under Pinochet’s regime, an animated fable of a piglet and a wolf forging an unlikely friendship, an elderly fieldworker outshining her AI substitute, and a stirring exploration of Australia’s First Nations using fire to renew the land. The judging panel of industry leaders includes filmmaker and writer Minhal Baig (We Grown Now”); President of 3000 Pictures Elizabeth Gabler (“Where the Crawdads Sing”); Jason Reitman (“Saturday Night”); and director and Chair of the Jury Justin Chadwick (“Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”). Hayder Hoozeer (UK) & Franz Böhm (Germany), The National Film & Television School,“Rock Paper Scissors” – Based on a true story, a father and son in a warzone hospital facelife-or-death choices as their hideout becomes increasingly compromised.
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