Apply Now for the Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award 2025

Applications are now open for the Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award 2025. The initiative, presented in partnership with critically acclaimed Ghetto Film School and FIFTH SEASON, offers a platform and development programme to six emerging Los Anzgeles-based filmmakers culminating in two prizes awarded at Frieze Los Angeles in February 2025 – the Jury Award and the Audience Award.

The selected Fellows will participate in an intensive four-month programme led by GFS to produce their films.

A jury comprised of leading figures in contemporary art and entertainment will select the Jury Award winner, while the public will be able to cast their votes and nominate their winner for the Audience Award.

Eligibility

Applicants must be 18 to 34 years old and reside in the greater Los Angeles area. Creative duos and partnerships are not eligible to apply.

Six Fellows will be chosen based on initial applications. In the second phase, the selected Fellows will create a six- to eight-minute narrative film based on a creative prompt.

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Previous winners of the Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award have been Kaylen Ng and Britt Williams in 2024, Irene Gil-Ramon and Shandrea Evans in 2023, Diante Singley and Adham Elnashai in 2022, John Rizkallah and Jane Chow in 2021 and Silvia Lara in 2020.

Watch all the films from previous editions and find out more about the award here.

^{Main image: Britt Williams, SOFT LAUNCH, 2024. Film Still. Winner of the 2024 Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Audience Award}