{"id":3990,"date":"2026-07-21T17:37:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3990"},"modified":"2026-07-21T17:37:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T17:37:58","slug":"nfmla-expands-newnarratives-grants-and-adds-absurd-fellowship-for-emerging-auteurs-to-use-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3990","title":{"rendered":"NFMLA Expands NewNarratives Grants and Adds Absurd Fellowship for Emerging Auteurs to Use AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tNewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) is continuing its push to invest in fresh narratives.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3988\">Kaylee Hottle, \u2018Godzilla Vs. Kong\u2019 Actress, Dies at 18<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe organization \u2014 a year-round nonprofit founded in 2007 and \u201cdedicated to discovering, championing and advancing emerging filmmakers from around the world\u201d \u2014 has expanded its NewNarratives initiative by increasing available grant funding to $35,000 and adding a new fellowship component backed by Absurd.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tNewNarratives was launched in 2021 in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery as an international grant focused on emerging storytellers with \u201cdistinctive creative voices,\u201d helping them make the leap from idea to completed project. So far, the program has fielded more than 1,175 applications from more than 89 countries and invested nearly $300,000.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis year\u2019s NewNarratives installment will be spread across six grants in three categories. The core grants are supported by the Rhulen Family Foundation in honor of Anthony Rhulen (<em>The Butterfly Effect<\/em>), and will see four unrestricted grants of $5,000 each go to filmmakers developing narrative, documentary, animation, experimental or episodic projects at any stage. <\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn its second year, the NewNarratives environmental storytelling grant will award one $5,000 grant to a short currently in post-production that explores environmental sustainability, conservation, climate or humanity\u2019s relationship with the natural world. The grant is possible through support of Athens Services.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3986\">Ed Harris Slams His \u2018Dutton Ranch\u2019 Role: \u201cGet Me the F*** Out of Here\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tAnd new for this year, NFMLA is introducing a NewNarratives Absurd AI storytelling grant, which will award one $10,000 grant to an emerging filmmaker developing a short or feature film at any stage of production across any genre including fiction, live action, animation or experimental. The grant will be accompanied by a three-month fellowship for the artist to explore using Absurd\u2019s AI storytelling tools. Absurd will onboard beta users on Aug. 3.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWe have seen filmmakers use Absurd to secure six-figure commercial opportunities, get their ideas in front of major studios and production companies and create stories that they wrote 10 years ago,\u201d said Philip Ho, CEO and co-founder of Absurd. \u201cWhen experimentation becomes more affordable and accessible, filmmakers can bring bigger, stranger and more personal ideas into the room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cIndependent filmmaking has never lacked bold ideas. What it lacks is meaningful financial investment,\u201d said NFMLA co-founder and executive director Larry Laboe and programming director Bojana Sandic in a joint statement. \u201cNewNarratives exists because we believe extraordinary careers begin long before distribution deals, festival premieres, or awards recognition are realized. By supporting filmmakers at the earliest stages of their creative journey, we\u2019re not only investing in individual projects, but in the future voices that will absolutely shape our industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/uspropertymoves.com\/?p=3984\">\u2018The Brutalist\u2019 EP, \u2018Nawi\u2019 Makers Strike Three-Film Co-Pro Deal, Set Kenya Soccer Doc \u2018Champions of Nowhere\u2019 (Exclusive)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tApplications for the NewNarratives program are now open to members of NFMLA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NewNarratives Absurd AI storytelling grant will award one $10,000 grant to a filmmaker developing a short or feature at any stage of production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2766],"class_list":["post-3990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting","tag-newfilmmakers-la"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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