RIBBON Presents Full Short

Full Short is an initiative which aims to empower Ukrainian filmmakers and amplify their voices on the global stage. Roman Coppola’s Decentralized Pictures (DCP), in partnership with Kyiv-based Kinotron Group for Full Short, awarded essential funding, mentorship, and professional development to four Ukrainian citizens. Selected by a jury composed of DCP board members and prominent figures from Ukraine’s filmmaking community, each winner receives $20,000 to produce a short film in Ukraine. 

The films will be completed by the end of September 2025, and sent to international film festivals to preview in Fall/Winter 2025.

Timeline:

Submission Start: 3 Dec 2024

Submission End: 31 Jan 2025

Peer Review End: 14 Feb 2025

Jury Deliberation and Final Selection of Recipients: Feb—Mar 2025

Final Recipients Announced (target): 8 Mar 2025

Finished Films (Target): 30 Sep 2025

After a thorough review of all 241 submitted applications, the international jury is ready to announce the winners.

In its final decision the jury considered the originality of artistic vision, the applicants’ mastery of the short form, as well as peer review ratings.

Based on the voting results, a $20,000 grant for the creation of their short films goes to:

1.⁠ ⁠Animated project “Oasis of Good Things”, directed by Anastasiia Falileieva

2.⁠ ⁠Fiction project “Dirt”, directed by Lada Kopytova

3.⁠ ⁠Documentary project “On a Steep Cliff”, directed by Taras Spivak

4.⁠ ⁠Documentary project “The White Cliffs of Vinnytsia”, directed by Karolina Uskakovych