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Hot Films in the Making

Hot Films in the Making are films that we highly support. They have excellent concepts and brilliant filmmakers, they should be in our finals in the future.

We give each filmmaker chosen for our Hot Films in the Making the opportunity to add their projects to this list.  It is their choice.

Please check out the films that interest you and give them your support!

 

Spring Grant 2025 Hot Films in the Making

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Little River

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A Native American man restores his tribe’s sacred spaces in an effort to piece back together a culture that was nearly lost.

Life & Series Documentaries (Life & The Earth, Life & The Ocean, Life & The Universe)

Web/TV Series

youtube.com

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Original, expert-written documentaries on Paleontology, Astronomy, and Ocean Science — crafted as immersive, calming experiences for curious minds and TV screens alike.

Voiced by Steve Taylor (Kurzgesagt) and Leo Richards (Natural World Facts).

No AI. Just real science, beautifully told.

When I Die

Documentary

whenidiefilm.com

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“When I die, I only want to be touched by hands that love me.” Set in rural Ontario, WHEN I DIE is a feature documentary about five women who take on the ultimate responsibility: taking care of their friend’s body in her home when she dies, and arranging her backyard funeral and green burial. Fearing it will all go sideways, what surprises them is how much healing takes place as they offer their final acts of love. One of those women, Megan, is so moved by the powerful experience that she resolves to make home death care and green burial accessible to her community and beyond.

The Neighbors We Left Behind

Documentary

ephil.work

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In the shadows of Music City, unhoused individuals and their fierce advocates battle local legislators as they pass the harshest anti-camping law in the country. This in-depth documentary closely examines systemic processes that have failed those most in need, and how states across the nation are gearing up to follow suit.

Just One Night 2

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JUST ONE NIGHT” is a feature film about the meaning of life. AMEN SAHRAEI, a talented and visionary filmmaker, now directs this feature film at the age of twenty-eight, reflecting the inner crises of modern human existence. The story follows a young girl who, at the peak of hopelessness, decides to end her life,but encounters someone who changes her mind.This fateful meeting becomes the turning point of the story, where the woman decides, with all her being, to live.The film will be produced in the United States and shot on location using local actors.this film’s a spiritual continuation of the critically acclaimed film “A Special Day”which was previously selected in the Hot Films section.

Filthy

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A teenage girl’s first period becomes a rebellion against conservative culture when she transforms her shame into war paint, inspiring both her peers and her conflicted mother to break free from female oppression.

Washed Up

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A Cornish artist struggling to keep her home accidentally falls in love with a nomadic Selkie.

JUST ONE NIGHT

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“JUST ONE NIGHT” is a feature film about the meaning of life.
AMEN SAHRAEI, a talented and visionary filmmaker, now directs this feature film at the age of twenty-eight, reflecting the inner crises of modern human existence. The story follows a young girl who, at the peak of hopelessness, decides to end her life,but encounters someone who changes her mind.This fateful meeting becomes the turning point of the story, where the woman decides, with all her being, to live.The film will be produced in the United States and shot on location using local actors.this film’s a spiritual continuation of the critically acclaimed film “A Special Day”which was previously selected in the Hot Films section.

HARMACY

Documentary

harmacyfilm.com

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HARMACY is character-driven documentary that reveals the systemic failures inside the U.S. pharmacy industry through the eyes of those most affected: patients, pharmacists, and whistleblowers. The film blends cinema vérité with stylized interviews, animated graphics, archival news footage, and gallows humor. We are guided through the film by pharmacist-comedian Dr. Maurice Shaw, whose stand-up performances punctuate throughout, allowing viewers to laugh through the horror and absurdity. Imagine the investigatory edge of The Bleeding Edge meets the dark humor and cultural indictment of LuLaRich.

The Atonement

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The Atonement series follows seasoned “big-city” Detective Robert Grant as he returns to his hometown to investigate the murder of a local woman. His drive to untangle a web of secrets and lies brings him face-to-face with a past trauma he’s struggling hard to forget.
In a town where trust is a rare commodity, Grant finds unlikely alliance and solace with Emily Thornton – a battered woman with a dark secret of her own.
With its compelling ensemble cast of characters and haunting backdrop of rural Georgia, The Atonement series tells a story that stays with you long after its truth is revealed.

Zugzwang

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A private detective takes a job, hoping for redemption and finds herself in the midst of an ever-expanding world of corruption.

She Cries Murder

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Two brother private investigators work to solve the death of a woman’s husband. A case local police concluded was a suicide.

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