The San Francisco Film Society (SFFS) and Kenneth Rainin Foundation (KRF) have selected the finallists for the latest round of SFFS / KRF Filmmaking Grants.

Up to $300,000 will be awarded to one or more narrative feature film projects at various stages of production. SFFS / KRF Filmmaking Grants are awarded twice annually to narrative feature films that will have “significant economic or professional impact on the Bay Area filmmaking community.”

To date more than $2.8m has been awarded since the launch of the Film Society’s flagship grant programme in 2009. Winners of the spring 2015 SFFS / KRF Filmmaking Grants will be announced in May.

SPRING 2015 SFFS / KRF FILMMAKING GRANT FINALLISTS

Blustar – Stella Kyriakopoulos, co-writer-director and Margaret Shin, co-writer
Screenwriting

Chickenshit – Jessica dela Merced, writer-director
Screenwriting

The Fixer – Ian Olds, writer-director, and Caroline von Kuhn, producer
Production

Freeland – Mario Furloni and Kate McLean, co-writer-directors
Screenwriting     

Jones – Sally El Hosaini, writer-director
Screenwriting

The Last Black Man In San Francisco– Joseph Talbot, writer-director and Rolla Selbak, producer
Pre-production

The Last Prairie – Chloé Zhao, writer/director
Screenwriting

Mustang – Laure de Clermont Tonnerre, writer-director
Screenwriting           

Oscillate Wildly – Travis Mathews, writer-director
Production

Patti Cake$ – Geremy Jasper, writer-director, and Michael Gottwald, producer
Pre-production   

Reza And The Refugee – Aaron Douglas Johnston, writer-director
Screenwriting

Sorry To Bother You – Boots Riley (pictured), writer-director, and George Rush, producer
Screenwriting

Staring At The Sun – Ryan Piers Williams, writer/director
Screenwriting

Untitled Whaling Project – Jesse Moss, writer-director
Screenwriting           

What Waits For Them In Darkness – Stephen Dunn, writer-director
Screenwriting

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