by Jeroslyn JoVonn
October 22, 2025
TDE has chosen 5 LA-based filmmakers with numerous tales to inform as a part of its inaugural Brief Movie Fund.
TDE Movies, the movie division of Grammy-winning Prime Dawg Leisure, has introduced 5 Los Angeles-based filmmakers as recipients of its inaugural Brief Movie Fund.
On Oct. 22, rising filmmakers Diamond Batiste, Ciara Boniface, Jeremy Hsing, Alejandra López, and Brittany Alexia Younger had been named the inaugural cohort for TDE’s first-ever Brief Movie Fund. The initiative, launched by the media powerhouse behind Grammy-winning artists Kendrick Lamar, SZA, and Doechii, will present the filmmakers with full sources to provide quick movies exploring points affecting their communities.
“Our purpose with TDE Movies’ Brief Movie Fund is to assemble a roster of filmmakers who’ve highly effective tales to inform and assist them with the financing, instruments, sources, and mentorship they should thrive in TV and movie,” TDE Founder and CEO Anthony “Prime Dawg” Tiffith stated in a press launch.
Among the many upcoming shorts, Diamond Batiste’s The Artwork of Deception follows a struggling freelance artist who turns into the sugar child of a world-renowned artist and collector in her pursuit of fame and fortune. Her quest takes a darkish flip when she discovers the artist is a serial killer who turns victims into macabre artworks. Jeremy Hsing’s Huge Baller Boy explores the story of an anxious 15-year-old making an attempt to impress his former basketball-phenom father by making the college group, just for each father and son to be taught there’s extra to life than basketball.
Brittany Younger’s Bossanova follows a washed-up WWE star who receives an sudden lesson in self-acceptance after confronting his drag queen son for utilizing his stage identify. Alejandra López’s Salmon Run tells the story of a determined Puerto Rican mom who takes a job at a salmon manufacturing facility in city Los Angeles, solely to uncover a sinister plot after her finest good friend mysteriously disappears. Ciara Boniface’s Candy Vincent facilities on knowledgeable jazz musician and her former lover, each haunted by grief as they battle to reconcile on the day of a life-changing efficiency.
Launched in March 2025, TDE Movies continues the model’s legacy of masterful storytelling by amplifying numerous tales that replicate daring, genuine, and provocative narratives that problem and encourage tradition. Following its preliminary foray into movie with the December 2024 premiere of author/director Britt Banks’ quick, We Are Not Okay, the corporate was impressed by the constructive reception and created the Brief Movie Fund to offer rising filmmakers with the sources wanted to deliver their distinctive visions to life.
“Now we have a observe report of making the most important artists on this planet who’re recognized for his or her fearless storytelling,” Tiffith stated. “I consider this fund will assist us uncover a brand new technology of behind-the-camera expertise whose tales are able to be seen.”
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