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2000+ Stories. 1 Winner.
The Journey Begins.
The competition was fierce. One story rose to the top.
Join our community for exclusive production insights as this winning story becomes a film - from script to screen.
Meet the winner: Pushing Daisy
Watch the live reveal and meet the finalists:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mENGutnmFeo
PUSHING DAISY Wins Kinolime Shorts Competition
Meet Eduard Mitra
& All Finalists
After reading through 2000+ scripts and some seriously passionate voting from our community, we're so excited to announce that PUSHING DAISY by Eduard Mitra has won the Kinolime Shorts Competition!
Second and third place are in — and they brought the heat. Check out the runner-ups, then explore the full archive to see every screenplay that made it into the competition.