Shira Baron and Marian De Pontes are the winners of the seventh annual Horizon Award, an honor presented to emerging female filmmakers. According to Screen Daily, Baron and De Pontes will both receive a $2,500 grant, mentorship, and industry exposure for their respective shorts, “De Sol a Sol” and “Etana.”

Runners-up Maria Alvarez, Godgift Emesi, Roxanne Stevens Ibarra, Tiffany Ike, and Kaya Trefz will each receive $500, mentorship, and industry exposure.

“During an unprecedented year, it was more important than ever for us to honor and support the next generation of female-identifying and non-binary filmmakers,” Horizon Awards co-founder Lynette Howell Taylor said. “Having so many young women create and submit an incredible number of original, thought-provoking short films during a pandemic is truly inspiring – proving once again that female talent is out there, just waiting for an opportunity.”

Mentors for this year’s program include prize founders Taylor, Christine Vachon, and Cassian Elwes. They are joined by producers Blye Faust (“Spotlight”) and Susan Margolin (“The Rape of Recy Taylor”), Sundance’s Michelle Satter, and more.

Horizon’s founders also announced that 2019 honoree Zenzele Ojore won the inaugural Rainbow Award and will receive support as she makes her first feature film. Currently an MFA candidate at NYU, she accepted the Horizon Award for her short “The South Is My Sister’s Skin.”

“Zenzele is an amazing writer, director, and interdisciplinary artist,” Elwes stated. “It is with great joy that our collaboration will advance Horizon’s mission to mentor the next generation of female filmmakers by producing Zenzele’s first feature film.”

Check out “De Sol a Sol” and “Etana” on the Horizon Award’s website.