Zawan Mahmoud and Viviane Charlestin are the winners of the 2020 Horizon Award for rising female filmmakers. Prize founders Christine Vachon, Lynette Howell Taylor, and Cassian Elwes presented the honors yesterday at Sundance, Screen Daily reports. They also recognized Eaza Shukla with the Animation Award.

The annual Horizon Award comes with a $6,000 grant, an all-expenses-paid mentorship at Sundance, and support for the winners as they build their career.

Horizon Award organizers contacted schools around the world for short film submissions. Vachon, Taylor, and Elwes selected the winners with Sundance Feature Film Director Michelle Satter from a shortlist created by Dee Rees. Rees’ latest offering, Anne Hathaway-starrer “The Last Thing He Wanted,” is set to make its world premiere at the fest tonight.

“This year, we continue to lift up underrepresented women, both in front of and behind the camera,” said Taylor. “It is an honor to be a part of this for the past six years, and I am humbled and inspired by everyone who generously gives their time and money towards this endeavor.”

“I’m so proud of what we’ve accomplished with the Horizon Award. Each year it goes from strength to strength both in the quality and quantity of the submissions,” added Elwes. “One day there will equality for female directors in our business. Until then we will keep trying to make a difference.”

Mahmoud, a student at the University of Washington, won for “A Women’s Revolution.” Charlestin, of Loyola Marymount University, is being honored for “Black Sparrow.” Shukla, a computer animation student at Ringling College of Art and Design, received the Animation Award for “Regifted.”

Check out Mahmoud and Charlestin’s shorts on the Horizon Award’s website.