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Take a look at the three winning short films from this year's Jameson First Shot international short film competition supported by Jameson Irish Whiskey, Kevin Spacey and Trigger Street Productions. This is the fifth year of the Jameson First Shot contest, and three filmmakers were chosen from around the world to make short films starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and produced by Trigger Street. A few weeks back we wrote about the winners and who they were, now we finally get to see the short films they made. These were first premiered at an event in Los Angeles a few weeks ago, now they can be seen online in full. In addition, we had the chance to ask one of them, Cameron Thrower, a few questions about breaking into the industry. The three First Shot winners for 2016 are: Cameron Thrower (from the Us), Kat Wood (from the UK), and Jason Perini (from...

There are filmmaking contests, then there are real filmmaking contests. This is one of the best, a real chance to break into the industry and work with genuine talent. The top three winners of the fifth year of Jameson First Shot international short film competition supported by Jameson Irish Whiskey, Kevin Spacey and Trigger Street Productions, will be featured at an event this weekend in Los Angeles - called The Weekender. This year's three winners are: Cameron Thrower (from the Us), Kat Wood (from the UK), and Jason Perini (from Australia). After submitting their original scripts, these three filmmakers were given a chance to actually produce and film their short films starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and produced by Trigger Street. From Kevin Spacey: "How many great untold stories are out there? Jameson First Shot wants to provide a platform for burgeoning filmmakers who have a vision and a voice, but...

Australian actor Jason Perini has won the Jameson First Shot competition and will direct Maggie Gyllenhaal in a short film produced by Kevin Spacey and his producing partner at Trigger Street Productions, Dana Brunetti..

Perini joins finalists Cameron Thrower (California) and Kat Wood (Sheffield, England) in heading to La, where he'll shoot his film titled The New Empress.

Gyllenhaal and Trigger Street whittled the 2,700 entries down to twenty before deciding on the final three.

Perini has previously appeared in Underbelly as well as in two shorts he also wrote, Casa del Suenos (2015) and A Little Bit Behind (2011).

The three winners were surprised in their hometowns with billboards featuring their names next to Gyllenhaal's (see video above).

The actress, whose credits include The Dark Knight and Secretary, told Indiewire that "out of the twenty scripts, it was totally clear to me which three I can make. It's not that those three were objectively better,...