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On Jan. 25, eight emerging filmmakers were shortlisted for the 2024 Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award, presented in collaboration with the Ghetto Film School and Fifth Season, the global art platform.

Octavia Anderson, Jonathan Estrada-Salazar, Celine Eva, Jeanine Fiser, Kaylen Ng, Miguel Ramirez, Kat Torres and Britt Williams make up the short list of filmmakers chosen by a jury of leaders in arts and entertainment that includes vp, television development and production at Fifth Season Mina Baban; artist Jose Dávila; Deutsche Bank Management board member Claudio de Sanctis; director of Americas at Frieze Christine Messineo; writer and director Julio Quintana; head of content for 1Community Ameet Shukla; and CEO of Ghetto Film School Montea Robinson.

Now the winner has been announced: The 2024 Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award, now in its fifth year, was given to Ng and announced at a private invitation-only ceremony on March 1 during Frieze...

Kaylen Ng was named as the recipient of the $10,000 Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award on Friday at the renowned art fair. Meanwhile, Britt Williams was announced as the winner of the $2,500 Audience Award, voted for by the public.

Ng and Williams received their prizes during a special invitation-only ceremony at the fair. Realized in collaboration with acclaimed non-profit Ghetto Film School and global film and TV studio Fifth Season, the Frieze Los Angeles Film Award has been widely recognized within the industry as an incubator for next-generation talent.

Ng is a first-generation Singaporean American producer and writer with a degree in creative producing and virtual production from Chapman University’s Dodge College. She was a 2022 Coca-Cola Refreshing Films finalist and a 2023 Television Academy Foundation Star Trek Command Training Program fellow. With previous experience at Proximity Media, Starz and Lionsgate, Ng currently works as the executive assistant to the...