ShortList 2016: Finalists Talk About Selling Wedding Rings to Pay for Projects (Video)

No matter the length of your finished product, there’s nothing easy — or cheap — about making a movie.

That was the lesson the finalists in TheWrap’s fifth annual ShortList Film Festival shared at an awards ceremony Wednesday night at YouTube Space LA.

Jim Cummings discussed the lengths to which he went to raise money for his short, “Thunder Road,” the winner of the Creators League Prize.

At one point, he said, he even sold the wedding rings from his recently dissolved marriage to help fund the project.

Also Read: 'Slingshot,' 'Maman(s)' and 'Thunder Road' Take Prizes at TheWrap's ShortList Film Festival

Other winners included Maïmouna Doucouré’s “Maman(s),” which picked up the IMAX Industry Prize, and David Hansen’s “Slingshot,” which earned the Audience Award by receiving the most votes from viewers visiting the ShortList website since nominations were announced on August 9.

Watch the video above.

The Scene at ShortList 2016: TheWrap's 5th Annual Short Film Festival (Photos)

TheWrap's Sharon Waxman and Steve Pond join the finalists at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival on Wedenesday night at YouTube Space LA.
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"Maman(s)" director Maïmouna Doucouré accepts the Imax Jury Prize at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Slingshot" director David Hansen accepts the Audience Prize at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Thunder Road" director Jim Cummings accepts the Creators League Prize at the fith annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Finalists on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Jury members Catherine Hardwicke, Kevin Iwashina, Bec Smith, Jennifer Levine and TheWrap's Sharon Waxman at the ShortList Film Festival ceremony.
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Finalist filmmakers mingle at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Glove" directors Alexa Lim Haas and Bernardo Britto at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Thunder Road" director Jim Cummings and PepsiCo's Ally Polly at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"The Send-Off" directors Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan talk budgets at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Director Jörn Threlfall, jury member Jennifer Levine, Sharon Waxman and director Maïmouna Doucouré at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"These C*cksucking Tears" director Dan Taberski speaks at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Boxeadora" director Meg Smaker speaks on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Jury members Catherine Hardwicke, Kevin Iwashina, Bec Smith, Jennifer Levine and TheWrap's Sharon Waxman.
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TheWrap's Sharon Waxman and "Over" director Jörn Threlfall at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Honest Trailers" creator Andy Signore at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival, who presented the Audience Prize
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Killer" director Matt Kazman at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Glove" directors Alexa Lim Haas and Bernardo Britto at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Finalist filmmakers mingle at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Maman(s)" director Maïmouna Doucouré speaks on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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TheWrap's Sharon Waxman opens the awards ceremony at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Finalists on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Finalists on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Maman(s)" director Maïmouna Doucouré on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Finalists on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Finalists on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Finalists on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Thunder Road" director Jim Cummings on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Directors Maïmouna Doucouré and Dan Taberski at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Jury member Jennifer Levine at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Slingshot" director David Hansen at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Boxeadora" director Meg Smaker at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"These C*cksucking Tears" director Dan Taberski at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Maman(s)" director Maïmouna Doucouré at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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Jury member Kevin Iwashina at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"The Send-Off" directors Ivete Lucas and Patrick Bresnan at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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PepsiCo's Ally Polly at the 5th Annual ShortList Film Festival.
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TheWrap's Sharon Waxman at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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PepsiCo's Ally Polly on stage at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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TheWrap's Sharon Waxman and Jury member Catherine Hardwicke at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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"Slingshot" director David Hansen at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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The crowd at the fifth annual ShortList Film Festival.
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