Filmz Hub on Instagram: "Did you know Whiplash began as a short film? When Damien Chazelle couldn’t secure funding for a full-length feature, he turned the story into an 18-minute proof of concept instead. That short premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Short Film Jury Award — instantly proving the film’s intensity and vision. That win changed everything. Funding followed, the short was expanded into a feature, and Whiplash went on to become a modern classic. The film u