Aspen Film’s Shortsfest is recognized as one of the premier short film festivals in North America. This Oscar®-qualifying film festival embraces diverse sensibilities and subjects that capture the zeitgeist of today’s short. Following in the tradition of Shortsfest official selections going on to Oscar® success, Bear Story (Chile) won the Oscar® for Best Animated Short Film in 2016, and We Can’t Live Without Cosmos (Russian Federation) and Shok (Republic of Kosovo/UK) were nominated.