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CLASSROOM 4 : AZYEP Podcast | AZYEP + Adele Craft, KDNK Community Radio
May 21, 2025
Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program Interns Charlie, Zenobia, and Caden interview members of the cast and team behind CLASSROOM 4, a short film that was shown at Aspen Film’s Shortsfest in April. CLASSROOM 4 follows a course taught inside a prison, involving students from a nearby college and incarcerated students, about the history of crime […]
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LIVESTREAMS WITH GRANDMAPUZZLES Doc Lands at Switchboard | Peter White, DEADLINE
April 29, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: A documentary about a senior citizen who started livestreaming her jigsaw puzzle sessions on Twitch after facing loneliness in her golden years has found an interesting home. LIVESTREAMS WITH GRANDMA PUZZLES has been picked up by Switchboard magazine, a digital publication founded by Celia Aniskovich that combines long-form journalism and documentaries. Aniskovich has produced […]
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Emily Everhard ’24 Earns Comedy Commendation at Aspen Film Shortsfest | Andrew Bryan Scott, Columbia University School of the Arts
April 17, 2025
The Aspen Film Shortsfest announced its winners across nine categories, and Emily Everhard ’24 received the Jury’s Special Mention in Comedy for her film, No Experience Necessary. From a pool of 68 shorts spanning 29 countries and playing over 10 programs at the festival, Everhard’s standout film made a lasting impact on the jury, earning distinction as the […]
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Aspen Film announces 2025 Shortsfest Oscar-qualifiers, award-winning films | The Aspen Times
April 10, 2025
Aspen Film, the year-round film arts and education organization, announced the winning films from its 34th Aspen Shortsfest in an awards presentation held Saturday, April 5. One of only five Oscar-qualifying festivals in the U.S. strictly dedicated to short films, Aspen Shortsfest is recognized as one of the world’s premier short film festivals. This year’s edition featured 68 […]
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On the Ground: A nonprofit spotlight on Aspen Film | Regan Mertz, Aspen Public Radio
April 10, 2025
Since 1979, Aspen Film has organized a film festival in the fall, and each spring it hosts one of North America’s Oscar-qualifying short film festivals. Throughout the year, it offers educational programs in valley schools, among other activities. And in 2022, Aspen Film purchased the century-old Isis Theatre and continues to try and keep it […]
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Job, Joris & Marieke’s ‘QUOTA' Wins Oscar®-Qualifying Animation Award at Aspen Shortsfest | Mercedes Milligan, Animation Magazine
April 9, 2025
In an awards presentation held on Saturday, April 5, Aspen Film announced the winning films from its 34th Aspen Shortsfest — one of only five Oscar-qualifying festivals in the U.S. strictly dedicated to short films. This year’s edition featured 68 short films from over 29 countries, including 11 world premieres, across 10 thematically diverse programs. Aspen Film’s […]
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Mountain Mayhem: The 34th edition of Shortsfest | May Selby, The Aspen Times
April 5, 2025
Aspen Film proudly presented the 34th edition of Shortsfest this week at the Aspen Film Isis Theatre and Wheeler Opera House. Following the opening night reception at Stranahan’s Whiskey Lodge on Monday, March 31, Shortsfest Director of Programming Jason Anderson and Susan Wrubel, executive and artistic director of Aspen Film, welcomed all to the Wheeler […]
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Screen Time | Jason Charme, Aspen Daily News
April 5, 2025
Attendees of the 34th Aspen Shortsfest watch the Colorado premiere of French director Marion Jamault’s “Filante” on Thursday night at the Wheeler Opera House. The fest draws to a close today. Click HERE to view the Original Post
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PORELESS stands out at the 34th Aspen Shortsfest | Westley Crouch, The Aspen Times
April 5, 2025
Screened during the 34th Aspen Shortsfest, which runs April 1–7, “Poreless” stands out for its bold storytelling, unapologetic flair, and irresistible energy. A 13-minute whirlwind of comedy, commentary, and chaos, the film follows a fabulous and fiercely-ambitious queer Muslim beauty entrepreneur caught in a high-stakes, high-glamour showdown. Set during a Shark Tank-style pitch competition, “Poreless” […]
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Writer, director Sascha Seinfeld and producer Kerry Mack talk about THE FINAL CUT | Kimberly Nicoletti
April 3, 2025
God definitely has a sense of humor in Sascha Seinfeld’s “The Final Cut.” And how can He not be quirky, when the former Fonz, Henry Winkler, plays him? The short premieres as part of Shortsfest at 8 p.m. on Friday, April 4, at Wheeler Opera House. Seinfeld is the daughter of comedian Jerry Seinfeld, which […]