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ASPEN FILM ANNOUNCES 29TH ANNUAL SHORTSFEST AWARDS
April 6, 2020
Five international films become Oscar®-qualified out of Aspen Shortsfest 2020, including two world premieres Colorado filmmaker also receives two honors ASPEN, CO (April 6, 2020) Aspen Film is proud to announce the award winners for its 29th Aspen Shortsfest (Virtual Version). Faced with the potential of cancelling the annual event, Aspen Film leadership quickly pivoted to a private, online Virtual Version format thus preserving the Oscar®-qualifying status […]
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March 23, 2020
ASPEN, CO (March 23, 2020) – Aspen Film is pleased to announce that its 29th Annual Aspen Shortsfest will go on as scheduled – online. An innovative, cutting-edge, virtual version of this year’s Shortsfest will be presented online during the originally scheduled dates of March 31-April 5, 2020. By partnering with Paris-based Festival Scope, whose platform is a preeminent service […]
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ASPEN FILM ANNOUNCES LINE-UP FOR 29TH ANNUAL SHORTSFEST
March 5, 2020
ASPEN, CO (March 4, 2020) – Aspen Film, a year-round film presenting arts and education organization, today announced the program for its 29th Annual Aspen Shortsfest. Shortsfest is an Oscar®-qualifying film festival that showcases the best in short form cinema from around the world. The six-day event takes place at Aspen’s Wheeler Opera House from […]
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ASPEN FILM’S 29th ANNUAL OSCAR®-QUALIFYING SHORTSFEST TO RUN MARCH 31 – APRIL 5, 2020
January 23, 2020
ASPEN, CO (January 23, 2020) – Aspen Film is thrilled to announce that its 29th annual Aspen Shortsfest will take place March 31-April 5, 2020. Aspen Shortsfest is an Oscar®-qualifying film festival recognized as one of the premier short film festivals in North America. The five Oscar®-qualifying categories include Animation, Comedy, Documentary, Drama and Short […]
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ASPEN FILM NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR ITS 2020 ANNUAL OSCAR®-QUALIFYING SHORTSFEST
July 31, 2019
ASPEN, CO (JULY 25, 2019) – Aspen Film is thrilled to announce that submissions for its 29th Aspen Shortsfest are now being accepted and will run through November 8, 2019. Aspen Shortsfest is an Oscar®-qualifying film festival recognized as one of the premier short film festivals in North America. The 2020 event will take place […]
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Michael Urie Heads Gay Throuple in Evocative Fox Searchlight Short ‘Lavender’ (an Official Selection of #Shortsfest19)
May 16, 2019
ASPEN, CO (May 15, 2019) Jude Dry Open relationships, throuples, polyamory — 21st century sexual configurations have not always received the most nuanced cinematic renderings. Few filmmakers have truly interrogated what polyamory looks like in real life without resorting to cheap thrills and even cheaper jokes. Which is what makes “Lavender,” an elegantly crafted […]
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ASPEN FILM ANNOUNCES 28TH ASPEN SHORTSFEST AWARDS
April 9, 2019
ASPEN, CO (April 9, 2019) NEFTA FOOTBALL CLUB and BROTHERHOOD receive two Awards each and become Oscar®-qualified Aspen Film announced today its Award winners for the 28th Aspen Shortsfest, an Oscar®-qualifying film festival in five categories, including Animation, Documentary, Comedy, Drama, and Short Short. The festival ran April 2-7 at the Wheeler Opera House and […]
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ASPEN FILM ANNOUNCES 28TH ASPEN SHORTSFEST PROGRAM
March 7, 2019
Premier North American Festival to Showcase American and International Short Form Filmmaking Talent in Oscar®-Qualifying Competition, April 2-7, 2019 Aspen, Colo. (March 7, 2019) — Aspen Film, a year-round film arts and education organization, announced today its program for the 28th Aspen Shortsfest, which will bring the top international filmmaking talent to Aspen’s Wheeler Opera […]
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Aspen Film Announces 27th Aspen Shortsfest Award Winners
April 16, 2018
Aspen Film, a year-round film arts and education organization, announced today its award winners for the 27th Aspen Shortsfest, which ran from April 3-8, 2018 at the Wheeler Opera House in Aspen and Crystal Theatre in Carbondale. The festivities commenced on Sunday evening at the Annual Awards Dinner hosted by Aspen Film at Aspen Kitchen. […]
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Shortsfest 2018: Alfred Molina dead and loving it in ‘Sam Did It’
April 3, 2018
Alfred Molina is dead and his biggest fan in the morgue is delighted and devastated to meet him in “Sam Did It.” This mad-cap 10-minute short film — written and directed by and starring Dominic Burgess alongside Molina as himself — is one of seven short films in the opening-night program for Aspen Shortsfest today. […]
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