2018 Shortsfest


April 3, 2018

2018 Shortsfest

2018 Shortsfest

Award Winners

Audience Award: THE DRIVER IS RED, directed by Randall Christopher (USA)

Audience Special Recognition Award: ZION, directed by Floyd Russ (USA)

Aspen Youth Jury Award: AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE, directed by Chelsea Hernandez, Ilana Sosa (USA)

Vimeo Staff Pick Award: ATELIER, directed by Elsa Maria Jakobsdottir (Iceland)

The Ellen Award: MAGIC ALPS, directed by Andrea Brusa and Marco Scotuzzi (Italy)

Best Student Film: STILL WATER RUNS DEEP, directed by Abbesi Akhamie (Nigeria/USA)

Special Mention for Student Film: ATELIER, directed by Elsa Maria Jakobsdottir (Iceland)

Best Short Short: WILD WILD WEST: A BEAUTIFUL RANT BY MARK BRADFORD, directed by Dime Davis (USA)

Best Animation: COYOTE, directed by Lorenz Wunderle (Switzerland)

Special Mention for Animation: MANIVALD, directed by Chintis Lungren (Canada, Croatia, Estonia)

Best Documentary: THE DRIVER IS RED (USA), directed by Randall Christopher

Special Mention for Documentary: JUCK [THURST] (Sweden), directed by Olivia Kastebring, Julia Gumpert, Ulrika Bandeira

Best Comedy: THE PASSAGE (USA), directed by Kitao Sakurai

Best Drama: FAUVE, directed by Jeremy Comte (Canada)

Narrative special mention: HAIR WOLF, directed by Mariama Diallo (USA)

Narrative special mention: INTERCOURSE, directed by Jonatan Etzen (Sweden)

Narrative special mention: EMERGENCY, directed by Carey Williams (USA)

Films

#BAREWITHME directed by Ulla Heikkilä (FINLAND) International Premiere

A GENTLE NIGHT directed by Qui Yang (CHINA/FRANCE)

AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE directed by Chelsea Hernandez Iliana Sosa (USA)

ARIA directed by Myrsini Aristidou (CYPRUS/FRANCE)

ATELIER directed by Elsa María Jakobsdóttir (DENMARK) U.S. Premiere

ATLANTIC CITY directed by Miguel Alvarez (USA) World Premiere

BEESWAX directed by Cristoforo Magliozzi (USA)

BLACKJACK directed by Lora Mure-Ravaud (SWITZERLAND) North American Premiere

BLIND MICE directed by Nicholas D’Agostino (USA)

BOTANICA directed by Noël Loozen (NETHERLANDS) U.S. Premiere

BRIAN AND CHARLES directed by Jim Archer (UNITED KINGDOM)

CAREFUL HOW YOU GO directed by Emerald Fennell (UNITED KINGDOM)

CAROLINE directed by Logan George, Celine Held (USA)

CARRO directed by Gustavo Rosa (USA/BRAZIL)

CAT DAYS directed by Jon Frickey (GERMANY/JAPAN)

COUNTERFEIT KUNKOO directed by Reema Sengupta (INDIA)

COYOTE directed by Lorenz Wunderle (SWITZERLAND) North American Premiere

DAMIANA directed by Andrés Ramírez Pulido (COLOMBIA/BRAZIL) U.S. Premiere

DEATH METAL GRANDMA directed by Leah Galant (USA)

DISCHARGED directed by Azadeh Moussavi (IRAN) International Premiere

EMERGENCY directed by Cary Williams (USA)

FAUVE directed by Jeremy Comte (CANADA)

HAIR WOLF directed by Mariama Diallo (USA)

HEDGEHOG’S HOME directed by Eva Cvijanović (CROATIA/CANADA)

HOME SHOPPER directed by Dev Patel (USA/SINGAPORE)

HYBRIDS directed by Florian Brauch, Romain Thirion, Matthieu Pujol, Kim Taihades, Yohan Thireau (FRANCE)

INTERCOURSE directed by Jonatan Etzler (SWEDEN)

JEOM directed by Kangmin Kim (USA)

JUCK [THRUST] directed by Olivia Kastebring, Julia Gumpert , Ulrika Bandeira (SWEDEN) North American Premiere

JUDITH LOVES MARTHA directed by Anna Gaskell (USA)

LANDLINE directed by Matt Houghton (UNITED KINGDOM) North American Premiere

LAYAM directed by Assaf Machnes (ISRAEL) U.S. Premiere

LONESOME WILCOX directed by Ryan Maxey, Zack Wright (USA)

LOSER LEAVES TOWN directed by Mark Nickelsburg (USA)

LOST PROPERTY OFFICE directed by Daniel Agdag (AUSTRALIA) North American Premiere

MAGIC ALPS directed by Andrea Brusa, Marco Scotuzzi (ITALY) North American Premiere

MANIVALD directed by Chintis Lundgren (ESTONIA/CROATIA/CANADA)

MARLON directed by Jessica Palud (FRANCE)

MATRIA directed by Álvaro Gago (SPAIN)

MAUDE directed by Anna Margaret Hollyman (USA)

MILK directed by Heather Young (CANADA)

MOTHERS DAY directed by Elizabeth Lo, RJ Lozada (USA)

MY DEAD DAD’S PORNO TAPES directed by Charlie Tyrell (CANADA)

NEGATIVE SPACE directed by Rue Kuwahata (FRANCE)

NEVADA directed by Emily Ann Hoffman (USA)

NURSERY RHYMES directed by Tom Noakes (AUSTRALIA) World Premiere

NUUCA directed by Michelle Latimer (USA/CANADA)

PERSONAL TRUTH directed by Charlie Lyne (USA/UNITED KINGDOM)

POLES APART directed by Paloma Baeza (SINGAPORE)

POSSUM directed by David Whitehead (NEW ZEALAND)

PREMONICION directed by Leticia Akel (CHILE)

ROUFF directed by Benjamin Brand, Johannes Engelhardt, Markus Eschrich , Johannes Lumer, Julius Rosen (GERMANY)

SALAMAT FROM GERMANY directed by Una Gunjak, Rami Kodeih (LEBANON/FRANCE) North American Premiere

SALON directed by Bob Gallagher (IRELAND/CUBA) International Premiere

SAM DID IT directed by Dominic Burgess (USA)

SOLAR WALK directed by Réka Bucsi (DENMARK) North American Premiere

STILL WATER RUNS DEEP directed by Abbesi Akhamie (NIGERIA/USA) U.S. Premiere

THE BURDEN directed by Niki Lindroth von Bahr (SWEDEN)

THE CAREGIVER directed by Ruthy Pribar (ISRAEL) North American Premiere

THE CLIMB directed by Michael Covino (USA)

THE DAY OF YOUR DAY directed by Achiepo Steve (FRANCE)

THE DAY THE DOGS DISAPPEARED directed by Ruth Mellaerts, Boris Kuijpers (BELGIUM) International Premiere

THE DRIVER IS RED directed by Randall Christopher (USA)

THE EARTH IS HUMMING directed by Garrett Bradley (USA)

THE FULL STORY directed by Daisy Jacobs (UNITED KINGDOM) U.S. Premiere

THE PASSAGE directed by Kitao Sakurai (USA)

THE TESLA WORLD LIGHT directed by Matthew Rankin (CANADA)

UNDISCOVERED directed by Sara Lizenberger (USA)

VOLTE directed by Monika Kotecka, Karolina Poryzala (POLAND)

WAR PAINT directed by Katrelle N. Kindred (USA)

WAVE directed by Benjamin Cleary, TJ O’Grady Peyton (IRELAND)

WEEKENDS directed by Trevor Jimenez (USA)

WHILE I YET LIVE directed by Maris Curran (USA)

WICKED GIRL directed by Ayce Kartal (FRANCE/TURKEY)

WILD WILD WEST: A BEAUTIFUL RANT directed by Dime Davis (USA)

WREN BOYS directed by Harry Lighton (UNITED KINGDOM)

ZION directed by Floyd Russ (USA)

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