2017 Shortsfest


April 4, 2017

2017 Shortsfest

2017 Shortsfest

Award Winners

Audience Award: EYES OF EXODUS, directed by Alexandra Liveris (Greece/USA)

Aspen Youth Jury Award: SCHOOLYARD BLUES, directed by Maria Eriksson (Sweden)

The Ellen Award: THE END OF TIME, directed by Micho Manchevski (Cuba)

Best Student Film: SCHOOLYARD BLUES, directed by Maria Erickson (Sweden)

Best Short Short: CALL OF CUTENESS, directed by Brenda Lien (Germany)

Best Animation: IN A NUTSHELL, directed by Fabio Friedli (Switzerland)

Best Documentary: THREE RED SWEATERS, directed by Martha Gregory (USA)

Best Comedy: FATIMA MARIA TORRES AND THE INVASION OF SPACE SHUTTLE PINAS 25directed by Carlo Francisco Manatad (Philippines)

Best Drama: AABA, directed by Amar Kaushik (India)

Films

(LE) REBOUND directed by Laura Beckner (FRANCE, US) WORLD PREMIERE

AABA directed by Amar Kaushik (INDIA) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

AFTER THE SMOKE directed by Nick Waterman (AUSTRALIA) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

AFTER THE VOLCANO directed by Leo Favier (FRANCE) WORLD PREMIERE

ALL EXCHANGES FINAL directed by Annabel Oakes (US)

ANGELFISH directed by Dane McCusker (AUSTRALIA ) WORLD PREMIERE

ANNA directed by Or Sinai (ISRAEL) US PREMIERE

BARTLEBY directed by Laura Naylir, Kristen Kee (US) US PREMIERE

CALL OF CUTENESS directed by Brenda Lien (GERMANY) US PREMIERE

CAST OFF directed by Sandrine Broder-Desrosiers (CANADA) US PREMIERE

CHILD DREAM directed by Christophe Gerard (FRANCE ) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

CHILDREN OF YAN directed by Muhannad Shono (SAUDI ARABIA) US PREMIERE

CUBE directed by Alexandros Skouras (GREECE ) INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE

DELPHI directed by Soren Peter Langkjaer Bojsen (DENMARK) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

DIAMENTEURS directed by Chloe Mazlo (FRANCE)

E.B.C. 5300M directed by Leonard Kohli (SWITZERLAND) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

EYES OF EXODUS directed by Alexandria Liveris (GREECE, US) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

FANNY directed by Halfdan Ullmann Tondel (NORWAY) US PREMIERE

FATIMA MARIE TORRES AND THE INVASION OF SPACE SHUTTLE PINAS 25 directed by Carlo Francisco Manatad (PHILIPPINES)

NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

FIG’S REPRESENTATION directed by Jonathan Napolitano (US)

FIGHT ON A SWEDISH BEACH directed by Simone Vahlne (SWEDEN)

FISHER COVE directed by Sean Skene (CANADA) WORLD PREMIERE

FLUFFY directed by Lee Filipovski (SERBIA, MONTENEGRO, CANADA) US PREMIERE

FOX directed by Jacqueline Lentzou (GREECE ) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

GET UP, KINASHA! directed by Sebastien Maitre (FRANCE) US PREMIERE

GOLGOTHA directed by Ulla Heikkila (FINLAND) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

HARVEST directed by kevin byrnes (US)

HIGH CITIES OF BONE directed by Jaeo Salaviza (PORTUGAL) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

I WANT PLUTO TO BE A PLANET AGAIN directed by Marie Amachoukeli (FRANCE) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

I WAS THERE TOO directed by Joey Izzo (US) WORLD PREMIERE

IN A NUTSHELL directed by Fabio Friedli (SWITZERLAND) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

INTO THE BLUE directed by Antoneta Alamat KusijanoviD (CROATIA, SLOVENIA, SWEDEN) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

ITS NOT WHAT YOU KNOW directed by Araron Abrams (US) WORLD PREMIERE

KINDIL directed by Damien Ounouri (ALGERIA, KUWAIT) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

KITTEN WITCH directed by James Cunningham (NEW ZEALAND) US PREMIERE

LES ANIMAUX DOMESTIQUES directed by Jean Lecointre (FRANCE) US PREMIERE

LES MISERABLES directed by Ladj Ly (FRANCE) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

LOU directed by Dave Mullins (US)

MAKE A WISH directed by Jonatan Etzel (SWEDEN) INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE

MIXTAPE MARAUDERS directed by Peter Edlund (US) WORLD PREMIERE

MOUNTAIN FEVER directed by Frederic Hambalek (GERMANY) INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE

MUTANTS directed by Alexandre Dostie (CANADA ) US PREMIERE

NIGHT DANCING directed by Barney Cokeliss (UK) US PREMIERE

NOTHING EVER REALLY ENDS directed by Jakob Rorvik (NORWAY) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

OS HUMORES ARTIFICIAIS/THE ARTIFICAL HUMORS directed by Gabriel Abrantes (PORTUGAL)

OUT OF SEASON directed by Sabrina Campos (ARGENTINA) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

REVITAL IS AN ALIEN directed by Gan De Lange (ISRAEL) INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE

SANDY BEACH directed by Thanos Papastergiou (GREECE ) US PREMIERE

SCHOOLYARD BLUES directed by Maria Eriksson (SWEDEN) WORLD PREMIERE

SEE YA directed by Brusi Olason (ICELAND) WORLD PREMIERE

SHONE directed by Alexander Dietrich, Johannes Flick (GERMANY) US PREMIERE

THE COMET directed by Victor Lindgren (SWEDEN) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

THE CROSSING directed by Marieka Walsh (AUSTRALIA) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

THE DRESSMAKERS directed by Benjamin Delaroche (FRANCE) US PREMIERE

THE END OF TIME directed by Milcho Manchevski (CUBA, US) WORLD PREMIERE

THE LOG directed by Teemu Nikki (FINLAND) US PREMIERE

THE MAN IS BIG directed by LG (GERMANY) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

THE WORLD’S MIDDLEST FISH directed by Cathinka Tanberg (NORWAY) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

THREE RED SWEATERS directed by Martha Gregory (US) WORLD PREMIERE

VALPARAISO directed by Carlo Sironi (ITALY) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

WANUY directed by Alejandro Roca Rey (PREU) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

WILD SKIN directed by Ariane Louis-Seize (CANADA) US PREMIERE

WOMEN&WINE directed by Liv Karin Dahstrom (NORWAY) NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

ZVIR directed by Miroslav Sikavica (CROATIA) US PREMIERE

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