A celebration of the Best of Shorts. Our jury’s shortlist will be showing ahead of a live announcement of our newest award, the Best Overall Short Film Award. To compile the Best of Shorts, the jury considers shorts from across all genres. A DVD compilation of the jury’s shortlist will be available for purchase ($10) at the screening.

The winner will receive a prize including a consultation with an eOne film executive.

Best of Shorts Package

THE GUNFIGHTER 

USA – 9 min - Eric Kissak

An all-knowing narrator sets up the story of a gunslinger who walks into a saloon.

RHINO FULL THROTTLE (NASHORN IM GALOPP)

GER – 15 min - Erik Schmitt
In a smart mix of animation and live-action, Bruno searches for the soul of the city and finds more about himself than he expects.

AS IT USED TO BE

FR – 9 min - Clement Gonzalez
In 2037, a teacher learns the value of interaction when a student attends his class in person.

A(R)MEN

NOR – 14 min - Thomas Lunde
Arne loses an arm in an accident, but miraculously a new arm appears.

ME + HER 

USA – 12 min - Joseph Oxford
Love is not recyclable in this heartwarming story of two puppet sweethearts

TAKE ME (PREDES-MOI)

CAN – 11 min - André Turpin, Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
A nurse working in a center for the disabled is confronted by his principles when he's asked to accomplish a particularly intimate task.

ONE NIGHT IN ABERDEEN

ALBERTA - 22 min - Brett Ferster
On August 8, 2008, in Aberdeen, South Dakota, two strangers come together in a sleepy Super 8 Motel bar. Over the course of a blurry night, they slowly learn each other’s secrets.

JURORS:

• Amy Darling – Producer and president of MEDIA DARLING
• Donna Serafinus – Filmmaker and Director of Business & Legal Affairs at SEVEN24 Films
• Igor Tesker – Founder of Minimax Group Inc.
• Louis B. Hobson – Film and theatre critic
• Michael Glossop – eOne director of Western Canada

Also featured on the DVD are: 

LITTLE SECRET (STRACH)

CZK – 20 min - Martin Krejci

An innocent lie that a son tells his mother snowballs into something much bigger than he had ever expected.

CARRY ON

CHN/USA – 17 min - Yatao Li

In this heartfelt tale of sacrifice, a father struggles to protect his daughter in Japanese occupied China during the Second World War.

CONTRAPELO

MX/USA – 20 min - Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer

When a proud Mexican barber is forced to shave the leader of a drug cartel, he finds out that he and the Capo are not so different.