Best of Shorts: Winners Announced

Year 2015-2016
Runtime 180 mins
Language English and others

Get excited and root for your favorite short films! The Best of Shorts Awards will be presented following the screening of jury-selected shorts. New this year, the winners will receive a $2,500 cash prize. The winner of the Best Overall Short Film will qualify for Academy Award consideration, as CIFF is now an Oscar-accredited festival for short films in the Animated and Narrative categories. The jurors will also select and present the inaugural award for the Best Short Documentary.

WINNER – Best Overall Short Film
BALCONY, Director Toby Fell-Holden

WINNER – Best Short Documentary
BROKEN – THE WOMEN'S PRISON OF HOHENECK (KAPUTT), Director Alexander Lahl / Volker Schlecht

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Best of Shorts finalists: 

Countries

Canada