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Aspen Shortsfest


Genre: Shorts

Shortsfest was voted one of the ’50 Film Festivals worth the entry fee in 2018′ by Moviemaker Magazine. It is an Oscar qualifying short film festival, it offers cash prizes and five Oscar qualifying categories – Animation, Comedy, Documentary, Drama and Short Short.

 

SCREEN AUSTRALIA HAS NOT TRACKED SCREENINGS AND AWARDS AT THIS FESTIVAL SINCE 2010.


Awards

2009 - Won - Netherland Dwarf - Best Drama

2009 - Won - Ground Beneath, The - Special Jury Recognition

2009 - Won - Miracle Fish - BAFTA/LA Certificate of Excellence

2009 - Won - Miracle Fish - Youth Jury Prize

2008 - Won - Spider - Best Comedy

2008 - Won - Spider - Hi-Fi to Lo-Five Award

2006 - Won - Monster - The Ellen (shared prize)

2006 - Won - Monster - Audience Favourite Award (shared prize)

2004 - Won - Cracker Bag - Special Jury Recognition

2002 - Won - Inja - Best Student Award

2001 - Won - Joy - Best Student Film

2000 - Won - Flower Girl - Special Recognition of Excellence

2000 - Won - Brother - Best Short Film

2000 - Won - Brother - Watch It Award!

2000 - Won - FLUX - Special Recognition of Excellence

1999 - Won - Tulip - On-line Watch it! Award

1999 - Won - Cousin - Best Short

1998 - Won - Uncle - Best Animation

1998 - Won - Titsiana Booberini - Best Student Comedy

1997 - Won - Lovely - Special Recognition

1997 - Won - Acquiring a Taste for Raffaella - Special Recognition

Screenings

2009 - Ground Beneath, The

2009 - Jerrycan

2009 - Miracle Fish

2009 - Mutt

2009 - Netherland Dwarf

2008 - Burley

2008 - Spider

2007 - Elvis Lives in Parkes

2007 - Dugong

2007 - Our Brilliant Second Life

2006 - Last Chip, The

2006 - Last Stop

2006 - Monster

2006 - Small Boxes

2005 - In Too Deep

2005 - In Your Dreams

2005 - 12 Months, The

2005 - Australian Summer

2005 - Bomb

2005 - Effective Towel Flicking - Introductory Techniques

2005 - Garbage Man

2005 - Little Woman, The

2005 - Lucky

2005 - One Down

2005 - Wilfred

2005 - Yin

2004 - Uncle

2004 - Cousin

2004 - Brother

2004 - Harvie Krumpet

2004 - Cracker Bag

2004 - Excursion

2004 - Hello

2004 - Ash Wednesday

2004 - Referees, The

2004 - Press Any Button

2004 - It's Like That!

2004 - Soar

2003 - Pa

2003 - Turn Around

2003 - Little Blue

2003 - Paddock, The

2002 - Bird in the Wire

2002 - Sparky D Comes to Town

2002 - Inja

2002 - Pitch, The

2002 - Living With Happiness

2002 - Afterwards

2002 - Bird in the Wire

2001 - Joy

2001 - Telephone Call for Genevieve Snow, A

2001 - Gate

2001 - Big House, The

2001 - No Mess

2001 - Rubber Gloves

2000 - Excursion To The Bridge Of Friendship

2000 - Gap, The

2000 - Shooting the Breeze

2000 - Flower Girl

2000 - Break & Enter

2000 - Hoppin' Mad

2000 - Soft Fruit

2000 - Brother

2000 - Brother

2000 - FLUX

2000 - Blindman's Bluff

1999 - Three Chords And A Wardrobe

1999 - Tulip

1999 - Pilbara Pearl, The

1999 - Cousin

1999 - Darwin's Evolutionary Stakes

1999 - Great Falls

1998 - Uncle

1998 - Final Cut

1998 - Titsiana Booberini

1998 - Flying over Mother

1998 - Cut In The Rates, A

1997 - Existentialist Cowboy's Last Stand, The

1997 - Pact

1997 - This Film is a Dog

1997 - Lovely

1997 - Down Rusty Down

1997 - Acquiring a Taste for Raffaella

1996 - Surface Tension

1996 - Writer's Block

1996 - Code Blue

1994 - Excursion To The Bridge Of Friendship

1993 - Bad Day

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Start:
31/03/2025
End:
6/04/2025

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