Three big announcements! The Presenting Sponsor of the 8th Reel Shorts Film Festival is Hansen Ford Lincoln in the Gateway Centre. Look for some really cool things to happen during the fest as a result!
Secondly, check out the Schedule where you can find a pdf of our 60-page souvenir program and our program of 100 short films from 28 countries in 16 packages listed below as well as 3 special presentations:
- Antarctica & the Grand Slam of Mountaineering – 92-minute documentary Antarctica: A Year on Ice and 50-minute presentation The Grand Slam of Mountaineering by Horacio Galanti
- Filming Wolves: Secrets of Wildlife Cinematography – presentation by Andrew Manske
- Frantic 48 & Youth Screenplay Awards – screening of the Frantic 48 films, table read of the winning Youth Screenplay script; and awarding of prizes
Info about how to buy passes and tickets can be found here. As a page is added to the website for each film, film package, presentation, and presenter, each will be hyperlinked and you’ll be able to click on it for more info.
The festival team considered 1,255 short films including 625 submissions from 55 countries before selecting the following films:
- A Different Tree; USA, 2013, 15 minutes – Families Like Mine
- A Family Like Mine; USA, 2012, 22 minutes – Families Like Mine
- A Good Story (Eine Gute Geschichte); Germany, 2013, 20 minutes – Hidden Stories (Grade 10-12 Social Studies)
- À la Française; France, 2012, 7 minutes – Oscar Animated Shorts
- Adonis; USA, 2013, 10 minutes – Looking for Love
- Alfred & Anna; Spain, 2012, 16 minutes – Looking for Love
- Asad; South Africa/USA, 2012, 16 minutes – Hidden Stories (Grade 10-12 Social Studies)
- Auschwitz on My Mind; Israel/Poland/UK, 2012, 16 minutes – Looking for Love
- Beauty Mark; Canada, 2012, 14 minutes – Mark the Day (Grade 10-12 English/Languages)
- Bhagdad Messi; Iraq/Belgium, 2013, 18 minutes – Portrait of Fatherhood
- Blackstory; Wallis and Futuna; 2012, 30 minutes – Weapons of Choice
- Blue Division (División azul); Spain, 2012, 13 minutes – Extreme Measures
- By Her Side (Ik stond erbij); Netherlands, 2012, 25 minutes – Portrait of Fatherhood
- Captive Radio; USA/Colombia, 2012, 23 minutes – Hidden Stories (Grade 10-12 Social Studies)
- Chopper; Netherlands, 2012, 2 minutes – Step This Way (Grade 7-9)
- Cold Warrior; UK, 2012, 19 minutes – Extreme Measures
- Cootie Contagion; USA, 2012, 8 minutes – A New World (Grade 4-6)
- Cowboys & Dissidents; Ireland, 2012, 18 minutes – Extreme Measures
- Dancing Deaf; South Africa, 2013, 10 minutes – Mark the Day (Grade 10-12 English/Languages)
- Dancing With Style (In Stijl Dansen); Netherlands, 2012, 18 minutes – Step This Way (Grade 7-9)
- Do I Have to Take Care of Everything? (Pitääkö mun kaikki hoitaa?); Finland, 2011, 7 minutes – Oscar Live Action Shorts; Families Like Mine
- Don’t Move; UK, 2013, 14 minutes – Pizza Party & Psycho Shorts
- Dotty; New Zealand, 2012, 11 minutes – Families Like Mine
- Drone Strike; UK, 2013, 21 minutes – Connect/Disconnect
- Double Occupancy (Zweibettzimmer); Germany, 2012, 9 minutes – Extreme Measures
- Eat; Germany, 2012, 8 minutes – Mark the Day (Grade 10-12 English/Languages)
- Emo (the musical); Australia, 2013, 16 minutes – Looking for Love
- Facing Fear; USA, 2013, 23 minutes – Hidden Stories (Grade 10-12 Social Studies)
- Feral; USA, 2012, 13 minutes – Oscar Animated Shorts
- Fool’s Day; USA, 2013, 19 minutes – Mark the Day (Grade 10-12 English/Languages)
- Gaming (Spel); Sweden, 2013, 14 minutes – Looking for Love
- Get a Horse!; USA, 2013, 6 minutes – Oscar Animated Shorts
- Grandpa and Me and a Helicopter to Heaven (Morfar och Jag och Helikoptern till Himlen); Sweden, 2012, 15 minutes – Families Like Mine
- Great; Germany, 2012, 23 minutes – Hidden Stories (Grade 10-12 Social Studies)
- Group Photo; Germany, 2012, 19 minutes – Portrait of Fatherhood
- Harald; Germany, 2012, 7 minutes – Step This Way (Grade 7-9)
- Hear This! (Moet je Horen!); Netherlands, 2013, 15 minutes – A New World (Grade 4-6)
- Helium; Denmark, 2013, 23 minutes – Oscar Live Action Shorts
- Homemade; Ireland, 2012, 5 minutes – Weapons of Choice
- Honeymoon Suite; China, 2012, 13 minutes – Pizza Party & Psycho Shorts
- I Love Hooligans; Netherlands, 2013, 12 minutes – Weapons of Choice
- Jack Attack; USA, 2013, 8 minutes – Pizza Party & Psycho Shorts
- Jonah and the Crab; USA, 2012, 9 minutes – Magic Time (Grade 1-3)
- Just As I Remember; Canada, 2012, 17 minutes – Portrait of Fatherhood
- Just Before Losing Everything (Avant que de tout perdre); France, 2013, 30 minutes – Oscar Live Action Shorts
- Lift Off; Netherlands, 2013, 4 minutes – Magic Time (Grade 1-3)
- Lights Out; Sweden, 2013, 3 minutes – Pizza Party & Psycho Shorts
- Matchhead; UK, 2012, 14 minutes – Weapons of Choice
- Miss Todd; UK, 2013, 13 minutes – A New World (Grade 4-6)
- More Than Two Hours (Bishtar az do Saat); Iran, 2013, 15 minutes – Looking for Love
- Mr. Bear; USA, 2011, 14 minutes – Weapons of Choice
- Mr. Hublot; Luxembourg/France, 2013, 12 minutes – A New World (Grade 4-6); Oscar Animated Shorts
- Mr. Invisible; UK, 2013, 14 minutes – Weapons of Choice
- Oh Sheep!; Germany, 2012, 7 minutes – Hidden Stories (Grade 10-12 Social Studies)
- OMG; Canada, 2012, 10 minutes – Families Like Mine
- One Please; USA, 2013, 6 minutes – Pizza Party & Psycho Shorts
- Possessions; Japan, 2012, 15 minutes – Oscar Animated Shorts
- Ravi & Jane; Australia, 2013, 13 minutes – A New World (Grade 4-6)
- Rhino Full Throttle (Nashorn Im Galopp); Germany, 2013, 15 minutes – Mark the Day (Grade 10-12 English/Languages)
- Room 8; UK/Poland, 2013, 8 minutes – Step This Way (Grade 7-9)
- Room on the Broom; UK, 2012, 26 minutes – Magic Time (Grade 1-3); Oscar Animated Shorts
- R̼bai; Ireland, 2013, 12 minutes РHere Now & Hereafter
- Shame and Glasses; Italy, 2013, 7 minutes – Magic Time (Grade 1-3)
- Sleight of Hand; Australia, 2012, 10 minutes – Step This Way (Grade 7-9)
- SLOMO; USA, 2013, 16 minutes – Connect/Disconnect
- Speechless (Sin Respuesta); Spain, 2014, 11 minutes – Connect/Disconnect
- Strange Fish (Framand fisk); Norway, 2012, 23 minutes – Extreme Measures
- Sunday Punch; Canada 2013, 9 minutes – Families Like Mine
- Tandem; Ireland, 2013, 10 minutes – Step This Way (Grade 7-9)
- That Wasn’t Me (Aquel no era yo); Spain, 2012, 26 minutes – Oscar Live Action Shorts
- The Blue Umbrella; USA, 2013, 7 minutes – Oscar Animated Shorts
- The Centipede and the Toad (Mille-pattes et Crapaud); France, 2013, 10 minutes – A New World (Grade 4-6)
- The Chef; UK, 2013, 7 minutes – Pizza Party & Psycho Shorts
- The Date; Finland, 2012, 7 minutes – Looking for Love
- The End; France, 2011, 17 minutes – Mark the Day (Grade 10-12 English/Languages)
- The Exchange; USA, 2013, 7 minutes – Looking for Love
- The First Step (Le Premier Pas); France, 2012, 20 minutes – Step This Way (Grade 7-9)
- The Funeral of Harald Kramer (Das Begräbnis des Harald Kramer); Austria, 2013, 30 minutes – Here Now & Hereafter
- The Gas Man; UK, 2013, 13 minutes – Pizza Party & Psycho Shorts
- The Lost World; UK, 2013, 11 minutes – A New World (Grade 4-6)
- The Magic Ferret; Canada, 2013, 12 minutes – Magic Time (Grade 1-3)
- The Meeting; Canada, 2013, 17 minutes – Pizza Party & Psycho Shorts
- The Missing Scarf; Ireland, 2013, 7 minutes – Oscar Animated Shorts
- The Orphan and the Polar Bear; Canada, 2014, 9 minutes – A New World (Grade 4-6)
- The Parakeets (Les Perruches); France, 2013, 14 minutes – Mark the Day (Grade 10-12 English/Languages)
- The Phone Call; UK, 2013, 20 minutes – Connect/Disconnect
- The Portrait; UK/Ireland, 2013, 20 minutes – Portrait of Fatherhood
- The Questions We Ask; Canada, 2013, 3 minutes – Mark the Day (Grade 10-12 English/Languages)
- The Red Valentine; Australia, 2012, 15 minutes – Weapons of Choice
- The Smortlybacks; Switzerland/China, 2014, 6 minutes – Magic Time (Grade 1-3)
- The Visitor; Grande Prairie, 2013, 3 minutes – Pizza Party & Psycho Shorts
- The Voorman Problem; UK, 2011, 13 minutes – Oscar Live Action Shorts
- The Window (La fen̻tre); Switzerland, 2012, 5 minutes РMagic Time (Grade 1-3)
- This Way Out; UK, 2013, 20 minutes – Here Now & Hereafter
- Thoughts About Dying (Ajatuksia kuolevaisuudesta); Finland, 2013, 9 minutes – Here Now & Hereafter
- Tryouts; USA, 2013, 14 minutes – Step This Way (Grade 7-9)
- Ufologist; USA, 2012, 17 minutes – Connect/Disconnect
- Underground (Subterráneo); Spain, 2013, 14 minutes – Weapons of Choice
- Vultures of Tibet; USA/Canada, 2013, 21 minutes – Here Now & Hereafter
- Win or Lose; USA, 2012, 16 minutes – Extreme Measures
The following films have some or all dialogue in a foreign language with English subtitles:
- Arabic
- Bhagdad Messi; Iraq/Belgium, 2013, 18 minutes – Portrait of Fatherhood
- Chinese
- Honeymoon Suite; China, 2012, 13 minutes – Pizza Party & Psycho Shorts
- Vultures of Tibet; USA/Canada, 2013, 21 minutes – Here Now & Hereafter
- Danish
- Helium; Denmark, 2013, 23 minutes – Oscar Live Action Shorts
- Dutch
- Dancing With Style (In Stijl Dansen); Netherlands, 2012, 18 minutes – Step This Way (Grade 7-9)
- By Her Side (Ik stond erbij); Netherlands, 2012, 25 minutes – Portrait of Fatherhood
- Hear This! (Moet je Horen!); Netherlands, 2013, 15 minutes – A New World (Grade 4-6)
- I Love Hooligans; Netherlands, 2013, 12 minutes – Weapons of Choice
- Finnish
- Do I Have to Take Care of Everything? (Pitääkö mun kaikki hoitaa?); Finland, 2011, 7 minutes – Oscar Live Action Shorts; Families Like Mine
- The Date; Finland, 2012, 7 minutes – Looking for Love
- Thoughts About Dying (Ajatuksia kuolevaisuudesta); Finland, 2013, 9 minutes – Here Now & Hereafter
- French
- Just Before Losing Everything (Avant que de tout perdre); France, 2013, 30 minutes – Oscar Live Action Shorts
- The Centipede and the Toad (Mille-pattes et Crapaud); France, 2013, 10 minutes – A New World (Grade 4-6)
- The End; France, 2011, 17 minutes – Mark the Day (Grade 10-12 English/Languages)
- The First Step (Le Premier Pas); France, 2012, 20 minutes – Step This Way (Grade 7-9)
- German
- A Good Story (Eine Gute Geschichte); Germany, 2013, 20 minutes – Hidden Stories (Grade 10-12 Social Studies)
- Blackstory; Wallis and Futuna; 2012, 30 minutes – Weapons of Choice
- Double Occupancy (Zweibettzimmer); Germany, 2012, 9 minutes – Extreme Measures
- Eat; Germany, 2012, 8 minutes – Mark the Day (Grade 10-12 English/Languages)
- Great; Germany, 2012, 23 minutes – Hidden Stories (Grade 10-12 Social Studies)
- Group Photo; Germany, 2012, 19 minutes – Portrait of Fatherhood
- Rhino Full Throttle (Nashorn Im Galopp); Germany, 2013, 15 minutes – Mark the Day (Grade 10-12 English/Languages)
- The Funeral of Harald Kramer (Das Begräbnis des Harald Kramer); Austria, 2013, 30 minutes – Here Now & Hereafter
- Hebrew
- Auschwitz on My Mind; Israel/Poland/UK, 2012, 16 minutes – Looking for Love
- Irish
- R̼bai; Ireland, 2013, 12 minutes РHere Now & Hereafter
- Japanese
- Possessions; Japan, 2012, 15 minutes – Oscar Animated Shorts
- Norwegian
- Strange Fish (Framand fisk); Norway, 2012, 23 minutes – Extreme Measures
- Persian
- More Than Two Hours (Bishtar az do Saat); Iran, 2013, 15 minutes – Looking for Love
- Somali
- Asad; South Africa/USA, 2012, 16 minutes – Hidden Stories (Grade 10-12 Social Studies)
- Spanish
- Blue Division (División azul); Spain, 2012, 13 minutes – Extreme Measures
- Captive Radio; USA/Colombia, 2012, 23 minutes – Hidden Stories (Grade 10-12 Social Studies)
- Speechless (Sin Respuesta); Spain, 2014, 11 minutes – Connect/Disconnect
- That Wasn’t Me (Aquel no era yo); Spain, 2012, 26 minutes – Oscar Live Action Shorts
- Underground (Subterráneo); Spain, 2013, 14 minutes – Weapons of Choice
- Swedish
- Gaming (Spel); Sweden, 2013, 14 minutes – Looking for Love
- Grandpa and Me and a Helicopter to Heaven (Morfar och Jag och Helikoptern till Himlen); Sweden, 2012, 15 minutes – Families Like Mine
- Tibetan
- Vultures of Tibet; USA/Canada, 2013, 21 minutes – Here Now & Hereafter
