Best of the Fest (2021)
2021 Festival
Films in this package
A bullied teenage girl leads an a cappella club on a trail of destruction against her high school enemies. Won the Short Film Jury Prize (International Fiction) at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival among other awards. Won Best Live Action Short Under 15 Minutes at the 2021 Reel Shorts Film Festival.
Kristeva Dowling strives to have a close relationship with the land and a degree of food sovereignty few of us can imagine – especially when living in the unforgiving landscape outside of Grande Prairie, Alberta. Won Best Peace Region Short at the 2021 Reel Shorts Film Festival.
In a world ravaged by a zombie apocalypse, two men stand watch at the barricades surrounding the Rez. Won the 2020 Alberta Motion Picture Industry Association’s Rosie Award for Best Dramatic Short Production and the Rosie Award for Best Screenwriter (Drama Under 30 Minutes). Won Honorable Mention, Best Peace Region Short at the 2021 Reel…
A young girl’s grandad was a romantic. He once saw a picture of her granny and realized that she was the love of his life. Won a 2020 BAFTA Award for Best British Short Animation. Won Honorable Mention, Best Animated Short at the 2021 Reel Shorts Film Festival.
One hundred years after the guns fell silent, the people of northeastern France are still feeling the lasting effects of war. Guy Momper and his team of minesweepers risk their lives daily by entering highly concentrated areas with buried explosives that are polluting the water system and poisoning farm land. Won the Audience Choice Award…
A teacher begins his daily lecture in the classroom, but there is something missing from today’s usual lesson. Won Best Short Shorts Award at the 2020 Harlem International Film Festival among other awards. Won Honorable Mention, Best Live Action Short Under 15 Minutes at the 2021 Reel Shorts Film Festival.
While the Space Race, the Arms Race, and a myriad of other Cold War competitions are common knowledge, few know that the United States and Soviet Union faced off to see which country could dig the deepest hole. This obscure historical event took a bizarre twist that still impacts people today, decades after the Cold…
Two years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a man searches the no-go zone for his son’s baseball. Won Special Jury Prize at the 2021 Reel Shorts Film Festival.
On his wedding anniversary, a man and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift, but soldiers, segregated roads, and checkpoints create delays. How difficult can it be to go shopping? Nominated for an Oscar in 2021 for Best Live Action Short and winner of multiple awards. Won…
After winning her first international title, an 11-year-old gymnast experiences both new pressures and a new degree of self-awareness. The more recognition she gets, the more she realizes that the game has only begun. Won Best Live Action Short 15+ Minutes at the 2021 Reel Shorts Film Festival.
Within the mysterious depths of the ocean, bizarre creatures and eerily beautiful landscapes can be encountered, but how does this imaginary world compare to the real one? Won the Gold Medal for Animation (International Film Schools) at the 2020 Student Academy Awards among other awards. Won Best Animated Short at the 2021 Reel Shorts Film…