2022 Poster Premiere!
Hello, shorts lovers! I’m excited to reveal our 2022 festival poster, once again designed by Jacob Rolfe. Jacob is an illustrator and screen-printer living in Cherry Hill, Nova Scotia, where he has a home studio. When not in there, he sometimes acts as Ricky’s son-in-law on the TV show Trailer Park Boys. You can see […]
Call for Entries 2022
Did you know our call for entries is now open? We’d love to see your short films under 20 minutes in any of these categories: narrative, documentary, or animation. Our Early Bird deadline is May 31 and that means that fees are the lowest they’re going to be, so hurry up and submit!
2021 Festival Awards
Our fourth annual festival was held last month, virtually once again across Canada. I’m so grateful to our staff, volunteers, audience, and especially to our filmmakers, and I want to recognize those films awarded by our juries and audience. Thank you to all our jury members for their hard work and for lending us their […]
Full 2021 Lineup Revealed
Here’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for. I’m delighted to share the full lineup for our 2021 (virtual) festival, which will be screened online all across Canada from November 19-28 on the Eventive Virtual platform. Thanks are in order to our amazing programming team: Linda Taillon, Keith Klegman, Cameron Carpenter, Amanda Clarke, Diana Sernick, […]
Early Bird Pass Offer
The great news for this month is that passes are now on sale! And until the end of the month, they are just $25. That’s access to all the films for the duration of the festival for your entire household! And for all you early birds, it gets even better! Thanks to the generous sponsorship […]
Announcing Our 2021 Animation Jury
I’m excited to share with you our 2021 animation jury. We’re so thankful to have their participation this year. Ayaka Kinugawa Ayaka is a Japanese musician based in Toronto who is actively involved in the comedy scene. She is a musical director at the Second City and has toured across the USA, Canada and on […]
Announcing Our 2021 Documentary Jury
We are very happy to share that this group of documentary experts will be judging this year’s selection of documentary shorts. We are honoured to have their participation! Robinder Uppal Robinder Uppal is a documentary filmmaker and interactive producer whose work builds on lifelong interests in immigration, diversity, and social justice issues. Co-founder of Lost […]
Announcing Our 2021 Narrative Jury
I’m really excited to begin introducing our jury members this year. It’s such a joy to be able to connect with other film professionals to share and reward the great work of our filmmakers. I’m proud to introduce you to the fine group of people who will be judging our narrative short films this year: […]
2021 Poster Premiere!
Hello, shorts lovers! I’m excited to reveal our 2021 festival poster, once again designed by Jacob Rolfe. Jacob is an illustrator and screen-printer living in Cherry Hill, Nova Scotia, where he has a home studio. When not in there, he sometimes acts as Ricky’s son-in-law on the TV show Trailer Park Boys. You can see […]
2020 Festival Awards
Our third annual festival was held last month, virtually across Canada, and once more exceeded my expectations. I’m grateful to our staff, volunteers, audience, and especially to our filmmakers, and I want to recognize those films awarded by our juries and audience. Thank you to all our jury members for their hard work and for […]