2020 ShortFest Archive
Award Winners
An index of ShortFest 2020 award winners.
Still Working
In an abandoned factory destined to be demolished, the routine of Pavel, the caretaker, is disturbed by the arrival of a young engineer who discovers an unusual electric activity, a running turbine. Pavel will be faced with the imminent disappearance of the factory and the end of his universe… WINNER: Best Student International... Read More
Running Time: 17
Sundays at the Triple Nickel
On Edgecombe Avenue in Sugar Hill, Harlem, Marjorie Eliot is making sure her apartment building’s iconic jazz legacy lives on. Marjorie and her son have been hosting jazz concerts in her apartment every Sunday for the past 26 years, a pursuit of overcoming grief through music.
SPECIAL MENTION: Local Jury Award
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Running Time: 13
The Tongues
During a blizzard on the tundra, a Sami woman is herding her reindeer when she is attacked by a man. Her sister senses that something is wrong and starts looking for her. Wrapped in fear and confusion, both women will unite in their fight for revenge.
WINNER: Best International Short
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Running Time: 15
Viktor on the Moon
Viktor Leth has never been on a date. When going on his first date ever, he accidentally sits down at the wrong table with the slightly older and married Rebekka. So begins their weird and wild night.
WINNER: Best Comedy Short
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Running Time: 28
Welcome Strangers
Every night at 6pm, detained immigrants are legally released from a for-profit ICE facility onto unfriendly, industrial streets near Denver, Colorado. The men and women, most of them asylum-seekers, have little idea where they are and have nothing more than the clothes on their backs. Sarah Jackson, a young woman, searches the... Read More
Running Time: 21