Wow! The Edmonton Short Film Festival in 2015 exceeded our wildest expectations. On the evening of September 26th, there were 20 short films screened at the Royal Alberta Museum Theatre with close to 400 film lovers and 18 filmmakers in attendance. The crowd was surrounded by spectacular food created by Elizabethan Caterers, live music by Nick Samoil, red carpet photo opportunities and popcorn by the bags for anyone who wanted it. The bar was miles deep and it was a crazy, fun, festive atmosphere to enjoy the best of Alberta independent film.
We were honoured to screen:
2.57k by Eva Colmers
Birthday by Richard Lukacs
Breaking the Bully Barrier by YOUCAN
Cannibal Café by Marc Chalifoux
EVERGLOW by Christina Ienna
Expressions of Love by Myles Belland
Horace by Jason Jeffery
Invincible: Disability and Employment by Frederick Kroetsch
Jealousy! by Andrew Paul
Johny5 Cartoon by Jonathan Holeton
Keep Left by Harvey Li
Mending With Gold by Cassandra Paige
Midnight by Doug Cook
Necessary Evil by Randy Brososky
Straight to Video : The B movie Odyssey by Cody Kennedy
Summer in Alberta by Vadim Bulitko
The Last Slice by Justin Kueber
The Shooting of Dan McGrew by Braden Brickner
Valour Canada’s Terry Taerum and the Dam Busters by Ken McWilliams
A Winter Jingle by Kelly Wolfert
Edmonton Short Film Festival People’s Choice Award Jason Jeffrey for “Horace”.
And the winners of the festival:
Breaking the Bully Barrier: by YOUCAN….Best Animation Award
Straight to Video : The B movie Odyssey: by Cody Kennedy…. Best Comedy Award
Expressions of Love: by Myles Belland/Justin Currie…..Best Documentary Award
The Shooting of Dan McGrew: by Braden Brickner…. Best Drama Award
Mending With Gold: by Cassandra Paige….Best Experimental Award
Keep Left : by Harvey Li….Best Horror Award
Midnight : by Doug Cook…..Best Music Video Award
Invincible: Season 1 Episode #2 Disability and Employment : by Frederick Kroetsch…Best Web Episode Award
Horace: by Jason Jeffrey…..People’s Choice Award
We could not have pulled this together without a LOT of help. A very special thank you to our volunteers, staff, sponsors, vendors, adjudicators, the audience and of course all the filmmakers whose work made this possible. It was a privilege to share some of the best of Western Canada’s indie film scene.
To help celebrate the Edmonton Short Film Festival in 2015, the festival organizers put together a short video that gives a taste of the magic that permeated the event. Enjoy!