Despite my lack of drive to make any sort of official end of year/decade lists, I felt compelled to at least post about my favourite short films from 2019. I now spend about ten hours a week watching short film submissions for various festivals so this format has become a sizable part of my life.
Even though short film visibility has increased (thanks to avenues provided by institutions like
Little Terrors and
Shudder), I still like to promote short filmmakers I feel strongly about. I don't need to be the millionth person to say how awesome
The Mandalorian is, but I can perhaps steer someone to the latest project by
Justin Harding or
Faye Jackson. That's a bit more meaningful.
I'm happy to say that I was able to program all but one of these short films below at
Saskatoon Fantastic.
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| (Fears) Directed by Germán Sancho. |
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| Directed by Guillermo de la Rosa. |
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| Directed by Jason Gudasz |
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| Directed by Oskar Lehemaa. |
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| Directed by Lance Edmands. |
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| Directed by Erica Scoggins. |
Thanks to
Shannon Hanmer for introducing me to
Place and
A Noise That Carries and
Fantasia for allowing me to discover the rest. Here's to a short-tastic 2020!
