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Palm Springs International ShortFest

Palm Springs ShortFest, one of the most acclaimed short film showcases in the World, has become known world-wide for the community of filmmakers it attracts, and for the quality and scope of its programming. This event is the largest festival of its kind in America, showcasing over 350 short films from more than 40 countries.

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11^th edition

2005 | 20 - 26 September

Awards

Selected short films

Edition details

Best of the Festival

Torte Bluma

United States | 2005 | 18:00

Director: Benjamin Ross

Future Filmmaker Award

The Mantis Parable

United States | Feb 2005 | 8:00

Director: Josh Staub

Best Live Action Film - Under 15 minutes

The Youth In Us

United States | 2005 | 12:00

Director: Joshua Leonard

Best Live Action Film - Over 15 minutes

Tama Tu

New Zealand | 2004 | 18:00

Director: Taika Waititi

Best Animation

The Mantis Parable

United States | Feb 2005 | 8:00

Director: Josh Staub

Best Documentary

Search for Her

Singapore | 13:00

Director: Dawn Khoo

Audience Award

God Sleeps in Rwanda

Rwanda | 2004 | 29:00

Directors: Kimberlee Acquaro, Stacy Sherman

Audience Favourite Live Action Short

Goodnight Bill

United States | 2005 | 19:00

Directors: Jeremy Kipp Walker, J Anderson Mitchell

Best Animation - Audience Award

Surly Squirrel

Canada | 2005 | 10:45

Director: Peter Lepeniotis

Runner-up - Best Live Action Short Film - Audience Award

Our Time is Up

United States | 2004 | 14:00

Director: Rob Pearlstein

2nd Place - Best Student Live Action Film - Over 15 minutes

La Ruta Natural

The Natural Route

Spain | 2004 | 11:00

Director: Alex Pastor

Alice et moi

Alice and I

Belgium | 2004 | 19:00

Director: Micha Wald

Simon has to drive his old aunt Mala and two of her friends, Lydia and Colette, to the seaside. While driving, he argues with his girlfriend Alice ove...

Azadi

Australia | 2005 | 20:00

Director: Anthony Maras

An Afghan father and his young son flee the violent street of Kabul only to encounter another type of persecution upon arrival in Australia.

Binta y la Gran Idea

Binta and the Great Idea

Spain | 2004 | 34:58

Director: Javier Fesser

Binta's father has an idea, but he doesn't know if it is a good idea or not.

Boy

New Zealand | 2004 | 14:59

Director: Welby Ings

A young male prostitute lives in a fantasy world full of broken angel-like dolls. By accident, he uncovers the truth behind a fatal accident in his ho...

Full Disclosure

United States | 2005 | 16:00

Director: Douglas Horn

Tired of wasting time on relationships that break up when one person discovers something they can't stand about the other, Everett decides to reveal a...

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Through My Thick Glasses

Norway | Mar 2004 | 13:00

Director: Pjotr Sapegin

It's Norway, and it's winter. To convince a short-sighted little girl to put on her cap before going out to play, her grandfather tells her a story: h...

God Sleeps in Rwanda

Rwanda | 2004 | 29:00

Directors: Stacy Sherman, Kimberlee Acquaro

In the 1994 Rwandan genocide as many as 1 million lost their lives in 100 days. With the focus of killing on men, the country was left nearly 70% fema...

Goodnight Bill

United States | 2005 | 19:00

Directors: Jeremy Kipp Walker, J Anderson Mitchell

A cynical old man, forced to share his hospital with a stranger who he discovers is gay, learns through the power of friendship that it's never too la...

La révolution des crabes

The Crab Revolution

France | 2004 | 4:50

Director: Arthur de Pins

In the browny waters of the Gironde estuary, between the rocks repainted with fuel and the muddy sand that provides a home for the best oysters in the...

La Ruta Natural

The Natural Route

Spain | 2004 | 11:00

Director: Alex Pastor

When Divad wakes up after a strange accident in the shower, he can't remember anything, not even his own name. His home, his supposed wife… Although h...