1 Reel Film Festival
Bumbershoot One Reel
The 1 Reel Film Festival is part of Bumbershoot, Seattle's Music and Arts Festival which annually draws over 150,000 people to the grounds of the Seattle Center to celebrate the arts. Founded in 1995, 1 Reel is a Bumbershoot tradition, and is one of the nation’s best-attended short format festivals in the US, drawing over 15,000 filmgoers, filmmakers and industry members each year. Cash prizes are awarded in Short Film-Narrative and Short Film-Animation.
13th edition
2008 | 30 August - 1 September
Animation Grand Jury Prize
United Kingdom | 2007 | 9:27
Director: Luis Cook
15
Narrative Special Jury Prize
United Kingdom | 2008
Director: Paddy Considine
2
Narrative Special Jury Prize
Ireland | May 2007 | 10:53
Director: Steph Green
25
United Kingdom | Aug 2007 | 10:44
Director: Daniel Cormack
A married couple appear to have all the trappings of wealth, success and happiness, but both Amelia and Michael have secrets from each other. Through ...
3
On the Line
Germany | 2007 | 29:45
Director: Reto Caffi
A department store security guard is racked by guilt after not helping the victim of a fight in the subway.
26
United Kingdom | 2008
Director: Paddy Considine
Joseph is a man who is plagued by a violence and rage that is driving him to self destruction. As he falls further into turmoil, Joseph scours the lan...
2
Energy!
Germany | Mar 2007 | 5:06
Director: Thorsten Fleisch
The tv/video screen comes alive by a controlled beam of electrons in the cathode ray tube. For 'energie!' an uncontrolled high voltage discharge of ap...
7
United States | 2008 | 26:00
Director: Benjamin Zeitlin
A group of mourners and man spat from the depths of hades build a boat from the debris of New Orleans to rescue their loved ones lost trapped beneath ...
4
Hezurbeltzak, a Common Grave
Spain | 2007
Director: Iziben Onederra
The Basque word Hezurbeltzak does not appear in any
dictionary – its literal translation is “black bones”. It
describes those who exist on the edge ...
5
Play
Switzerland | 2006 | 4:00
Director: Georges Schwizgebel
A variation of musical and visual play inspired by the scherzo of the 2nd piano concerto by Sergei Prokoffieff.
9
United Kingdom | 2007 | 3:30
Director: Matthew Walker
Karen the penguin is not pleased to see John the polar bear on her doorstep. Their argument last night has put her in a very bad mood and John is on e...
10
Russia | 2007 | 9:15
Director: Konstantin Bronzit
Love is always sudden - you never know when or where it might strike.
6
Ireland | May 2007 | 10:53
Director: Steph Green
Based on a short story by Roddy Doyle this poignant and comedic short film deftly captures the experience of being the new boy in school through the e...
25
Auf der Strecke (On the Line)
The Second Line
Son
Spider
Teat Beat of Sex
Weiss
Voor een Paar Knikkers Meer (For a Few Marbles More)
Short film types screened

Fiction / Live action

Animation

Documentary

Experimental

Music video
Competition and rewards

International competition

No cash awards

No screening fees