The Aspen Shortsfest is an annual Oscar® qualifying short film festival held in
Aspen, Colorado
Aspen is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,004 at the 2020 United States Census. Aspen is in a remote area of the Rocky Moun ...
.
The internationally-recognized festival began in 1979.
In 2003, director
Lionel Bailliu
Lionel Bailliu is a filmmaker best known for writing and directing his Academy Award-nominated 2002 short film Squash. According to the Internet Movie Database, Bailliu also wrote four episodes of the French T.V. series Élodie Bradford, a show h ...
was given the Shortfest Award for the
2002 French short film
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...
called ''
Squash
Squash may refer to:
Sports
* Squash (sport), the high-speed racquet sport also known as squash racquets
* Squash (professional wrestling), an extremely one-sided match in professional wrestling
* Squash tennis, a game similar to squash but pla ...
''.
In 2004, director
Taika Waititi
Taika David Cohen (born 16 August 1975), known professionally as Taika Waititi ( ), is a New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian. He is a recipient of an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Grammy Award, and has received two nominations at ...
was given the Aspen Shortsfest Best Drama Award for the 2004 New Zealand short film called ''
Two Cars, One Night
''Two Cars, One Night'' is a 2004 New Zealand short film written and directed by Taika Waititi.
The film is about two young boys and a girl meeting in the carpark of a rural pub in Te Kaha, New Zealand. What at first seems to be a relationshi ...
''.
See also
*
List of Short Film Festivals
List of short film
A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a runnin ...
References
External links
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Film festivals in Colorado
Short film festivals in the United States
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