The 27th Aspen Shortsfest festivities commenced on Sunday evening at the annual Awards Dinner hosted by Aspen Film at Aspen Kitchen. Congratulations to all of the winners and thank you to all of the outstanding filmmakers for sharing their work!

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JURY AWARDS OSCAR®-QUALIFYING AWARDS
Best Drama
Fauve, directed by Jeremy Comte (Canada)

Best Comedy
The Passage, directed by Kitao Sakurai (USA)

Narrative Special Mentions 
Emergency, directed by Carey Williams (USA)
Hair Wolf, directed by Mariama Diallo (USA)
Intercourse, directed by Jonatan Etzen (Sweden)

Best Documentary
The Driver is Red, directed by Randall Christopher (USA)

Special Documentary Mention
JUCK [THRUST], directed by Olivia Kastebring, Julia Gumpert, Ulrika Bandeira (Sweden)

Best Animated Film
Coyote, directed by Lorenz Wunderle (Switzerland)
Special animation mention
Manivald, directed by Chintis Lungren (Canada, Croatia, Estonia)

Best Short Short
Wild Wild West: A Beautiful Rant by Mark Bradford, directed by Dime Davis (USA)

ADDITIONAL JURY AWARDS 

Best Student Short
Still Water Runs Deep, directed by Abbesi Akhamie (Nigeria/USA)

Special Student Mention
Atelier, directed by Elsa Maria Jakobsdottir (Iceland)

AUDIENCE AWARDS

Audience Award
The Driver is Red, directed by Randall Christopher (USA)

Audience Special Recognition
Zion, directed by Floyd Russ (USA)

ADDITIONAL AWARDS

Vimeo Staff Pick
Atelier, directed by Elsa Maria Jakobsdottir (Iceland) 

The Ellen Award
Magic Alps, directed by Andrea Brusa, Marco Scotuzzi (Italy)

The Youth Jury Award
An Uncertain Future, directed by Chelsea Hernandez, Ilana Sosa (USA)

Vimeo, in official partnership with Aspen Shortsfest presented its new Vimeo Staff Pick Award at the Annual Awards Dinner on Sunday, April 8—a live iteration of its Staff Pick laurel. Outside of SXSW, Aspen Shortsfest is the second major film festival to receive the designation and is proud to present the Vimeo Staff Pick Premiere of Atelier, directed by Elsa Maria Jakobsdottir:

Best of Aspen Shortsfest
7:30 pm
The Temporary
360 Market St., Basalt

See all of the award winning films from the 27th Aspen Shortsfest in a single screening! 
Tickets: $20 (advance), $25 (door), tcaw.org