2015 Sundance Film Festival Award Winning Shorts
Dec 01, 2015
The best short films of Sundance 2015!
Showcasing a wide variety of story and style, the 2015 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a program of six short films that won awards at this year’s Festival, which over the course of its more than 30-year history has been widely considered the premier showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers. Including fiction, documentary and animation from around the world, the distinct 2015 program traverses vibrant styles from wild comedy to quiet poetry. Each breaks through its limited timeframe with a high level of artistry and story that will resonate with audiences long after it ends.
Film Program
World of Tomorrow
Short Film Jury Award (Best of Fest)
(Don Hertzfeldt, United States, 17 min)
A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of the distant future.
SMILF
Short Film Jury Prize: US Fiction
(Frankie Shaw, United States, 9 min)
A young single mother struggles to balance her old life of freedom with her new one as mom. It all comes to a head during one particular nap-time when Bridgette invites an old friend over for a visit.
Oh Lucy!
Short Film Jury Prize: International Fiction
(Atsuko Hirayanagi, Japan/Singapore/United States, 22 min)
Setsuko, a 55-year-old single so-called office lady in Tokyo, is given a blonde wig and a new identity, Lucy, by her young, unconventional English-language teacher. "Lucy" awakens desires in Setsuko she never knew existed.
The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul
Short Film Jury Prize: Non-Fiction
(Kitty Green, Russian and Ukrainian, 7 min)
Adorned in pink sequins, little girls from across a divided, war-torn Ukraine audition to play the role of Olympic champion figure skater Oksana Baiul, whose tears of joy once united their troubled country.
Storm hits jacket
Short Film Jury Prize: Animation
(Paul Cabon, 2014, France, 13 min)
A storm reaches the shores of Brittany. Nature goes crazy, and two young scientists get caught up in the chaos. Espionage, romantic tension, and mysterious events clash with enthusiasm and randomness.
Object
Short Film Special Jury Prize for Poetic Vision
(Paulina Skibińska, Poland, 15 min)
A creative image of an underwater search in the dimensions of two worlds—ice desert and under water—told from the point of view of the rescue team, of the diver, and of the ordinary people waiting on the shore.