The 2023 Palm Springs Worldwide ShortFest introduced its pageant juried and viewers award winners as a part of Closing Evening on the Camelot Theatre (Palm Springs Cultural Middle). Winners have been chosen from 299 brief movies that have been a part of the Official Choice. The pageant happened June 20-26, 2023.
In animation, the winners have been:
Better of the Pageant Award – $5,000 money prize:
Winner: The Outdated Younger Crow (Japan/USA), directed by Liam LoPinto
- Mehrdad recollects his childhood in Japan via his outdated sketchbook, returning to his encounter with an outdated Japanese lady, Chiyo, mourning the fortieth anniversary of her son’s passing.
Jury: Angel An (VP of Acquisitions, Roadside Sights); Kiva Reardon (Vice President of Movie, PASTEL); Clay Pruitt (Head of Programming, Impression Distribution, Impression Distribution, Seed&Spark)
Finest Animated Quick – $1,000 money prize:
Winner: Manner Higher (Lithuania), directed by Skirmanta Jakaitė
- A person awaits check outcomes. He expects the worst but hopes for the perfect. Distressed and afraid, he spends every week within the limbo of his personal creation, neither right here nor there, dreading the issues that have not occurred but.
Jury: Geoff Marslett (Animator/Director/Author/Producer); Irene Soriano (Author/Movie Curator); Gabe Van Amburgh (Movie Programmer and Senior Supervisor, SXSW)
Particular Mentions:
- Ashkaska (Spain/Argentina), directed by Lara Maltz
- Eeva (Croatia/Estonia), directed by Lucija Mrzljak and Morten Tšinakov
Scholar Animated Quick – $1,000 money prize:
Winner: The Rainbow Dung Beetle (USA), directed by Ellen Moway and Cole Dupzyk
- Accustomed to camouflaging himself with mud to cover from predators, Desmond the dung beetle learns from his new neighbors that he can use his true colours to his benefit.
Viewers Awards:
Finest Animated Quick:
Ice Retailers (Portugal), directed by João Gonzalez
- Day-after-day, a father and his son leap with a parachute from their vertiginous chilly home, hooked up to a cliff, to go to the village on the bottom, far-off, the place they promote the ice they produce day by day.
A whole listing of winners is out there right here.
The Palm Springs Worldwide ShortFest is an Oscar Qualifying occasion; the winner in some classes could also be eligible to submit their brief to the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences for Oscar consideration.
Supply: Palm Springs Worldwide ShortFest
Debbie Diamond Sarto is information editor at Animation World Community.
