The short sweet film fest is an annual short film festival held in cleveland, ohio. You can submit your film to the 2020 festival via one of two ways. The festival directors were courteous and always kept us informed on scheduling and updates. With eight festivals under our belt, our goal for our ninth annual film festival is to showcase films. We showcase up and coming filmmakers, at the local, national and international levels, who strive to advance the art of film. The highestrated short film will win the shortfest online audience award, to be announced at sundays festival award ceremony on closing night. Now, nine festivals later, over 150 films will be shown at the alex theater at the metropolitan at 9 a. For 21 years, the newport beach film festival has strived to connect our orange county audience with the best in independent and international films while hosting events where the newport beach and filmmaking communities can gather to enjoy tastings and hosted cocktails from the areas best culinary and beverage partners.
Feb 21, 2020 michael suglio, organizer of the annual short. Wednesday, february 26, 2020 sunday, march 1, 2020 at alex theater, cleveland, oh. Hair wolf by mariama diallo won the sundance jury grand prize and is one of the 47 films on. Just ask local directorproducerscreenwriter michael suglio, who eight years ago created the short. More than 20,000 people attend the festivals various events, which includes daily film screenings, an awards ceremony and three days of.
It was remarkable to experience such a well run event at such a perfect venue. The canadian film centres th annual worldwide short film festival, which opens tuesday and runs to june 17, pretty much has it all. Film fest, suglio is an active player in cleveland s film scene, as a parttime professor at cleveland state universitys school of film and media arts. Film fest in the market garden brewery backroom and basement before eventually. Learn more about alex theater at the 9 in downtown cleveland, oh. The short and sweet film festival will take place at the geary events center in january just days before the sundance film festival.
The short sweet film fest is an annual short film festival held in cleveland, ohio background. If youre looking for something super fun tonight, join me and the greater cleveland film commission for a netflix party featuring the beloved film, the shawshank redemption and featuring the. Photos from the screenings, premieres, parties and special events of the short. Spa city fest has 47 short films by jennifer nixon january 3, 2019 at 1. This short film serves as a meditation on how humans are made in our current. Film fest strives to showcase up and coming filmmakers at the local, national and international levels who strive to advance the art of film. Submit online through withoutabox or filmfreeway or submit. The short and sweet film festival will take place at the geary events center january 1718, 2020 just days before the sundance film festival. What better way to watch independent cinema then in the stunning and brandnew alex theater at the metropolitan at the 9 while enjoying a cool beer or cocktail with some gourmet food. Film fest had excellent communication and wonderful programming. We have a very short attention span so we love short films. Films screened at the festival include by the book, fixed, love at first sight and the things my father never taught me a unique feature of the festival is that live music follows each day. By marissa willman the 18th annual palm springs international shortfest is in full swing after kicking off tuesday, bringing a total of 325 short films from around the world to camelot theatres through monday. Macdonald said the online contest is a great way to become familiar with short films.
The festival was found by mike suglio in 2012, and approximately 100 films are showcased each year. In the age of streaming there are more opportunities than ever before to share your work, but we often asked ourselves, do we really. The short and sweet film festival will take place at the geary events center january 67, 2021 just days before the sundance film festival. Fest featuring over 150 films under 30 minutes from around the world with an emphasis on local films. Did we mention there will also be live music throughout the film festival. For the same reason books cant be judged by their cover, movies shouldnt be judged by their running time. Film fest has added two extra days of programming to its 2020 event, making it a little less short than its preceding eight years worth of.
Doors open at 6 pm wednesday through friday with films starting at 7pm. Short, sweet and queer newport beach film festival. Be uptodate on the latest news surrounding the 2020 festival. Doors open at 10am on saturday and sunday with films running from 11am to 9pm. What better way to watch independent cinema then in the stunning alex theater at the metropolitan at the 9 while enjoying a cool beer or cocktail with some gourmet food. Attendees contacted me to follow up on the film as well. We found it challenging to showcase our own short films at film festivals who mainly program around feature films. Film fest has added two extra days of programming to its 2020 festival. Feb, 2018 in 2012, local film aficionado michael suglio successfully launched his short. Sigma sigma sigma at case western reserve university. While its not quite at the same feature film level, this smaller shortsfocused fest is a great launch pad for upandcoming filmmakers, both in the narrative and.
The festival was found by mike suglio in 2012, and. Over the years, the festival grew bigger and bigger, so suglio. Although not able to attend, we were honored to screen and be recognized as outstanding horror short. With eight festivals under our belt, our goal for our ninth annual film festival is to showcase films under 30 minutes to the growing art scene in the greater cleveland area and highlight the works of student to veteran filmmakers across the country. For movie lovers who can take in lots and lots of films in one sitting but have short attention spans, the short.