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BEST OF THE FEST

Good Karma $1

Screener Award Winners:

Best Screenplay – Over Lunch

Best Cinematography – 1937

Best Directing – Ester’s House

Best Scene – The Things My Father Never Taught Me

Audience Awards:

Best Opening Night – Good Karma $1

Best E for Everyone – TIE – Sincerely Kati and The Handshake

Best Documentary – Bo

Best Animation – The Ballad of Poisonberry Pete

Best Comedy – Ben Dovre

Best Sci-Fi/Horror – Asternauts

Best Drama – Parallax

Best Florida Flavor – The Guy Knows Everything

We are proud to unveil the Love Your Shorts Film Festival poster for our 2013 season!  A famous landmark in Sanford was the inspiration for the art.  Can anyone guess which local establishment inspired it?

Many thanks to artist and board member, Frank Loose, for his design!

On January 1, 2012 the Love Your Shorts Film Festival programming committee announced its selections for the February 10-12 film festival in Sanford, Florida.

Click here to view official selections.

The committee is proud of this year’s short films and believes audiences will appreciate the eclectic mix and range of films.

Several films have a local connection.

Included in the lineup is “Bubblegum Smackers,” a short film written and directed by University of Central Florida film student, Lindsay Garvin and produced by University of Central Florida film student, Meg Wechter.

Also included is “Italian Life” by University of Central Florida film student Eric Coppa-Cross.

Additionally, the Florida Flavor film block will feature films made in the state.

Talent also comes from around the world with films from Australia, United Kingdom, Canada, Spain, India, Syria, Germany, and Taiwan.

The festival also features two films from young talent this year.  “My License” is a short animation created by 6th grader, Elizabeth Herrick, and “Anti-Tobacco PSA” was directed by 3rd grader, Jay Nibhanupudy.  Both of these films will screen in the festival’s new “E” for Everyone category which is family-friendly.

LYSFF looks forward to sharing all of their selections with you!

Click here to purchase tickets.

By Ray Myer

Herald Staff

Sixty-three movies for next month’s inaugural Love Your Shorts Film Festival in Sanford were selected this week from 225 movies submitted by filmmakers around the world. Entries were from 15 different countries.

“We were overwhelmed by the number of submissions we received in our first year – more than double what we were anticipating,” said Christina Grace-Beverly, media director of the Feb. 11-13 festival. “I think the audience will be pleased by the quality and variety of films.”

The three-day event organized by a nonprofit group in Sanford will feature films up to 30 minutes long in six different categories.

The movies will be shown at the Greater Sanford Regional Chamber of Commerce. The chamber, which used to be a USO headquarters for dances and parties from 1943 to 1968, will serve as the weekend headquarters of this first Love Your Shorts event.

In addition to films from the United States, others from Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, India, Thailand, Oman, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia were submitted for judging. Some of the films are subtitled.

The films chosen for the event have been grouped into categories and will be shown in blocks of about 1½ to 2 hours each: animation, comedy, documentary, drama, Florida Flavor, and sci-fi/horror. The Florida Flavor category is for films made in Florida, or by Florida filmmakers elsewhere.

“I think that we have compiled a solid lineup. There is undoubtedly something for everyone,” said Scott Gabbey, one of the festival’s board members. “I was amazed by the creativity involved.”

Film fans at each block will vote on their favorite movie. The winning movies from each block will advance to a final block for a panel of judges to pick the Best of the Fest.

Grace-Beverly said some filmmakers from as far as New York and Canada have responded that they’ll attend the festival.

On the final afternoon of the festival, a free discussion forum will be presented featuring several of the filmmakers attending the festival. The filmmakers will discuss their movie techniques, triumphs and tribulations.

Tickets for the festival are $6 per block and are available on the festival’s website, LoveYourShorts.com.