In its fourth year, The 15 Short Film Festival — created by Charlotte natives Ryan Walker, Antonio Diaz and Keith Whatley — returned to The Evening Muse last night. Award-winning shorts (15 minutes or less) from around the globe were screened in categories that included, documentary, experimental, drama/narrative, animation and comedy. This year’s batch was enjoyable — so much so that I (as well as probably the majority of the attendees who stayed until the bitter end) can overlook the aftermath of a super sore ass from sitting for around four hours straight.
Now, onto the winners. For the audience pick for ‘Best Of Show,’ there was a tie between the films Ana’s Playground and Madagascar-Travel Diary. Ana’s Playground (see trailer below) also won the ‘Special Jury Prize.’ For more information (including a list of featured films) on the 15 Short Film Festival, visit www.15shortfilmfestival.com.
This article appears in Oct 12-18, 2010.
