Monthly archives: April, 2016

2016 TAOS SHORTZ FILM FEST AWARD WINNERS!

From flying 100 dollar bills to soaring drones, from amazing stories on the big screen, to late night tales over a beer, once again the Taos Shortz Film Fest has completed another successful year. Thank you to everyone who came out to support Global Cinema in Taos, and a special thank you to all the filmmakers who made it happen!

Watch our award-winners now!

DRAMA
Maman(s), Maimouna Doucoure, France
Honorable Mention: Plein Soleil (Blazing Sun), Fred Castadot, Belgium

COMEDY
Twinsburg, Joe Garrity, USA
Honorable Mention: Twisted, Nick Russell, USA

DOCUMENTARY
My Enemy, My Brother, Ann Shin, Iran/Iraq/Canada  
Honorable Mention: One Million Steps, Eva Stotz, Turkey

ANIMATION
The Cabinet Decision, Mayan Engelman, Jerusalem
Honorable Mention: Mend and Make Due, Bexie Bush, UK

OOTO (OUT OF THE ORDINARY)
Nelly, Chris Raiber, Austria
Honorable Mention: I Am Emmanual, Genevieve Clay-Smith, Australia

DIRECTORS CHOICE
Listen, Rungano Nyoni, Denmark/Finland
Honorable Mention: Selfie, Ali Erfan Farhadi, Iran

ZIA
Lightning In The Hand, Joey Grossfield, USA/NM
Honorable Mention: Delivery From Earth, Michael Becker, USA/NM

EMERGING ARTIST
Out Of The Village, Jonathan Stein, USA/Ghana
Honorable Mention: Agua Blanca (White-Water), Alina Montero, Mexico

FREE SPIRIT
Devil’s Throne, Echota Killsnight, Northern Cheyenne/Cherokee

PEOPLE’S CHOICE
A Man Wakes Up, Voki Kalfayan, USA 
Honorable Mention: Die Badewanne (The Bathtub), Tim Ellrich, Germany
Honorable Mention: Monday, Alejandro Montoya, USA/NM
Honorable Mention: Cond|Essence- Lyla June Johnston- Ep.4, Jacquelyn Cordova, USA/Taos


Praise

I just wanted to let you know that Ian and I loved it and were very impressed by the festival. We were disappointed that our schedule couldn’t let us spend more time in Taos and meet the filmmakers. I’ll definitely be telling my filmmaker friends to submit in the future, and of course I will submit as well! Thank you so much for showing First Night Out. The response was pretty incredible. – Will Mayo, First Night Out

I wanted to say I was blown away by the quality, selection and professionalism of the festival. It was inspired to do a Persian section, opening a window to Iranian life we seldom see. The mix of whimsical ìTwinsvilleî and îFishî, heart tugging works like ìAgua Blancaî and ìWaiting for Dawnî and effective activist art like ìOne Million Stepsî and ìHeiloî kept a pace and made you think. By 10.30 Thursday night I was exhausted. Thatís because Iíd been concentrating so hard, unlike commercial film, which is an eyewash. And there were two days more. – Bob Dowling, Santa Fe

I am still basking in the glow of the wonderful experience that is Taos Shortz! I just wanted to take the opportunity to thank you and Tizz for including me in such a great festival. – Amos Glick, A Man Wakes Up, People’s Choice winner 2016

Thank you so much for including my film in your festival and for hosting me in Taos. It was truly a remarkable weekend, I received such a wonderful response for my film, and it was fantastic to meet so many incredible filmmakers from around the world! I hope I get a chance to come back again, and I will definitely be submitting my next film ( whenever I make it…). – Richard Arum, So I was Wondering

Had a great time at the fest. Nice selection of films and an even nicer selection of people. – Michael Becker, Delivery from Earth ( HM Zia)

I just wanted to say thank you again for a wonderful weekend at Taos Shortz! Everyone was so kind, the city is beautiful, and the quality of films was so high. – Allyson Morgan, Need for Speed Dating

We are thankful to you, Taos Shortz Film Fest, for the excellent films, your kindness, and the green chiles. Until next time! – Alexander Jeffery, The Duke

What an amazing time at the Taos Shortz Film Fest!! Wonderful people, amazing audiences, incredible food and stunning landscape. – Nicolas Coles, The House is Innocent

We had a GREAT time at Taos Shortz Film Fest!! Such a wonderful town with a beautiful crowd and amazing films. Very grateful to spend such fun times together. See you all again soon. – Sam Luk, Invincible Spring


Taos Shortz Merchandise

Check out our cool merchandise that you can strut in style… you’ll be the center of attention in these awesome Taos Shortz shirtz and hatz.