Presented by the
Canadian Film Centre, and in its 16th year, the
2010 Worldwide Short Film Festival will be screening a total of 281
short films from around the world between June 1 and 6. This is the
cream of the crop of short form entertainment in every genre imaginable
and whether you want to laugh or be scared (and not have to sit through a
two-hour feature to get the end result) this is the festival for you.
Out
of the 33 programs on offer (averaging 90 minutes in length and
showcasing five to seven films per program) my picks include:
Celebrity
Shorts (which includes a dramatic role from
Saturday Night Live star
Kristen Wiig in
One Night Only and the pre-
Twilight shot
Robert Pattinson period piece
The Summer House),
Midnight Mania:
Creepy (
Jack,
Everybody, and
Mrdrchain are
must-sees and should send their filmmakers to the big leagues),
Midnight
Mania: Freaky (see this program mainly for
The Little Dragon
which follows a Bruce Lee action figure as it breaks out of the package
it's been stored in for 35 years),
Date Night! (romance done better than
most Hollywood productions in titles
Epic Fail,
Cheese,
and
Flawed), and
Bad Habits (the animated
Missed Aches and
The Lighthouse should go on to win some awards down the road).
To
see a full list of films and programs, get the schedule, and to
purchase tickets, visit
shorterisbetter.com. To download the WSFF iPhone
app visit the iTunes App Store.
brian.mckechnie@citynews.rogers.comTop
image: A scene from The Little Dragon. Courtesy WSFF.