Short Film Competition
Short Film Showcase & Awards
One of the featured programs of our fall festival is the annual Short Film Competition. This audience favourite is an exciting program that presents a selection of short films submitted by regional, national and international filmmakers all in one evening. This is a juried event and the official selections were publicly screened as part of the Barrie Film Festival’s annual Short Film Program Showcase on October 26, 2024 at Galaxy Cinemas Barrie.
Presenting Sponsor:
TD PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD:
CRIME NEVER GETS OLD – William Manning
HIGH SCHOOL CATEGORY:
FIRST PLACE – THUNDERBIRD AND KILLER WHALE: S-HWUHWA’US & QUL-LHANUMUTSUN
Directed by Jason Cheng (BC, Canada)
SECOND PLACE – CRIME NEVER GETS OLD
Directed by William Manning (Ontario, Canada)
THIRD PLACE – DOOM-SCALATOR
Directed by William Manning (Ontario, Canada)
SIMCOE COUNTY CATEGORY:
FIRST PLACE – MIRROR MIRROR
Directed by Zach Price
SECOND PLACE – LIVE WIRE: THE ART OF JAMES PATERSON
Directed by Ben Frisch
THIRD PLACE – REFLECTIONS
Directed by Nathaniel Stafford Navarro
OPEN CATEGORY:
FIRST PLACE – DISARMED
Directed by Jason Perini and Lucy Green (Australia)
SECOND PLACE – DRAINSPOTTING
Directed by Andy Oxley & Joshua Gaunt (UK)
THIRD PLACE – CRITIC
Directed by Richard Perryman (UK)
Here is the full list of the 2024 Official selections that were shown at the festival.
Showcase Screening Program
Saturday, October 26, 2024
6:30 pm – Showcase Screening
Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Dr., Barrie, ON L4N 8W8
Awards were announced at the Filmmakers Party following the screening at The Canadian Brewhouse.
Low Budget Short in a Restaurant (Corto de bajo presupuesto en un restaurant)
Directed by: Martín De Benedetti
Comedy, 9:48 min. (Spain)
Language: Spanish with English subtitles
Open Category
Disconnect
Directed by: Riley Wadden
Drama, 8:50 min. (Canada)
Open Category
Thunderbird and Killer Whale: S-hwuhwa’us & Qul-lhanumutsun
Directed by: Jason Cheng
Documentary, 8:09 min. (Canada)
High School Category
Disarmed
Directed by: Jason Perini and Lucy Green
Drama, 7:00 min. (Australia)
Open Category
Reflections
Directed by: Nathaniel Stafford Navarro
Drama, 5:29 min. (Canada)
Simcoe County Category
Critic
Directed by: Richard Perryman
Drama, 6:08 min (United Kingdom)
Open Category
Comb-a
Directed by: Phoenix Hsuen
Action/Comedy, 3:30 min. (Canada)
High School Category
Crime Never Gets Old
Directed by: William Manning
Film noir/Stop-motion Animation, 4:48 (Canada)
High School Category
Drainspotting
Directors: Andy Oxley & Joshua Gaunt
Documentary, 9:37 min. (United Kingdom)
Open Category
The Last Supper
Directed by: Trudy Flashford
Drama, 4:36 (Canada)
High School Category
Mirror Mirror
Director: Zach Price
Horror, 8:34 min. (Canada)
Simcoe County Category
Live Wire: The Art of James Paterson
Directed by: Ben Frisch
Documentary, 10 min. (Canada)
Simcoe County Category
Doom-Scalator
Directed by: William Manning
Comedy, 1:06 (Canada)
High School Category
Simcoe Awards sponsored by:
