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's Worldwide Short Film Festival (WSFF), founded by Brenda Sherwood in 1994, was an annual

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held over several days in

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in June, at

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- Yorkville area venues; including the

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, the

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, and the

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, among others. As well as film screenings, the festival hosted parties and the CFC's annual picnic. The WSFF held accreditation, and was recognized as a qualifying event for the

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, the

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, and the

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(BAFTA) short film awards. This means that certain award-winners at the WSFF were eligible to be nominated for the

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, Genies, and

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awards. In 2012, the festival received 4,768 submissions from 113 countries, making it the largest short film festival in North America at that time. The festival was described in the ''

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'' as "a popular and productive meeting place for audiences, filmmakers, buyers and sellers interested in the art and commerce of making movies in short form", and this was reflected in the Short Films Big Ideas Symposium, which featured master classes and panel discussions focused on professional development for those involved in the industry. Each year the festival offered a celebrity program, which featured films with actors such as Scott Thompson,

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, and

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, among others. The festival also screened films by celebrity directors, including

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, and

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. In addition to the annual screenings in June, the festival also ran a monthly screening series called A World of Shorts. 2012 Worldwide Short Film Festival Cat

History

The Worldwide Short Film Festival was founded in 1994, and operated independently under the direction of Brenda Sherwood until 2000, when the Festival was acquired by the

(CFC). The Centre brought some professional expertise to the venture: Wayne Clarkson, the CFC's executive director, who was the former head of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), from 1978 to 1985. Brenda Sherwood was replaced as festival director by Shane Smith (2000-2006). Sherwood continued to serve on the festival advisory committee for 2001 festival season. Since 2001, under the direction of Shane Smith, the CFC-WSFF attendance doubled to over 15,000, and submissions increased to over 4,200. The CFC-WSFF also hosted the largest digital marketplace for short films in North America. Several CFC-WSFF juried short films went on to be nominated for Academy Awards. A few, like

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's animated documentary '' Ryan'', won the 2004 Oscar for

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, and the 25th Genie Award for Best Animated Short. Other Oscar winners include '' Harvie Krumpet'' by Adam Elliot (2003), ''

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'' by Andrea Arnold (2004) and ''

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'' by Torill Kove (2006).

IMAX Exhibition

From 2004-to-2006, Festival Director Shane Smith, and festival researcher Peter Hasek pursued the idea of curating a 45-minute presentation of large format

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15/70mm short films. This presentation was to have been screened at one of the IMAX theaters in downtown Toronto, as part of the CFC-WSFF program. The effort had support from Kodak Canada and the English Animation Department of the

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. The event was to be promoted with tongue-in-cheek, but in fact, as "the only presentation at the Worldwide Short Film Festival that actually uses film." With only a dozen-or-so 15/70mm short films in existence, the long-term plan was to create a boutique distribution service and "circuit" for large format short films; with each festival offering its own pro-rated "audience choice" cash award system. The goal was to create a reliable source of income for large format short film makers. The debut screening of the 15/70mm large format short film platter was to have been held during the Worldwide Short Film Festival, at one of the IMAX theaters in downtown Toronto in June, 2006 followed by a screening for the

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, at the

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IMAX Theater in

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in September, 2006. 2006 - LF Project

Following these two festival screenings, the 15/70mm platter was destined for on-going, for-profit screenings at the Western Fair IMAX Theater in

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in exchange for their help with the project. The Western Fair IMAX projection room and other facilities were to be used for print traffic co-ordination and revision work needed to assemble a 45-minute presentation of 15/70mm short films. There were tentative plans for screening this ad hoc platter of 15/70mm short films at other IMAX theaters in Canada, and the United States, wherever the local IMAX theater had a strong partnership with their local, mainstream film festival that was similar to the working arrangement and relationship between the Cinéfest group and Science North, in

. This plan fell through over time when: # The Western Fair IMAX Theater in

ceased operations in September 2005. # The IMAX theaters in downtown Toronto wanted up to $2000/hour in theater rental fees to prepare and host a 15/70mm short film festival event, making the event unrealistic and unaffordable for CFC-WSFF organizers and patrons. And neither the Famous Players IMAX in downtown Toronto or the Cinesphere IMAX at Ontario Place were able to provide print maintenance and on-site storage for the duration of the project, April–June 2006. (At the time, most film festival entries were submitted on DVD; a reel or platter of large format (IMAX) 70mm 15-perf short films can weigh 100 kilograms or more, and requires the use of a forklift truck to move the platter from shipping dock to storage room to projection room.) # The IMAX corporate office in Santa Monica, California let it be known, throughout the IMAX theater network, that the corporation did not support the idea of a large format, 15/70mm short film circuit for its theaters, and that the corporation's priority (circa 2004–05) was the re-purposing of mainstream Hollywood feature films for use in IMAX theaters. The official IMAX distribution model consists of packaging existing IMAX feature films and selling them at a deep discount, so the WSFF's conventional festival model might have been in competition with their commercial goals. # The loss of the project's principals: WSFF Director Shane Smith left the festival, and festival researcher Peter Hasek was diagnosed with cancer. In the end, it was determined that the scope and human resource requirements of The LF Project was so wide and deep, it would require the formation of a separate,

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non-profit organization in order to fully develop, implement and maintain the goal, set forth by Shane Smith and Peter Hasek, of curating a traveling presentation of

short films that was both manageable and financially sustainable. Shane Smith retired as festival director of the CFC-WSFF after the 2006 festival season, and was replaced by former print traffic coordinator, Eileen Arandiga, who is currently the Director of Partnerships and Events at the

. Shane Smith is currently the Toronto Film Festival's Director of Special Projects. In early 2013, the Canadian Film Centre began a re-evaluation of its public activities. As part of this re-evaluation process, the CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival was put on hiatus.

Previous award winners

Academy Awards Oscars qualifications, nominations and wins

Up until the 2012 film festival season, and the 2013 hiatus, the Canadian Film Centre's Worldwide Short Film Festival offered two

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-accredited awards. Winners of the

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award and the Deluxe Award for Best Live-Action Short qualify to be nominated for an Oscar. From 2001-to-2012, the following short films were screened at the Worldwide Short Film Festival, and were later nominated for an Oscar. *2003 - Best Animated Short: '' Harvie Krumpet'', directed by

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. WINNER at the 76th Academy Awards (''2004 ceremony for motion picture productions released in 2003'') *2003 - Best Live Action Short: ''

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'', directed by

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. Nominated for the 76th Academy Awards (2004 ceremony for motion picture productions released in 2003) *2004 - Best Animated Short: '' Ryan'', directed by

. WINNER at the 77th Academy Awards (2005 ceremony for motion picture productions released in 2004) *2004 - Best Documentary Short: ''

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'', by

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and Erin Faith Young. Nominated for the 77th Academy Awards (2005 ceremony for motion picture productions released in 2004) *2004 - Best Live Action Short: ''

'', directed by

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. WINNER at the 77th Academy Awards (2005 ceremony for motion picture productions released in 2004) *2005 - Best Animated Short: '' The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello'', by Anthony Lucas. Nominated for the 78th Academy Awards (2006 ceremony for motion picture productions released in 2005) *2006 - Best Animated Short: ''

'', by

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. WINNER at the 79th Academy Awards (2007 ceremony for motion picture productions released in 2006) *2007 - Best Animated Short: ''

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'', by

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and Maciek Szczerbowski. Nominated for the 80th Academy Awards (2008 ceremony for motion picture productions released in 2007) *2010 - Best Animated Short: ''

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'', by Jacob Schuh and

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. Nominated for the 83rd Academy Awards (2011 ceremony for motion picture productions released in 2010)

Audience Choice

*2001 – ''Dual Citizen'', directed by Christy Garland, Canada *2002 – ''Three Sisters on Moon Lake'', directed by Julie Kwan, Canada *2003 – ''The School'', directed by Jonathan Hayes, Ontario *2004 – ''

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, Cats or Dogs?'', animated by

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, UK *2005 – ''Invulnerable'', directed by Alvaro Pastor, Spain"‘Thick Glasses’ takes prize at short film festival"
'' Playback'', July 4, 2005. *2006 – ''The Legend of the Scarecrow'', directed by Marco Bezas, Spain *2007 – ''It's My Turn Now'', directed by Jorgen Hjerdt, Sweden *2008 – ''Out of Spjald (Vaek fra Spjald)'', directed by Thomas Glud & Lars Wass, Denmark *2009 – ''Paul Rondin Is... Paul Rondin (Paul Rondin est... Paul Rondin)'', directed by Frédéric Vin, France *2010 – ''Luxury (Luksus)'', directed by Jaroslaw Sztandera, Poland *2011 – ''

'', directed by Jakob Schuh & Max Lang, UK, Germany *2012 – ''Unravel'', directed by Meghna Gupta, India, UK

Best Emerging Canadian Filmmaker

*2005 – Jeffrey St. Jules for ''The Sadness of Johnson Jo Jangles'', Ontario *2006 – Chris Nash for ''Day of John'', Ontario *2006 –

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for ''

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(Le rouge au sol)'', Quebec *2007 – Nicolas Roy for ''

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(Petit dimanche)'', Canada *2008 – Audrey Cummings for ''Burgeon and Fade'', Ontario *2009 – Aparna Kapur for ''Amma'', Canada *2010 – J.B. Sugar for ''Wood If'', Canada

The Bravo!FACT Award for Best Canadian Short

*2001 – ''Killing Time'', directed by Tara Johns, Quebec *2002 – '' Remembrance'', directed by

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*2003 – ''The Truth About Head'', directed by Dale Heslip, Ontario *2004 – '' Ryan'', directed by

, Ontario *2005 – '' Through My Thick Glasses'', directed by Pjotr Sapegin, Quebec *2006 – ''

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'', directed by Greg Spottiswood, Ontario *2007 – '' After All (Après tout)'', directed by Alexis Fortier, Quebec *2008 – '' Can You Wave Bye-Bye?'', directed by Sarah Galea-Davis *2009 – '' Land of Men (Terre des hommes)'', directed by Ky Nam Le Duc *2010 – ''Fishes (Les poissons)'', directed by Jean Malek *2011 – ''Cold Blood (Sang froid)'', directed by Martin Thibaudeau *2012 – ''

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(Edmond était un âne)'' directed by Franck Dion

The Deluxe Award for Best Live-Action Short

*2001 – ''To See a Boat in Sail'', directed by Anja Breien, Norway *2002 – ''Bamboleho'', directed by Luis Prieto, Spain *2003 – ''

'', directed by

, France *2004 – ''

'', directed by

, United Kingdom *2005 – ''Before I Go'', directed by Heiko Hahn, Germany *2006 – '' Bawke'', directed by

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, Norway *2007 – ''Soft'', directed by Simon Ellis, UK *2008 – ''Manon on the Asphalt (Manon sur le bitume)'', directed by Elizabeth Marre & Olivier Pont, France *2009 – ''My Name is Dominic (Tous les enfants s'appelent Dominique)'', directed by Nicolas Silhol, France *2010 – '' Over the Fence (Viiko Ennen Vappua)'', directed by Hamy Ramezan, Finland *2011 – ''Aglaée'', directed by Rudi Rosenberg, France *2012 – ''The Factory (A fábrica)'' directed by Aly Muritiba, Brazil

The Kodak Award for Best Cinematography in a Canadian Short

*2002 – Lara Fitzgerald for ''Scenes from Childhood'' *2003 – Rosa Zacharie for ''

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(Une éclaircie sur le fleuve)'' *2004 – Nicolas Roy for ''Leo'' *2005 – James Cooper for ''Lepidultrous'' *2006 –

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for ''Benediction'' *2007 – Phillipe Roy for '' After All (Après tout)'' *2008 –

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for ''

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'' *2009 – Miroslaw Baszak for '' The Water'', directed by

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*2010 –

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for ''Slip'' *2011 –

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for ''Nowhere Elsewhere (Au milieu de nulle part ailleurs)'' *2012 – Christophe Collette for ''Gravity of Center''

Best Animated Short

*2001 – ''The Man with the Beautiful Eyes'', directed by Jonathan Hodgson, UK *2002 – ''Home Road Movies'', directed by

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, UK *2003 – ''Fast Film'', directed by

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, Austria/Luxembourg *2004 – '' Harvie Krumpet'', directed by

, Australia *2005 – '' The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello'', directed by Anthony Lucas, Australia *2006 – ''

'', directed by

, Canada/Norway *2007 – ''

'', directed by Maciek Szczerbowski, Chris Lavis, Canada *2008 – ''Boar Attack'', directed by Jay White, Canada *2009 – ''Slaves (Slavar)'', directed by Hanna Heilborn & David Aronowitsch, Sweden & Denmark *2010 – ''The Silence Beneath the Bark (Les silence sous l'ecorce)'', directed by Joanna Lurie, France *2011 – ''The Tannery'', directed by Iain Gardner, UK *2012 – ''The Maker'', directed by Christopher Kezelos, Australia

The Panasonic Award for Best Documentary Short

*2012 - ''Eighty Eight'', directed by Sebastian Feehan, Josh Bamford, UK

Best Experimental Short

*2001 – ''Copy Shop'', directed by

, Austria *2002 – ''Eve'', directed by Britt Randle, Canada *2003 – ''Islands'', directed by

Richard Fung Richard Fung (born 1954) is a video artist, writer, public intellectual and theorist who currently lives and works in Toronto, Ontario. He was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and is openly gay. Fung is a professor at OCAD University. He earned a ...

, Ontario *2004 – ''The Paper Wall'', directed by Nicholas & Sheila Pye, Quebec *2005 – ''Spacer'', directed by Guy Roland, British Columbia *2006 – ''Film Noir'', directed by Osbert Parker, UK *2007 – ''The Nautical Education'', directed by Christian Laurence, Canada *2008 – ''Roastbeef'', directed by François Bégin & Miryam Bouchard, Canada *2009 – ''

Danse Macabre The ''Danse Macabre'' (; ) (from the French language), also called the Dance of Death, is an artistic genre of allegory of the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death. The ''Danse Macabre'' consists of the dead, or a personification of ...

'', directed by

Pedro Pires Pedro de Verona Rodrigues Pires (; born 29 April 1934) is a Cape Verdean politician who served as Prime Minister of Cape Verde from 1975 to 1991, and later as President from 2001 to 2011. Life and career Pires was born in São Filipe, Fogo, Cape ...

, Canada *2010 – ''Slip'', directed by

Chelsea McMullan Chelsea McMullan is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, best known for their 2013 film '' My Prairie Home'', a film about transgender musician Rae Spoon.The Death of an Insect (Erään Hyönteisen Tuho)'', directed by Hannes Vartiainen and Pekka Veikkolainen, Finland *2012 – ''Gravity of Center'', directed by Thibaut Duverneix, Canada

The Deluxe Award for Best Performance in a Live-Action Short

*2008 – ''Death of Shula'', Yosef Corman-Korman, Israel *2010 – ''A Parachute Falling in Siberia'',

Noni Hazlehurst Leonie Elva "Noni" Hazlehurst , (born 17 August 1953) is an Australian actress, director, writer, presenter and broadcaster who has appeared on television and radio, in dramas, mini-series and made for television films, as well also on stag ...

, Anthony Phelan, Australia *2011 – ''Fathermotherchild (Vatermutterkind)'', Aline Kolditz and Lea Kolditz *2012 – ''My Sweetheart (Mon amoureux)'', Miss Ming, France

Screenplay Giveaway

*2001 – ''Masterpiece Monday'', Glenn Forbes *2003 – ''Gold'', Armen J. Kazazian *2004 – '' Scarlet Runners'', Teresa Hannigan *2005 – ''The Contest'', Naoko Kumagai *2006 – ''Funky Prairie Boy'', Michael Schultz *2007 – ''The Bridge'', Lindsey Connell *2008 – ''Big Head'',

Dylan Akio Smith Dylan Akio Smith (born September 21, 1974, in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian film director and producer.David Spaner, "Really good movies, ReelFast: Dylan Akio Smith had 48 hours to make winning film". ''The Province'', August 26, 2003. ...

*2009 – ''She Said Lenny'', Kate Hewlett *2010 – ''Last Christmas'', Geoffrey Redknap *2011 - ''Sam and Rea's Fault'', Jason Hreno *2012 – ''Static'', Tanya Lemke

Funding Forum Pitch Prize

*2001 – ''Firster's Dungeon'', Sophie Hargest *2007 – ''Where Do White People Go When the Long Weekend Comes? The Wondrous Journey of Delroy Kincaid'', Powys Dewhurst; ''Belonging'',

Elizabeth Lazebnik Elizabeth Lazebnik is a Latvian Canadian filmmaker from Toronto, Ontario, whose full-length feature debut '' Be Still'' was released in 2021. The film, which premiered at the 2021 Vancouver International Film Festival, was a Vancouver Film Critics ...

References

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External links

CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival website
Film festivals in Toronto Short film festivals in Canada Defunct film festivals in Canada