The Love Your Shorts Film Festival is a film festival held in

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, around Valentine's Day. The Festival screens only short films under 30 minutes in length. Films are divided into different blocks for screening. Audience members at each block vote for their favorite film and winners are announced on the spot. The winning films from each block advance to a final block for a panel of judges to pick the overall festival winner. Winners of each block earn the festival's award, the "Monroe", an original piece of metal artwork named after Sanford's Lake Monroe. At the end of each block a brief Q&A session is conducted between the filmmakers and audience members. The Festival hosts an hour-long moderated filmmakers panel in which movie techniques and filmmaker triumphs and tribulations are discussed.

2011 Festival

General Information

The 2011 Love Your Shorts Film Festival was held at the Greater Sanford Regional Chamber of Commerce, which used to be a USO headquarters. The dates of the festival were February 11–13, 2011. There were over 220 movies submitted from 15 countries, of which, 63 were selected for screening.

Winners

Judges Panel

* Denise Cummings * Barbara Farrell * Tracy Frenkel * Lisa Mills *

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2012 Festival

General Information

The 2012 Love Your Shorts Film Festival was held at the historic Ritz Theater / Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center on February 10–12, 2012. The theater was established in 1922 and has a seating capacity of 585. Film submissions were accepted from June 1, 2011, through November 30, 2011 via Withoutabox.

References

* Hurter, Tom
"Love Your Shorts Film Festival Official Selections Announced"
''UCF Film News'', January 10, 2011. * Myer, Ray
"Movies selected for inaugural Love Your Shorts Film Festival"
''The Sanford Herald'', January 12, 2011. * Myer, Ray
"Roll out the red carpet – Love Your Shorts is here"
''The Sanford Herald'', February 7, 2011. * Moore, Roger
"Sanford's first film fest debuts Friday"
''The Orlando Sentinel'', February 10, 2011. * Moore, Roger

''The Orlando Sentinel'', February 14, 2011. * Myer, Ray
"IT'S A WRAP: Love Your Shorts premieres in Sanford"
''The Sanford Herald'', February 17, 2011. * Moore, Roger

''The Orlando Sentinel'', June 2, 2011.

External links

Love Your Shorts Film Festival
Official website
Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center
Official website {{coord missing, Florida 2011 establishments in Florida Film festivals in Florida Film festivals established in 2011 Tourist attractions in Seminole County, Florida Short film festivals in the United States