2020
The 2020 edition of Oakland Short Film Festival took place in partnership with FILMPIXS
April 19-21, 2021
Congratulations to all the filmmakers!
AWARD WINNERS
NOMINATIONS
BEST SHORT FILM
All Eyes On Me by Saber Tatarcheh
The Camping Trip by Jürgen Karasek
You, me & Eveline by Tom Ra'anan
Hey Stranger by Andrew Fuchs
Artemio's Loneliness Vol. 1 by Juan Carlos R. Larrondo
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Looking for Curtis by Willem Aerts
Our territory by Mathieu Volpe
Tony Fraginals by Ben Young
Trial By Fire by Alex Astrella
BEST DRAMA SHORT
Ah Gong by Clifford Miu
Vincent before Noon by Guillaume Mainguet
Our Home Here by Angela Chen
BEST THRILLER SHORT
Prefigured by Zeshaan Younus
Brain Jail by Carleton Ranney
Shattered by Torben Liebrecht
BEST COMEDY SHORT
Jason Goes Home by Chris Hawkinson
America by George ve Gänæaard & Horia Cucută
They Won't Last by Portlynn Tagavi
Proper British Sex by Shant Hamassian
Thank You For Buying Chess America by Noga Chevion
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
The Call by Angel Hobbs
Impossibility:Possibility by Brendan Sweeney
In Full Bloom by Maegan Houang
BEST ANIMATION SHORT
Nothing to Say by Aubry Mintz
Terror Fervor by Phoebe Parsons
Her Boat by Yingzhong Hu
Wash Day by Jaida Salmon
Downhill by Erica Moriconi
BEST DIRECTOR
The Umbrella by Tsang Hing Weng Eric
Brother by Hannah Stockmann
BEST WRITER
Smile by Natalie Peracchio
The Smell of Smoke by Spring Sutter
Home Care by Thoedor Solin
Bad Assistant by Kyle Cogan
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER
Italy & (This Is) Water by Ioan Gavriel & Anja Franziska Plaschg
Cycles by Whitney Legge
BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
Terror by Yonatan Shehoah
Faith - Vera by Tatiana Fedorovskaya
Baby by Thais Drassinower
A Trip with Mom by Sophie SHUI
BEST STUDENT DIRECTOR
Manzanal by Jon Ayon
Moth by Shu Zhu
The Olden Heralds by Luis Alejandro Yero