Short Film News (SFN) - Tribeca Enterprises announced that it has hired former Sundance Festival's director Geoffrey Gilmore as its Chief Creative Officer.
Gilmore, who will be responsible for Tribeca's global content strategy and will lead creative development initiatives, also joins the Board of Directors of Tribeca Enterprises.
Short Film News (SFN) - David OReilly's Please Say Something won the Golden Bear for best short film at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival.
The Irish film is the story of a difficult relationship between a very emotional cat and her husband, a mouse.
Short Film News (SFN) - Glimmer The 7th Hull International Short Film Festival announced that it has renamed two of its major awards the Anthony Minghella Award for Best International Short and best UK Short.
"We're proud that we are able to team up the University of Hull and to honor the legacy of one of Britain's most respected filmmakers," said festival director Laurence Boyce.
Short Film News (SFN) - The 18th annual Women's Film Festival in Brattleboro, Vermont will screen 27 films from short documentaries to full-length features, most made by women.
Taking place from March 13-22, the festival will show films from U.S, Germany, the Netherlands, Iran, India, France, the Bahamas, and Argentina.
Short Film News (SFN) - Short Term 12 by Destin Daniel Cretton and Lies by Jonas Odell won the 25th Sundance Film Festival's short film top awards.
Short Film jurors including Gerardo Naranjo, Lou Taylor Pucci, and Sharon Swart gave the jury prize in short filmmaking to Short Term 12, and the jury prize in international short filmmaking to Lies.
