On Sunday, the awards were announced for the 17th Aspen Shortsfest. The entire list can be seen below. Except for the audience award given to COME BACK TO SUDAN, which shared the award with ONE...

So I came to the last night of the screenings at Aspen Shortsfest filled with high expectations.  Generally, the first and last programs are filled with great films.  Program 7 fluctuated between...

Jealousy reared its ugly head last night at Program 6 here at the Aspen Shortsfest.  I never thought I could be envious of a total stranger, a student nonetheless.  I asked myself how someone so...

Got here yesterday afternoon and headed to the Wheeler Opera House for the first program of the festival. It blew me away. As filmmakers Sylvia Johnson and Ismet Ergun said in the Q&A which...

It seems like there is a wave of hollywood stars directoral debuts at the upcoming Aspen Shortsfest, which starts this Wednesday. Josh Brolin's "X" has just been announced as part of the...

Yesterday, I started to get press releases from the Aspen Shortfest. The first one was for Kate Hudson’s directorial debut CUTLASS. Of course it’s great that Aspen helps support a local girl, albeit...

 Heading to Aspen for the Shortsfest next week and hope to post daily. I've spent over 15 years in the short film business and find Aspen to be the best programmed short film festival in the U.S. ...