“Carry On” tins top prize at Palm Springs Int’l ShortFest

PanARMENIAN.Net - The winners of the Palm Springs International ShortFest were announced Sunday, June 21 with Rafael Haider’s “Carry On” taking home the best of festival award, TheWrap reports.

Other notable wins include Haider’s “Submarine,” which received the future filmmaker award, with Marc Fouchard’s “The Way of Tea,” David Darg’s “Body Team 12″ and Gabriel Osorio’s “Bear Story” winning audience awards.

“It’s been a spectacular success on all fronts for ShortFest this year, with a uniformly ecstatic response from audience and filmmakers alike for the screenings, the panels and seminars and the special events the Festival mounted,” said festival director Darryl Macdonald in a statement. “With record numbers of attendees and filmmakers, the Festival lived up to its growing reputation as one of the most important events of its kind in the world.”

330 short films screened at the festival, which runs from June 16-22, along with more than 3,000 filmmaker submissions available in the film market. More than $115,000 in prizes were awards in 21 categories.