Oregon Short Film Festival Summer 2021

The eighth edition of the Oregon Short Film Festival took place on Sunday August 29th, 2021 at The Clinton Street Theater 2522 SE Clinton St, Portland, OR 97202 presented by Film Festival Circuit. The official selection, award finalist and award winning laurels and certificates are publicly available on Google Drive. (LINK) The Oregon Short Film Festival had 200+ attendees throughout the day for this live screening. This event was hosted by Mikel Fair, Festival Director and author of the Film Festival Submitter’s Handbook.

Summer 2021 Award Winners

• Best Action Film - Resignation Day, Directed by Adam Brashaw Adam Basil (United Kingdom)
• Best Animated Film - Nanakorobi (Seven Falls), Directed by Glenna Burmer and Gaby Breiter (Washington)
• Best Animated Micro Film - Elsewhere, Directed by Morris Callegari (California)
• Best Actor - Ryan Terk in "There’s Nothing You Can Do" Directed by Ryan Terk (Canada)
• Best Actress - Katie Prentiss in Second Story, Directed by Michael W. Dodge (Oregon)
• Best Cinematography - A Machine For Boredom, Directed by Marc Cartwright (California)
• Best Comedy Film - I Need His Blood For My Poisons, Directed by Sean Parker (Oregon)
• Best Comedy Micro Film - Have You Tried..., Directed by Roger Aylward (Connecticut)
• Best Comedy Screenplay - 2001, Written by Jagger Waters (California)
• Best Comedy Teleplay - Another Highschool Sitcom, Written by Sarah R de Leon (Oregon)
• Best Dark Comedy Film - Quashed, Directed by Steven Larkin (Oregon)
• Best Dark Comedy Micro Film - Don't Jump, Directed by Kathryn Schott (California)
• Best Dark Comedy Screenplay - The Petrified Florist, Written by Richard Levine (North Carolina)
• Best Dark Drama Film - Defenseless, Directed by Javier Augusto Nunez (California)
• Best Director - Security Plan, Directed by Jeremy Evan Taylor (Oregon)
• Best Documentary Film - All Bodies on Bikes, Directed by Zeppelin Zeerip (Utah)
• Best Documentary Micro Film - The Black Stonefly, Directed by Cody Lewis and Marc Rotse (Oregon)
• Best Drama Film - Kindred, Directed by Ali Kurr (United Kingdom)
• Best Drama Micro Film - In Case We Get Found, Directed by Sarah Young (New York)
• Best Drama Screenplay - Saving Faith, Written by Randy Messersmith (Arizona)
• Best Drama Teleplay - Windswept, Written by Deric Olsen (Canada)
• Best Editing - In Defense of Civil Society, Directed by Rafeh Mahmud (Canada)
• Best Ensemble Cast - Resignation Day, Directed by Adam Brashaw Adam Basil (United Kingdom)
• Best Experimental Film - Lemons, Directed by Danny Lewis (Florida)
• Best Experimental Micro Film - Continuum, Directed by Calum Hotchkiss (Canada)
• Best Experimental Screenplay - Death is Only a Stranger Once, Written by Larry Collins
• Best Fantasy Screenplay - Windy, Written by Todd Sorrell (Hawaii)
• Best Horror Comedy Screenplay - The Familiar, Written by Carrie Specht (California)
• Best Horror Film - Killing Time, Directed by P. Patrick Hogan (California)
• Best Horror Micro Film - Did You Lock The Door? Directed by Harry Valentine (California) 
• Best Horror Screenplay - Scratched, Written by Cedrick A. Nichols (Virginia)
• Best International Film - Giraffe, Directed by Dan Nicholls (Canada)
• Best Mockumentary - (The Making of) Please Don't Make Me Play Piano Man, Directed by Steve Nerangis (Virginia)
• Best Music Video - Bliss ~Swerve~ Music Video, Directed by Nao Sakamoto (Japan)
• Best Oregon Film - Razor Tail, Directed by Mr. Salad
• Best Oregon Micro Film - Everything's Heavy, Directed by Jason B. Skipper
• Best Picture - Come Home To Me, Directed by Gavin Bradley (Oregon)
• Best Relationship Drama Film - Late Night Swim, Directed by Collin Chute (California)
• Best Relationship Drama Micro Film - Discharge, Directed by Dillard Brown (California)
• Best Relationship Drama Screenplay - Unhappy in the Nicest Part of Town, Written by Madeleine Weatherhead (New York)
• Best Romantic Comedy Film - A Midwinter Nightmare, Directed by Kristina Hampton (Canada)
• Best Romantic Comedy Screenplay - Fig Jam, Written by Frank J. Avella
• Best Science Fiction Film - Sentris, Directed by Ian Harrington (California)
• Best Science Fiction Micro Film - ZAP! Directed by Philip C. Sedgwick (Arizona)
• Best Science Fiction Screenplay - Disturbing Silence, Written by Mark Heath Howard (Illinois)
• Best Suspense Thriller Film -  Conductor, Directed by Royce Leii (New Mexico)

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Summer 2021 Award Finalists

The following films, videos and screenplays are official selections of the Oregon Short Film Festival Summer 2021 event. This means that they placed in the top 30% of submissions. All official selections and award nominated films screen will screen on August 29, 2021 unless the filmmaker has deferred their screening date to November 7, 2021. For the current schedule, please check out our ticket and schedule listing on Eventbrite. Many of these films have been nominated for awards in the following categories. Winners will be announced on August 29, 2021.

Best Action Film Award Finalists

• Falling Sparrow, Directed by Justin Wang Powell (Texas)
• Resignation Day, Directed by Adam Brashaw Adam Basil (United Kingdom) - Winner!

Best Actor Award Finalists

• Ben Moroski in "Discharge" Directed by Dillard Brown (California)
• Josh Bennett in "Lemons" Directed by Danny Lewis (Florida)
• Landon Brooks in "Alone" Directed by David Over (Washington)
• Ryan Terk in "There’s Nothing You Can Do" Directed by Ryan Terk (Canada) - Winner!
• Stephen Sorrentino in "A Tale of Redemption and Regret with Sunny the Heat" Directed by Eric Carosella (Virginia)

Best Actress Award Finalists

• Alexia Faith Roberts in Dreams From The Edge, Directed by Ericka Nicole Malone (Nevada)
• Katie Prentiss in Second Story, Directed by Michael W. Dodge (Oregon) - Website - Winner!
• Maggie McCollester in Killing Time, Directed by P. Patrick Hogan (California) - Website
• Nicole Davis in Falling Sparrow, Directed by Justin Wang Powell (Texas)
• Victoria Vertuga in Once Beautiful Woman, Directed by Frankie Guerrero, Jr. (California)

Best Animated Micro Film Award Finalists

• Doobie Run, Directed by Jenna Wallace and Annalena Barrett (California) - Website
• Elsewhere, Directed by Morris Callegari (California) - Winner!
• Her Resolve, Directed by Marissa Dingman (Oregon) - Website
• Pickled, Directed by Jingyu Zhang (California) - Website
• Yuluu, Directed by Fatima Kried (United Kingdom) - Website

Best Animated Film Award Winner

• Nanakorobi (Seven Falls), Directed by Glenna Burmer and Gaby Breiter (Washington) - Website

Best Cinematography Award Finalist

• Aturdir, Directed by Ruth Mataya Gango (Oregon) - Website
• A Machine For Boredom, Directed by Marc Cartwright (California) - Winner!
• Late Night Swim, Directed by Collin Chute (California)
• If I Tell Them, Directed by Oliver Sutro (Colorado)
• Posies, Directed by R.H. Stavis and Katherine Fisher (California) - Website

Best Comedy Film Award Finalists

• Joining Call, Directed by Ash Blodgett (California/Ohio) - Website
• I Need His Blood For My Poisons, Directed by Sean Parker (Oregon) - Winner!
• Once Beautiful Woman, Directed by Frankie Guerrero, Jr. (California)

Best Comedy Micro Film Award Winner

• Have You Tried..., Directed by Roger Aylward (Connecticut)

Best Comedy Screenplay Award Winner

• 2001, Written by Jagger Waters (California)

Best Comedy Teleplay Award Winner

• Another Highschool Sitcom, Written by Sarah R de Leon (Oregon) - Website

Best Dark Comedy Film Award Finalists

• A Tale of Redemption and Regret with Sunny the Heat, Directed by Eric Carosella (Virginia) - Website
• Giraffe, Directed by Dan Nicholls (Canada)
• In Defense of Civil Society, Directed by Rafeh Mahmud (Canada)
• Quashed, Directed by Steven Larkin (Oregon) - Winner!

Best Dark Comedy Micro Film Award Finalists

• Don't Jump, Directed by Kathryn Schott (California) - Winner!
• Home For Dinner, Directed by Tim C Johns (Oregon)

Best Dark Drama Film Award Finalists

• Come Home To Me, Directed by Gavin Bradley (Oregon)
• Defenseless, Directed by Javier Augusto Nunez (California) - Winner!
• I Bit the Lemon, Directed by Scarlett McCartney-Hill (United Kingdom)
• Rottweiler, Directed by Jonny Powell (United Kingdom) - Website
• The two missing hours, Directed by jean claude thibaut (California)

Best Dark Comedy Screenplay Award Winner

• The Petrified Florist, Written by Richard Levine (North Carolina)

Best Director Award Finalists

• Again and Again, Directed by Court Ross (Oregon)
• Blinded, Directed by Cecilia Choi (California)
• Dreams From The Edge, Directed by Ericka Nicole Malone (Nevada)
• I Bit the Lemon, Directed by Scarlett McCartney-Hill (United Kingdom)
• Security Plan, Directed by Jeremy Evan Taylor (Oregon) - Winner!

Best Documentary Film Award Finalists

• All Bodies on Bikes, Directed by Zeppelin Zeerip (Utah) - Winner!
• If I Tell Them, Directed by Oliver Sutro (Colorado)
• My Family Trees, Directed by Roshi Givechi (New York)
• Not Worth Killing, Directed by Eric M. Ivey (California) - Website
• Takilma Stories, Directed by Philip Lauri and Steven Oliver (Michigan) - Website

Best Documentary Micro Film Award Finalists

• 1 Out of 8, Directed by Jacqueline Kennedy (New York) - Website
• The Black Stonefly, Directed by Cody Lewis and Marc Rotse (Oregon) - Winner!

Best Drama Film Award Finalists

• Kindred, Directed by Ali Kurr (United Kingdom) - Winner!
• Refuge, Directed by Mehmet Tığlı (Turkey)
• Ruby Days, Directed by Noah Wong (Massachusetts)
• Security Plan, Directed by Jeremy Evan Taylor (Oregon)
• The Lost Wife, Directed by Patrick Crellin (Isle of Man) - Website

Best Drama Micro Film Award Finalists

• Everything's Heavy, Directed by Jason B. Skipper (Oregon)
• In Case We Get Found, Directed by Sarah Young (New York) - Website Winner!

Best Drama Screenplay Award Finalists

• A Dance With Gunter, Written by Michelle DeLateur (Idaho) - Website
• After This, Written by Kaitlyn Clare (California) - Website
• Drip, Written by Henrietta Biayemi (California)
• Over and Out, Written by Callie LeClaire (Minnesota)
• Saving Faith, Written by Randy Messersmith (Arizona) - Trailer - Winner!

Best Drama Teleplay Award Winner

• Windswept, Written by Deric Olsen (Canada)

Best Editing Award Finalists

• I Need His Blood For My Poisons, Directed by Sean Parker (Oregon)
• In Defense of Civil Society, Directed by Rafeh Mahmud (Canada) - Winner!
• Joining Call, Directed by Ash Blodgett (California/Ohio)
• (The Making of) Please Don't Make Me Play Piano Man, Directed by Steve Nerangis (Virginia) - Website
• Takilma Stories, Directed by Philip Lauri and Steven Oliver (Michigan) - Website

Best Ensemble Cast Award Finalists

• Alone, Directed by David Over (Washington)
• Defenseless, Directed by Javier Augusto Nunez (California)
• In Case We Get Found, Directed by Sarah Young (New York) - Website
• Into The Darkness, Directed by Susan Bohl (Texas)
• Resignation Day, Directed by Adam Brashaw Adam Basil (United Kingdom) - Winner!

Best Experimental Film Award Finalists

• L'Agrodolce Vita (The Bittersweet Life) Lingua inglese con sottotitoli in italiano, Directed by Nick Hugh McCann (United Kingdom) - Website
• Lemons, Directed by Danny Lewis (Florida) - Winner!

Best Experimental Micro Film Award Finalists

• A Machine For Boredom, Directed by Marc Cartwright (California) - Website
• Continuum, Directed by Calum Hotchkiss (Canada) - Website - Winner!
• First Note, Directed by Ziyao Susan Xie (California) - Website

Best Experimental Screenplay Award Winner

• Death is Only a Stranger Once, Written by Larry Collins

Best Fantasy Screenplay Award Winner

• Windy, Written by Todd Sorrell (Hawaii)

Best Horror Comedy Screenplay Award Winner

• The Familiar, Written by Carrie Specht (California)

Best Horror Film Award Finalists

• Killing Time, Directed by P. Patrick Hogan (California) - Winner!
• Murder For Dummies, Directed by Meredith Red (United States)
• Posies, Directed by R.H. Stavis and Katherine Fisher (California) - Website

Best Horror Micro Film Award Winner

• Did You Lock The Door? Directed by Harry Valentine (California) - Website

Best Horror Screenplay Award Winner

• Scratched, Written by Cedrick A. Nichols (Virginia)

Best International Film Award Finalists

• A Midwinter Nightmare, Directed by Kristina Hampton (Canada) - Website
• Bliss ~Swerve~ Music Video, Directed by Nao Sakamoto (Japan)
• Continuum, Directed by Calum Hotchkiss (Canada) - Website
• Giraffe, Directed by Dan Nicholls (Canada) - Winner!
• In Between Lands, Directed by Laura Griffin (Ireland)

Best Mockumentary Film Award Finalists

• Expedition 37, Directed by Maggie Colligan (New York)
• (The Making of) Please Don't Make Me Play Piano Man, Directed by Steve Nerangis (Virginia) - Website - Winner!

Best Music Video Award Finalists

• Bliss ~Swerve~ Music Video, Directed by Nao Sakamoto (Japan) - Winner!
• Tucker's Song, Directed by Will Bricca, Alec Rosinski, Jacob Rosinski and Nate Schreyer (Pennsylvania)
• You Can't See Through Me, Directed by Tim Roth (California)

Best Oregon Film Award Finalists

• Aturdir, Directed by Ruth Mataya Gango (Oregon) - Website
• Late Boomer, Directed by Lee Anderson (Oregon)
• Razor Tail, Directed by Mr. Salad (Oregon) - Website - Winner!

Best Oregon Micro Film Award Finalists

• Everything's Heavy, Directed by Jason B. Skipper (Oregon) - Winner!
• Home For Dinner, Directed by Tim C Johns (Oregon)
• The Black Stonefly, Directed by Cody Lewis and Marc Rotse (Oregon)

Best Picture Award Finalists

• Come Home To Me, Directed by Gavin Bradley (Oregon) - Winner!
• Quashed, Directed by Steven Larkin (Oregon)
• The Wick, Directed by Sabine Crossen (United Kingdom) - Website

Best Relationship Drama Film Award Finalists

• Abby and Emily Go To Palm Springs, Directed by Hellin Kay (California) - Website
• Late Night Swim, Directed by Collin Chute (California) - Winner!
• Volcano, Directed by Yutong Lu (China)

Best Relationship Drama Micro Film Award Winner

• Discharge, Directed by Dillard Brown (California)

Best Relationship Drama Screenplay Award Finalists

• Empty Seat, Written by Miriam Goi (Italy)
• Final Vows, Written by Tim Wesemann and Josh Herum (Missouri)
• Unhappy in the Nicest Part of Town, Written by Madeleine Weatherhead (New York) - Winner!

Best Romantic Comedy Film Award Finalists

• A Midwinter Nightmare, Directed by Kristina Hampton (Canada) - Winner!
• Second Story, Directed by Michael W. Dodge (Oregon)

Best Romantic Comedy Screenplay Award Winner

• Fig Jam, Written by Frank J. Avella (New Jersey)

Best Science Fiction Film Award Winner

• Sentris, Directed by Ian Harrington (California) - Website

Best Science Fiction Micro Film Award Winner

• ZAP! Directed by Philip C. Sedgwick (Arizona) - Website

Best Science Fiction Screenplay Award Winner

• Disturbing Silence, Written by Mark Heath Howard (Illinois) - Website

Best Suspense Thriller Film Award Finalists

• Conductor, Directed by Royce Leii (New Mexico) - Winner!
• Hold, Directed by Jonathan Blagrove (United Kingdom) - Website
• Into The Darkness, Directed by Susan Bohl (Texas)
• Razor Tail, Directed by Mr. Salad (Oregon) - Website
• The Wick, Directed by Sabine Crossen (United Kingdom) - Website

Official Selections

• Arachnarche, Directed by Emma Jordan (United Kingdom) - Website
• The Lesson, Written by Kimberly Kalaja (New York) - Website
• We Nation, Directed by Michaelle Blanchard - Trailer

Oregon Short Film Festival History

1. Oregon Short Film Festival 2016
2. Oregon Short Film Festival 2017
3. Oregon Short Film Festival 2018
4. Oregon Short Film Festival 2019
5. Oregon Short Film Festival Winter 2020
6. Oregon Short Film Festival Summer 2020
7. Oregon Short Film Festival Winter 2021
8. Oregon Short Film Festival Summer 2021