Best of DC Shorts 2009
The films
DC Shorts has always presented an array of awards. In 2009, we expanded our competitions to offer even more awards with incredible prizes of cash and products.
Filmmaker's Favorite: Boo
U S A - 12:00 - Comedy - Michael Goldberg, Director
Answering the door on Halloween, Kari realizes that the trick-or-treeting the ‘ghost kid’ may actually be supernatural.
Outstanding Cinematography (Presented By Fujifilm): William’s Christening
U S A - 15:00 - Drama - Joshua Hume, Director
A sleepwalking mother and her husband must make a choice when their newborn child disappears.
Outstanding Local Film: The Response
U S A - 19:50 - Drama - Adam Rodgers, Director
Military judges must decide the fate of a suspected enemy combatant in this courtroom drama.
Outstanding First-Time Director: The Mouse That Soared
U S A - 5:45 - Animated - Kyle Bell, Director
A famous flying circus mouse reflects on his humble beginnings in this high-altitude adventure in aerodynamics
Diversity Award (Presented By Verizon): Funky Prairie Boy
Canada - 18:30 - Drama - Mike Schultz, Director
A young boy living in a small prairie town during the early 1980s, befriends the only black kid at his school
Festival Director's Choice: And What Remains
U S A - 9:57 - Documentary - Marc Havener, Director
The complexities of a father's relationship with his son uncovers the essential desire of wanting to leave behind something great.
Audience Choice Awards
Forever's Not So Long
George discovers that the end of the world is the perfect time to lose everything.
In The Name Of The Son
After escaping execution, a Bosnian prisoner of war, looks to leave his past behind.
William's Christening
Genevieve (Sarah Jane Casey), a new mother, suffers from sleepwalking disorder. Her husband Putnam (Nick Merritt) often finds her wandering the halls and grounds of their ancient, gothic mansion. When their infant son disappears, everyone believes Gen accidentally drowned him. To protect Gen, Putnam arranges to illegally adopt a baby from a desperately poor man whose wife died in childbirth, but when the man changes his mind, things go horribly wrong, and Putnam and Gen are forced to make a terrible choice.
Found
A young man faces the stark void that is his existence. Will he go forward into the void?
Meltdown
Last night's leftovers are presented with a cold reality.
Boo
Answering the door on Halloween, Kari realizes that the trick-or-treating 'ghost kid' may actually be supernatural.
Funky Prairie Boy
A young boy living in a small prairie town during the early 1980s, befriends the only black kid at his school and soon discovers the prejudice that exists within his friends, his family and even in himself.
Placebo
Moving from one college town to the next, Derek buys over the counter pills and resells them as prescription medication.
Clam Pie
After gorging on a classic Cape Cod delicacy, a curious older woman finds herself launched into a radical encounter with heaven!
Pigeon: Impossible
Walter, a rookie secret service agent is faced with a pigeon trapped inside of a multi-million dollar, government issued nuclear briefcase.
Outstanding Original Song (Presented By Gibson)
Lonely Monday, by Cristian Sturba, from the film This Monday.
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