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BEST OF THE FEST APRIL 2, 2022

WE’RE BACK! We are so excited to be re-launching the Riverside Short Film Festival weekend after two long years of not being able to meet in person to bring you the best of short film. To relaunch, and to honor the work that happened over the last two years, we will be focusing on our Best of the Fest event on April 2, 2022 at the historic Walt Theatre in downtown New Haven. We will be bringing you both the Best of 2020’s film submissions that never aired, plus the best of 2021! Join us for an amazing day of unique and brilliant films from the last few years.

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2021 CALL FOR ENTRIES

The call for entries to the 2021 Riverside Short Film Festival is open! We are incredibly excited for another great year and cannot wait to see your awesome films when they arrive.

The event deadline is Feb 4, 2022

Rules & Registration found on FilmFreeway. All Submissions must be submitted from filmfreeway


2020 FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

The official selection has been made for this year's festival. Please take a look at the line up and get ready for a great year!
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  • The Quiet
  • Bambiland
  • HEARING
  • A Fresh Perspective
  • The Passport
  • Cleats
  • The Room
  • Extra Sauce
  • ​Symbol of Faith
  • Flow
  • We Were Kids
  • Better than Neil Armstrong
  • MUÑE
  • The Brewchurch
  • The Uncanny Valley
  • Reparations
2020 CALL FOR ENTRIES

The call for entries to the 2020 Riverside Short Film Festival is open! We are incredibly excited for another great year and cannot wait to see your awesome films when they arrive.

The event deadline is January 31st, 2020.

Please find more information and updated rules on our registration site - Film Freeway!
2019 FESTIVAL AWARDS
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Congratulate our 2019 winners! Click on the films' titles to learn more about each short.

Grand Jury 1st Place:
Sea at Night
by Night Kim Fabienne Hertinger

Grand Jury 2nd Place:
Mr. Deer
by Maryam Naghibi 

Audience Prize:
PUNCHLINE 
by Francois Morisset 
2019 FESTIVAL SELECTIONS

The official selection has been made for this year's festival. Please take a look at the line up and get ready for a great year.
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Set #1
  • Tangled in Foxes
  • Ruok
  • Lobisome
  • Raheel
  • Lascivious
  • A Drowning Man
  • #Superinlove
  • 605 Adults 304 Children
  • Ouroboros
  • Sacrilege
  • Punchline
  • Her Turf
  • BOOKANIMA: Dance
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Set #2
  • Honey, Baby, Doll
  • Joe, Searching
  • Get Off
  • Bonbone
  • Zablah
  • Sea at Night
  • The Future is Bright
  • Prom Queens
  • May Day
  • Dotage
  • Salam
  • The Night I Lost My Favorite Jacket
  • Mr. Deer
2018 FESTIVAL AWARDS
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Congratulate our 2018 winners! Click on the films' titles to learn more about each short.

Grand Jury 1st Place:
Retrosex
by Jean-Baptiste Saurel

Grand Jury 2nd Place:
La Voce
by David Uloth

Audience Prize:
The App
by Julian Merino

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