2020 Crested Butte Film Festival Award Winning Shorts MEATS <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/6171da196d9c7dde49d87d7d0b2f531f.png" width="300" style="display: block; margin: auto;"> OLLA <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/47f7b8433eb13edf8b887bed55b05171.png" width="300" style="display: block; margin: auto;"> MONSTER GOD <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/c19be1cad2675b073f106d3323212016.png" width="300" style="display: block; margin: auto;"> HUNTSVILLE STATION <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/275a30bd01f81d1282534a1231f8142b.png" width="300" style="display: block; margin: auto;"> Check out the full 2020 Awards Ceremony <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/c3dffc65b2a6f85178dd4c9da48b5310.jpg"><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/cbff2020/play/5f64e739137f740037c4ee20" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="ql-size-huge">WATCH NOW</a>

SPECIAL JURY

SPECIAL JURY AWARD: DIRECTORIAL DEBUT - ASHLEY WILLIAMS, MEATS

MEATS <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/a1496cb3b76497d186fc6b027caad66e.png" width="250" style="display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;"> A pregnant vegan struggles with her newfound craving for meat. Director BioAshley Williams has worked as an actress in TV, film, and theater since she was eleven. Credits include: Jim Gaffigan Show, A Most Violent Year, Something Borrowed, Margin Call, How I Met Your Mother, a dozen TV movies, and one Broadway flop. In addition to Meats, Ashley wrote/stars in Stud Boob with her sister, Kimberly Williams-Paisley. Ashley shadowed directors Seth Gordon, Michael Nankin, and Pamela Fryman. She’s currently prepping her first feature film.

MEATS

A pregnant vegan struggles with her newfound craving for meat.

BEST SHORT FILM COMEDY

BEST SHORT FILM COMEDY: ARIANE LABED, OLLA

OLLA <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/1a1c8e89d69233ce515e5d797cd13aee.png" width="252" style="display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;">OLLA has answered an ad on a dating website and moved in with her husband-to-be and his comatose mother. Things only get stranger from there. Director BioAriane Labed made her debut in cinema as an actress in 2010 in Attenberg by Athina Tsangari, for which she received the Copa Volpi at the Venice Film Festival. She studied dance, theatre and co-founded the Vasistas theatre Company. As an actor she has worked with many internationally acclaimed directors. Olla is her first film as a writer and director.

OLLA

OLLA has answered an ad on a dating website and moved in with her husband-to-be and his comatose mother. Things only get stranger from there.

AWARD ACCEPTANCE: ARIANE LABED

BEST SHORT FILM NARRATIVE

BEST SHORT FILM NARRATIVE: AGUSTINA SAN MARTÍN

MONSTER GOD/MONSTRUO DIOS <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/d18dd707bf8b08d26fed1e1672c943c9.png" width="250" style="display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;">God is now a Power Plant. On a misty night cows escape, a child is chosen, and a teenager tries to find freedom. In Spanish with English subtitles. Director BioAgustina San Martín was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1991. She studied filmmaking at University of Buenos Aires, where she later worked as a screenwriting professor. She is also a director of photography and colorist. Agustina also worked as DoP in films like The Future Perfect (2016), from German director Nele Wohlatz (Best First Feature at Locarno) and short films like “Héctor” from Chilean director Victoria Giesen, which premiered at the Official Competition of the 69th Berlinale Film Festival. Agustina directed her first short film “The cry of the oxen” (2015) which premiered at the Festival de Cartagena and took part of the Mar del Plata Film Festival. It won best short at FICIC, Festival de Cine del Desierto in Mexico and won INCAA TV. It was nominated for the Premios Cóndor. In 2017, “Swedish Cousin”, Agustina’s second short film, premiered in the 67th Berlinale Film Festival and won First Prize in BAFICI, Best short at the Festival de Cine de Huelva, Best LGBT short film at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Ciudad de Mexico. It had a broad festival tour, as part of the official selection at VLAFF, Zinebi, Panoramic Stockholm Latinoamerican Film Festival and Queer Lisboa. In 2019 Agustina premiered her third short film, “Monster God” at the Cannes Film Festival in the Short Film Official Competition and won the Jury Prize with President Jury Claire Denis. Later making a festival tour which included the prize Golden Camera 300 at the Manaki Brothers Festival and toured between festivals like AFI Fest, La Habana, Curtacinema Río, El Gouna among others. “Matar a la bestia”, her feature film, participated in the Script Station of the 66º Berlinale Talents 2016. With it, she was part of BAFICI BAL, Bolivia Lab and Los Residentes in Paraguay. It also competed in La Habana Film Festival Script Competition. It is a was shot in the border between Argentina and Brazil. She was invited by Franz Rodenkirchen to be a part of the Three Rivers residency to develop a second film. In 2020, she participated in Cinemart with it. In 2020, Agustina was selected to participate in the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative to be the alumni of the director, composer, actor and Broadway talent, Lin-Manuel Miranda.

MONSTER GOD/MONSTRUO DIOS

God is now a power plant. On a misty night cows escape, a child is chosen, and a teenager tries to find freedom.

AWARD ACCEPTANCE: AGUSTINA SAN MARTÍN

AWARD: BEST SHORT FILM DOCUMENTARY

HUNTSVILLE STATION <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/c77e0c4ab62b8e4786cb673c75898593.png" width="251" style="display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;">Every weekday, inmates are released from Huntsville State Penitentiary, spending their first moments of freedom with phone calls, cigarettes, and quiet reflection at the Greyhound station up the block. Director BioJamie Meltzer's feature documentary films have been broadcast nationally on PBS and have screened at numerous film festivals worldwide. Chris Filippone is documentary filmmaker whose work has screened in the Berlinale, Visions du Reel, SXSW, and Hot Docs.

HUNTSVILLE STATION

Every weekday, inmates are released from Huntsville State Penitentiary, spending their first moments of freedom with phone calls, cigarettes, and quiet reflection at the Greyhound station up the block.

AWARD ACCEPTANCE: JAMIE MELTZER & CHRIS FILLIPONE

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It’s a wrap! Thank you to everyone for joining the 10th Annual Crested Butte Film Festival. We loved seeing your photos, hearing which films impacted you, and sharing important conversations together.  Your voice, your presence, your energy, and your festival stories made this year’s event so special. Make sure to follow the Crested Butte Film Festival on Facebook to find out who won this year's Audience Choice Award and visit cbfilmfest.org for more info. Thank you and see you at the 11th Annual fest next year and throughout the year at film events!

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