Here is a collection of this year's Nevermore Jury Award winners for Best Shorts.
BEST SHORT - US/CANADA "We Forgot About the Zombies"
BEST SHORT - INTERNATIONAL "The Operator"
BEST ANIMATED SHORT (tie) "Secret Santa" & "VRDLK: Family of Vurdulak"
BEST HORROR-COMEDY SHORT - "Rise & Shine"
BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT - "Golem"
BEST ANIMATED SHORT – WINNER!
SECRET SANTA
Robin is Santa's biggest fan. It's Christmas Eve and Robin has hatched a plan to stow away in Santa's sleigh and hitch a ride to the North Pole. Won't Santa be surprised! But it's Robin who’ll be getting the surprise. Robin is about to find out that you should never meet your heroes.
Director Biography - Lynn Kristmanson
Lynn has been involved in the arts all her life. From early beginnings as an actor, she moved into the visual arts, earning degrees with distinction in both studio art and art history. As well as creating a line of textile products, she brought her skills as a textile artist to the wardrobe departments of Stratford, Banff Centre, the world of feature film, and her position as a college instructor in surface design. After moving to Newfoundland, she immersed herself in the filmmaking community and stared to write, direct and produce her own short films. Her film Rescue Wife played in local and international festivals and her latest film, Secret Santa is a stop motion apocalyptic comedy. She has continued to paint silk and canvas and work as a freelance designer and is presently collaborating on a feature film and is developing a project with the department of psychology in a Canadian university.
- Year2021
- Runtime10 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- DirectorLynn Kristmanson
- ScreenwriterLynn Kristmanson
- ProducerAndrew Loman
- CastKatie Butler Major, Andrew Loman, Mike Butler, Norm Karlik
Here is a collection of this year's Nevermore Jury Award winners for Best Shorts.
BEST SHORT - US/CANADA "We Forgot About the Zombies"
BEST SHORT - INTERNATIONAL "The Operator"
BEST ANIMATED SHORT (tie) "Secret Santa" & "VRDLK: Family of Vurdulak"
BEST HORROR-COMEDY SHORT - "Rise & Shine"
BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT - "Golem"
BEST ANIMATED SHORT – WINNER!
SECRET SANTA
Robin is Santa's biggest fan. It's Christmas Eve and Robin has hatched a plan to stow away in Santa's sleigh and hitch a ride to the North Pole. Won't Santa be surprised! But it's Robin who’ll be getting the surprise. Robin is about to find out that you should never meet your heroes.
Director Biography - Lynn Kristmanson
Lynn has been involved in the arts all her life. From early beginnings as an actor, she moved into the visual arts, earning degrees with distinction in both studio art and art history. As well as creating a line of textile products, she brought her skills as a textile artist to the wardrobe departments of Stratford, Banff Centre, the world of feature film, and her position as a college instructor in surface design. After moving to Newfoundland, she immersed herself in the filmmaking community and stared to write, direct and produce her own short films. Her film Rescue Wife played in local and international festivals and her latest film, Secret Santa is a stop motion apocalyptic comedy. She has continued to paint silk and canvas and work as a freelance designer and is presently collaborating on a feature film and is developing a project with the department of psychology in a Canadian university.
- Year2021
- Runtime10 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryCanada
- DirectorLynn Kristmanson
- ScreenwriterLynn Kristmanson
- ProducerAndrew Loman
- CastKatie Butler Major, Andrew Loman, Mike Butler, Norm Karlik