First Annual Shorts Awards
Mon, February 28, 2011 
Shorts International presented its first ever Shorts Awards this evening at the Soho House in West Hollywood in celebration of outstanding accomplishments in the world of short film over the past year, including the The Oscar® Nominated Short Films 2011, which are being distributed by Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures. Comedian Tim Washer hosted the inaugural ceremony.
The Oscar® Nominees Award was handed out to each of this year's fifteen short movie nominees in recognition of their achievements. In the Shorts Animated category, awards were bestowed on Teddy Newton (DAY & NIGHT/USA); Jakob Schuh and Max Lange (THE GRUFFALO/Germany); Geefwee Boedoe (LET'S POLLUTE/USA); Shaun Tan and Sophie Byrne (THE LOST THING/Australia) and Bastien Dubois (MADAGASCAR, CARNET DE VOYAGE/France).
In the Shorts Live Action category, awards were given to Tanel Toom (THE CONFESSION/UK); Michael Creagh (THE CRUSH/Ireland); (GOD OF LOVE/USA); Ivan Goldschmidt (NA WEWE/Belgium) and Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite (WISH 143/UK).
In the Shorts Documentary category, awards were presented to Jed Rothstein (KILLING IN THE NAME/USA); Sara Nesson and Mitchell Block (POSTER GIRL/USA); Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon (STRANGERS NO MORE/USA); Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger (SUN COME UP/USA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA) and Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon (THE WARRIORS OF QIUGANG/USA).
In addition to this year's Oscar® nominees, Shorts International handed out several Visionary Awards, recognizing those individuals that embrace the medium's reputation for bucking the trend and contributing their considerable talents to innovative short movies that embody the category's best qualities. This year's recipients were "Visionary Actress" Melissa Leo; "Visionary Director" Kenneth Branagh and "Visionary Leader" June Foray.
The highest honor of the evening - the Lifetime Achievement in Short Film was awarded to filmmaker John Lasseter in recognition of his extraordinary achievements as a short moviemaker and peerless champion of the category. The award was presented by Jon Bloom, chairman of Short Film and Feature Animations Branch of the Academy of Motion Pictures.
Carter Pilcher, Chief Executive of Shorts International said, "This is an exciting evening for the world of entertainment. For the first time we have recognized the accomplishments in the world of short movies. We are deeply honored and amazed at the depth of talent and insight by the short movies that were honored tonight."
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