I saw over 100 short films this past year.
These are my 10 favourites from 2017.
Greg Klymkiw selects
THE TEN BEST SHORT FILMS OF 2017
(in alphabetical order)
BARGAINING WITH THE FUTURE
Lasha Mowchun's moving, poetic and playful documentary about climate change.
BICKFORD PARK
Dane Clark & Linsey Stewart's sweetly, enchantingly melancholy romantic pas de deux.
CHARLES
Dominic Etienne Simard's gorgeous, bittersweet (mostly) monochrome life journey.
DOMUS
Rhayne Vermette's experimental bio-doc is an exquisite two-by-four to the senses.
HOMER_a, HOMER_b
Milos Mitrovic & Conor Sweeney's creepy duo of low-fi Homer Simpson madness.
SHADOW NETTES
Phillip Barker demonstrates angling with one visual jaw-dropper after another.
SHE CAME KNOCKING
John Ainslie's grim, scary thriller is a creepy throat-catcher of a very high order.
TESLA WORLD LIGHT, THE
Matthew Rankin's glorious, dreamy ode to Nikola Tesla soars like no other.
THREADS
Torill Kove's lovely and simple animated tale about the threads that bind us all.
WE FORGOT TO BREAK UP
Chandler Levack's compulsive slice of life builds cleverly to glorious musical 3rd act.
