We Like 'Em Short Film Festival
Latest News The 13th Annual WLES Winners for 2022 Best Picture - “No Leaders Please” dir. by Joan Gratz for Best Picture and the Audience Choice Award. Best Student Film - “Bye Little Block” dir. by Éva Darabon Best Director - Homami Ryotaro for “Bite of Bone” Best Cinematography - Oliver Clubb for “Sliced Bread” Best Actress - Anna Mihalcea in “Le Pompon” as Sandra Best Actor - Dave Theune in “Salsa” as Dave The 11th Annual WLES Winners for 2020 Best Picture - “Gravedad” Directed by Matisse Gonzalez Best Student Film - “Bedtime Rituals” Directed by Molly Mayhew Best Director - Aaron Pagniano for “We Got a Monkey’s Paw” Best Cinematography - Or Dotan for “Girl With a Fork in a World of Soup” Best Actress - Gili Beit Hallahmi for “Girl With a Fork in a World of Soup” Best Actor - Brad Howell for “Guys Night” We Like 'Em Short Winners for 2019 Best Picture “Passage” Directed by Igor Coric Best Student Film “Love Me, Fear Me” (Germany) Directed by Veronica Solomon Best Director “How and why Don Jose Dissipated” Directed by Moshe Ben-Avraham Best Cinematography Martina Cocco for “In Your Place” Best Actress Laetitia Reva for “A Fine Stew” Best Actor ,Réal Siellez for “A Fine Stew” Audience Choice Award “How and why Don Jose Dissipated” Directed by Moshe Ben-Avraham We Like 'Em Short Nominees for 2019 Best Picture “How and why Don Jose Dissipated” Directed by Moshe Ben-Avraham, “My Mother’s Eyes” Directed by Jenny Wright “The Fox” Directed by Sadegh Javadi Nikjeh, “The Music Box” Directed by Joe Chang “Passage” Directed by Igor Coric Best Student Film “My Mother’s Eyes” (UK) Directed by Jenny Wright “Hounds” (Israel) Directed byIdo Shapira & Amit Cohen “Dandelion in the Wind” (Vietnam) Directed by “Love Me, Fear Me” (Gremany) Directed by Veronica Solomon “Goodnight, Chumbly!” (USA) Directed by Abby Goss “Margartia of the River” (USA) Directed by Pilar Garcia-Fernandezsesma Best Director We Like ‘Em Short Nominees “A Fine Stew” Directed by Marie Glichitch, “CORKY” Directed by Ty Primosch “Short Calf Muscle” Directed by Victoria Warmerdam, “The Fox” Directed by Sadegh Javadi Nikjeh, “How and why Don Jose Dissipated” Directed by Moshe Ben-Avraham Best Cinematography Michael Enzbrunner for “DEATH VAN”, Joris Bulstra for “Short Calf Muscle”, Samuel Deschamps for “A Fine Stew”, Martina Cocco for “In Your Place” Casper Brink for “Bridge” Best Actress Laetitia Reva for “A Fine Stew”, Fanny Estève for “A Fine Stew” Clara Salvo for “In Your Place”, Kristy Hasen for “The High Wire”, Cornélie Havas for “Pink & Quilted” Best Actor Henry van Loon for “Short Calf Muscle”, Réal Siellez for “A Fine Stew”, Reinier Bulde for “Bridge”, Dezső Derzsi for “Pillowface”, Bert Walthaus for “Bridge”
Here's the Winners for the 2017 We Like 'Em Short Film Festival Best Picture Jailbreak” Directed by Aaron Sorenson Best Student Film “Icky” ( 6m - Iran) Directed by Parastoo Cardgar Best Director “Pétage” - Breakdown Directed by Greg Tudéla Best Cinematography Kamil Małecki for “Plum” - Splash Best Actress Anne-Sophie Girard for “Breakdown” Best Actor Neil Fannin for “Dear George” We Like 'Em Short Nominees for 2018 Best Picture “Two Balloons” Directed by Mark C. Smith, “The Box” Directed by Dusan Kastelic “Compartments” Directed by Daniella Koffler and Uli Seis , “Ugly” Directed by Nikita Diakur, “Face” Directed by Luke Tierney Best Director “Two Balloons” Directed by Mark C. Smith, “Child Labour” Directed by Mina Vali Zadeh & Krystal Sojourner, “Face” Directed by Luke Tierney, “Snowstorm Rouette” Directed by Mike Wright, “The Box” Directed by Dusan Kastelic Best Student Film “The Deep End” (France) Directed by Elise Augarten “Stroke” ( UK) Directed by Jiani zhao and Emanuele Romano “The Artist And The Kid” ( India) Directed by Sasank Dhulipudi “Between Sand and Tides” ( Singapore) Directed by Ruifan Wang Best Cinematography Maxwell Gately for “That Smell”, Padraig Conaty for “You’re Not a Man At All”, Paul Marke for “No Service”, Reijean Heringlake for “Two Balloons” Thomas Freundlich for “Cold Storage” Best Actress Anna Tolputt for “Bun”, Kalyn Miles for “Scattered” Kimberley Drake for “Snowstorm Roulette”, Lauren Masiello for “Rag Dolls”, Kristy Mann for “Health Kick” Best Actor Seamus O’Rourke for “You’re Not a Man at All”, Ewen Leslie for “Face”, Itamar Borochov for “Professional Cuddler”, Mike Fardyfor “Snowstorm Roulette”, Ryan Early for “Eat Jeremy”

Here's a recent interview with Matthew Toffolo from Festivalreviews.org about WLES with Festival Director Brian Vegter.

 

http://festivalreviews.org/2016/02/01/interview-with-festival-director-brian-vegter-we-like-em-short/

Here's a couple of great write-ups from Oregon Confluence. House Special "Jailbreak" Takes Best Picture- http://oregonconfluence.com/2017/08/31/housespecials-jailbreak-takes-best-picture-at-the-we-like-em-short-film-festival/ Oregon Film writes about WLES- http://oregonconfluence.com/2017/08/11/the-8th-annual-we-like-em-short-film-festival-opens-in-baker-city/