The High Level Bridge honoured at the American Film Institute's AFI Fest 2010 in Los Angeles
November 15, 2010
The High Level Bridge, the latest short documentary by Trevor Anderson, won Honourable Mention in the Best Live Action Short Film category at the American Film Institute’s AFI FEST 2010 in Los Angeles on Thursday.
Pictured, a stunned Anderson accepts the award he didn’t even realize he was eligible to win. “I didn’t think documentaries were included in the category of live action!” he told the delighted crowd, “I thought that meant fiction! Oh! Uhhh…”
“We had an incredibly knowledgeable and talented shorts jury who had to make tough decisions given the array of short films deserving recognition this year,” said Jacqueline Lyanga, Director of AFI Fest.
Thirty-one short films from around the world were selected from over 3000 entries submitted to the festival. Of those films presented, the shorts jury chose to single out The High Level Bridge with an Honourable Mention. “People talk about filmmaking as taking risks,” said juror Todd Luoto as he announced the award, “but we’re giving an honourable mention to a film team that actually took a risk: they dropped their camera off a bridge!”
The shorts jury was comprised of Todd Luoto (shorts programmer for the Sundance Film Festival), noted actress Greta Gerwig (Greenberg), actor and filmmaker Katie Aselton (The Puffy Chair), and writer/director Kyle Patrick Alvarez (Easier With Practice).
The award for Live Action Short Film went to Amy Grappell’s excellent documentary, Quadrangle.