10th edition · Paradise Cinema, 1006 Bloor St. West
Toronto Short 2024
Toronto Short returned to the Paradise Cinema on 1006 Bloor St. West, from Wednesday March 13th to Sunday March 17th, screening over 120 short films in all genres.
Award winners 2024
The winners
Best Short Film
This is What the World Looks Like When You’re Gone
by Steen Starr
Best Short Film: Jury Award
One To Five Minutes
by Kelsea MacKay
Best Short Film: Festival Director’s Award
Three Sheets To The Wind
by Dorian Burns-Coyne
Best Short Film: Spirit of Toronto Award
Joel + Julia
by Adeel Shamsi
Best Narrative Short
Going Going
by Fiona Highet
Best Drama Film
Room 57
by Mazdak Taebi
Best Short Documentary
Waiting For Justice
by Indigenous Geographic & Métis Nation of Saskatchewan
Best LGBT Short
Just A Friend
by Courtney Deelen
Best Experimental Short
Now Hear This!
by Steve Koven, David Fleishman
Best Horror Short
115
by André Gogola, Vito Gogola
Best Sci-Fi Short
Outer Reaches
by Karl Redgen
Best Animated Short
Twin Sparks
by Ollie Yao, Heather Yun
Best Short Short
My Time Machine Is Broken
by Jason Naylor
Best Music Video
amalgaMOTION: We Move As One
by Adam Daniel Mezei, Crystal Finn-Dunn
The full screening programme for this edition will be added to the archive.
Submissions open for 2027
Your film belongs on a Toronto screen.
Every film at Toronto Short is selected from FilmFreeway submissions. Short films from any country, under 50 minutes.