The Driving Accident
5 Minutes - 2010
Synopsis: During an afternoon of play a young boy must use his wits and creativity to recover from a minor tragedy.
Film Festival Screenings: Reel Shorts Film Festival 2011 Haida Gwaii Film Festival 2011 KidsFilmFest (Brooklyn International Film Festival) 2011 *Audience Award* 15 Minutes of Fame Film Festival 2011 *Best Family Film* World Kids International Film Festival 2011 New York Hell's Kitchen Film Festival 2011 Chicago International Children’s Film Festival 2011 Anchorage International Film Festival 2011 Children’s Film Festival Seattle 2012 *Children's Jury Northwest Prize* Little Bigshots: International Film Festival for Kids 2012 Kids Filmz Festival (Garden State Film Festival) 2012 Love Your Shorts Film Festival 2012 Reel 2 Real International Film Festival for Youth 2012 Rincón International Film Festival - Puerto Rico (Best of Children's Film Festival Seattle) 2012 REDCAT International Children's Film Festival (Best of Children's Film Festival Seattle) 2012 Cairo International Film Festival for Children 2012 Nevada City Film Festival (Best of Children's Film Festival Seattle) 2012 SCHLINGEL International Film Festival 2012 Asheville International Children's Film Festival 2012 *Best Live Action Film* International Artfilm-Festival for Children in Colombia 2012 Singapore International Children’s Film Festival 2013http://www.reelshorts.cahttp://haidagwaiifilmfestival.wordpress.com/http://www.kidsfilmfest.org/http://15minutefilmfest.com/http://www.worldkidsfoundation.com/International_Main.htmlhttp://newyorkhellskitchenfilmfestival.com/http://www.cicff.org/http://www.anchoragefilmfestival.org/2011/http://www.nwfilmforum.org/go/childrensfilmfest/http://www.littlebigshots.com.au/http://www.gsff.org/http://www.loveyourshorts.com/http://www.r2rfestival.org/http://www.rinconfilm.com/http://www.redcat.org/event/redcat-international-children%E2%80%99s-film-festivalhttp://www.ciffchildren.org/http://www.nevadacityfilmfestival.com/http://www.ff-schlingel.de/startseite.htmlhttp://www.aicff.org/http://www.caleidoscopios.net/web/index.phphttp://www.bigeyesbigminds.com/shapeimage_4_link_0shapeimage_4_link_1shapeimage_4_link_2shapeimage_4_link_3shapeimage_4_link_4shapeimage_4_link_5shapeimage_4_link_6shapeimage_4_link_7shapeimage_4_link_8shapeimage_4_link_9shapeimage_4_link_10shapeimage_4_link_11shapeimage_4_link_12shapeimage_4_link_13shapeimage_4_link_14shapeimage_4_link_15shapeimage_4_link_16shapeimage_4_link_17shapeimage_4_link_18shapeimage_4_link_19shapeimage_4_link_20
Press: New York Times (KidsFilmFest). http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/03/arts/spare-times-for-children-for-june-3-9.htmlshapeimage_5_link_0
Director’s Statement: The Driving Accident is my fourth short film. It has a fairly simple plot, and the story is largely driven by the personality of the lone actor in the film; my very talented son Skyler. My previous short films have focused largely, or entirely, on elements from the natural world. However, in The Driving Accident a single human character interacts with an entirely man-made environment. This is due in no small part to the fact that, although the film is supposed to take place in the summer, it was shot in the dead of winter.
WINNER Best Family Film 15 Minutes of Fame Film Festival 2011
Other Screenings: Alberta Arts Days (Reel Shorts Preview at Second Street Theatre - Grande Prairie AB) 2011 Big Screen Plaza New York (Best of KidsFilmFest) 2011 Family Literacy Day/Fort St. John Public Library Film Fest and Campout 2012 Pickford Film Center - Bellingham WA, USA (Best of Children's Film Festival Seattle) 2012 Cinema Circus (Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival) 2012 “We Celebrate Mothers Around the World” - Whole Wheat and Honey in Fort St John BC 2012 Indiana University Cinema (Best of Children's Film Festival Seattle) 2012 Summer Rewind (Best of Love Your Shorts Film Festival) 2012 Doris Duke Theatre - Honolulu Museum of Art (Best of Children's Film Festival Seattle) 2012 Seattle Public Library (Best of Children's Film Festival Seattle) 2012 Rolla Homecoming 2012http://reelshorts.ca/2011/09/reel-shorts-sneak-preview/http://tmvff.org/mvff_films_kids.php?id=2http://www.cinema.indiana.edu/calendar/?y=2012&month=08&d=18http://www.loveyourshorts.com/2012-love-your-shorts-summer-rewind/shapeimage_8_link_0shapeimage_8_link_1shapeimage_8_link_2shapeimage_8_link_3
Cast: Skyler Fitch
WINNER Children’s Jury Northwest Prize Children’s Film Festival Seattle 2012
WINNER Best Live Action Asheville International Children’s Film Festival 2012
WINNER Audience Award KidsFilmFest 2011