Win 2 Weekend Passes to the Love Your Shorts Film Festival

~ This giveaway is now closed, but you can still find lots of information about the 7th Annual Love Your Shorts Film Festival below ~

The annual international Love Your Shorts Film Festival is one of our favorite events in Sanford every year! We are excited to have been able to attend this short film festival since it beginning in 2011, and even more to have seen it grow every year! at the Love Your Shorts Film Festival short films are divided by genres or themes and presented in blocks (tickets are $8 per person per block, click here to view the complete festival schedule). After each block (usually around 90 minutes long) the audience votes for their favorite film and a winner is selected.

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The event starts on Thursday, February 9th with a few FREE education workshops hosted at the Greater Sanford Regional Chamber of Commerce including a free screening of UCF student films at the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center. Other free events include a workshop for middle and high school students and a Filmmakers’ Panel on Saturday.

Friday, February 10 at 7pm is official opening night followed by Opening Night Party. Throughout Saturday and Sunday guests can attend film blocks from genres like Documentary, Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi/Horror or Drama.

One of our favorite blocks is Saturday’s “E is for Everyone”, a selection of child friendly short films for only $2 per person!

“Best of Fest” concludes the film festival on Sunday evening. During this film block the audience gets to watch the Winners from each block and the Best of the Festival award will be given as decided by a panel of judges.

Even more info about this fabulous movie festival can be found by visiting www.LoveYourShorts.com

See it all for FREE – Enter our giveaway!

I truly can’t wait to attend the festival once more and here is your chance to attend the ENTIRE festival for free: Love Your Shorts is giving away 2 weekend passes to one lucky winner. A weekend pass enables you to attend all of the 9 film blocks of the festival!

Here’s how you can win:

Simply comment below (enter full name and email address) and let us know who you will take with you to the Love Your Shorts Film Festival 2017!

The winner will be drawn via random.org on Wednesday 2/8/17 at 10am and notified immediately after the drawing! So please be sure to check your email that day. If we don’t hear back from you within 24 hours a new winner will be drawn. Good luck 😉

Congratulations Ellen Albert! You won the 2 weekend passes to the Love Your Shorts Film Festival!

Didn’t win? Then go ahead and…

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Complete Schedule of Love Your Shorts Film Festival 2017 Movie Blocks:

Thursday

Education workshops for aspiring and veteran filmmakers (at the Greater Sanford Regional Chamber of Commerce)
9 a.m. “Animation Adaptions to the Digital Age”
10 a.m. – “Careers in Animation”
11:30 a.m. – “My Life in Animation”
7 p.m. – A free selection of shorts in various genres by UCF Film students (at the Wayne Densch Performing Arts Center)

Friday

7:00 p.m. / Opening Night
A mix of genres to get things going
9:00 p.m. / Opening Night Party
By invitation only – meet and greet with filmmakers and sponsors

Saturday

10:30 a.m. / “E” for Everyone
Family friendly films and budget friendly ticket prices
12:30-2:30pm / FREE Workshop: “What to Expect on the Set” (held at the Greater Sanford Regional Chamber of Commerce)

1:00 p.m. / Documentary
Any short documentary
3:00 p.m. / Animation
Any and all forms of animation
5:00 p.m. / Filmmakers Panel
FREE ADMISSION! Enjoy a moderated panel in which movie techniques and filmmaker triumphs and tribulations are discussed
8:00 p.m. / Comedy
Any live-action comedy short
10:00 p.m. / Sci-fi/Horror
Live-action science-fiction, horror, and fantasy shorts

Sunday

1:00 p.m. / Drama
Any live-action short that is not specifically comedy, science-fiction, or horror
3:00 p.m. / Florida Flavor
Any genre film either made primarily in Florida, or made anywhere by filmmakers that are residents of Florida during the film’s production
7:00 p.m. / Best of the Fest
Winners from each block will be shown and the Best of the Festival award will be given as decided by our panel of judges

21 Comments

Marilyn Maples on February 3, 2017 at 12:31 pm

Love Your Shorts makes Sanford proud. I will bring a different friend to each showing to get them “hooked” on this great event.

Marilyn Maples aka Mimi

Pat Miller on February 3, 2017 at 12:53 pm

I will take my husband of 50 years if I am fortunate enough to win the tickets.

Nardja Seguí on February 3, 2017 at 4:10 pm

Hi I would love to take my husband and live of my life! ?

Ellen Albert on February 3, 2017 at 4:16 pm

I would take my son. We love and always go to the movies together

Lynette Woodward on February 3, 2017 at 5:25 pm

I will bring my sister who is visiting from Charleston

jill hoppes on February 3, 2017 at 5:49 pm

Love Your Shorts is a super-cool event and a great addition to all the wonderful things downtown Sanford has to offer. If I win, I’ll bring a fellow movie buff with me!

Sarabecca Rosier on February 3, 2017 at 6:18 pm

If I win it will the first time! I would bring another friend or friends who have been before either!

Matthew Burgess on February 3, 2017 at 7:50 pm

If I win I’ll take my sister to the festival.

Farah Pryor on February 4, 2017 at 3:04 am

Hi 🙂 I would take my new Hubby!!! Love him so much xoxo Thanks for the chance to win these awesome tickets

Natalie on February 4, 2017 at 8:33 am

I would take my better half, my husband.

Rich Gottfried on February 4, 2017 at 10:59 am

My son and his gf are film fanatics they are dying to go

Alice on February 4, 2017 at 12:20 pm

I would love to win these passes. There are several close friends I would share the experiences with.

Brandon on February 4, 2017 at 3:06 pm

I will take bae of course.

Rachel Voss on February 4, 2017 at 11:21 pm

My boyfriend, 9 year old son and I are moving to Sanford this week! What a great way it would be to start off our new lives with winning tickets to the festival!

Elizabeth on February 7, 2017 at 4:34 am

Hi. I would like to take my husband as its our 19 year anniversary on 02/12. ?

silaidiv robles on February 7, 2017 at 12:39 pm

I would love to take my my daughter.

Julia Walker on February 7, 2017 at 1:38 pm

Helloooooo!

My name is Julia Walker. A proud Sanford resident and business owner. I would bring my hubby Ilor one of my teen kiddos.

Jerry Updike on February 7, 2017 at 2:43 pm

Can’t wait.

Courtney cogburn on February 7, 2017 at 9:48 pm

Excited to take the oldest kiddo.

Deborah West on February 8, 2017 at 1:04 am

I will take my love Mark. We’ve had. A tough week losing two of our sweet pets and his birthday is coming up. This is a great festival and another reason to love downtown!!!