July 11-13, 2025

America's most intoxicating blend of short cinema

 
 
In 2021, @themoviecrush was fortunate enough to have @redrubes14 serve as a juror to determine that year’s award for Best Documentary (Short). Yoruba, of course, is an exceptional documentarian, and her latest demands our attention given recent @gilperezabraham earned our #bestperformance award at @themoviecrush this summer. Now, you can see his breathtaking work in @ward.kamel’s searing drama of grief and acceptance on @vimeo and @shortoftheweek! Repost from @ward.kamel • Dou Short films and Walla Walla are a match made in heaven just like @eatkarikari chili crisp, @beecherscheese ,and @rachels.bagels.and.burritos are! These are just a few of our LOVELY partners that help make the Movie Crush happen! All featured here in Congrats to @themoviecrush 2023 award winner and #crushfam4eva❤️ member @this_panda_is_sad for selling out the opening week of her Broadway show, The Roommate, starring @pattilupone and @realmiafarrow. Can’t wait to see it in person later this Just like The Movie Crush hopes to offer something for everyone, we want to extend that same courtesy to our drinks! Pathfinder offers a drink that raises the bar in quality and taste of non-alcoholic beverages. So make the switch to Pathfinder - and RIPE! is undeniable, irresistible, exceptional. @tusk_creative has crafted a short that captivates with its honest depiction of briefly confused crushing and the inevitability of true passion. RIPE! is gorgeously-hued, economically-scripted and compe The revered recipient for @themoviecrush’s annual Curator’s Choice Award is @raythedestroyer whose two shorts, THE STAGE and PLEASE PLAY THIS AT MY FUNERAL, wowed audiences and Warren. He adds: “in watching nearly 2,500 shorts per y The Alex Sichel Memorial award was created to spotlight female-identifying storytellers focused on the deeply personal, often overshadowed moments that profoundly shape individuals’ lives. This award recognizes that this search for vulnerabilit Every summer, Crush Executive Director and Co-founder @dragun_lady bestows the Beast of The Crush Award for best non-human performance. The competition was heated this year. In the end, Nancy recognized the work of Shelly the snail in the charming LO Congrats to #crushfam4eva❤️ members — @amybenchfilm, @pjraval and @rileshoops — on being awarded grants from the @sundanceorg for their documentary features either in development or postproduction. Can’t wait to watch them all on th In short order and convincing fashion, @gilperezabraham cycles through the stages of #grief in @ward.kamel’s heart-rending IF I DIE IN AMERICA. Gil’s exploration of the Kubler-Ross dynamic is a study in subtle, graceful acting; he trusts @julia1sabella is this year’s winner for the Best Screenplay Award at @themoviecrush. FOLLOWERS, her sardonic peek at influencers and those they influence lets us laugh at their discomfiting dynamic. Social media is an odd, prickly ecosystem an INCIDENT is a must-see, for white audiences in particular. Bill Morrison won @themoviecrush’s Best Documentary Award for his searing indictment of police misconduct (aka murder) in this stunning assembly of surveillance footage, body cams and m We are so excited to (officially) post our 2024 Walla Walla Movie Crush winners!!! Starting off with our winner in Best Animation: TENNIS, ORANGES by @seanpecknold !!! Congratulations Sean! Thank you for making (and submitting) such a beautiful film! another moment from our FVC Gallery meetup! @seanpecknold , our winner for Best Animation for TENNIS, ORANGES, talks about his co-starring rabbits! #wallawalla #wallawallamoviecrush #wallawallamoviecrush2024 #wallawallhollaholla #crushingit #thecrus We found so much connection in @fvcgallery ! (shoe wear related and other kinds!) #wallawalla #wallawallamoviecrush #wallawallamoviecrush2024 #wallawallhollaholla #crushingit #thecrush #themoviecrush #moviecrush #shortfilm #filmfestival #ottotheocto and now a word from (some of) our sponsors..... #wallawalla #wallawallamoviecrush #wallawallamoviecrush2024 #wallawallhollaholla #crushingit #thecrush #themoviecrush #moviecrush #shortfilm #filmfestival #ottotheoctopus #crushfam4eva❤️#wwmc8
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Sunday, July 7, 2024: Block 17 is... "ARTISTS, PERFORMING" THE STAGE (d. Ray Smiling) CURATING ANNE'S INSTAGRAM (d. Aaron Bourget) PERSONAL MYTHOLOGIES (d. Susan O'Brien) FRANCESCA (d. Chester Vincent Toye) VOICES (d. Mac Premo) MOMO (d. M Sunday, July 7, 2024: Block 16 is... "DADDY ISSUES" DAD BOD (d. Daniel Flahiff) PLAY THIS AT MY FUNERAL (d. Ray Smiling) ALL TIED UP (d. Blake Bogosian, Matt Klug) NINE BALL (d. Matthew Dillon Cohen) CHA CHA CHARLIE (d. Matt Bieler) THE RE
 
 

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