The Elgin Short Film Festival

10/16/2026

09/20/2026

Congratulations!!!!

09/20/2026

And that’s a wrap

People’s choice award- Mort

1st prize- Mort
2nd prize- Boatlift 9/11
3rd prize - Backwards K

Thank you to everyone who participated and helped us with this years festival

09/19/2026

09/17/2026

This Saturday, September 19th, we are partnering with the Chamber Music on the Fox with the animated superstar of the 1920’s, Felix the Cat as he appears in this short film “Pedigreedy.” Accompanied by a full chamber ensemble, with original score by Ben Model, this is a unique chance to go back in time and experience a silent film with live music, the way audiences did a century ago.

Tickets are available the night of at the box office or

https://hemm.na.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/39880

09/17/2026

Do You Know The First Superstar of Animation?The year was 1919, A...

09/16/2026

Boatlift 9/11

Captain JAN (late 40s) and her daughter, BRITT (mid 20s), are working aboard their tugboat in New York Harbor when the unthinkable happens: two airliners slam into the Twin Towers, transforming the Manhattan skyline into a hellscape of fire and smoke.

Realizing the city is under attack, they race to Battery Park, knowing survivors will be stranded along the seawall. Their tug isn’t built for passengers, and it takes all of Jan and Britt’s skill to keep from capsizing as they load it with evacuees and begin transporting them across the Hudson.

Directed by Dale Fabrigar

09/16/2026

Our final film in competition on Saturday the 19th is…

Boatlift 9/11

Captain Jan and her daughter, Britt are working aboard their tugboat in New York Harbor when the unthinkable happens: two airliners slam into the Twin Towers, transforming the Manhattan skyline into a hellscape of fire and smoke.

Realizing the city is under attack, they race to Battery Park, knowing survivors will be stranded along the seawall. Their tug isn’t built for passengers, and it takes all of Jan and Britt’s skill to keep from capsizing as they load it with evacuees and begin transporting them across the Hudson.

Directed by Dale Fabrigar

05/04/2026