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).
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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