In our sixth and final installment of our month-long series "The Sundance Diaries," we witness five shorts filmmakers before, during and after the festival. Some -- such as Grant Orchard, who directed "A Morning Stroll," and Jessie Ennis, co-director of "The Arm" -- win the big prizes. Others go home to life as usual, save one big festival invitation notched on their belt.
For a full list of all the diary entries, from start to finish, click "More" at the bottom of the liveblog. To access individual posts from this installment, click on any filmmaker's name below.
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- "Once It Started It Could Not End Otherwise"-animator Kelly Sears on packing for the freezing festival.
- Animator Stephen Neary on the nerve-wracking experience of watching a festival crowd watch his short, "Dr. Breakfast."
- Jessie Ennis on coercing family and friends to help put together "The Arm," which won the festival's Special Jury award for Comedic Storytelling.
- Animator Grant Orchard on how it felt to be stuck at home when his Oscar-nominated "A Morning Stroll" won the jury prize for animated shorts.
- Julia Pott on the speech she would have given about her favorite aunt, had her animated short, "Belly," won a prize.