Best Short Film – “Robert” (Canada)

Title: Robert
Runtime: 15 min
Country: Canada
Director: Gina Hole Lazarowich
Placement: Best Short Film
Competition: September, 2025

Synopsis: Decades after Vietnam, a haunted veteran lives in solitude, tormented by PTSD shaped by loss and the memory of his best friend’s death. The weight of the past makes each day a battle with the ghosts of a war that never ended for him.