Short Films

My award-winning 2021 passion project, Full Tilt. Packed with flashy live-action visuals, slick motion graphics, and a heartfelt story, the film details one of Ottawa's last classic arcades and the charismatically quirky owner of its parent company, Mike Loftus of Pinball Medics.

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES: 

WINNER — Best Documentary (2021, Summer) — AltFF Alternative Film Festival

NOMINEE — Best Director (2021, Summer) — AltFF Alternative Film Festival

— AltFF 2021 on IMDB —

CREDITS:

DIRECTOR / EDITOR / WRITER / NARRATOR – Ben Willms

CO-EDITOR – Diane Nubaha

CO-PRODUCER – Kayla Houle

CAMERA – Diane Nubaha, Kayla Houle

ADD'L CAMERA – Ben Willms

BOOM OPERATOR – Marc Homes

Featuring original theme music by Ben Willms. "Slam Tilt (Theme from Full Tilt) now available wherever you get your tunes.

My comedic, 90% improvised entry to the 2020 edition of My RØDE Reel with former classmate Mark Holmes. 

CREDITS:

DIRECTED BY: Mark Holmes & Ben Willms

CONCEPT BY: Ben Willms

CAMERA & SET AUDIO: Mark Holmes

EDIT & AUDIO POST: Ben Willms

VFX:  Ben Willms

BEHIND-THE-SCENES EDIT: Mark Holmes

This hastily made, 1-minute comedy sketch placed in the Top 10 for the 104.3 Fresh 10K 1 Minute Movie contest (but did not win the $10,000 grand prize. I blame lazy costuming and the fact that I kept forgetting to do the character voices, mostly because I was absolutely freezing for most of it).

CREDITS:

PARKING LOT CAMERA OPERATOR: Jane Willms (my patient mother)

WRITING, CAMERA, EDIT: Ben Willms

The director's cut of my Honourable Mention entry to the 2020 Windscribe VPN Transnational Film Fest (WTF Fest). The topic and title for this video was randomly generated by a three-word RNG bot, as per contest rules.

CREDITS:

WRITING, CAMERA, EDIT: Ben Willms

The director's cut of my Runner Up entry to the 2020 Windscribe VPN Transnational Film Fest (WTF Fest). The topic and title for this video was randomly generated by a three-word RNG bot, as per contest rules. This video won me $50 USD if I remember correctly.\

CREDITS:

WRITING, CAMERA, EDIT: Ben Willms