Film Challenge 2021 Awards
Without the ability to dress up and gather to race shopping carts, a film contest seemed like the perfect way to keep the spirit of CHIditarod alive. Our community delivered in a big way, and it was an absolute joy to watch the submissions, thank you! Now, without further ado, here are the winners of the first ever CHIditarod Film Challenge.
Best Drama
Bureaucratic Avalanche: The RPS Journey
by Nomeward Bound
Best Comedy
Cartastrophe Cart Surfing
by Cartastrophe
Best Costume
Cartastrophe Cart Surfing
by Cartastrophe
Best Choreography
3GST FilmFest
by 3GS&T
Best Cinematography
Item
by K&K
Best Checkpoint Awards
Phyllis’ Musical Inn
The M. Night Shyamalan Sixth Sense Award
Chidiots Made a Movie
by Chidiots
Five Star Bar
Best Foreign Film
Hello From Scotland
by Hello From Scotland
Roots Pizza
The Greatest Hits Award
SGC1
by The Secret Gentlemen’s Club
Output Lounge
The Al Yankovic Award for Best Song
Owner of a Lonely Cart
by Mundus Absurdus
Irish Nobleman
Best Sound Design
Item
by K&K
Best Documentary
Drunk Cart-story
by 6-Pack Attack
Best Use of Cart
ChiditaHAWKS 2021
by ChiditaHAWKS
Best in Show
Drunk Cart-story
by 6-Pack Attack
THE SPIRIT OF CHIDITAROD AWARD
ChiditaHAWKS
Despite the pandemic and lack of race, the ChiditaHAWKS went ahead and did exactly what they would have done for race day: built a cart, put on costumes, created a single-team race through the streets of Chicago, deployed actual mushing dogs (who were not harmed in the making of the film), and raised over 500 lbs of food and over $5,000 for the Chiditarod Foundation, and had a lot of fun doing it. In just their fourth year, this Art Cart team proved that nothing will get in their way when it comes to solving food insecurity in Chicago.