Every year the Worldwide Short Film Festival here in Toronto begins with a program of award winning short films from around the globe, films that have been racking up acclaim wherever they play. Needless to say it's a really, really good collection of films and at the 2008 edition of the festival my favorite of the lot was Patrik Eklund's Situation Frank. A film that dances along the tricky line between comedy and tragedy Situation Frank is the story of a man dealing with his wife's death and the friend who tries to help him through it. After the evening wrapped up I immediately looked Eklund up and fired him an email asking if he had a trailer for the film. He had a clip, it turned out, but nothing in any format ready to send out, though he'd be happy to convert things once he finished up production on his current film - Instead of Abrakadabra.

Well, production's done and Eklund has come through. You can check out the opening clip from Situation Frank in the Twitch Player below the break and hit the link below for stills.