Virtual 16th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival at Hollyshorts.com
Dates: 11/9/2020 - 11/15/2020
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HollyShorts Film Festival is an organization devoted to showcasing the best and brightest short films from around the globe, advancing the careers of filmmakers through screenings, networking events, and various panel and forums. The HollyShorts Film festival showcases the top short films produced 40- minutes or less. Categories include Short Animation, Short Live Action, Short Documentary, Music Video, Webisode, among others.This year's 16th edition of the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival will showcase 418 official selections including 128 international short films coming from 36 countries. 388 shorts will compete for top prizes at HollyShorts, one of the worlds top short film festivals. This years festival will take place primarily virtually via the festivals proprietary streaming platform Bitpix from November 9-15, 2020. This years festival garnered 6,000 submissions from 110 countries. The United Kingdom has set a festival record with 30 short films selected. 40% of the total HollyShorts selections are directed by women.All Access passes, the film program and individual block tickets are available for purchase starting today via hollyshorts.com. Highlights from this years Official Selections include: Oscar-nominated Director Skye Fitzgeralds new short documentary about the war in Yemen HUNGER WARD; Sophie Kargmans QUERY starring Justice Smith, Graham Patrick Martin, Armie Hammer, Olivia Sui; Elvira Linds THE LETTER ROOM starring Oscar Isaac and Alia Shawkat; Jonathan Glazers THE FALL; Michael Schilfs THE FIXER starring Jesse C. Boyd, Veronica Diaz Carranza, and Danny Trejo; Heather Edwards SKY WEST & CROOKED starring Emma Fuhrmann, Martha MacIsaac, Vivienne Rutherford, Ethan Jones, and Matt Jones; Katherine Fishers PROOF OF LOSS starring Colette McDermott, Dylan McDermott, Carolyn Michelle Smith; 2019 Oscar nominee Siqi Songs THE COIN; FLOURISH directed by Heather Acs, Colin Levys SKYWATCH starring Uriah Shelton, Zach Callison, and Jude Law; Ryan C. Jaegers PLEASANT CANYON, Jessica Sherifs IN HOLLYWOODLAND starring Yetide Badaki, Karen David, and Luke Youngblood; Ashley Williams MEATS; Dennis Williams IIs CLOUT starring Denzel Whitaker; Lucifer stars Lesley-Ann Brandt and Kevin Alejandros short ADULT NIGHT; Poppy Gordons FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION starring Samantha Robinson, Juliette Goglia and Ava Capri; Jose Acevedos EAGLE starring Daniel Taveras, Antonio Ortiz, and Roy Wood Jr.; Phoebe Tonkins FURLOUGH; Paolo Monicos LACRIMOSA starring David Dastmalchian and LaRecia Hines; Mark Rosenblatts GANEF starring Sophie McShera, Lydia Wilson and Danny Scheinmann; Michael Govier and Will McCormacks IF ANYTHING HAPPENS I LOVE YOU Executive Produced by Laura Dern. As well as three of this years Student Academy-Award narrative category winners: Karishma Dubes BITTU, Rommel Villa Barrigas SWEET POTATOES, and Talia Smiths UMAMA.The United Kingdom has the most shorts ever accepted in HollyShorts with 30 short films in competition. Canada has 14 films, France has 12 shorts, Germany and Australia each have 7 shorts, Sweden and Italy both have 4, Switzerland, Ireland, Spain, India, Israel and Mexico each have 3 shorts in competition, with China and Belgium each having 2 shorts in HollyShorts. Other represented countries include: New Zealand, Jordan, Finland, Myanmar, Qatar, Japan, Egypt, Vietnam, Poland, South Africa, Macedonia, Netherlands, Peru, Palestine, Brazil, Estonia, Saudi Arabia, Korea and Taiwan. Notable films include the animated short CRUEL SHOES written and narrated by Academy Honorary Award winner Steve Martin; I WISH FOR YOU featuring Jeremy Irons; the Will Ferrell, William Jackson Harper, and Fred Hechinger comedy DAVID directed by Avenue 5s Zach Woods; Deon Taylors 8:46 starring Tyrese Gibson and featuring CeeLo Green; Maya Albaneses FREEZE starring Nora Zehetner and Adrian Grenier; THE PRICE OF CHEAP RENT featuring Wyatt Cenac from directors Amina Sutton and Maya Tanaka; Eli Synders INTERLUDE starring Empires Skylan Brooks; the high school drama AT LAST directed by Lorena Gordon and featuring George Lopez; as well as Hanna star Esm Creed-Miles directorial debut JAMIE.
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