Wednesday, August 8, 2018

HollyShorts Film Festival - Friday August 10th Screenings




HOLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL SCREENING PROGRAM
Friday, August 10, 2018 12:00 PM
Saturday, August 11, 2018 12:00 AM
TCL CHINESE 6 THEATRE
6801 Hollywood Boulevard 3RD LEVEL
Los Angeles, CA, 90028


HAPPY BIRTHDAY ― TO ME MICHAEL JP REILLY
A hitman gets thrown off his killing game by the nostalgia he feels when he remembers it's his birthday.

FAY AWAY ― RAINER LIPSKI
Fay drives to the desert to reconcile with her estranged dad after 20 years to share some important news

TOOTH AND NAIL ― SARA SHAW
A dysfunctional family reunites after the son, Matt, is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Matt and his sister Kate make a pact. He agrees to give her his sperm for future use with a partner if she agrees to come out to the family that night.

FORGET ME NOT ― FLORINE AND KIM NUESCH
Set in the 1970's, the film centers on two little girls, who struggle with their mother's bipolar disease that constantly disrupts their lives and burdens them to grow up early.

XIN ― DESHA DAUCHAN
Grappling with grief, Elaine is haunted by the ghost of her mother. In therapy, she tries to gain clarity on the nature of the hauntings. Are they a product of her grief or are they urging her to perform the ultimate act of violence against her own father?

A MONTH ― ZGJIN TERZIQI
The real life story of a blind woman with no home, living her four sisters pact of keeping her at their respective residences for a month each.

BEAST ― LEONORA LONSDALE
A gothic fairytale following three generations of women struggling with the aftermath of a divorce.


TWO WORLDS ― ANDY LEFTON
Two characters finding hope and coming together in the bleakest of moments. One marooned on a desolate planet and the other crash landing on the same planet. Both have benefits to helping each other find solace in this barren world.

GENESIS ― ABTIN MOZAFARI
A fantasy short film with a critical point of view about the horrible situation in Syria.

GERRY ― VICTORIA HOLLUP AND PAUL AGAR

Facing twilight years of loneliness & isolation, Hilda (Dame Joan Collins) whilst clearing out her deceased husband’s belongings, unearths a long buried secret. The find forces her to confront her past and break free from her solitude with an attempt to live the life that she always denied herself.

MONDAY ― DINH THAI 
First place winner of HBO's Visionaries contest. In the culturally diverse world of Los Angeles, a young hustler navigates through various cliques while facing racism, danger and a moral ...

SAC DE MERDE ― GREG CHWERCHAK
An unlucky-in-love yet irrationally optimistic New Yorker thinks her luck has changed when she spends the night with the man of her dreams. As it turns out, he might just be full of crap. Literally.

THE LETTERS ― TEREZ IREN KONCZ
One autumn day Zolika, the 12 year old orphan starts to receive mysterious letters from his 'new parents'. Happiness is just two weeks away. Or is it?


MOTHERS ― BEN RAND
In the late 90's, an alienated young boy named 'Bug' drifts through his memories while his grandmother Evelyn tries to help him come to terms with their shared trauma.

ALWAYS REMEMBER ME ― NELL TEARA
When Sarah (Luci MacNair) brings her new boyfriend Adam (Brandon Scott) to her childhood best friend’s birthday party, she's forced to confront her past. This is complicated because her best friend is dead.

SUNSET PRAYER ― QURAN SQUIRE
A migrant from the Middle East takes up work at a funeral home transporting bodies for quick pay, but when one job ends with a hit and run, he must decide what's important, his freedom or his morality.

I COME FROM THE FIRE CITY ― DANIEL DALY
I Come From The Fire City is a visual interpretation of the titular poem by acclaimed poet Eve L. Ewing, adapted to 16mm film by Daniel Daly.

TOME SUPER8 ― SOPHIA BANKS
Experimental, Short, Web / New Media

LESSER COUSIN ― PATRICK METCALF
A man comes to his estranged aunt's deathbed only to receive an uncomfortable dying wish.

CANOE POEMS ― ADRIAN CARDENAS
As Justin's relationship spirals to an end, he continues to have romanticized daydreams of better times, and seeks advice from his deceased father.

NIGHTMARES BY THE SEA ― SKINNER MYERS
After losing custody of his son, a young father is forced to confront the meaning of his existence.

SILENCE, BEFORE RAIN ― JASON SKLAVER
Silent, score-based, set in the summer of 1969, shot entirely on Kodak Super 8 film

THE SERMON ― DEAN PUCKETT
In an isolated church community in the English countryside, a powerful hate preacher prepares to deliver a sermon to his flock, but his daughter has a secret that could destroy them all.

SPLITSCREEN ― CONRAD ROTHBAUM
An arguing couple goes to a movie and switches places with the characters on screen.


THE MODERN LIVES ― BILL PLYMPTON
"The Modern Lives" is an epic music film comprised of 6 songs by blues rock musician Jackie Greene, animated by Bill Plympton. The music film follows Mr. Greene on tour in America and journeys through fantastic planets, the American South, the landscapes of his mind, and more.

THE BOX ― DUSAN KASTELIC
You have probably heard of the phrase "To think outside of the box"? Well, this is a story about such a box. The box is full of miserable creatures. One of those creatures doesn't belong there. He's thinking outside of the box.

AIRPORT ― MICHAELA MULLER
Airports – the pinnacle of modern society, places where the limits of borders, security and tolerance are constantly tested. While for some the journey starts, for others it abruptly ends.

THE DRIVER IS RED ― RANDALL CHISTOPHER
Set in Argentina 1960, this true crime documentary follows secret agent Zvi Aharoni (Mark Pinter) as he searches for a mysterious man named Ricardo Klement. What he discovered in the remote outskirts of Buenos Aires would send shock waves around the world.

[O] ― MARIO RADEV AND CHIARA SGATTI
[O] is a film that imitates nature, depicting cycles in a world entirely based on sound frequency and vibration.

WEEKENDS ― TREVOR JIMENEZ
'Weekends' is the story of a young boy shuffling between the homes of his recently divorced parents. Surreal dream-like moments mix with the domestic realities of a broken up family in this hand animated film set in 1980's Toronto.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT COSMOS ― RAPHAEL BLUZET
After making a short statement about the difficulties of going into space, Roger recounts, in a dry and humoristic tone, the problems one encounters there.

BLACK DOG ― JOSHUA TUTHILL
Two brothers deal with the death of their parents in very different ways.

UNEXPECTED DISCOVERIES ― JAMES MABERY
A young fellow finds himself stumbling upon an ordinary flashlight that allows him to explore other places. Unexpected Discoveries reminds us to always be present. You never know what is around the corner or what is directly in front of you.

BLIND MICE ― NICHOLAS D'AGOSTINO
A con within a con.


POE ― EVAN HOYT EASSERSTROM
Horrifically weird events occur when a neighbor fights with a woman over the dog she recently rescued.

BITE SIZE HORROR

SPECTRUM ―JOSHUA TENDERO
A boy awakes from a nightmare to find the encounter in his dream is a reality.

THE BRIDE ― ARI COSTA AND EREN CELEBOGLU
The Bride is a horror/thriller that examines gender politics in the middle east. In May of 2016, 100 Yazid slave girls were burned alive at a slave market in Mosul. Their owner, Umm Saraf, queen of the Isis slave trade was responsible. She fled into the desert leaving one survivor, her personal slave, Amal. Amal is captured and questioned by Major Ahmad of the Kurdish Women's Protection Unit, an all female battalion of soldiers fighting ISIS. The Major believes Amal's life as a slave is her own fault, and her very existence reinforces every cliche of Middle Eastern women. The irony is Major Ahmad has orders to turn Amal over to the United States so Amal may be interviewed on 60 Minutes. As the Major says, "You're going to be famous for being a victim. That is ironic." What ensues is a battle of feminine perspectives. Frustrated with Amal's perceived lies, the Major demands the truth. Finally, Amal tells the story of The Bride, a legend among the Yazidi slaves. She was a Boko Haram slave girl sold to ISIS and murdered by Umm Saraf for being defiant. But instead of snuffing the Bride out like a flame in the dark, she returned as a vengeful ghost, haunting Umm Saraf and driving her mad. Finally, Amal reveals that the Bride and she are one in the same, and she is offering the Major the opportunity to do the right thing. The Bride is not only a journey into the heart of darkness that is war, but the human soul and all its shadows and sins.

DEEP DISH ― APOCALYPSE DAVID CODEGLIA
Doug is in love with Traci, Traci is in love with Josh, and Josh chose the wrong day to eat pizza.

LATE LUNCH ― JAE-EUN JUNG AND YURI KIM

LATCHED ― JUSTIN HARDING AND ROB BRUNNER
An obsessive choreographer on a creative retreat with her toddler awakens a fairy corpse with disturbing intentions

GRANDMA'S HOUSE ― JOSHUA GIULIANO
An old woman. Alone. At night.

THIRD WHEEL ― DANIEL DELPURGATORIO
Susan has more than just skeletons in her closet.

STAY ― DAVID MIKALSON
A cult of women summon a demon, but one rogue member, Carol, gets in the way of their plans.

HollyShorts takes place August 9-18, 2018 at the TCL Chinese Theater, Harmony Gold Theater and other locations in Hollywood. Nearly 400 short films will compete for the festival’s top prizes. Last year HollyShorts finalists included 3 out of the 5 Live Action Oscar nominees and the winning short Silent Child from Rachel Shenton and Chris Overton. This year, HollyShorts received an all-time record 5,000 submissions from over 80 countries. The competition will feature Live Action, Animation and Documentary Shorts as well as web series, student shorts, music videos, TV pilots, and VR. The festival also features a screenplay competition where the winning short gets greenlit, shot and shown at next year’s festival courtesy of Seattle Film Summit.

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ABOUT HOLLYSHORTS
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 Oscar Qualifying 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, Commercials, TV, and Digital Microbudget.
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