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WELCOME
Welcome to the 13th edition of the HollyShorts Film Festival. This year is especially gratifying as HollyShorts has grown from a tiny one day mini festival to now an Oscar-qualifying 10-day independent extravaganza. One thing remains consistent – the passion of the team behind the scenes that strives to unite the next generation of storytellers and create a platform where filmmakers can advance their careers, promote their projects, and be inspired by some of the greatest creators and talent both in front and behind the camera. We had over 4,000 submissions this year and the represented lineup and the filmmakers behind the projects make the 2017 edition of HollyShorts one of the best ones we’ve ever had. So enjoy the screenings, the Film Conference, the fireside chats, parties, cocktail hours, but most of all be sure to knowledge-share and help inspire the next generation! Best, Theo, Daniel and Nicole HollyShorts
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 10th
30th ANNIVERSARY SCREENING Q&A WITH MATTHEW MODINE
5:30pm
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 10th HOLLYSHORTS 13th ANNUAL
OPENING NIGHT CELEBRATION TCL CHINESE THEATRES 1 & 6
Without Grace Directed by Deborah Kampmeier, written/produced by Angela Cohen, Starring double-Emmy-nominee Ann Dowd (Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, HBO’s The Leftovers) and John Doman (HBO’s The Wire)
InGenue-ish Written and directed by John Stamos
11th Hour Directed by Jim Sheridan Starring Salma Hayek
Graffiti Directed by Brett Gursky Starring Tanner Anderson, Cassie Scerbo, and the late John Heard
Penny Sucker Directed by Erin Elders Starring James Paxton, and Debbon Ayer HollyShorts 2016 Screenplay winner
The Son, The Father Directed by Lukas Hasse
Crowbar Smile Directed by Jamie Mayer, produced by Josh Hutcherson, Starring Tristan Lake Leabu, Serinda Swan, Emily Robinson, Tate Donovan
Control Directed by Kimmy Gatewood, Written by and starring Alison Becker
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11th 12:00pm DOCS
(119 min.)
Love of Place Woody’s Order! Brian Olliver
Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger The Tables Detected Jon Bunning Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, One Way Home Jeremy Newberger Qingzi Fan
Shepherd:
Refugee
An Appalacian Trail Joyce Chen & Emily Moore Dylan Stern
2:30pm Family Drama
Story
(144 min.)
Without Grace Crumble
Deborah Kampmeier
Pauline Lam
Aimee
Home Russell Simpson
Lee Whitaker
MOSTRI Mustard Seed Adriano Giotti Linda Roessler Chocolate
Thanksgiving Break
Thiago Dadlt
Andy Carrigan
90 Days CORKY Nathan Hale Williams, Jennia Fredrique Aponte
Ty Primosch
5:00pm Adult Animation Slope of the Curve Marshall Curry
Fox and the Whale Robin Joseph
(108 min.)
Unlovable Mark Todd, Esther Pearl Watson
And The Moon Yulia Ruditskaya
Ropes in Life Cop Dog Gerardo González Pérez Bill Plympton
Stands Still
Drifting Away First Bloom Cyprien Clément-Delmas Tingting Liu /5 /
POST NO BILLS The History of Magic: Robin Hays & Andy Poon Ensueno Jose Luis Gonzalez Flutter Vladimir Todorov
The Noise of Licking Nadja Andrasev
I Think My Healthcare Might Suck
Andrew Racho
Unsatisfying Thibault de Fournas, Nicolas Lefaucheux, Yann Pineill
7:30pm Shot on Film (82 min.) Blood Letting Real Artists William Davis
Cameo Wood
That Unusual Brick Jesse Burks
Little Bird Georgia Oakley
Nathan Loves Steven Arrigada
Ricky Martin
Frank Embree Skinner Myers
To Be Free Miss World Esther de Rothschild
Georgia Fu
Goodnight Eulogy Created by Roi Vissely; Directed by Yonatan Weinstein
10:00pm Horror Program
(111 min.)
Body Image The Night Delivery Kim Garland
Scott O’Hara
Rush Yana Alliata
Tim Earnheart
Conduit
Fisher Cove Taste Sean Skene
Adrian Selkowitz
Scratch It Began Without Warning Emma Bell
Santiago C. Tapia
Wandering Soul Niles Canyon Josh Tanner
Sallyanne Massimini
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12am Midnight Block Jimbo Rodrigo Zanforlin
Scanners Natalie Jenison
(103 min.)
Buckets Julia Jones
Vocabulary Becky James
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An Obstinate Man Long Drive Home Jaclyn Noel
Michael Berwick
Autopsy Popsy Adam Long
Homsy
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12th 12:00pm Women In Film
(118 min.)
The Space Between
It Happened Again Last Night
Taren Maroun
Gabrielle Stone & Roze
Ash
Here Now Rachel Feldman
Kaz PS
2500km
Making
Daniela Arguello
It On Time – Christian Siriano
Lucy in my eyes Sophia Banks Panic Attack! Eileen O’Meara Waste Cowboy and Indian Justine Raczkiewicz Megan Park
“Yours Sincerely, Lois Weber”
Sujata Day
Svetlana Cvetko
2:30pm Romance (114 min.) Just Go! Angelfish Pavel Gumennikov
Dane McCusker
Rekindled The Egg and the Erin Brown Thomas Chris Skotchdopole Pretty Is Alan Scott Neal
Hatchet
Memory Box Audrey Ewell & Aaron Aites
Flesh of my Flesh Note To Self Matthys Boshoff
Dennis Williams II
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HSFF JURY Adam Schomer Alicia Malone Amirose Eisenbach April Mollner Armandina Cueva Barry Rubinow Ben Lyons Cheryl Bedford Cindy Baer David Rodriguez Earl Klasky Eddie Perez Elliott Owen Eric Connor Frantz Durand Ghen Laraya Long Greg Pedicin Gregory Weinkauff Jeff Beard Joanna Fang JT Mollner Juliet Berman Karene Jullien
Kay Madsen Lauren Freeman Linda Olszewski Lirit Topaz Matt Irving Michelle Lee Mike DeLorenzo Nikola Todorovic Peter Collins Reda Mustafa Rich Paul Ryan Leeder Shani Rotkovitz Steve Bellamy Steven Adams Steven Reich Tanner Beard Tye Sheridan Tyler Spindel Weiman Seid Yuka Kobayashi Zoe Kevork
5:00pm Cinematography
(120 min.)
Lacrimosa Asteria Tanja Mairitsch
Josh Crute
Neon Mark J. Blackman
Christina Jobe
LIMBO Konstantina Kotzamani
D’Arline 7TRUTHS
Brendan Murphy
Modern Houses Matthew Dixon
7:30pm Primetime
(124 min.)
Chasing Grace
Oh What a Wonderful Feeling
Julia Barnett
Francois Jaros
Wig Shop
A Beautiful Day
Kat Coiro
Phedon Papamichael
Toyed Jokes Yanes
GRAFFITI
Brett Gursky
My Nephew Emmett Kevin Wilson, Jr.
10:00pm Comedy
(119 min.)
The Birth Rufus Sarah Hatherley
Stéphane Dumonceau
Bigfoot’s Love Slave
Laces Kevin Broberg
Heather Tom
Broken Dreams Blvd
I don’t think that’s a leaf blower
Kevin Jordan
Stefano Pennisi
Hot Winter: A Film by Dick Pierre
Devon Sawa
Mamma Loves Shortin’
Jack Henry Robbins
“The Talk” True Stories About The Birds & The Bees Super Sex
Matthew Modine
Alain Delannoy
Awesome Thank You
It’s Not What You Know
Jon Ryan
Aaron Abrams
Yes, God, Yes Karen Maine
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12:00am Midnight Madness
(94 min.)
Cheese Fries Satisfaction Guaranteed Joe Zerull
Yue Ma
The End Of Decay Meeting MacGuffin Christopher Todd
Lunch Ladies J.M. Logan
Catya Plate We Are Not Lovers Crystal Friedman
Tales From The Toilet
Fucking Bunnies
Pete Novitch
Teemu NIukkanen
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13th 12:00pm Seattle Block Baby Ryan Zemke
(108 min.)
Jouska Winter Rhys
Haskell One Step Too James Allen Smith Ben M.F. Rapson
Far
Shards Serena Berry
Lifeline Adam Harum
Fool Eryn Rea
The Son, The Father Lukas Hassel
The Devil Needs A Fix Ian Bright
2:30pm LGBT
(119 min.)
SissyMan Joshua Atesh Litle The Mess He Made Matthew Puccini
Golden Boys Jill Riley TransMute Star Victoria
Cake Anne Hu
After The Date Iris Devins
Goddess (Devi) Swim Karishma Dube
Mari Walker
BOYS EYAL RESH
In a Heartbeat Beth David & Esteban Bravo
American Male Please Hold Michael Rohrbaugh
Jerell Rosales
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ADS
5:00pm VFX
(113 min.)
The Ningyo Revelation The City of Haze
Miguel Ortega
Lu Sun
Albedo Absolute Vlad Marsavin
FTL Adam Stern
Nano Mike Manning
Noro Duncan Roe
Leviticus 24:20 Freddy Chávez Olmos, Shervin Shoghian
7:30pm Sci Fi
(130 min.)
Picture Wheel Alientologist David O’Donnell
Tyler Rabinowitz
Transit Conjunction
The Last
Fredrik Waldeland & Jonas Reed
Dan Liu
Nation Down The Sound Liam Hendrix Heath
Antony Petrou
White Lily They Charge Tristan Ofield Terence Nance
For the Sun
Custom Order Will Lowell
10:00pm Thriller
(120 min.)
Dave
At The End Of The Cul-De-Sac
Shawn Lebert
Paul Trillo
Sidewalk Angels
Midwife
Paulo Miranda
Blake Salzman
Hijo por Hijo (Child for Child) Juan Avella
Bambina Alexis Korycinski
A Motel Story
Nick Epstein Quick Fix Brian Leider
Cul-De-Sac Damon Russell
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MONDAY, AUGUST 14th 12:00pm Youth
(114 min.)
Birdman Leftovers Yixuan (Maisie) Luo, Yixing L
Or Carny
Something In That Room
After The Fall
Joshua Seigel
Matthew Manyak
The Klumz A Birthday Card Neshama Ryman
Anvar Madraimov
Atlas World Mary & Marsha in the Manor Morgana McKenzie of Madness Kris Theorin Please He Sui
You Are My Sunshine Jun Jie Huang
2:30pm International
(129 min.)
Born Bone Boon When Demons Die Gori
Daniel Ruebesam
Sabine
Pushing Night Away
Sylvain Robineau
Jade Aksnes
Aurora Jose Maria Martinez
Joe Marcantonio
XYX
Time Machine
Daniel Chamorro
Adolfo Mena Cejas
Red Light
Mirame a los ojos Olga Alaman
5:00pm Period Piece The Massacre at Black Divide Steve Makowski
(107 min.)
Well Jim Powers
“Mother” (Matka) Woman With An Editing Bench Piotrek Golebiowski
The Nation Holds Its Breath Kev Cahill
Karen Pearlman
The Blue Jet Lawrence Le Lam
Hope Dies Last Ben Price
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7:30pm Sci Fi/Fantasy
(124 min.)
Memoir Chrysalis Alexander Jeffery
Unbound Maggie Mahrt
Ina Conradi, Mark Chavez The Secret Max Bartoli
Of Joy
Sunflower Iman And The Peter Ferris Rosati Jarrett Woo LILITH David Odio Miscast
Light Warriors
Boy in the Dark Jason Ragosta
Carsten Kurpanek
10:00pm Music Videos IAMEVE “Starman” Thor Freudenthal
(82 min.)
Turn The Lights On
Cristóbal González Camarena
Floyd Shakim “Mermaids” DAMEHT - Creeper Creeper Daniel Howlid
Jeff Hammer
Zed’s Dead “ Too Young” Warriors by Lisa Mitchell Chris Ullens
Vanessa Gazy
I Got You Nineveh’s Burning Featuring the Aqualilies Lukasz Pytlik Jessica Sanders Nostalgic Love Lord Loud “Tune In” Joscha Bongard Tim Ciancio NewHeights Seth Hirsch, Patrick Mauler Them Jared Rosenthal #Meat Marc J. M. van den Broek Young Damiano Perri Walls Maik Schuster The Fuzzy Crystals “Spinning” Justin Possenti METUBE 2 Fitz and The Tantrums “Roll Up” August Sings Carmina Burana Steve Jennings
Daniel Moshel
Life Is Better Blonde “Fires”
My Eternity
Ben Morgan, Natalie James
Jonathan Martin
“Go Hard” Glen McGowan
Black Swan Hassan Said
TUESDAY, AUGUST 15th 12:00pm Kids Animation/Family Films Summer Camp Island
(94 min.)
Julia Pott
Supermom Jason Honeycutt
Karma Zhaoyu Zhou
Homegrown Quentin Haberham
FuN? Shannon Van Metre
Stella1 Roberto D’Ippolito, Gaia Bonsignore
Dear Dad Carlos Hurtado
King Grandpa Martin Grau
Bosatsu - Year of the Dragon Siddharth Ahluwalia
2:30pm Golden Age
(120 min.)
Goodbye Vesna Getting Ed Laid Cristian Sulser
Deborah Pearl
Beat Around The Bush The Buzzing Of A Bumblebee Brianne Nord-Stewart
Oiled Up Richard Selvi
Vladimir Beldian
The After War Georgio Litt
Two Nocturnes Ien Chi
5:00pm Student Spilt Milk James Dunstan
(118 min.)
Palace Marcus Chan
A Little Memory Filip Nancy Wennan Zhang
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
When Pigs Fly The Fare Andrew Wood
Santiago Paladines
Zayar Chriz Naing
Brian Robau
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7:30pm Thriller II
(109 min.)
Whoever Was Using This Bed
Strangers on the Road
Andrew Kotatko
Carlos Solano
Highway Vanessa Gazy
Clarity Dustin Brown
Ditch Adrian Elliot
10:00pm Action
The Suitcase Abi Damaris Corbin
(113 min.)
Third World Man
Two Bellman Three
Brad Sayers
Daniel Malakai Cabrera, Mark David Spencer The Job Hunt for Hiroshi Jason Matzner Sam Gosper Relapse Girl at the Door James Poirier Song Joo-Sung
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16th 12:00pm Dance & Music REPAIRations! The Musical
Courtney Miller
(127 min.)
Cold Storage Thomas Freundlich
Night Dancing Smile: A Musical Barney Cokeliss
Sarah Phillips
Kill Off Genevieve Clay-Smith
Intrinsic Moral Evil
Deadpool The Musical Julian Higgins
Dust Sloan Inns
Harm Weistra
Echo Park Blues Michael Bofshever
Get Free Marine Assaiante
Through The Supermarket The Ballerina, Her Shoemaker In Five Easy Pieces and His Apprentice Anna Maria Joakimsdottir-Hutri Eva Ye
2:30pm Coming of Age
(119 min.)
Kid Gambled Under Water Alex Familian
Bryan Fitzgerald, Valéry Lessard
TV In The Fish Tail Mackenzie Iesh Thapar
Sofia Astrom
Ambi
Crowbar Smile
Marija Apcevska
Jamie Mayer
A Boy Called Su That Party That One Night Vedrana Music
5:00pm Drama II
Mylissa Fitzsimmons
(126 min.)
No One Ever Said Benny Got Shot Janet Rosenthal
Malcolm Washington
A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud Ouroboros Karen Allen
Scott Fleishman
White Face
Penny Sucker
Mtume Gant
Erin Elders
Emergency Carey Williams
7:30pm Dark Comedy
(120 min.)
Ingenue-ish Evil Woman John Stamos
Danny Turkiewicz
Control
Bye, Bye, Baby
Kimmy Gatewood
Fabio Frey
El Audífono (The Earpiece) Eulogilia Samuel Quiles Palop
Alex Grossman
I Know Jake Gyllenhaal is Going to Fuck My Girlfriend
Chell Stephen
Nino Mancuso
A Study in Tyranny
Shauna Is A Liar The Accomplice Jon Hoeg, John F. Beach
Andrew Laurich
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10:00pm Web Series
(112 min.)
Gunner Jackson - Chapter No. 1
Christian Strevy
Fired Robert Matthews
My America Dated Anna Jones & Asaad Kelada Rob Burnettt Dropping The Soap
Sleep tight: “Teeth”
Ellie Kanner
Jason Perlman
The Room Actors: Norm and Kate Love the Ladies Where Are They Now? “Casanorman” Robyn Paris
Kate Przylepa
Crystal Crystal Correa
Rob Janas, Syd Wilder
Fab Life Teresa XO
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17th 12:00pm DOCS II
(123 min.)
Tyler Tabor: A Life Lost Cheryl Hiltzik
The Open Patient: Healing Through Sharing
Prince of Smoke Brett Abramsky Matthew Gelb I’ll Wait Here Harry At Midnight Buerkle Amber McBride Harmes Way Daniel Morfesis Marian Rick Rodgers
2:30pm Coming of Age II Sweet Maddie Stone
(119 min.)
Brady Hood
Ricky’s Baby Melanie Aitkenhead
Spring
Verano 78’
Laurel Parmet
Serapi Soler
It’s All Right, It’s Ok Jim Cummings
Du
sollst nicht lügen (Thou Shalt Not Lie)
Sascha Zimmermann Arlo Alone Nicole Dorsey Snowplow Mia Niebruegge
5:00pm A Touch of Romance
(121 min.)
Strobe
Five Minutes With Mary
Joshua Shultz
Matt Beurois
(le) Rebound This Always Happens Laura Beckner
Alexander Christenson
Lemon Timothy Cooper
Tripolar Alexander Gruszynski
A Date in 2025 Us Funny
Julia Bales, Jim Cummings
Ryan Turner
HIT Katie Trew Cheline
7:30pm Crime Drama
(118 min.)
Watu Wote: All of us
Monday
Katja Benrath
Dinh Thai
Lunch Time For Blood Alireza Ghasemi Lorenzo de Guia Endurance Grzegorz Dębowski
10:00pm Otherwordly
Nacido de Nuevo Evan Kaufmann
(122 min.)
UFO Days The Tinwife Quinn Else
Travis Neufeld
Visitors Icarus Alon Juwal
Tom Teller
Man in the Moon I Am The Doorway Monique Mulcahy
Robin Kasparik
Cubicle Zombies Cork Man Paul Thurwachter, Nicolas Chevaillier
Dawn Han
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 18th 12:00pm International II
(121 min.)
Baraka Néstor Ruiz Medina
Alphagirl
Erica Iselin Saga
“Nomeolvides” (“Forget-me-nots”)
Martin Monk
Miguel Berzal de Miguel Il Silenzio Ali Asgari, Farnoosh Samadi The Cat Adrian Burt Morning Cowboy Fernando Pomares
2:30pm Historical
(125 min.)
Max Chernov
Blood Brothers
Split Ticket Alfred Thomas Catalfo
Oma
To My Father
Daniella Rabbani
Diana Skaya, Liliana Komorowska
The Drone And The Kid Iron Imran J. Khan
L. Gabriel Gonda
Eclipse Jason Ruscio
5:00pm TV
(114 min.)
Shoot Me Nicely Van Diaries Elias Plagianos
Tamara Garfield
Shady Pines Companion Daniel Sorochkin Matt Ferrucci Break The Will Jonathan Siebel
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7:30pm Drama
(127 min.)
Your Day His Lover Ginger Gonzaga
John Burr
Charlie’s Gift Pueblo Indio Duane Journey
Alejo Restrepo
Beast Christopher Sferrazza
The Interview
10:00pm Comedy II
(126 min.)
Top Son Joseph Puleo Shy Guys
Marc Gurung
Tinder is the Night E02: Pee Sitting Down
Mischa Calvert
Fickle Bickle Stephen Ward Spell Claire Greg Emetaz The Machine Adolfo Mena Cejas Time Travel Romance Fredric Lehne
The Real Stephen Blatt
Ben Giroux
Justin Long, Christian Long Mommy Heist Anna Gutto
Afternoon Delight
Matteo J. Mosterts
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19th 12:00pm Sports
(119 min.)
Revolution In The Ring Jason Sklaver
The Language Of Ball Ramón Rodríguez
$15 Kicks Jenn Shaw
The Cage Ricky Staub
GAME Jeannie Donohoe Bola Ian Cumming
Brooklyn Bred Justin Ciccotelli Howay William J. L. Hamilton
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2:30pm Diverse
(121 min.)
The Siblings Liebencrantz The Colonel Jonathan Johnson
Tim Williams
Wishing Box The Silent Child Wenli Zhang and Nan Li
Chris Overton
Whitney’s Wedding
KAP David M. Weiss
John Lawson
Best Friend Vicious Cory Reeder
Andrew Jeric
Grace Note
Swimming in the Desert
Alex Gayner
Alvaro Ron
5:00pm So Long, Farewell
(145 min.)
Fry Day The Importance Laura Moss of Sex Education L. Jack and Jill Elizabeth Powers Nikhil Melnechuk Mother, Child Tin Pang Bettas Benjamin-Shalom Rodriguez La Petite Mort Elizabeth Jaeleigh Davis Mare Nostrum Rana KAZKAZ, Anas KHALAF The Foster Portfolio Danielle Katvan The Ceiling Teppo Airaksinen
Towards The Sun Monica Santis
6:00pm Stage 32/Harmony Gold Screening (83 min.)
Sisters Taylor Shortall Monsters Steve Desmond
Dryad Thomas Vernay Cumulus
Must Escape Vadym Shapran
The Light In The Afternoon Six Letter Word David Steiner
Lisanne Sartor
Eliza Mikko Löppönen /29 /
HSFF PARTIES THURSDAY, AUGUST 10 Opening Night After Party
TUESDAY, AUGUST 15
9:30pm - 1:00am
LOCATION: TBD
CINEMATIC PICTURES GROUP 6801 Hollywood Blvd., Ste. 200 A, Hollywood Beer, Wine, Cocktails, Light Appetizers Entertainment: DJ Sandman Ticket: $35
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11
9:00pm - 1:00am
9:00pm - 1:00am LOCATION: TBD
LOST PROPERTY 1704 Vine Street, Hollywood
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18
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9:00pm - 1:00am BOARDNERS 1652 N. Cherokee Ave., Hollywood
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17
9:00pm - 1:00am
DAVE & BUSTERS 6801 Hollywood Blvd., Ste. 343, Hollywood
THE STUDY 6356 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19 Awards Night
9:00pm - 1:00am SPARE ROOM
7:30pm
7000 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood Special: Punch Bowl - $7
HARMONY GOLD THEATER 7655 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles Light appetizers, beer, wine, cocktails
MONDAY, AUGUST 14
After Party
at The Roosevelt Hotel
9:00pm - 1:00am
10:00pm
ADULTS ONLY BAR 7065 1/2 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood
PROJECT CLUB LA 6356 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood
8:00pm AWARD CEREMONY Harmony Gold 13th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival Awards
Harmony Gold Theatre • 7655 Sunset Blvd.
8:00pm CLOSING NIGHT FEATURE TCL Chinese 6 Theatre
THIS IS MEG Directed by: Alex Ferrari Written by: Jill-Michele Melean With: Krista Allen, Carlos Alazraqui, Debra Wilson “30 is the new 50 here, lose 15 pounds, Meg! You need to be on new age social media, Meg!” From nagging agents to nagging parents, aspiring comedienne/actress Meg finds herself in a rut as she evaluates how far she is from making it big in Los Angeles. This is Meg sends us on a whirlwind of an adventure from struggle to enlightenment, the Los Angeles way.
13th ANNUAL HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTI FRIDAY, AUGUST 11 11:00am Project Greenlight Digital Studios PitchFest Brought to you by Adaptive Studios, the Project Greenlight Digital Studios (PGLDS) Pitch Fest is a chance for creators of all experience levels to pitch their original ideas for short-form digital series to executives from PGLDS. One winner will be awarded a $5,000 prize and a general meeting with Adaptive and PGLDS creative development teams.
1:00pm How to Brand, Market and Build an Audience using Social Media and Marketing Hustle Indie Film Hustle creator Alex Ferrari and Stage 32 Founder & CEO Richard Botto sit down to have a chat about the current state of the industry and how this influences your strategy to build an audience
3:00pm Producing and Financing features in the Streaming ecosystem Fireside Chat on the rapidly changing economics of movie distribution.
5:00pm Opening Keynote - Legendary AD Jason Roberts Legendary AD Jason Roberts (1st AD for Michael Bay, Angelina Jolie, Steven Spielberg, and more) will be talking about the current state of the industry and what it takes to break in. 2017 projects include Ghost in the Machine, Downsizing, American Made and Transformers 5: The Last Knight.
6:30pm Conference Opening Night Reception: Network + Mingle Sponsored by Greenlight Digital Studios, Adaptive Studios and Peroni Light bites sponsored by SolMont Events
VAL PANEL CONFERENCE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 12 11:00am Why You Need Production Insurance Join us for a chat with Insurance expert Marc Spivey (with Sukhi Pabla of Revolution ES) on the ins and outs of insurance issues specific to independent filmmaking and short film content creators.
1:00pm VR / 360 / AR and Beyond - The Future of Storytelling In this panel, filmmakers and content creators will discuss the current state of immersive entertainment, the challenges of creating it, as well as the future of filmmaking in Hollywood.
3:00pm Hollywood, Films and Financing Our expert panel will discuss current factors at play and tips & strategies to help prepare today’s filmmakers for the ever-changing world of film financing.
5:00pm The Future is Female - Wonder Women in Hollywood Join a lively panel discussion hosted by Aliance of Women Directors and hear the latest from working industry females and HollyShorts festival alumni about the challenges women face in today’s Film & Entertainment business and the role that Film Festivals play in the launch of your career.
6:30pm Conference Reception: Network + Mingle Sponsored by SolMont Events and Peroni /33 /
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13 1:00pm Casting Agents and Directors: Insiders with insights Whether you’re an experienced professional or a filmmaking newbie, this session will provide you with insider tips from top casting directors that have worked Productions around the world including a rolodex of projects in Blockbuster Feature Films, Television, Reality TV, Music Videos and more.
3:00pm Abundant Story Playground: An interactive event Back by Popular Demand! Experience Abundant Story Playground. An interactive event for digital content creators, writers, directors, independent filmmakers, actors and audience members.
6:30pm Hunting for Oscar - How to qualify and strategize
7:30pm Conference Reception: Network + Mingle Sponsored by The Seattle Film Summit, Abundant Productions and Peroni • Lite Bites sponsored by SolMont Events
TUESDAY, AUGUST 15 5:00pm Power Up Your Premise, Power Up Your Story, Power Up Your Career Looking to hone your story? How best to pitch your project to executives and producers? Take the next step in your writing career? This discussion, led by top screenwriting experts, will give you the tools and tips you need to get your writing, your script and your career to the next level.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 17 7:30pm ADULTS ONLY BAR 7065 1/2 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood
Last Call with Badal & McInnis Sharon Badal (Tribeca) and Kathleen McInnis (Aspen, Toronto, Palm Springs) serve up all you need to know about thriving (and surviving) on the film festival circuit. Whether you take it straight up or on the rocks, these two short film mavens will deliver bracing and practical insider information.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18 6:30 PM FIRESIDE CHAT: The Camera Division Filmmaker Mixer Join The Camera Division for a filmmaker Mixer upstairs at the TCL Chinese Filmmaker Lounge
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THANK YOU! Thanks to my HollyShorts Family, DMG family, and Dumont, Casseus and Bijaoui family, what a year! Be great. Theo Dumont Thank you to all the wonderful filmmakers for creating amazing work to screen. Without them we do not have a festival. To my amazing wife Puah, I love you and thank you for blessing us with our beautiful daughter Anaïs Hava Benzicron-Sol! Daniel Sol Thanks to the incredible filmmakers in this year’s festival, we’re thrilled to showcase you. Huge thanks to our team: Edith, Alex, Ozzy, Alejandra, Carter, Kevin, Erin, Parrish, Leimomi, Kim & Jerome – you guys are awesome! Theo/Daniel what an idea you had! Continues to astound me at how amazing this is each year! Kudos guys! Many, many thanks to our volunteers! Much love to SLC. Nicole Castro
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