HollyShorts 2014 program

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WELCOME! In January 2005, Daniel Sol and Theo Dumont had a phone conversation that they both still remember very clearly. On that call Daniel and Theo talked about being tired of hearing about friends and colleagues who were trying to make movies and their careers going nowhere while living here in Hollywood – the heartbeat of global cinema. And so they decided to start planning a festival. Later that year, on Saturday August 13, 2005, the 1st HollyShorts Film Festival was held at the Space Theater, a 35 ½ seat hole-in-the-wall venue. The goal was simple: Create a destination to help filmmakers advance their careers, knowledge-share, meet industry pros, while talking about their short movies and collaborating. After this oneday event, they realized that the energy from the screenings and passion of the filmmakers was fueling something bigger, and so it became a tradition. And Year after Year, HollyShorts continued to grow while staying true to the mission. The biggest names, celebrities, and Oscar winners, have participated in the festival in the past 10 years. And through the years, HollyShorts has touched all of Hollywood’s major venues such as the Egyptian Theater, The Directors Guild of America, Laemmle’s Sunset 5, Cinespace, among others. HollyShorts has become a household name and the organizers continue to push the envelope to create unique opportunities for its filmmakers. And now on the brink of the 10th anniversary of HollyShorts Film Festival and Film Conference, the fest is showcasing a record 420 films from another record 1700 submissions. The 2014 edition will feature a lot of firsts: the first official HollyShorts App, the first ever Vine Competition with Eli Roth’s Crypt, the first time in its history to present 10 days of screenings, and much more. So if you ever have the gut feeling of starting something, go out and embark on that journey; it may spawn a tradition, a community and even a legacy. If not, at least you tried! Thank you to all of our partners, sponsors, family and friends who’ve helped us celebrate 10 years.

TEAM HOLLYSHORTS /1 /



SATURDAY AUG. 14 THE HOLLYSHORTS 10th ANNIVERSARY

OPENING NIGHT CELEBRATION TCL CHINESE THEATRES 1 & 6 Hosted by Erin Darling (AMC’s Movie Talk)

5pm HOLLYSHORTS ALUMNI OFFICIAL OPENING FEATURE FILM DRONES Directed & produced by Rick Rosenthal Starring: Eloise Mumford, Matt O’leary

7pm OPENING NIGHT SHORTS PROGRAM Latino Art Beat Youth Competition Winners Presentation Joe and Anthony Russo’s CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (clip) HollyShorts Visionary Award recipients

Andrew and Luke Wilson’s SATELLITE BEACH Starring: Luke Wilson

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Bill Plympton’s FOOTPRINTS (World Premiere) HollyShorts Indie Animation Icon Award recipient

Bill Plympton’s CHEATIN’ (Trailer)

Nick Peterson’s THE VISITANT Starring: Amy Smart, Doug Jones

Stephanie Laing’s TROUBLE AND THE SHADOWY DEATHBLOW Starring: Tony Hale, Andy Buckley, Jean Villepique

David Martin-Porras’ INSIDE THE BOX Starring: Wilson Bethel, Regina King

Renny Maslow’s EFFED Starring: Ethan Sandler, Adrian Wenner, Zach Braff

Edoardo Ponti’s VOCE UMANA Starring: Sophia Loren


FRIDAY AUG. 15 12pm

YOUTH | CHINESE 1 | 99 min. Competition Presented By LATINO ART BEAT

BOYFRIEND( S) Chris Varonos

THE MAGIC BRACELET

THE CALL OF FARQUNGLU Kris Theorin

RETREAT

Jon Poll

Kris Theorin Kurtis Theorin

THE FOURTH WALL

MINIMUM MAX

Daniel Cooper Adam Cooper

Joshua Ovalle Phil Venti

LOVE AND LAUNDRY

TALK TO ME

Mercedes Morgan (aka Bryce Morgan)

Jordan Santacana

THE GIRL & THE SEA

IT’S A THING

Michael Aloyan

Sebastian Crank Sage McCommas Meredith Morran

2:30pm CANADIAN SHOWCASE | CHINESE 1 | 98 min. LE DEVOIR

SHOWER

Justin Wu

(DOUCHE)

EL TIEMPO DEL AGUA

LIFE’S A BITCH

Shahriar Adham El Kosht

Marie-Eve Beaumont

Francois Jaros

ROLAND

LIFERS

Trevor Cornish

Joel Salaysay

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LE VILLAGE Marcel Simoneau

VANISHING POINTS Marites Carino

CHOCOLATE MILK Michael Ring JR Soldano

5:00pm AFTERNOON DELIGHT | CHINESE 1 | 116 min.

CHASE

SODIUM

Marc Ruiz

Ben Cornelius

YEYE BELLS SHIVER Jordan Michael Blake

THANK YOU CARD Shahine Ezell

BENNY PICASSO

“REACH”

VAN CLIBURN FOUNDATION Aaron Kodzt

AMOUR

(LOVE)

Mark Columbus

THE LANDING

Charlie Alderman

Josh Tanner

EACH TIME AGAIN

THE MORTALITY OF SARA LENSON

Kip Kubin

Adam Epstein

7:30pm 3D & VISUAL STIMULATION | CHINESE 1 | 114 min. CALL HER LOTTE Annekathrin Wetzel

EVE Eric Gandois

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THE CHAPERONE 3D Fraser Munden

THE ADVENTURES OF BARTY AND THE PIRATE Mark Chavez

STRING THEORY

OCEANS Maria Juranici

FACE IN THE CROWD

Alex Preger

HOTLINE

Jonathan Pezza

Deva Blaisdell-Anderson Lee Miller

SURE THING

DOMINO FALLING

Deborah Reinisch

Siavash Farahani

10pm HORROR PROGRAM | CHINESE 6 | 117 min. Presented by Eli Roth’s THE CRYPT

GOOD SAMARITAN Jeffrey Reddick

CAROLINA PARAKEET A.J. Briones

TICKET TO THE HAUNTED MANSION

DARK ORIGINS Evan Randall Green

VISIONS Gene Blalock

DRUDGE Kheireddine El-Helou

Nuntakul Sakulchai

THE BODY Paul Davis

BARISTA Rebekah McKendry

LUNA Antonio Perez

ONE PLEASE Jesse Burks

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12am MIDNIGHT MADNESS | CHINESE 1 | 108 min.

LUCID

BLOWJOB

Kevin K. Shah

Jeff Vespa

ALONE TOGETHER

Jerry Pyle

Blake West

HOLLOW Jason Salzman

MALORY & NICOLE Adam Ward Ronald Quigley

SERVICE

BUG James Pillion

BEHIND THE BUSH Yoann Luis

SATURDAY AUG. 16 12pm VIVE LA FRANCE | CHINESE 1 | 123 min. QANIS Reda Mustafa

GURU

KOSMODROME Youcef Mahmoudi

LA BELLE GUEULE

Jonathan Kluger Yassine Azzouz

Thierry Sausse

THE WAY OF TEA

LAST CALL

Marc Fouchard

Camille Delamarre

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COCA COLA COMMERCIAL Salvador Carrasco

LA-HAUT

(UP THERE) Bill Barluet

TRAUMA DOLLS TRAILER Emilie Flory

2:30pm FAMILY & ANIMATED SHORTS | CHINESE 1 | 117 min. VÍA TANGO

THE WALK

Adriana Navarro Álvarez

Aaron Wolf

THE LOOKING PLANET Eric Law Anderson

LE GOUFFRE Carl Beauchemin David Forest, Thomas Chrétien

DOGONAUTS: ENEMY LINE Justin Rasch and Shel Rasch

THE PINK HELMET POSSE Kristelle Laroche Benjamin Mullinkosson

ANIMAL COOKIES Matthew Temple (with his daughters)

MONSTERS BIG AND SMALL Alex Grybauskas

MY DEAR AMERICANS Arpita Kuma

THE WAY HOME Ting Song

SUPERFLY Mark J. Howell

5pm

LOVE & ROMANCE | CHINESE 1 | 126 min. THE PRINCESS AND THE MUSICIAN Alejandro Montoya Marin

THE OVEN James Gallagher


DE PUTA MADRE A LOVE STORY Catherine Black

Harris DoRan

DELICIOUS AMBIGUITY

OPERATION BARN OWL

Justin Canel

7:30pm

THE STORY OF MILO & ANNIE

Satsuki Okawa

BALD

MEDIATION

Felipe Torres Urso

Francisco Lorite

DRAMA | CHINESE 1 | 126 min.

CASH FOR GOLD

THE CHICKEN

Robert Enriquez

Una Gunjak

SLEEPOVER LA

DUALITY TRAILER

Lily Baldwin

Emad Asfoury

TRANSIT

TODAY’S THE DAY

Sarah Mintz

POINTS OF ORIGIN Anya Leta

Daniel Campos

OUT OF LOVE Jon Ryan Sugimoto

VERBATIM

SOPHIE

Brett Weiner

Alex Lombard

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10pm PRIMETIME COMEDY | CHINESE 1 | 106 min. MANAGER Jacob Meszaros

NEIL AND JOHN IN THE KEY Sherwin Shilati

Kristin McCasey

DAVID SEDARIS’ THE LEARNING CURVE

CHECK PLEASE

I SWEAR

BULIMIA: THE MUSICAL

Phil McCarty

Geoffrey James

Beautimus

THE WRONG TODD

ATOMIK

Rob Schulbaum

THE ARMADILLO Joe Ahern

#TWITTERKILLS Brett Sorem

Bruno Mourral

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS Ben Slatkin

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS Ben Slatkin

12am MIDNIGHT MADNESS | CHINESE 1 | 107 min. STEVE’S PROBLEM Mike Lars White

MONEY SHOT Jackie! Zhou

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. ZOMBIE

TRUST ME, I’M A LIFEGUARD

David Leclercq

Tony Glazer

CRYSTAL

LUCKY 13th

Chell Stephen

Kirstin Zotovich

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SAD MOTIVATOR

BUNKER

Nathan Alan Bunker

Ned Ehrbar

THE UMBRELLA FACTORY Lexie and Nick Trivundza

SUNDAY AUG. 17 12pm WASHINGTON SHORTS | CHINESE 1 | 124 min. Presented by EVIL SLAVE

THE BATH

LOST PINES

Mark Lundsten

Britta Lundin

THE BIG PAYBACK MUSIC VIDEO

FROM 1994

ROMARO FRANCESWA

Johan Liedgren / Tale & Co.

HOME SWEET HOME Matthew Davis Hickney

Casey Warren Danielle Krieger

SHIFT PARADIGM Ben Andrews

ROTATION

TRAUMA

Jenn George

Jeremy Berg

THE ARBORLIGHT Phillip Harvey Kevin Harvey

THE NEW WEST Peter Edlund

TALK IT UP TV Gay Victim Gets Surprise Family Reunion Rick Walters

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2:30pm STUDENT I | CHINESE 1 | 118 min. RANDOM STOP UCLA

SWEET CORN COLUMBIA

Benjamin Arfmann

Joo Hyun Lee

ROBIN’S EGG BLUE USC

THE HIPSTER WEREWOLF USC

Gorby Mu Fan Shih

Edd Benda

CAIN COLUMBIA

HAPPY BIRTHDAY USC

Zijian Yan

Richard Heredia-Arriaga

THE OATH CHAPMAN

GREG AFI

Andrew Richards

Eric Yang

5pm THE VFX SHOWCASE | CHINESE 1 | 120 min. ON/OFF

MOUSE X

Thierry Lorenzi

Justin Tagg

GLOW

GHOST LIGHT

Douglas Jessup

PJ Germain

NOVA

RECOIL

John Albanis

Evan Matthews

SERPENT’S LULLABY

INNER DEMONS

Patricia Chica

RECURRING SYMPTOMS Peter Szewczyk

Ben Caird

CORONA. FIND YOUR BEACH. Mike Smith Rivera


SHIFTER Diego Hallivis

7:30pm THE SCI-FI SHOWCASE | CHINESE 1 | 120 min. NORTH BAY

DISTANCE

ATRIUM

FIST

Adam Grabarnickd

Dave Paige

THE PALE MOONLIGHT Tin Pang

THE ESCAPE Ivano Di Natale Alessandro De Vivo

Daniel Allan Langa

Gavin Hignight

RAKER Ande Cunningham

FUTURE HERO Ramin Serry

THE iMOM Ariel Martin

10pm THRILLERS 1 | CHINESE 1 | 121 min. THE CASK

ANOTHER LIFE

Ryan Leede

Mark Lammerding

ARTFUL GAMBIT

DESERTED

Sigurd Culhane

Sammi Cohen

TRUNK

BAM

Matthew Szewczyk

Won Kang

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CAPSTONE’S OAK Will Phelps

MONDAY AUG. 18 12pm DOCUMENTARY SHORTS I | CHINESE 6 | 123 min. THREE NIGHTS, THREE DAYS:

ENDEAVOUR’S JOURNEY THROUGH LOS ANGELES Paul Bozymowski

LOST Xiaoxiao Chen

HALF SOUR Sean McGing Mary Anne Rothberg

LOOKING FOR RUBBISH Tim Stone

THE LADY IN NUMBER 6:

FATHER & SON Richard Courtney

MUSIC SAVED MY LIFE Malcom Clarke

2:30pm TIME MACHINE I | CHINESE 6 | 94 min. THE CHARLATAN Alexis Manya Spraic

THE GAME, ANGELS AND THE CHAMBER John Michael Kennedy

JONESTOWN David B. Berget

HECTOR: LOST SOULS WITH SWITCHBLADES Jeff Compton

NO COMPANY

LAS CIENI

Benjamin Morgan

Andrzej Cichocki

JOHN VARVATOS SPOT

VALIANT

Neil Payne

Robin Phillips

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5pm INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE | CHINESE 6 | 122 min. UN UCCELLO MOLTO SERIO (Italy) Lorenza Indovina

WOODHOUSE (UK) Fred Rowson

SECURITY (South Africa) Mark Middlewick

CAFE REBO (Haiti) Bruno Mourral

JUSTLIKEABITCH (Ireland) Ruaidhri Conroy

SASSI KESHET NEVER EATS FALAFEL (Israel) Nimrod Shapira

INHERITANCE (UK) Matt Houghton

1%ERS (EL SALVADOR) Francesca de Sola

GLI ZII (UK) Gerard Monaco

7:30pm MUSIC VIDEOS | CHINESE 6 | 98 min. ONLY ME Carlos Hurtado

SUGARPLUM FAIRIES FT. RT VALINEESCONDITE Thomas Rigler

PETITE COLUMBO ‘CRYONICS’ Olivier Mastey

DRAG ME: A URBAN MUSIC TALE Nikos Kellis

GHOST OF A SMILE Peder Thomas Pedersen Simon Bonde

WE CAN’T STOP - NEON HITCH Bryan Yokomi

STAGNANT POOL

GLOSSOLALIA

Kevin Calero

Benjamin Disinger


ALESIA-ANDREA OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO Lucas Posson

AS LONG AS YOU WATCH MY HEART Jacob Lundgaard Andersen

OONA ‘KALEIDOSCOPE’ OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO Side of Fries

HERE COMES THE RAIN

EXIT HOODS ‘SPOOKY ACTIONS IN THE DISTANCE’ Ilya Simakov

VIOLENCE DONE WELL maida hals

LONDON GRAMMAR ‘HEY NOW’ Christopher Ullens de Schooten

BOYS NOIZE ‘STARWIN’

Irene C Rodríguez

Michael Bishop

WAIT FOR IT

ALL THOSE DELICATE CUTS BY DAS MUERTE

Juliet Lashinsky Revene Marc Fratello

CLAPPING FOR THE WRONG REASONS Hiro Murai

Phil Mucci

STAY WITH ME Raiya Corsiglia

NUMB Ivo Raza

10pm ANIMATION FOR GROWN-UPS | CHINESE 6 | 116 min. BILLIE’S BLUES

INTERVIEW

Louis-Jean Gore

Mikkel Okholm

MONSTRO!

GOUTTE D’OR

Christopher Romano

Christophe Peladan

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WINE, WOMEN, & COGNAC

THE MISSING SCARF Eoin Duffy

Louis Mansfield

RAGING BALLS OF STEEL JUSTICE

FIGHT THE ROBOTS Russell Sadeghpou

Michael Mort

GRISHA TRAILER

RESURRECTION John Wardlaw

Brendan O’Sullivan Pelin Kirca

SAUSAGE

LOS ROSALES

Robert Grieves

Daniel Ferreira

LADY OF THE NIGHT

THOUSAND Danijel Zezelj

Attie Albertus Laurent Boileau

TUESDAY AUG. 19 12pm OUTSHORTS | CHINESE 6 | 114 min. Presented by SAGindie

LAMBING SEASON

RESURRECTION SLOPE

Jeannie Donohoe

Tamara Feldman

VETRARMORGUN

ALMOST CRIMES

Sakaris Fríði Stórá

Diego Vega Jenkins

THE FORGOTTEN PIECE Lian-Jou (Yvette) Chou

IF WE TOOK A HOLIDAY Glenn Gaylord, Dennis Hensley, Nadya Ginsburg


SIC

SNOWFLAKE

Joshua Hinkson

Francesco Roder

2:30pm WOMEN IN FILM | CHINESE 6 | 126 min. MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA Ameenah Kaplan

JENNY & LALO

GLINDA Nicole Cosgrove

RELICS

Janine Salinas Schoenberg

Jennie Allen

THE RESOLUTION

RED RIDER

Jennie Kong

Gala Goliani

NI-NI

HAPPY HOUR

Melissa Hickey

Gretl Claggett

LITTLE WHISPERS: THE VOW Lina Roessler

5pm DRAMATIC SHORTS II | CHINESE 6 | 128 min. STILL HERE

THE OTHER SIDE

Ethan Rains

John Humber

KRISHA

MARKET HOURS

Trey Edward Shults

Jon Goldman

POKER DONKEY

BULLY

Laura & Roger Ranney

Robert Weiermair

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DIEGO Sara Seligman

THE LAST DINNER PARTY Ava Bogle, Greg Hirsh, Christina Zamora

7:30pm THRILLER SHORTS II | CHINESE 6 | 114 min.

Griffin Devine & Alyssa Radmand

KEEPING UP WITH THE JONESES (UK)

EMILY

THE SOUND OF TRAINS

HICCUP

MIchael Pearce

Guy Davies

Travis Champagne Jordan Bradley

THE ONLY MAN

HARMONY

Jos Mann

Logan Kibens

HE TOOK HIS SKIN OFF FOR ME Ben Aston

10pm ACTION SHORTS | CHINESE 6 | 122 min.

BITTER TACO Steve Reese

PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT BECOMING OF AN ELITE SPY Matt Wells

THE REWARD

CRIMINAL

David Telles

Denzel Whitaker

SOUTH DOWN ORCHARD

Jejuan R. Guillory

Brian Leavell

CRAZY CHARLIE

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Justin Zsebe

BOXER ON THE WILDERNESS

BROTHERS

GANAS

HOLD UP HEART

Daniel Rübesam

Alexandra Boyd

Dan Eccles

WEDNESDAY AUG. 20 HSFF DIGITAL DAY Presented by GENERAL ASSEMBLY

12pm ROMANTIC COMEDY SHORTS | CHINESE 6 | 114 min. THE BEST FRIEND

STROKER

Melissa Sadoff Oren

Austin Nichols

VIS A VIS

WALLACE

Dan Connolly

Ian McCulloch

LOVE AND DATING IN LA!

DEATH BY OMELETTE

Alex Russell

THE COUNCIL Beau McCombs

Greg Emetaz

LIFE COACH Remonde Francois Andy Dick

PLEASE HAND STAMP Jeff Jenkins

2:30pm COMING OF AGE | CHINESE 6 | 113 min. FOUREYES Conor Byrne

BERNARD LE GRAND Philippe Lupien Marie-Hélène Viens


BEEP

DISCONNECTED

Yvan Iturriaga

Ludovic Littee

ETHAN & ELI

THE EARTH, THE WAY I LEFT IT

Katrina Albright

Jeff Pinilla

THE SHOWDOWN

CRYING MAN

Daniela Schrier Kafshi

Brett Allen Smith

5pm DRAMATIC SHORTS III | CHINESE 6 | 125 min. YOU’RE DEAD TO ME Wu Tsang

WAKING MARSHALL WALKER

INTERSTATE Camille Stochitch

ANNIVERSARIO Jeffrey Dechausse

Bjorn Thorstad Gabriel Baron

NOËL Joe Holt

APP Alexander Berman

THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME Adam Jason Finmann Michael Marc Friedman

THIS IS NORMAL Justin Giddings Ryan Welsh

7:30pm TOO FUNNY SHORTS | CHINESE 6 | 124 min. PERSONAL DAY

BINGO NIGHT

Philip Jessen

Jordan Liebowitz

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Devon Avery

WARRIOR CAT SPEC COMMERCIAL

THE LORD OF CATAN

BAGELS: THE MOVIE

Stuart C. Paul

Nick Hoffa

VACATION Tracy Brown

TYCO PARKS THE CAR

CLUB MAGIC MOMENT

FLOATING SUNFLOWERS

Zachary Volker

Francisco Solorzano

ONE-MINUTE TIME MACHINE

Douglas Cushnie

Vilka Tzouras

HUMAN RESOURCES:

SICK DAYS AREN’T A GAME Jeff Barry

10pm WEB SERIES II | CHINESE 6 | 108 min. HELLA

DIRTY CUES

Rory Uphold

Cesar Gamino

HOLLOWAY HEIGHTS

TWINZIES:

Alex Petrovitch, Katherine Randolph, John F. Beach, Bill Sebastian

BAD TIMING Brandon Ravet

THE PROCESS Carey Williams

COUPLES THERAPY

Lisa Rodriguez, JB Rutagarama, Elle Schneider, Jason Zumwalt

GENTLE MEN “LETTING GO” Matthew Irving Epstein & Noah Sermos Martin

THE AGE OF INSECURITY:

A CLINICAL ROMANCE Adriano Valentini

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PR

MARKETING

EVENTS


BESTIES Brooke Lenzi & Allison Bosma

FIRSTS: FIRST NIGHT OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE & FIRST RUNNING INTO THE EX

Andrew Miller, Kevin Ward

JON AND JEN ARE MARRIED

RESEARCH: A WEB SERIES

Gregory Fitzsimmons

Adam Hall

THURSDAY AUG. 21 12pm DOCUMENTARY SHORTS II | CHINESE 6 | 122 min. LOS OLVIDADOS David Feldman

ELEANOR AMBOS INTERIORS Andrew Michael Ellis

HERD IN ICELAND Lindsay Blatt

DISPLACED BUT NOT DEFEATED Maria Ceballos Paz

MATT Seth Shapiro

SEXY SHOPPING Antonio Benedetto Adam Selo

2:30pm HS ALUMNI NEW HORIZONS | CHINESE 6 | 104 min. PULL OVER TO KILL Robbie Ikegami

ESCAPE John Wynn

RESIGNATION Joshua Caldwell

ELECTRIC INDIGO Jean-Julien Collette

PARADIDDLE

MATEO

Craig Singer

Nancy C. Mejia

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DECON Luke Snailham

BAD WEATHER FILMS Peter Vass & Sam Milman

HEAD-SIDE UP John Byford

5pm TIME MACHINE II | CHINESE 6 | 122 min. THE BOX Jon Huertas & Andrew Bikichky

CHULA Victoria E. Soberal

I CAN SEE YOU

TIN AND TINA

Lucy Butler

Rubin Stein

ONE ARMED MAN

FORERUNNER

Tim Guinee

Christopher He

7:30pm STUDENT II | CHINESE 6 | 141 min. DUSTLAND AFI Jacob Lundgaard Andersen

ANXIOUS OSWALD GREENE CAPILANO U of CANADA

Marshall Axani

DELIVER US NYFA Laura Elisa Perez

PLAYTIME TISCH SCHOOL

OF THE ARTS, ASIA Hamad Al-Tourah

STRAIGHT DOWN LOW CHAPMAN

THEME SONG REBEL USC

Zach Wechter

Luke C. Patton

INTO THE SILENT SEA CHAPMAN

PRESENT TRAUMA USC

Andrej Landin

Mark D. Manalo

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FRIDAY AUG. 22 2:30pm TAKE ME THERE | CHINESE 4 | 110 min.

5pm

THE HOMEOWNER

A QUIET COURAGE

Kevin Linke

James Card

ROOM 19

ROADS END

Kimberly Browning

Ben Renschen

THE BALLET DANCER

BROOKLYN FARMER

Scott Eriksson

Michael Tyburski

INDI.COM & 48 HOUR DISABILITY COMPETITION WINNERS | CHINESE 6 | 99 min. SPAM

HANDS DOWN

David Scrieciu

John Lawson

SADAT X IS BACK

WHEELZ

Maxwell Benson

Justin Possenti

GARBAGE DAY Matt King

MORNING Dror Soref

DISABILIDATES Marques Chaney and Rachel Handler

BOUND FOR GREATNESS Jimmy Gadd

IT’S ABOUT TIME Snehal Patel

A LITTLE BROKE Nic Novicki


STARTING FROM ZERO Gregorio Arroyo Sebastián

7:30pm DRAMATIC SHORTS II | CHINESE 4 | 91 min. AND THEN

THE END AGAIN

Ka’Ramuu Kush

Crystle Roberson

BLOOD DIVIDED

MY 2 BLACK GIRLFRIENDS

– A FAMILY DEBATE Corey Grant

EPISODE 1: UR A USER

Jenn Page

HIS NEW HANDS

KEYE LUKE

Sudhanshu Saria

Timothy Tau

BREAK THE BARS

BREAKDOWN

David Bianchi

Brayden Yoder

10pm FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE | CHINESE 4 | 112 min. GASMASK

GET SOME

Pablo Bonelli

The Horton Brothers

THE 4th

TROIS NUITS ET UNE MORT

Derek Schweickart

ASLEEP & AWAKE Joshua Giuliano

Stéphane Dirschauer

IM SCHATTEN DER FREMDE (TAKEN DREAM) Julian Weiss

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SATURDAY AUG. 23 12pm NEXT GEN SHOWCASE | CHINESE 4 | 110 min. MACHSOM

ZUGZWANG

Joel Novoa

Yolanda Centeno

A NEW LEAF

EUGENE

Clinton Cornwell

Catalina Hoyos-Restrepo

ODYSSEA

O JOGO

Morrisa Maltz

Pedro Coutinho

OSTRICHLAND David McCracken

2:30pm HSFF MONTHLY SCREENINGS AUDIENCE WINNER | CHINESE 4 | 116 min. INVASION OF THE MONEY $NATCHER$

EMMA AND I Rock Chang

Patrick Murphy

Nugent Cantileno

REINCARNATION OF FRANK

KING ETERNAL

POLE-ITICS

TILT OF A ROSE

Christiano Dias

Margo Romero

Emilee Wilson

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DESTROY THE ALPHA GAMMAS Scott Brown

ALCHEMY Winston Abalos

FAR Brian Crewe

SEX POSE MAN Daniel J Pico

5pm SHORT BUT SWEET | CHINESE 4 | 111 min.

BUILDING LINES Mike Byrd

THE [WHAT’S UP WITH YOUR FRIEND?] FRIEND Dustin Pearlman

A STITCH IN TIME (FOR $9.99) Mu Sun

ELVIS THE CAT Matthew Cardarople

2-STAR

FOUND.

Jacob Halajian

Jessie Rabideau

PAROLE OFFICERS

Joshua Staman

Adam Ward

PIN IT

OUT TO LUNCH

WHAT CHEER?

Nic Reader

Michael Slavens

ELEFANTE Pablo Lacuren


7:30pm LAST BUT NOT LEAST | CHINESE 4 | 109 min. HALLUCINATION

WATER

Anna Akana

Kendall Goldberg

I REMEMBER YOU

THE SHOW MUST GO ON

John Michael Kennedy

Jason Heinrich

KARAGANDA

AFTER LYDIA

Max Weissberg

Nicholas Bradford-Ewart

THOMAS Alexandre Martins

SALVATORE William Shermer

PENANCE Jeff Wolfe

BLACKOUT Alana Waksman

10pm CHELSEA’S LIGHT Bruce Caulk

HOLLYSHORTS ALUMNI OFFICIAL CLOSING FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM

ONE LITTLE PILL THE TREATMENT FOR ALCOHOLISM THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT

Executive Produced and Narrated by Claudia Christian (Babylon 5) Directed and Produced by Adam Schomer “Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic… unless something could change what’s happened. And that’s the other story.” Narrated by Claudia Christian, star of the Babylon 5 TV Series, One Little Pill follows the struggles of a new method for treating alcoholism and the people whose lives change because of it. Although 78% effective, The Sinclair Method has been held back by deeply embedded dogma, outdated societal beliefs, a greedy rehab industry, and a system unwilling to change. With over 2.5 million per year dying from alcohol related causes worldwide (more than HIV), the time is now for an option that saves lives.

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JURY 2014 DAVE FELDMAN

KIMBERLY L. OGLETREE

JACKIE LEE

DON ROSSI NUCCI

DAVE HUSSEY

MIKHAIL NAYFELD

SIGGY FERSTL

JOAN GRATZ

SEAN COLEMAN

ARLENE KLASKY

DAN GLASS

YUKA KOBAYASHI

TOM GREEN

MALCOLM CLARKE

SHARON LAWRENCE

BARRY RUBINOW

GARY ANTHONY WILLIAMS

ADAM SCHOMER

JEANNIE ROSHAR

STEVEN REICH

ELI ROTH’S THE CRYPT

JENO HODI

GALE HANSEN RICK SORKIN

KATHERINE CUNNINGHAM-EVES

LAUREN FREEMAN

JT MOLLNER

JAMES BROWN

PETER CORNWELL

BABACAR DIENE

JAKE PUSHINSKY

BEN ODELL

ERIC CONNER

KENNETH KOKIN

CHERYL BEDFORD

RYAN BLACK

CHUCHIE HILL

ERICK SALOMON

JULIET BERMAN

MIKE DELORENZO

LAUREN AVINOAM

NEAL DODSON

ELLIOTT OWEN

GREG PEDICIN

MATTHEW IRVING

JAMIE LINDEN

RUDY SCALESE

DAVID DASTAMLCHIAN

JELANIE JOHNSON

AMBER RASBERRY

LINDA O. OLSZEWSKI

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PRESENTED BY

HS FILM CONFERENCE FRIDAY, 8/15 12pm-1:30pm CROWDFUNDING TO BUILD INDEPENDENCE PRESENTED BY SEED & SPARK + TUGG 2pm-3:30pm

THE CURRENT STATE OF HOLLYWOOD

INSIDER INSIGHT FROM TOP MANAGERS

4pm-5:30pm HOW TO BEST USE YOUR HORROR SHORT FOR BUSINESS PRESENTED BY FANGORIA MAGAZINE AND SCREAM FACTORY

SATURDAY, 8/16 11am-12pm

THE FUTURE OF DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING

12pm-1:30pm GET YOUR FILM FINANCED 2pm-3:30pm

THE GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION

4pm-5:30pm THE REEL DEALS IN SHORT FILM PRESENTED BY SHORTS HD

SUNDAY, 8/17 12pm-2pm

EMPOWERING YOUR FILM FUNDING

2:30pm-4pm

WHAT DOES IT REALLY TAKE TO GET YOUR MOVIE INTO THE FEST?

4:30pm-6pm

WASHINGTON FILM – COME SEE WHAT YOU’RE MISSING

MONDAY, 8/18 12pm-1:30pm ME+HER – CASE STUDY PRESENTED BY BLACKMAGIC DESIGN 2pm-3:30pm

LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY OF THE FUTURE IN FILMS TODAY

4pm-5:30pm HOW TO MAKE A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION INTO FEATURE FILMS PRESENTED BY UCLAX

TUESDAY, 8/19 12pm-1:30pm WIF – WOMEN IN FILM AT HOLLYSHORTS 2pm-3:30pm

ENTERTAINMENT LAW FOR SHORT FILMMAKERS

4pm-5:30pm CAN THE INTERNET REALLY MAKE YOU A BETTER PRODUCER?

WEDNESDAY, 8/20 DIGITAL DAY PRESENTED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY 12pm-1:30pm

EMERGING DIGITAL PLATFORMS FOR SHORT FILMMAKERS

2pm-3:30pm

PGA DIGITAL PANEL

4pm-5:30pm

GENERAL ASSEMBLY – HOW TO LAUNCH YOUR IDEA

THURSDAY, 8/21 12pm-1:30pm HOW TO CREATE AN AWARD WINNING SHORT 2pm-3:30pm SPEED SHMOOZING – THE CASTING SOCIETY OF AMERICA 4pm-5:30pm CASTING MATTERS – CASTING DIRECTORS PANEL

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 15 | 9PM HEMINGWAY’S HIDEAWAY LOUNGE 6356 HOLLYWOOD BLVD

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16 | 9PM HollyShorts New Vault Media Party STATION LOUNGE AT W HOTEL HOLLYWOOD 6250 HOLLYWOOD BLVD., HOLLYWOOD, CA 90028

SUNDAY, AUGUST 17 | 9PM Drinks in House ROOSEVELT HOTEL

MONDAY, AUGUST 18 | 9PM HollyShorts Music Video After Party HOLLYSHORTS GOES TO CABO CANTINA 6669 HOLLYWOOD BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90028

TUESDAY, AUGUST 19 | 6-8PM HollyShorts Happy Hour at Hilton Garden Inn 2005 N HIGHLAND AVE, LOS ANGELES, CA 90068

HSFF PARTIES WEDNESDAY AUGUST 20 | 6-8PM General Assembly Power Happy Hour Celebrating Digital Day HOLLYSHORTS FILM CONFERENCE ROOSEVELT OSCAR ROOM

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20 | 9PM HollyShorts Karaoke LOCATION TBD

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21 | 10PM HollyShorts Awards ROOSEVELT HOTEL BALLROOM 7000 HOLLYWOOD BLVD, HOLLYWOOD, CA, 90028

SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 | 10PM Closing Night BUSBY’S EAST 5364 WILSHIRE BLVD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90036

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THANK YOU I would like to thank all of the wonderful filmmakers throughout the 10 years of HollyShorts, we have now screened over 1,500 films and each filmmaker has helped shape what are today. Thanks to our fantastic sponsors and partners, mainly Company 3, Method, Shorts HD, Martini. Special thanks goes out to our immediate team, Nicole Castro, Edith and Ozzie Torres, Alexandra Schwab, Leimomi Coloretti, Allison Powell, Jerome Curchod, Philippe Casseus, Valerie Dumont, Frantz Durand, Kevin Anderson, Damon Campbell, Joanna Fang, and all the volunteers and jury members that keep us going year round. To my family and friends back home for continually coming out to support, namely Abuela Libby, Mom, Andres, Camilo, Armando, Ralph, John, and the Lezak family. To Puah Benz, I love you and thank you for putting up with all of this! Theo, its been an awesome 10 years! The journey continues... DANIEL SOL

Many thanks to my amazing HollyShorts Core Team- Theo and Danny. Can’t believe it’s been 6 years since I joined you guys! We’ve grown a lot together, can’t wait to see what the next 10 years bring! My always supportive Mother – Thank you for all your patience, love and advice. My awesome friends – thanks for your constant support! Thank you to our amazing volunteers who help to bring this fantastic experience to life for us every year. Special Thanks to our NYFA volunteers and to Cheryl Bedford! Special acknowledgements to Sherley for her tireless work on our DCP/QT tracking, Kevin for his Technical Direction of our program for this year and Super Special thanks go to Carter for whom we would be lost without! Anyone else I’ve missed, you are appreciated! Thank You! NICOLE CASTRO

Thank you to all our sponsors and partners for making this all happen. Daniel Sol for leading the way, thanks to Nicole Castro for being our heartbeat. Thanks my amazing wife Valerie, our two daughters Camille and Emilie, my mother Maryse, Marc, Laurent, Colette, Philippe and Chantal, and our dear friends who are family Damon, Frantz, Kevin, Edith and Ozzy. And of course the entire global HollyShorts team. THEO DUMONT

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