BERLIN UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 2015
The Berlin Underground Film Festival is part of a series of online film festivals created by the Clockwork Film Institute. Its main goal is to embrace all that is considered subversive, controversial and eccentric when it comes to underground filmmaking.
BUFF’s awards will be divided between four categories: Official; Press; Internet and Popular Jury.
All of the awards will be posted in the mail and will be provided by the festival (including postage).
Welcome to Berlin Underground Film Festival, it will be a great pleasure considering your film for our festival and eventually helping it be known by filmmakers and film lovers around the world.
MYTH Cultural society is the organizer of the Kochi International Short Film Festival of India.
MYTH is an organization which homes a group of young and vibrant film enthusiasts who are committed in creating parallel spaces for independent cinema and devoted to spreading of the knowledge of the modern visual art form to all interested.
FIA, International Audiovisual Festival, organized by the Faculty of Communication of Universidad de la Sabana of Colombia, is a space for active students enrolled in colleges and universities, both Colombian and foreign, involved in film-making.
Ischia Film Festival is the heart of the project “Cinema & Territory’’ created by Michelangelo Messina for the no-profit organization Association Art Movie & Music, whose purpose is to spread among a vast audience unedited audio-visual works that highlight the cultural identity of a place through the movie screening and locations.
Every year the festival presents a selection of films from all over the world: all of them emphasize the cultural identity or the landscape's features of a certain territory through the audiovisual narration. A jury of personages of the film industry awards the best films among the ones selected for the official competition.
During the Festival week, in addition to the competition's film screenings, there is a special section about "denied location" and there also are omages to important figures of the international film industry. The Festival is an important part of a wider project called "Cinema and territory" that aims at protecting cultural and landscape peculiarities of territories in order to promote them through the audiovisual medium.
L.A. NEO NOIR NEWS ALERT: NEUE TOP FÜNF WICHTIGE GRÜNDE, UM AN DIESEM FESTIVAL TEILZUNEHMEN:
1. DAS IST DER BESTE ORT FÜR IHR SCRIPT: Carey Westbrook selbst wird Teil des diesjährigen Skript-Beratungsteams sein. Carey Westbrook war als Drehbuchberater für Derek Cianfrance, TWO TIME 2021 Academy Award Gewinner, und George Tillman Jr., ein nominierter Academy Award. Seine Radioshow ist auch in VIER anderen Filmfestivals DIESES JAHR zu sehen. Geben Sie Ihr Skript in der Kategorie The V.I.P. Neo-Noir Writing ein und Carey Westbrook wird sich persönlich mit Ihnen beraten!
2. DAS IST DER BESTE PLATZ FÜR IHREN FILM: DREI prominente Filmvertriebsfirmen werden dieses Jahr mit unserem Festival zusammenarbeiten, um unseren Filmsiegern und Zweitplatzierten Distributionsverträgen anzubieten. Wir haben im Laufe der Jahre Distributionsgeschäfte für Dutzende von Filmemachern gesichert und wir erwarten, das Beste zu sichern, was wir jemals in diesem Jahr gesichert haben!
3. DAS IST DER BESTE PLATZ FÜR SIE: Unser 2019 Publikum war über 200 Menschen in einem ausverkauften Publikum in L.A.“ s Downtown Independent Theater. Das diesjährige Online-Festival hat ÜBER EINTAUSEND Künstler, Produzenten und Vertriebsgesellschaften, die Interesse am diesjährigen Online-Festival geäußert haben: Das ist FINF TIMES mehr Augen auf Ihre Arbeit als vor zwei Jahren.
4. WIR MACHEN YOUR VISION GO VIRAL: Carey Westbrook und seine hochkarätigen L.A. Neo Noir Mitarbeiter haben zahlreiche Webisodenserien koproduziert, darunter die sehr erfolgreiche RATE MY WEEKNIGHT und zwei Radioshows, die in diesem Jahr auf VIER Filmfestivals auftreten. Geben Sie in diesem Jahr die V.I.P. Neo-Noir Writing Kategorie ein und wir können Ihre Schrift auch in einer Webisoden-Serie produzieren!
5. JEDE Drehbucheinreichung, die ein Drehbuch ist, erhält einen Trailer. Besuchen Sie lanneff.com/entertainment, um die Trailer zu sehen, die wir produziert haben. Wenn Ihre Arbeit ein Drehbuch, eine Kurzgeschichte oder ein Roman ist, können wir es als Trailer, Comicheft oder Webisodenserie in der V.I.P. Neo Noir Writing Kategorie erstellen. Kein anderes Festival IN THE GESAMTE WELT bietet diese Möglichkeiten. TUN WIR!!
Aufgrund fortlaufender Sicherheitsfragen und Mengenbeschränkungen hat LANNEFF beschlossen, das diesjährige Festival online zu veranstalten. Wir haben uns die Premiere Technologie-Apparatur gesichert und sind mehr denn je bereit, das beste Filmfestival online zu produzieren. Dass gesagt wird...
HERZLICHEN GLÜCKWUNSCH AN UNS, DASS WIR EIN TOP 100 BESTBEWERTETES FESTIVAL VON ÜBER 10.000 FESTIVALS SIND! WIR SIND NICHT GROSSARTIG, WEIL WIR SAGEN, DASS WIR ES SIND. WIR SIND GROSSARTIG, WEIL SIE, NEO NOIR SCHÖPFER UND FANS, SAGEN, WIR SIND, UND SIE SIND SEHR WILLKOMMEN! SEHR WILLKOMMEN IN DER TAT!
„IN DIESEN GEMEINEN STRASSEN MUSS EIN MANN GEHEN... DER WEDER GETRÜBT NOCH ANGST HAT.“ - RAYMOND CHANDLER
Es wurde von L.A. Weekly als Festival mit „The WORT'S SEXIEST DARKEST CRIMES KURZFILMS“ gefeiert Thanksgiving-Wochenende, Freitag, 26. November bis Sonntag, 28. November, lanneff.com wird THE 2021 L.A. NEO NOIR, NOMAN, FILM, UND SCRIPT FESTIVAL 9 (LANNEFF) vorführen!
Dieses Festival wird Ihnen von Carey Westbrook and Associates mitgebracht, deren Studenten unter anderem der Gewinner des TWO TIME Academy Award, Derek Cianfrance, und der Nominierte George Tillman Jr. Westbrook hat auch mit zahlreichen Akteuren des Academy Awards zusammengearbeitet, darunter Ryan Gosling, Joaquin Phoenix und Michelle Williams.
Das diesjährige Festival zeigt erneut unseren Lieblingssponsor: SMG Films, die Premiere Online/Airline Distributor von neo-noir Full-Ling- und Kurzfilmen sowie eine Startrampe für die weltbesten neo noir Schauspieler, Schauspielerinnen und Drehbuchautoren. SMG interessiert sich wieder einmal für unsere ausgewählte Gruppe von Gewinnern des diesjährigen Festivals und, basierend auf unseren Empfehlungen, werden sie sich den wenigen mit Online-Vertriebschancen nähern!
Wir haben auch ZWEI weitere Vertriebsgesellschaften in unsere Liste der interessierten Käufer aufgenommen. Wenn Sie einen LANNEFF Award gewinnen, werden wir Ihnen diese sicher vorstellen!
In diesem Jahr werden wir auch ZWEI spannende Webisodenreihen von lanneff.com und vielen anderen Social-Media-Websites Premiere haben. Diese Webisoden werden die jüngsten Gewinner der besten Femme Fatale, Miss Russian L.A. Katherine Pegova und Tracy Ann Chapel, zu sehen sein.
Diese beiden erstaunlichen Sternchen wurden bei unseren vergangenen Festivals entdeckt, und mit vielen PAYD-Hauptrollen, die noch in unserer Serie verfügbar sind, ist es unsere Hoffnung, dass wir in die Neo-Noir-Welt noch mehr große Femme Fatales und hübsche P.I bringen werden. s, das heißt, Schauspieler und Schauspielerinnen wie SIE!!
Sehen Sie jetzt eine von vielen kurzen Webisodenserien, die von Westbrook auf Facebook koproduziert wurden, wie die Hit Webisode-Spielshow RATE MEINE WOCHENNACHT auf lanneff.com:
L.A. Neo Noir bietet auch die gleichen alten Leute, die zum 3., 4. und 5. Mal zurückkommen! Wie ist das eine gute Sache? L.A. Neo Noir hat die höchste Anzahl an Drehbuchautoren, mehr als jedes andere Festival, denn die meisten unserer Festival-Drehbuchautoren kommen schon im nächsten Jahr mit vollständig produzierten Filmen zurück, die auf ihren zuvor anerkannten Drehbüchern basieren. Erstaunliche Drehbuchautoren wie Diana Lee Woody und David J. Schroeder sind mit ihrem neo-noir-Meisterwerk voll produzierten Filmen mit bekannten Stars zurückgekehrt. Sieh dir Woodys „Ein bedrohlicher Vorschlag“ und Schroeders „Dieser moderne Mann ist Beat“ an. Schauen Sie sich die erschöpfend lange Liste der bisherigen Gewinner auf lanneff.com an, um zu sehen, was hier gemacht wird: Das L.A. Neo Noir Festival ist so gut, dass man es immer wieder tun muss... und wieder!
Wir produzieren voll animierte Trailer zu allen Drehbuch-, Roman- und Kurzgeschichten-Einreichungen und präsentieren die besten fünf als Filmfestspiele. Wir geben Ihnen auch eine Kopie Ihres Anhängers, die Sie in irgendeiner Weise verwenden können, die Sie für richtig halten. Egal ob du gewinnst oder verlierst, ob du ausgewählt bist oder nicht, du erhältst innerhalb von drei Monaten nach dem Festival einen produzierten Trailer für dein Schreiben und wir bewerben deinen Trailer auf unserer Website. Kein anderes Filmfestival oder Drehbuch-/Schreibfestival IN DER GANZEN WELT tut das. Die Teilnehmer der V.I.P. Neo Noir Writing Kategorie erhalten ihre Trailer innerhalb von 30 Tagen danach. Die besten Drehbuchautoren der Kategorie Drehbuch erhalten ihre Trailer innerhalb von 90 Tagen nach Festivalende.
Wir haben spannende Neo-Noir-Networking-Events veranstaltet, die für ALLE unsere vergangenen Teilnehmer Vorteile geerntet haben. Wir haben die Downtown L.A. Neo Noir Premiere von Robin Wright Regiedebüt THE DARK OF NIGHT at L.A. ' s sehr eigene Downtown Independent Theater. Wir haben viele Gäste, die Sie in diesem Jahr aus Film und Fernsehen erkennen werden, aber die wichtigste Berühmtheit dieses kommenden Thanksgiving-Wochenendes werden SIE sein.
Unser Ziel: Feiern, präsentieren und verkaufen Sie die Werke der größten unabhängigen unbekannten Neo-Noir-Filmemacher und Schriftsteller aus L.A. und der ganzen Welt. Wir haben das ACHT Mal erfolgreich gemacht. Dieses neunte Mal plus YOU entspricht Neo-Noir-Magie!
Begleiten Sie uns online in den Komfort und die Sicherheit Ihres eigenen Zuhauses. Ausgewählte Gewinner genießen einen Geldpreis von $100, ein Distributionsangebot, einen Webisoden-Seriendeal und viele andere Preise. Also machen Sie das erstaunliche Neo-Noir bereit für die Arbeit. Holen Sie sich Ihre Eintrittsgebühr, erhalten Sie Ihr bestes Neo-Noir-Drehbuch, Film, Roman, Kurzgeschichte, Monolog und machen Sie sich bereit, 2021 zum besten Neo-Noir-Jahr aller Zeiten zu machen. Wenn Sie L.A. neo-noir lieben, MÜSSEN Ihre Arbeit hier vertreten sein, und Sie MÜSSEN bereit für Ihre Nahaufnahme mit dem Mr. DeMille von L.A. neo-noir Größe, L.A. NEO NOIR NOIR NOMAN, FILM, & SCRIPT FESTIVAL ACHT!
Hinweis: Für dieses Festival gibt es absolut keine Gebührenverzichgerungen jeglicher Art. Wenn Ihr gesamtes Filmproduktionsteam nicht $25 sammeln kann, um an diesem Festival teilzunehmen, empfehlen wir Ihnen, bereits an den zahlreichen kostenlosen Festivals teilzunehmen. Sie sollten sie zusätzlich zu diesem Festival betreten. Warum nicht? Sie sind frei! Wir sind weder frei, noch haben wir irgendwelche Verzichtserklärungen... jeglicher Art... aus irgendeinem Grund. Beste Wünsche!
*The First Festival stop is at Penn State University in State College PA, March 22-25 2017*
Dear Filmmakers,
The College Town Film Festival is thrilled to be entering it's fifth year. Along the journey, we have met talented filmmakers and artists; we have been hosted by engaged, intellectually curious students; and we have been welcomed (and challenged) by world-class faculty members who have come to define our festival.
When we first began to formulate the idea for The College Town Film Festival, we knew it had to be a traveling event. We wanted to capture the energy of a place that thrives on youth and deals in the currency of developing minds. Plus, a roadshow would allow us spread the word while gauging the pulse of the college audience. Since those early conversations, The CTFF has grown rapidly over 4 fast-moving years. We have screened Independent films (with accompanying TedTalk-like presentations and panels discussions) for large crowds on major college campuses, enabling students to discover a world of ideas and a sense of passion for issues that matter; often encountering a filmic view of our complex world that isn’t available at the local multiplex.
At the same time, the University Professors we work with are thrilled to welcome the professional Actors, Directors, Editors, Writers, Casting Directors, Crew Members and industry professionals that we invite to campus to discuss the inner-workings of film and professional production. The big surprise however, is that College Deans and Administrators enthusiastically support the festival because they’ve discovered that The CTFF fills a vital need: bringing the University together across disciplines. Which, as one administrator revealed is “normally the provence of sports and keggers… not art and ideas”.
From the beginning, we knew that colleges of communication, theatre and business/marketing would be natural partners. But every year, we discover that new faculty provosts and new deans are reaching out to us. Four short years into the experiment, The CTFF now receives unexpected and enthusiastic support across campus: with strong participation from the colleges of education, psychology, life-sciences, philosophy, engineering, theology and even medicine and computers. Our new challenge is to keep pace with this growing interest… and channel the enthusiasm into a more sophisticated and technologically-advanced platform.
When I meet with professors and deans I explain that we began with (and stay true to) two simple goals. 1) Support Independent filmmakers. 2) Introduce students to unique voices and fresh ideas “without making them feel like they are eating vegetables.” Of course, making these two ideas work together and balancing them, can be a bit of a challenge… but that tug-of-war is what led to a moment of clarity and our third goal, which is what really gives life to the College Town Film Festival. And it is the thing that excites the University faculty heads.
Each year, and with each stop on the tour, the energy and excitement around this event grows. The 2015 Penn State festival was by far our most ambitious and the most successful. Now we are being contacted by new Universities who are interested in bringing CTFF to their campus, and we are looking for filmmakers with something to say to help us grow this festival to reach more students.
The best screenings are attended by the filmmakers. That’s why we help with travel. Sometimes it’s airline tickets, usually it’s a hotel room for a few nights… often it’s both. But always the reason is the same: we want to hear your voice; learn about the backstory and listen to your plans for the future… and always, argue the merits of your film.
But beware: the conversations are real. Sometimes we agree; more often we argue — never do we pull-any-punches. That is the deal we have for you: we won’t pretend to be “the next Sundance” (blah, blah, blah) and you won’t have to worry that we’ll subject you to an audience programmed to agree with you just because you’re in the room.
We’re not interested in how your film was financed or how much it cost or why you cast the girl with the lisp. We just want to know one thing: of all the movies you could have made, why did you make this one?
So submit your film. Know that it will be reviewed by thoughtful judges. That it will be given careful consideration. And when it is accepted… we don’t just want a copy of the DVD… we want you.
Das Universal Martial Arts Film Festival (UMAFF) präsentiert Filme, die Kampfsport, Philosophie, Ästhetik und Spiritualität erforschen.
Das Universal Martial Arts Film Festival (UMAFF) fördert eine aufstrebende Generation von Filmemachern, deren Filme verschiedene Aspekte der Kampfkunst behandeln, jene der Kampfkunst und der Künste der Gesundheit. Der Zweck besteht darin, das Gedächtnis zu sammeln und zu schützen, die Öffentlichkeit zu erziehen, das Wissen zu teilen und weiterzugeben.
Das Universal Martial Arts Film Festival (UMAFF) steht Filmemachern und Zuschauern weltweit offen.
Ein Vorkomitee wird die Filme anschauen und die Finalisten auswählen.
Dann wird eine Juryjury aus bekannten und angesehenen Persönlichkeiten aus den Welten des Kinos und der Kampfkunst eine Auszeichnung für jede Kategorie anbieten.
TWIFF is dedicated to showcasing new and innovative films while fostering the next generation of filmmakers. The festival also seeks to serve the community by presenting unique programs that educate, inspire, engage and challenge a diverse audience through the art of film. The festival provides a platform to introduce their films to the broadest possible audience. TWIFF is committed to providing opportunities to fellow filmmakers and all others in bringing cinematographic arts and other related entertainment products through high-profile community events, talent, productions and films from around the country and the world.
International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Zlín belongs among the oldest and largest events of its kind worldwide. The festival is a non-profitable event with all screenings and supporting events free of charge. The audience consists mainly of children and youth from the Zlín region, but also university students and adult visitors to whom late-night screening slot with appropriate dramaturgy are devoted. More and more film professionals from all over the world come to Zlín. In recent years have been providing intensive support for young emerging filmmakers, which reflected in the competitive section of European First Films and non-competitive section of midnight movies called Night Horizons. Screenings are accompanied by a series of seminars, workshops and entertainment events. Each year the festival devotes its edition to a selected cinema of one particular European nation.
ZLÍN FILM FESTIVAL 2016 will focus on France
Das Mirror Mountain Film Festival bringt das Beste aus dem Independent-, Alternative- und Underground-Kino in die kanadische Hauptstadt. Wir sind ein vielfältiges und inklusives Festival, das alle Arten von Filmen und alle Arten von Menschen willkommen heißt, um am kollektiven Kinoerlebnis teilzuhaben. Unsere Mission ist es, einzigartige und originelle kreative Stimmen aus der Region Ottawa-Gatineau und aus der ganzen Welt zu fördern. Mirror Mountain zeigt innovative, bahnbrechende und unkonventionelle Filme in einer Vielzahl von Genres, darunter Drama-, Dokumentar-, Animations-, Experimental-, Horror-, Science-Fiction-, Fantasy-, Tanz- und Musikvideos. Neben Filmvorführungen bietet das Festival spannende, gemeinschaftsorientierte Aktivitäten wie Live-Auftritte, hybride Medienpräsentationen, interaktive Ausstellungen, Partys, Podiumsdiskussionen, Fragerunden und mehr. Unsere Veranstaltungen zielen darauf ab, Filmemacher sowohl mit dem Publikum als auch untereinander zu verbinden und Künstler durch Bildungs- und Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten zu unterstützen.
Warum sollte ich mich bei Mirror Mountain bewerben?
1. Kostenloser Festivalpass für alle Filmemacher, die sich bewerben
Jeder, der einen Film bei Mirror Mountain einreicht, unabhängig davon, ob er ausgewählt wurde oder nicht, erhält eine Freikarte für den Besuch des gesamten Festivals.
2. Für lokale Filmemacher ist die Einreichung kostenlos
Filme beliebiger Länge können kostenlos eingereicht werden, wenn sie in einem Umkreis von 125 km um Ottawa gedreht und/oder bearbeitet wurden. Dieses Gebiet umfasst Gatineau, Maniwaki, Mont Tremblant, Montebello, Hawkesbury, Cornwall, Potsdam, Brockville, Smiths Falls, Perth, Renfrew, Arnprior und mehr.
3. Kostenlose Einreichungen für Alumni
Wenn Sie bei einem Film Regie geführt haben, der in einer früheren Ausgabe von Mirror Mountain offiziell ausgewählt wurde, können Sie ihn erneut kostenlos einreichen.
4. Dein Geld zurück
Wenn Ihr Film offiziell für die Vorführung auf dem Festival ausgewählt wurde, erstatten wir Ihnen Ihre ursprüngliche Einreichungsgebühr.
5. Wir zahlen Künstlerhonorare
Wenn Ihr Film offiziell für die Vorführung auf dem Festival ausgewählt wird, erhalten Sie außerdem eine Künstlergebühr als Dankeschön dafür, dass wir Ihre Arbeit zeigen dürfen.
6. Weniger Einschränkungen
Wir haben keine Anforderungen an die Premiere oder das Datum der Fertigstellung. Ihr Film ist weiterhin teilnahmeberechtigt, auch wenn er schon einmal in der Region Ottawa gezeigt wurde, vertrieben wurde, im Fernsehen ausgestrahlt wurde oder online angesehen werden kann.
7. Bleiben Sie auf dem Laufenden
Nachdem Sie Ihren Film eingereicht haben, erhalten Sie vom Festival eine Benachrichtigung, in der bestätigt wird, dass wir Ihre Bewerbung erhalten haben. Später erhalten Sie eine Benachrichtigung, die Sie über die Ergebnisse informiert, unabhängig davon, ob Ihr Film ausgewählt wurde oder nicht.
8. Auszeichnungen für preisgekrönte Filmemacher
Die Preise werden nach Abschluss des Festivals in verschiedenen Kategorien verliehen. Die Preisträger erhalten ein Zertifikat und eine Auswahl von Preisen, die von unseren Sponsoren gestiftet wurden.
9. Freundliche und alternative Atmosphäre
Als Gemeinschaft von Filmemachern und Künstlern streben wir danach, eine lebendige, dynamische und einladende Atmosphäre zu schaffen, in der Schöpfer und Zuschauer mit unterschiedlichem künstlerischen und kulturellen Hintergrund zusammenkommen können, um sich durch gemeinsame Arbeit und Gespräche auszutauschen und zu wachsen.
WELCOME to Short of the Month's February Online Short Film Festival.
'Short of the Month' hosts monthly 'Online International Short Film Festivals'. We, at Short of the Month, aim at bringing out the best short films from around the globe and to present it all on one single platform which is our website.
Short Of the Month's library has some very remarkable award winning short films from across the globe.
Short of the Month not only presents a short film but also undertakes it's promotion. Yes, a good film deserves to be seen by as much people as possible. We've been keenly indulged in promoting short films, trailers and posters using our personalized advertisement system which runs across the website.
So submit your short film now & if we find it worthy then you not only win awards but also get a chance to get your film advertised with Short of the Month.
HollyShorts Film Festival (HSFF) is an annual short film festival showcasing the best and brightest short films from around the globe. The festival showcases the top short films produced 40 minutes or less.
The inaugural HollyShorts Film Festival took place in August '05 featured 23 short films from the U.S., UK, Poland, Canada and Thailand. The 2nd annual HollyShorts took place at Cinespace, Digital Supperclub in Hollywood, CA and featured 53 of the best short films from around the world. 13 different countries were represented. The third annual HollyShorts Film Festival took place August 10-12, 2007, drawing over $26,000 in prizes awarded. Best Short film honors went to "Songbird" Directed by John Thompson. Thompson was awarded a one week audio rental package courtesy of Action Audio and Visual, featuring sound and communications equipment rentals to utilize for his next film project. The festival featured Actor Adrian Grenier's short film "Euthanasia," a DJ performance from the legendary hip hop DJ Biz Markie and 57 short films in competition; three days of screenings, parties, insightful panels along with a slew of networking platforms for HollyShorts participants.
The 4th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival took place August 7-10, 2008 in Hollywood with top honors of Best Short Film going to “Bloom” directed Lance Larson. Larson was awarded $2000 VFX package courtesy of Clifton Post for his next project. The Best Student Short honors went to David Jibladze, for his short film “Beholden.” Jibladze took home a 5-day HVX-200, HD Camera rental package courtesy of Martini Crew Booking. Best Director went to Benedict Campbell for his short film “Lloyd Neck.” Best Director, Best Student and Best Short awards took home free Hollywood Screenwriter software from Write Brothers courtesy of Haydenfilms.
The festival’s awards ceremony and closing night reception took place in Hollywood, following a star-studded opening night celebration at the Egyptian Theatre, a music video celebration at Nacional in Hollywood and the festival’s short film competition screenings at Laemmle’s Sunset 5 Theatres. During the HollyShorts opening night ceremony on Thursday August 10, which featured appearances and short films from actors Jessica Biel, David Arquette and Josh Brolin, the festival awarded legendary filmmaker David Lynch the 2008 HollyShorts Visionary Award; Oscar winner Paul Haggis with the 2008 HollyShorts Outstanding Achievement in film award and fast-rising actress Paula Garces with the 2008 HollyShorts Future Star award.
At the HollyShorts inaugural music video competition, the festival awarded two winners for Best Music Video, “La Chica Y Su Bolsa” Directed by Daniel Campos and “Good Morning Herr Horst” Directed by Lovisa Inserra. The music video Audience choice winner went to “Temporarily In Love” Directed by Randy Scott Slavin. All HollyShorts film winners took home a free film distribution kit from Film Specific and one year premium membership to Film Specific. Winners also received free filmmaker software packages from HollyShorts sponsor Showbiz Software and will receive Stash DVD’s from sponsor Stash Media.
The 5th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival® (August 6-13, 2009) took place in Hollywood and featured a star studded, Red Carpet Opening Night Reception event at the Directors Guild of America (DGA). The festival featured participation from industry heavyweights including: Demi Moore, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Kirsten Dunst, Eli Roth, Darren Lew, Jason Biggs , Carter Smith and David Prior. The week-long festival featured screenings at the DGA, Laemmle's Sunset 5 Theatre in Hollywood and a number of industry panels and receptions at the to venues in the city.
The 6th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival® took place August 5-12, 2010 in Hollywood and featured a major opening night reception, week-long screenings of short films and feature films in Hollywood, high level industry panels, keynotes, awards and receptions for the community and filmmakers. Grand prizes were awarded for Best Short and Best Director courtesy of Company 3 valued at $20,000. Openfilm also sponsored the festival and screened their top 5 finalists for their $250,000 Get It Made Competition, at the fest. James Caan attended the opening night ceremonies and named the finalists.
The 7th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival wrapped last night with a standing room only awards ceremony at the Geisha House in Hollywood live-streamed courtesy of Dyal Productions and hosted by Actress Sheila Shah. Audience choice winners from each program will be announced later this weekend. The HollyShorts Best Overall Short Film prize, which wins a $10,000 in post production and finishing services package from Company 3, went to “Mrs. Peppercorn’s Magical Reading Room” by Mike Le Han. The HollyShorts Best Director Award which wins a $10,000 post production and finishing services package from Company 3, went to Christian Swegal, Director of “Stasis.”
Continuing the tradition of growth, the 8th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival opened at the world famous Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Blvd to over 900 guests. The evening was capped off by the HollyShorts Visionary Award being given to Joe Carnahan.
The fest took place all week at the Chinese Theatre and concluded with over $50,000 in prizes and awards being given out to winners selected out of 341 projects in competition. Highlights include:
The 8th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival (www.hollyshorts.com) wrapped with a standing room only awards ceremony at Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood. The ceremony was hosted by Amy Paffrath, host of MTV’s Jersey Shore After Hours. The HollyShorts Best Overall Short Film prize, which wins a $10,000 in post production and finishing services package from Company 3 went to “ASAD”. Director Bryan Buckley was on hand to accept. The HollyShorts Best Director Award which wins a $10,000 post production and finishing services package from Company 3, went to Grainger David for his short film “The Chair.” Best Documentary Short went to Stephanie Butler’s “Bo.” The Method Studios Best VFX Award went to “The Wheel” by John Roberts. Igor Aleksov took home the Best International Short prize for “Episodizt.” Best Animation Short went to“Luminaris” by Juan Pablo Zaramella and Best Student film went to Dreamland directed by Alla Volkova, her AFI thesis project. The 8th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival had the most attendance in the festival’s history. Highlights include an opening night ceremony at the history Chinese Theatre that drew nearly 1,000 attendees and fest screenings, panels and post receptions taking place in venues throughout Hollywood during the entire week. Each HollyShorts 2012 winner receives a 1st look distribution deal with the ShortsHD television channel.
The 2012 Winners List
Best Short Film ASAD directed by Bryan Buckley
Best Actor Robert Chester Smith in The Hiccup
Best Actress Grace Kaufman in Buttons in the Ground
Best Director Grainger David for The Chair
Best Female Director Elayne Blyth for Noeima
Best Producer Stephanie Scire for Atlantis
Best Cinematography Xiaosu Han & Andreas Thalhammer for Asternauts
Best Editing Joe Greco for Sin Dolor
Best Score Edison Jarrin for Tumbleweed
Best Animation Luminaris directed by Juan Pablo Zaramella
Best Comedy Love and Germaphobia directed by Tyler Spindel
Best Documentary Bo directed by Dave Schwep & Kelly McCoy
Best International Episodizt directed by Igor Aleksov
Best Narrative Cherry Waves directed by Carey Williams
Best Drama Prora directed by Stephane Riethauser
Best SciFi The End directed by Ted Marcus
Best Horror Mo-Don-pae-mil-li (Modern Family) directed by Kwang Bin Kim
Best Student Film Dreamland directed by Alla Volkova
Best Action The Crocodile directed by Steve Acevedo
Best Web Series Sitting Babies directed by Cameron Fay
Showbiz Future Filmmaker Award Sin Dolor directed by Joe Greco
Best Commercial True Power directed by Karel van Bellingen
Best Music Video Kindness Boomerang directed by Orly Wahba
Method Studios Best VFX The Wheel directed by John Roberts
HollyShorts/NociCortinfestival Jury Award Oroverde directed by Piereluigi Ferrandini
Jury Honorable Mention 92 Skybox Rookie Card directed by Maury Steinman
Jury Honorable Mention The Queen directed by Adam Rose
Special Jury Selection Crazy Beats Strong Every Time directed by Moon Molson
Special Jury Selection Maddoggin directed by Terrence Heuston
The 9th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival (www.hollyshorts.com) came to a wrap with 1,000 attendees celebrating the festival’s Awards ceremony celebration at the Roosevelt Hotel Ballroom and lobby hosted by Digital LA’s Kevin Winston. The HollyShorts Best Short Film Grand Prize went to Mitsuyo Miyazaki for her short film Tsuyako. With the prize, Miyazaki takes home a $10,000 post-production and finishing services prize from Company 3. She also wins an all expense paid trip to Wellington New Zealand courtesy of Starnow to show her film there. Also taking home a $10,000 post-production prize from Company 3 for the Best Director Category was Sacha Feiner for Un Monde Meilleur (A Better World). The short film Sahasi Chori by Erin Galey took home two HollyShorts Awards, one for Best Producer and the Women in Film Director’s Award, garnering her a $5000 camera package courtesy of Martini Crew Booking.. The Method Studios Best VFX Prize went to Peter Szewczyk for Our Lady of Lourdes. With the win, Method awarded Peter with a $10,000 post prize.
The Panavision Future Filmmaker went to Karaoke! By Andrew Renzi. Panavision awarded Andrew with a $10,000 prize.
ShortsHD presented the short film Amazonia by Sam Chen with the DirecTV Everywhere Award.
The 2013 Winners List
HOLLYSHORTS BEST SHORT FILM-Tsuyako by Mitsuyo Miyazaki
· BEST DIRECTOR-Sacha Feiner for Un Monde Meilleur (A Better World)
· METHOD STUDIOS HOLLYSHORTS BEST VFX – Our Lady of Lourdes by Peter Szewczyk
· BEST COMMERICAL- Happiness in the Air by Hugh Mitton (Best Commercial Award wins a $5,000 post production and finishing services prize from Company 3)
· BEST MUSIC VIDEO-Vengeance Rhythm by Christopher Ullens de Schooten (Best Music Video Award wins a $5,000 post production and finishing services prize from Company 3)
· BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY-Brightwood by Connor Hair.(The HollyShorts Best Cinematography Award wins a $5,000 post production and finishing services prize from Company 3)
· BEST ACTOR-Gabe Fazio for the film Gun
· BEST ACTRESS-Carla Quevedo for the film Side Effects
· BEST ACTION-The Forge by Stephen Reedy
· BEST DRAMA-ROTKOP by Jan Roosens and Raf Roosens
· BEST ANIMATION-Alienation by Silvia Carpizo
· BEST COMEDY-Loveseat by Matthew Richmond
· BEST 3D SHORT-Le Grand Combat by Jean-Nicolas Rivat
· 3D SHORT Runner up- Eysian Fields by Ina Conrad
· BEST DOCUMENTARY-Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution by Matthew VanDyke
· BEST EDITING-I’m Right Here-Christopher Soren Kelly
· WOMEN IN FILM DIRECTORS AWARD-Erin Galey for her short Sahasi Chori
(Women in Film Directors Award receives a $5,000 camera rental prize package from Martini Crew booking)
· BEST STUDENT-MAGNESIUM by Sam de Jong (Best Student Award receives a $5,000 camera rental prize package from Martini Crew booking)
· BEST HORROR FEARNET AWARD-Do You Believe in the Devil by Alex Grybauskas
· BEST THRILLER-Lapsus by Karim OUARET
· BEST CROWD FUNDED FILM-And After All by Julian Ungano
· BEST INTERNATIONAL-Tweesprong by Wouter Bouvjin
· BEST NARRATIVE-GUN by Spencer Gillis
· BEST PRODUCER-Sahasi Chori by Erin Galey
· BEST SCI FI-Frost by Jeremy Ball
· BEST TRAILER- Rainbow Bay by Mack Lindon
· BEST SOUND-The Fifth Horseman by Kari Barber
· BEST WEB SERIES-Inside Joke On Gentrification by Brian Neaman and Michael Southworth
· PANAVISION FUTURE FILMMAKER AWARD-Karaoke! By Andrew Renzi
· HOLLYSHORTS SPECIAL JURY AWARD- The River by Sam Handel
· HOLLYSHORTS SPECIAL JURY AWARD-A Great Man by Joshua Dawson
· HOLLYSHORTS SPECIAL JURY AWARD- Death of a Shadow by Tom Van Avermaet
· HOLLYSHORTS MENTION-Cootie Contagion by Josh Smooha
· HOLLYSHORTS MENTION-Marla by Nick King
· HOLLYSHORTS MENTION-8:47 by Nik Kacevski
Fest Sets Dates for 10th Annual Anniversary Edition
During the celebration the festival set it’s dates for next year’s festival, it’s 10th Anniversary edition. The 10th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival and Film Conference/Film Market will take place August 14-23, 2014 in Hollywood. The festival also announced it will unspool a screenplay competition for next years festival, submissions now open at: www.festhome.com
The 9th edition of the HollyShorts Film Festival featured over 12,000 attendees with 8 days of screenings, daily networking events, panels and seminars during the HollyShorts Film Conference and Awards. 2013 Visionary Award honoree Matthew Modine closed the festival with the theatrical premiere of his collection of short films at the TCL Chinese Theatre.
The 10th Annual HSFF and Film Conference/Film Market took place August 14-23 at the world famous TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and the 2nd annual HollyShorts Film Conference took place at the Roosevelt Hotel. 2014 Overall Best Short and Best Director will receive $10,000 each for post production work courtesy of Company 3. The 2014 winners of Best Music Video, Best Cinematography, and Best Commercial will each receive $5,000 for post production work courtesy of Company 3. 2014 Best Student film and Best Female Director winners will receive a $10,000 camera rental packages courtesy of Martini Crew Booking. Method Studios awarded the 2014 Best VFX short with $10,000 in post production services. PANAVISION awarded $10,000 to Douglas Jessup's short GLOW. Over $140,000 in prizes were awarded from Final Draft, Showbiz, Jungle, Red Giant,
Black Magic Camera, True Vision Entertainment, and many others.
15,000 attended the 2014 fest and film conference over 10 days.
The 2015 11th annual HollyShorts Film Festival and Film Conference/Market took place over 10 days August 13-22 2015 at the TCL Chinese Theatres and Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, with Best Short Film, a $15,000 cash prize courtesy of ZYPE being awarded to SHOK.
The 12th annual HSFF took place August 11-20th 2016 at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres. Award winners participated in our academy qualifying theatrical run.
The 13th and 14th annual HSFF best short film winners received Oscar Qualifying status as HollyShorts is now an Academy Qualifying Festival!
The 15th annual HSFF will again take place at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres and Harmony Gold Theater August 8-17 2019!
HSFF Alumni include Josh Brolin, Terence Nance, Kirsten Dunst, Demi Moore, Joe Carnahan, Darren Lew, David Arquette, Dash Mihok, Ryan Eggold, Neil Labute, Zachary Quinto, Adam Brody, Pras Michel, Francois Jaros, Jon Heder, Russo Brothers, Bill Plympton, Felicia Day, Nash Edgerton, Jaime Linden, Jennifer Aniston, Mark Fergus, Jessica Biel, Malcolm Barrett, Carter Smith, Jason Biggs, David Pryor, Jimmy Jean Louis, Paula Garces, Adrian Grenier, David Lynch, Paul Haggis, Bragi Schut, David Weinstein, William Olssen, Alex Ferrari, Larry Hankin, Lance Larson, John Thompson, Nick Carmen, Scott Porter, Kat Coiro, Joel David Moore, Mary Pat Bentel, Denis Hennelly, Richard Riehle, Biz Markie, Joe Carnahan, Matthew Libatique, Matthew Modine, David Rodriguez, Kat Coiro, Bryan Buckley, Carey Williams, Anthony Hemingway, Chadwick Boseman, Moon Molson, Neal Dodson, and many, many other great filmmakers and actors. Industry attendees include Shorts TV, Indieflix, Indiepix, Snagfilms, Hulu, Netflix, Google Play, Lionsgate, Grindstone, Sony, 20th Century Fox, CAA, William Morris, Gersh, UCLA Extension, General Assembly, Seattle Film Summit, Seed and Spark, Indiegogo, and many others!
Live Entertainment, LLC, Russia in co-operation with EVENT FILM, Canada proudly present an annual festival event – International Horror, Action and Fantastic Film Festival & Awards "DROP".
The festival is being annually held in the city of Moscow since the year 2011 and contains 4 events:
- opening screening
- closing awards ceremony
- master-class and Q&A with movie stars
- film festival competition program screenings in cinema theatres
The Awards ceremony takes place in a big concert venue (changing every year) and consists of the show program and the ceremony of granting awards which is divided into the following jury voting categories:
- awards granted to local film distribution companies for the blockbusters screened in cinema theatres of Russia in the reported year;
- awards granted to young directors and producers as competition program. The category is called “Hope for Survival”;
- awards granted to World stars for the contribution to horror genre
The Awards ceremony is always visited and recorded by a large number of mass media.
The Master-class is a so-called Q&A horror convention held in a cinema theatre in a form of a question-answer session between the star guests of the festival and the audience + autograph session. The event usually ends with a premier film screening.
The festival program is a week non-stop screening of new movies in several Moscow cinema theatres. The films-participants of the competition program are being selected by the festival’s jury. Submissions are being analysed and accepted by the festival's organization committee during the whole year.
The festival's schedule usually also contains a pre-party and an after-party arranged for the honored guests and winners.
The TV version of the festival is televised by Tricolor TV platform.
The festival specializes in all sub-genres of horror and action film industry, i.e.: cartoon horror, comedy horror, psychological thriller, trash horror, zombie horror, giallo, slasher, suspense, detective, action, fantasy, sci-fi etc. Starting from the year 2013 the festival also specializes in survival horror video games sphere.
The festival is annually visited in person by World-known honored guests. The previous years’ guests were: Eric Roberts, Stuart Gordon and Bryan Yuzna, Jodelle Ferland, Costas Mandyllor & Tobin Bell, Lloyd Kaufman, Akira Yamaoka, Marco Ristori and Luca Boni, Preity Uupala, Yeppe Laursen, Silje Reinaamo, Daniel Licht, A.J. Annila, Leonid Kuravlev, Igor Zhizhikin, Oliver Robins, Corbin Bernsen, Lauren Esposito, John Kassir, James Russell, Mick Garris, Shawn Hall, Liesl Ahlers, Kyle Catlett, Lina Leandersson, Richard Cutting, Helen Crevel, Javier Botet, SWERY, Adnan Koc, Naomi Grossman & Ben Wolf, Sergio Stivaletti
...and many others
A great number of star winners also annually send their exclusive video messages which are being screened during the ceremony.
A more detailed information about the festival can be found on the English version of our web site, on Wikipedia and in social media.
