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Sunday April 26, 2015 6:00pm – 7:30pm Filmmaker Happy Hour 7:30pm – 9:00pm Short Film Program & Filmmaker Panel |
Join us for our April screening and filmmaker party. This month’s line up features another outstanding collection of animation and short films.
CITY OF DUST
Peter Borrud
FISH IN A SWEATER: Three Dollar Drafts
Ben Barnes & Joel Huggins
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We are honored to return again as the Presenting Sponsor of the 2015 Indian Film Festival Los Angeles’ SHORTS PROGRAM #2. The IFFLA programming team has selected some of the best short films of the year by filmmakers of Indian descent.
Join us on Saturday, April 11th at the Arclight Hollywood for SHORTS PROGRAM #2.
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Sonali Gulati is an independent filmmaker, feminist, grassroots activist and educator. She is an associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and her films have screened in more than 300 film festivals worldwide. She has won several awards, grants and fellowships, including the Guggenheim Fellowship in Film/Video.
Jayisha Patel is an award-winning filmmaker from London whose films have been shown at festivals such as the Berlinale, New York, and AFI Silverdocs. Her first short film, “Gentle Men,” which she shot while studying at the International Film and TV School, Cuba, went on to be nominated for over 36 international awards and was recognized by the British Council as exemplary British filmmaking. Her current project, set in India, is commissioned by Al Jazeera.
Pratyusha Gupta was born in Madras, India. She worked in documentary, television, and advertising in Mumbai for more than six years. She graduated with an MA in Filmmaking from the London Film School in 2013. Pratyusha has always been fascinated by questions of identity, class, and religion — themes that dominate her films.
Pranjal Dua is an Indian filmmaker who studied at the Film & Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. Hailing from the capital city of New Delhi, Pranjal has witnessed the dynamic process of transformation of his country and its people. With his films, he hopes to examine his own identity within the context of contemporary India. He currently lives in Mumbai.
Sudarshan Suresh, a qualified lawyer in India, began his career working at a corporate law firm in Mumbai. An avid painter, he quit the law profession in 2012 to pursue his love for the arts. While freelancing as a video artist, he made several commercials and films for NGOs and corporates, before deciding to immerse himself in narrative filmmaking. He is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in Film at Columbia University in New York. “The Rabbit” is his debut short film.
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Sunday March 22, 2015 6:00pm – 7:30pm Filmmaker Happy Hour 7:30pm – 9:00pm Short Film Program & Filmmaker Panel |
Join us for our Women Directors program. This month’s line up features outstanding animation and short films by a phenomenal group of women storytellers.
SIDEWALK
Celia Bullwinkel
THE HAIRCUT
Alexis Korycinski
DIEGO
Sara Seligman
HUSKY “St. Joan”
Lucinda Schreiber
PROMISE
Kathleen Randazzo
SAND
Cari Ann Shim Sham*
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Sunday July 20, 2014 5:00pm – 6:30pm Filmmaker Happy Hour 6:30pm – 8:00pm Short Film Program & Filmmaker Panel |
Join us for our July Filmmaker Happy Hour and short film screening! We will celebrate all of our filmmakers we have met over the past month’s whirlwind of festivals, including Dance With Films, LA Film Festival and Palm Springs ShortFest. Welcome to all of the new friends we have made at all the festival events this summer.
LILA
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Carlos Lascano
BALLKONI
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Lendita Zeqiraj
BUT MILK IS IMPORTANT
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Eirik Grønmo Bjørnsen and Anna Mantzaris
102A; COUPLE FUCKING
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Peter Modestij
THE OCEAN
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Maceo Frost & Robin Günther
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Sunday February 9, 2014 5:00pm – 6:30pm Filmmaker Happy Hour 6:30pm – 8:00pm Short Film Program & Filmmaker Panel |
LOVE IN THE TIME OF ADVERTISING
Matt Berenty & David Bokser
Musical love story about a man who lives in a billboard.
MAMA ALWAYS TOLD HIM
Annabel Osborne
Rick and Christine fight to stay alive, discovering riveting truths about themselves and the disaster that has nearly destroyed their lives
DYSTOPIA
Josh Mann
Rick and Christine fight to stay alive, discovering riveting truths about themselves and the disaster that has nearly destroyed their lives
ALICE AND THE GIANT EMPTINESS
The Solid State
Alice’s tattered school uniform, worn shoes and very worn bag are a daily source of embarrassment. She suffers constant bullying because she is a “Poor Kid”.
LONACONING
M. Keegan Uhl
In a small room, in a small town in western Maryland, two men struggle to communicate.
A.P.T.5.E.
James Duarte
Nicole just got out of rehab, and moves back in with her mother to get herself together. She doesn’t realize that she is being watched.
Family Holiday Party
Sunday, December 15, 2013
4pm – 7pm
DIMMAK STUDIOS
(formerly Cinespace)
6356 Hollywood Blvd., upstairs
Hollywood, CA 90028
SPONSORED BY
You are invited to our annual Family Holiday Party. We are joining with our friends at BADWest, the Black Association of Documentary Filmmakers for some egg nog and cheer! Let’s toast all of the wonderful filmmaking we have all been a part of this year. Reconnect with cast and crews that have worked on our productions this season, and many of the filmmakers we have showcased through the year.
Bring the kids! The evening includes a special program of family friendly holiday and vintage animation to help ring in the holiday spirit.
4:00pm – 6:00pm
Holiday Party
6:00pm – 7:00pm
Holiday Animation Program
Screening includes a collection of vintage family holiday classics
Use our hashtag: #HSShortFilm
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Sunday Nov 17, 2013 5:00pm – 6:30pm Filmmaker Happy Hour 6:30pm – 8:00pm Short Film Program & Filmmaker Panel |
FOXED!
James Stewart
Emily toils in mines beneath her house, imprisoned by foxes who have duped her entire town into believing children can be replaced.
RECOLLECTIONS
Nathanael Carton
In the aftermath of the 2011 Japanese tsunami, a team of volunteers recover and restore photographs, and attempts to return them to the owners.
DRUNKEN PHONE CALLS
Mark Kerins
When a young man decides to “grow up” and become a responsible adult, his friends aren’t quite ready to let him go.
While a father hunts down the pesky groundhog that is terrorizing his wife’s garden, he and his son make a game out of it… kinda like a game of Tag.
HOLD UP HEART
Justin Zsebe
Jeff agrees to join in a misguided quest to rob a liquor store, and unwittingly comes face to face with his ex-girlfriend.
BEYOND THE TEAM
Tim Kulikowski
Discouraged as teenagers by the macho world of sports, a diverse group of transplanted gay men in San Francisco ultimately finds something more encompassing than a place to play soccer: camaraderie, extended family, political refuge and love.
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Sunday Nov 3, 2013 5:00pm – 6:30pm Filmmaker Happy Hour 6:30pm – 8:00pm Short Film Program & Filmmaker Panel |
SEASON 16 BEGINS!!
We are thrilled to invite you to join us as we kick off our 16th year of HOLLYWOOD SHORTS!! Join us for our Filmmaker Happy Hour at 5pm (cash bar) and Short Film Program #1 will screen at 6:30pm.
SHORT FILM PROGRAM #16.1
HAPPILY EVER AFTER
Ben Genislaw & Yonni Aroussi
Rani and Keren are a young couple moving in together to begin their Happily Ever After.
HOLDEN
Roque Madrid & Juan Arcones
Holden is a photographer with a short term memory loss condition who travels to Paris on assignment to shoot a celebrity actor.
KINGMAN
Adrian Szasz & James McCusker
The Privation of the American Dream
THE LAST TIME I SAW RICHARD
Nick Verso
Jonah is a loner at the teenage mental clinic. When he is forced to share a room with the new patient Richard, the boys become locked in a battle of wills.
SHORT FILM PROGRAM #15.9 Dimmak Studios |
Saturday September 21, 2013 5:00pm – 6:30pm Filmmaker Happy Hour 6:30pm – 8:00pm Short Film Program & Filmmaker Panel |
Join us on Saturday to celebrate the wrap of our 15th season of monthly short film screenings!! It has been an extraordinary year of filmmaking, new creative friendships and collaborations, and so many new shorts and animated films.
This month, we welcome back alumni filmmaker Kate Rees Davies and a special music video collaboration she shot with Australian singer/songwriter VASSY for the song BEAUTIFUL. The video features some amazing young people from PLAYGROUND OF DREAMS, an innovative mentoring program teaming entertainment industry leaders with children to foster their creativity, leadership, and unique purpose in the world. The project brings together a lovely visual style with the powerful lyrics in Vassy’s empowerment anthem. Vassy and Kate will both be in attendance!
This month’s program also includes another eye-popping selection of short films and animation from near and far, including the encore screening of Talibah L. Newman‘s BUSTED ON BRIGHAM LANE. Also, a new short creepy tale entitled TENDER by LA filmmaker Elric Kane and writer/producer Lee Ross… and more…
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Saturday August 17, 2013 5:00pm – 6:30pm Filmmaker Happy Hour 6:30pm – 8:00pm Short Film Program & Filmmaker Panel |
Join us for another fantastic program of short films & animation, and our monthly Filmmaker Happy Hour.
We continue our summer gatherings with a special SATURDAY Filmmaker Happy Hour and Screening!!!
This weekend’s Filmmaker Happy Hour welcomes the cast and crew of our second SUMMER SHOOT of 2013. We are exploring the process of developing and creating a web series, and we began principal photography this week in a great location in Pasadena. Meet some of the amazing crew and sponsors who have been so critical in making this Summer Shoot so successful.
This month’s program also features an outstanding collection of international animation and short films.
CALDERA
Evan Viera
THE FIX
Ante Novakovic
SAY YES
Ava Duvernay
JENNIFER’S LAW (LA LEGGE DI JENNIFER)
Tommaso Arrighi
WATERSHED
Paula Goldberg
Paula directed 30 episodes of the Roland Joffe MTV series, UNDRESSED. She has written, directed and produced several short films including TRAVELING COMPANION, starring SEX IN THE CITY’s Kristin Davis and THE BLAIR PRINCESS PROJECT, a spoof on THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT which sold 5,000 copies with its own home video release.
INAPPROPRIATE WORKPLACE, her original web series, was distributed by the Independent Comedy Network and Comedy Central in 2007. Her original screenplay, OUT AT THE WEDDING is a romantic comedy starring Mike Farrell, Charlie Schlatter, and Mink Stole. It won LOGO’s Audience Choice Award for Best Feature Film and debuted on the LOGO channel on Valentine’s Day 2009.
We are honored to co-host the “and Then…” Premiere Party and Screening for filmmaker Ka’ramuu Kush! We are joining with the film’s producers Tambay A. Obenson & Rodney C. Parnther of SHADOW AND ACT, indiewire’s Black Cinema blog to celebrate the online release of the film. Ka’ramuu directed and acted in the film, from the award winning script penned by Ka’ramuu and Alisha Hinds. The film stars Diandra Lyles, Ka’ramuu and legendary actress Vanessa Williams, and was produced as part of SHADOW AND ACT‘s Filmmaker Challenge.
And Then…
a film by Ka’ramuu Kush
Wednesday, August 7th, 2013
6pm – 9pm
Dim Mak Studios (aka Cinespace)
6356 Hollywood Blvd, upstairs
Hollywood, CA 90028
The evening begins with our filmmaker reception at 6pm, and the film will screen at 7:30pm, followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker. Actor/Director Ka’ramuu Kush has been a member of the HOLLYWOOD SHORTS community since he was honored at our 2012 AFRICAN AMERICAN SHORTSFEST with his thesis short film SALVATION ROAD.
Please RSVP for the guest list for our special reception and screening at Hollywood’s favorite cinema lounge DIM MAK STUDIOS (a.k.a. CINESPACE).
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Sunday, June 23, 2013 5:00pm – 6:30pm Filmmaker Happy Hour 6:30pm – 8:00pm Short Film Program & Q&A |
Join us for another fantastic program of short films & animation, and our monthly Filmmaker Happy Hour.
Short Film Program #7 includes a special screening of the first episodes of THE NEW KIND, the new anime-flavored sci fi series from Peter Hyoguchi. We will get an exclusive work-in-progress look at Peter’s extraordinary production, which includes a very successful kickstarter campaign, a remarkable animation crew (over 200 people so far!), and an innovative, multi-state work flow.
The line up also features Kate Rees Davies’ new short film STICKS AND STONES, shot on the F65 in 4K. Kate collaborated with DP Steve Romano as she made the move from film to digital shooting. The short film is the story of Sam, an artistic 12 year old played by Cole Ewing, who is being bullied at school.
The program includes an encore screening of one of the films from the 2013 LA Film Festival. HOLLYWOOD SHORTS is proud to return as the Presenting Organization of Short Film Program 1 at LAFF this year – and we will screen one of our favorite films from this group, BUSTED ON BRIGHAM LANE by Talibah L. Newman. Talibah wrote and directed the film, which won a 2012 Director’s Guild of America Student Film Award.
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We are honored to be invited to return as one of the family of Presenting Organizations supporting this year’s
2013 LA FILM FESTIVAL
HOLLYWOOD SHORTS presents
SHORTS PROGRAM #1
Saturday June 15th at 4:30pm
Monday June 17th at 9:50pm
Regal Cinemas at L.A. Live.
SHORTS PROGRAM 1 –
Short Film Competition
Program Running Time: 95 min
The characters in these films struggle bravely to assert their hopes and dreams, coming up against surprising obstacles, both human and institutional. The line up includes Talibah Newman‘s heart-wrenching New York family drama BUSTED ON BRIGHAM LANE, Ben Rycroft’s South African brother – to – brother feud in A MODERN MAN, and the heroic journey of a hen in THE SUNSHINE EGG by German student animator Michael Hass.
Click here to check out the program of films and animation in SHORTS PROGRAM #1 and get to know more about the filmmakers who created each of these gems.
HOLLYWOOD SHORTS will be giving away tickets to both screenings next week via Facebook and Twitter – so stay tuned!
SHORT FILM PROGRAM #15.6 Dimmak Studios FREE ADMISSION – RSVP below |
Sunday, May 19, 2013 4:00pm – 5:30pm Filmmaker Happy Hour 5:30pm – 7:00pm Short Film Program & Q&A |
Join us today for another fantastic program of short films & animation, and our monthly Filmmaker Happy Hour. Today is FAMILY DAY – all the shorts are family friendly. We are thrilled to welcome the 6th grade filmmakers from the Bennett Film Academy, led by elementary teacher Karen Bennett. Join us in celebrating the wonderful films the students have created! So bring the kids, and help us applaud the inspired efforts of these young artists.
SHORT FILM PROGRAM #15.5 Dimmak Studios FREE ADMISSION – RSVP below |
Sunday, November 18, 2012 5:00pm – 6:30pm Filmmaker Happy Hour 6:30pm – 8:00pm Short Film Program & Q&A |
GABRIEL GARCIA
Ed.
Gabriel and his brother Leo wrote this mysterious story, which they produced through their new CG company HYPE CG, based in Porto Allegre, Brazil. Gabriel works as an architect and this is his first foray into filmmaking and animation.
HASRAF “HaZ” DULULL
Fubar Redux
HaZ is UK based digital effects veteran, working as a Visual Effect Supervisor for Film and Commercials. He created and directed this epic political war action short film.
BRENDAN NAHMIAS & RUTH PAUL
Humble The Poet
Brendan and Ruth made this documentary shortly after discovering the Toronto based rapper on Youtube and felt compelled to find out more about the artist. The film is an insightful portrait of Humble The Poet (aka Kanwer Singh Mahl), a modern Sikh who utilizes the spoken word to express his views of the world.
Recipient of the Sikhlens Creative Scholarship Grant
JELA OBA OKPARA
The Last Girl
Jela created this action packed short from his love of sci-fi, action and horror films. He is a native of Philadelphia, where he worked in corporate finance before relocating to LA to pursue screenwriting and directing. He is currently planning a horror feature, and a few Kung-Fu action films.
DAVID A. ORTIZ
Lost Wynter Memories
Director David Ortiz and producer George Ohan shot this heartfelt film as David’s thesis project at LA Film School. The story follows a young man who tries to bring his fiance’ back to life on 11/11/11 before she is lost into the spirit world forever
Sunday, March 24
Dim Mak Studios, Hollywood
Free Admission
5:00pm – 6:30pm
Filmmaker Reception
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Short Film Program & Filmmaker Panel
A LITTLE SUICIDE by Ana Lily Amirpour
Filmmakers in attendance:
Richell Morrissey, Laurie Tsou,
Zoe Robyn & Jessica Petelle, Ana Lily Amirpour
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BLACK FOLKS DON’T…Camp 6:00 min, 8:13 min A humorous look at the gray areas between all of us. |
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TAKE A SEAT 8:48 min An executive prepares for her first foray into the horrifying process of laying off employees.
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BOLT CUTTERS IN PARIS 15 min Sometimes love stories start with a break up. |
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HEW 11 min In a contemporary adaptation based on Camille Claude’s life, an extremely gifted sculptor spends her youth in the shadows of a married man almost twice her age.
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OPAL 11 min When Opal Shorty is beat up by the neighborhood bully, she and her best friend take matters into their own hands. |
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A LITTLE SUICIDE 10 min In a world where people hate you without exception and kill you mercilessly, it’s no wonder this cockroach is suicidal. |
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VISITATION 9 min An imaginary glimpse within “an outer-world night”, unwinding through a dark landscape of unending life and death.
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6th African American ShortsFest
Sunday, February 17th
Dim Mak Studios
6356 Hollywood Blvd
Join us for our annual celebration of new film by African American filmmakers. We continue the mission to share the outstanding work of filmmakers and animators exploring new themes and crafting breakthrough storytelling that will expand the future of American Cinema, and African American images in film.
4pm – 6pm
Filmmakers Reception
6pm – 8pm
Short Film Program & Filmmaker Panel
Films by:
HILLIARD GUESS
ERIK WHITE
MATTHEW ELLISON
TAHIR JETTER
ROCKY SCOTT
KELLY PERINE & ADAM RUBIN
LIFE GARLAND
A PERFECT DAY
Adam Rubin & Kelly Perine
and more…
Join us for our annual Filmmaker family celebration. Bring the kids!
Lots of Egg Nog & a collection of classic Holiday ‘toons!
Sunday December 16
4pm – 7pm
Dimmak Studios
6356 Hollywood Blvd, upstairs
Hollywood, CA 90028
Free Admission
Please RSVP below!
Sunday, November 18, 2012
5pm – 8pm
Dimmak Studios (formerly Cinespace)
6356 Hollywood Blvd, upstairs
Hollywood, CA 90028
FREE
Edition 15.2
5pm – 6pm
Filmmaker Happy Hour
Cast & Crew party for
THE COMPANY and CROW & ARROW
6pm – 8pm
Short Film Program & Filmmaker Panel
JOE LIPARI – Dream Job
CARLOS LASCANO – A Shadow of Blue
KIRSTEN ROETERS – Hipster Baby
SCOTT GARNER – The Hindenburglar
KEVIN MCDERMOTT – The Company
KIRK NELSON – Crow & Arrow
TRAILERS!
Sunday, October 21, 2012
4pm – 8pm
Dimmak Studios (formerly Cinespace)
6356 Hollywood Blvd, upstairs
Hollywood, CA 90028
FREE
Edition 15.1
Filmmaker Happy Hour/Alumni Reunion
6pm – 8pm
Short Film Program #15.1 & Filmmaker Panel
SHORT FILM PROGRAM #15.1
HOW MY DAD KILLED DRACULA
Director: Sky Soleil
15 minutes, USA
A Halloween practical joke turns a family tradition into a night of comic terror
when two young teens don’t believe their cousin’s dad killed Dracula.
DRAINED
Director: Nick Peterson
12 minutes, USA
A man’s addictions destroy the woman he loves
BOY-NEXT-DOOR
Director: Travis Davis
15 minutes, USA
Calvin thinks his new next door neighbor will bring his unlucky streak to an end.
Unfortunately… he’s right.
ONGHER’S UFO and ONGHER’S GIFT
Director/Animators: GrissyG & Dismas
3 minutes & 1 minute, USA
Ongher, our modern day clown, is abducted by ALIENS!
Ongher finds the perfect gift, but has a little trouble wrapping it.
MASKS
Director/Animator: Patrick Smith
8:00 minutes, USA
Masked men exploit an edible smaller species, but the clones conceal a destructive secret.
Music by Karl von Kries.
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Sunday, August 19, 2012
5pm – 8pm
Dimmak Studios (formerly Cinespace)
6356 Hollywood Blvd, upstairs
Hollywood, CA 90028
FREE
Edition 14.12
5pm – 6pm
Filmmaker Happy Hour
6pm – 8pm
Short Film Program & Filmmaker Panel
PAYLOAD
Director: Stuart Willis
18 minutes, Australia
In the shadow of a space elevator, Simon Carter must sacrifice everything
to save what remains of his family.
TUG
Director: Marvin Solomon
16 minutes, USA
Two best friends find their man-lationship put to the test.
A DECLARTION OF INTERDEPENDENCE
Director: Tiffany Shlain
4:30 minutes, USA
The CrowdSourced Film, a montage of user-generated videos and graphics, a global mash-up demonstrating the vast potential of creative collaboration in the 21st century. Music by MOBY.
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