WATCH: Holiday Short Films 2013
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!
Enjoy these holiday themed short films and animation
Wishing you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas!
Kimberley and the HOLLYWOOD SHORTS family
Tag: "2D animation"
Family Holiday Party – Dec 15 – Dim Mak Studios
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
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! @hollywoodshorts
Nov 24, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post
SEASON #16 Opening Night – Nov 3 – Dim Mak Studios
SHORT FILM PROGRAM #16.1 Dimmak Studios |
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.
Oct 20, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post
Short Film Program 15.9 – Sep 21 – Season #15 CLOSING NIGHT
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 |
SEASON 15 CLOSING NIGHT
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…
Sep 14, 2013 | 0 comments | View Post
Filmmaker Holiday Party – Dec 16
You are invited!
Filmmaker Holiday Party
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!
Dec 04, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Season #15 Opening Day – Oct 21
Sunday, October 21, 2012
4pm – 8pm
Dimmak Studios (formerly Cinespace)
6356 Hollywood Blvd, upstairs
Hollywood, CA 90028
FREE
Edition 15.1
SEASON #15 – Opening Day
4pm – 6pm
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.
and more…
Sep 17, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Short Film Program #8 – Apr 22
Sunday, April 22, 2012
5pm – 8pm
Dimmak Studios (formerly Cinespace)
6356 Hollywood Blvd, upstairs
Hollywood, CA 90028
FREE
Edition 14.8
SHORT FILM PROGRAM #8
5pm – 6pm
Filmmaker Reception
6pm – 8pm
Short Film Program & Filmmaker Panel
THE PILGRIM AND THE PRIVATE EYE – Joel Johnstone
THE MAN BEHIND THE MAN – Mark Edward Lewis
DO PAHAR (AFTERNOON) – Shazia Shrivastava & Sharifa Roy
FAITH & DREAMS – Will Raee
BEAR – Nash Edgerton
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THE PILGRIM AND THE PRIVATE EYE Cast: Joel Johnstone, Danny Deferrari, Tom Noonan |
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BEAR Cast: Nash Edgerton, Teresa Palmer, Warwick Thornton |
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DO PAHAR (AFTERNOON) Cast: Rohini Hattangady, Dibyendu Bhattacharya
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THE MAN BEHIND THE MAN Cast: David Batiste, Mark Weiler |
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FAITH & DREAMS Cast: Hope Olaide Wilson, Karimah Campbell-Taylor, Akuyoe Graham |
Mar 24, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
5th African American ShortsFest – Feb. 11th
5th African American ShortsFest
at the American Cinematheque
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
The Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028
Our annual collaboration with the American Cinematheque to celebrate a new generation of filmmakers who are expanding diversity of storytelling and redefining characters in independent American Cinema.
Tickets $7.00 – $11.00 – available via Fandango or at the Egyptian Theater box office
| program #1 – 5:00pm | program #2 – 7:30pm |
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program #1
MonKKey ‘500’ 8 min.
Dir. Ajamu M. Frasier
A young girl witnesses 500 soldiers desperately attempt to apprehend one lone monk.
The Truth About Beauty and Blogs 13 min.
Dir. Rosalyn Coleman Williams
A social media diva is thrown off her game when her boyfriend starts acting up on Facebook.
Love Lockdown 18 min.
Dir. Nadia Hallgren
Shoshana is a young mother from the Bronx who is fighting to keep her family together while awaiting the fate of her fiancé Felix, who is locked up and on trial.
Vision 3 min.
Dir. Lemuel Thornton III
An autobiographical experimental journey.
This Weekend Update 5 min
Dir. Victor Dean
A weekly web news show as only Paul Mooney, Jr. can bring it!
Mourning News 9 min
Dir. Kimberly Denise Sanders
Laurie, an overworked and underappreciated stay-at-home mom, finds her day taking a turn for the worse when two cops show up at her doorstep with news.
Solace 13 min
Dir. Tchaiko Omawale
Sole, a socially awkward recluse, discovers through her window-watching that her pretty and popular neighbor Jasmine has a secret.
Fanti Love Song 4 min.
Dir. Sam Kessie
Ghanian artist M3NSA has to choose between two loves – his career or the woman in his life.
Salvation Road 18 min.
Dir. Ka’ramuu Kush
Business becomes unusual when an unsuspecting hit man senses that he’s been witnessed executing his traitorous mentor.
Feb 11, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Filmmaker Holiday Party – Dec. 11
FILMMAKER HOLIDAY PARTY
&
Short Film Program #2
Sunday, December 11
5pm – 8pm
Dim Mak Studios
(formerly Cinespace)
6356 Hollywood Blvd., upstairs
Hollywood, CA 90028
‘Tis the season!
Join us for some holiday cheer, and to celebrate a wonderful year of filmmaking with our HOLLYWOOD SHORTS family!
Bring your family and join us for a fun holiday party and a special Kid-Friendly program of short film & animation.
5:00pm – 6:30pm
Filmmaker Holiday Party
6:30pm – 8pm
Short Film Program #2
Dec 04, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Short Film Program #1 – November 20
Sunday, November 20, 2011
5pm – 8pm
Dim Mak Studios (formerly Cinespace)
6356 Hollywood Blvd, upstairs
Hollywood, CA 90028
FREE
Edition 14.1
SHORT FILM PROGRAM #1
5pm – 6pm
Filmmaker Reception
6pm – 8pm
Short Film Program #1 & Filmmaker Panel
A.L.I.C.E. –Dawn Westlake
dik –Christopher Stollery
MY MOM SMOKES WEED –Clay Liford
ENRIQUE WRECKS THE WORLD – David Chai
SHOPLIFTING – Neil Triffett
THE PROGRAM
A.L.I.C.E.
Director:Dawn Westlake
Wilbur is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and his younger wife Alice must focus on her transition from dependent to caretaker. Handsome rockhound Delfino encroaches on their desert oasis.
Official Selection in over 30 international film festivals; WINNER: BEST INT’L SHORT – Silver Wave FF, Canada
dik
Director: Christopher Stollery
Producer: Sunny Grace, Sun Productions
A concerned father of a six year old takes it the wrong way.
WINNER: Best Comedy – Aspen ShortsFest 2011
WINNER: Best Live Action Short – Palm Springs ShortFest ’11
WINNER: Best Achievement – Flickerfest 2011
MY MOM SMOKES WEED
Director: Clay Liford
Producer: Yen Tan
A son returns home for a visit to discover his mom has a certain… habit. And she now needs him to take her on a run!
OFFICIAL SELECTION at over 30 film festivals, including SUNDANCE 2010.
ENRIQUE WRECKS THE WORLD
Director/Animator: David Chai
Enrique learns the hard way that actions speak louder than birds!
NOMINEE: Best Animated Short – Annie Awards 2011
WINNER: Best Animated Short – USA Film Festival
WINNER: Best Animated Short – 2nd Place – ASIFA – East
SHOPLIFTING
Director: Neil Triffett
Producer: Lee Matthews
An aging shoplifter struggles to keep control of his life, and his family.
WINNER: Best Short Film – Show Us Your Shorts 2011
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS: Canberra Shorts, St. Kilda, Melbourne Underground, Made in Melbourne
Nov 01, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Meet The Filmmakers: May 2011
meet the filmmakers
edition 13.6
learn more about the directors & animators
featured in our May 21 program
This month we feature the work of lauded Australian stop-motion animation team CHRISTOPHER & CHRISTINE KEZELOS, documentary filmmaker JESS DANG, and New York filmmaker PIERRE STEFANOS.
Christopher & Christine Kezelos
Zealous Creative is the production company run by husband and wife team, director Christopher Kezelos and producer Christine Kezelos, which relocated from their native home in Sydney to Los Angeles this month. They have been creating award-winning ads, films and viral campaigns & websites for over a decade.
Many of their short films have been highly successful on the festival circuit including DentaMate which screened at the 2006 Rhode Island International Film Festival. Their multi-award winning short film No Butts About It was selected to screen in Sydney Metropolitan Public Schools to raise awareeness of local environmental issues.
In 2009, their 1st stop motion animated short Zero launched on the festival world and has reached massive critical and audience acclaim. The film has won 11 awards including Best Animation at the 2010 Los Angeles Shortsfest and received two Gold Awards from the Australian Cinematographers Society. It was nominated for the AFI Award in Best Short Animation (Australia’s Oscar).
Zealous Creative is just weeks away from finishing their newest short animated film The Maker, and is in development on a feature length stop motion animated film. They are currently seeking to collaborate with an LA based 3D VFX shop and a sound house to finish The Maker.
Email Zealous Creative 
Jess Dang is a graduate student at the USC School of Cinematic Arts film production program. She received her BFA in Communication Design from Parsons NYC. She moved quickly into art department, working extensively as an art director and designer specializing in brand identity and advertising. As art director at McCann Erickson, she worked on campaigns for Target, Verizon, Intel, Mobile One, MTV & more.
Jess is focusing on documentary filmmaking in her final year at ‘SC and building her career as a director on doc based film and television. She also continues to work as an art director and is working to expand her commercial success into production designing for film & television.
Email JESS DANG
Pierre Stefanos
BEDFELLOWS
Pierre Stefanos is a native New Yorker, and a graduate of Columbia University. He has been a writer for more than half his life, first as a music critic and opinions columnist for the Columbia Daily Spectator and the vaunted independent music review site InkblotMagazine.comAfter several years working with Fortune 100 clients for companies like AT&T and PriceWaterhouse Coopers, Pierre refocused his attention to filmmaking, working as an AD and UPM on many award-winning independent films. He also worked as a script reader for Open City Films/Blow Up Pictures.
Pierre is also an accomplished editor, winning a 2006 Business Emmy nomination as part of the post team for “Crude Awakening” episode on PBS investigative news series “Now”, and he was the editor of the 2008 Emmy-winning epidode of Bravo’s “Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List”. He assisted editor Nancy Baker on Karen Goodman’s Oscar nominated doc “Rehearsing A Dream” about the YoungARTS kids. He was also the AE on the 2011 Oscar nominated doc short “Killing In The Name”.
Email Pierre Stefanos
May 26, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Short Film Program #6 – May 21st
Saturday, May 21, 2011
5pm – 8pm
FREE
Dim Mak Studios (formerly Cinespace)
Edition 13.6
SHORT FILM PROGRAM #6 RSVP to attend
5pm – 6pm
Filmmaker Reception
6pm – 8pm
Short Films & Animation Screening
Filmmaker Panel
In celebration of Christopher and Christine Kezelos moving their stop motion animation production team to Los Angeles, we welcome them with a special reception and celebration of their mega award-winning short ZERO… also, a special encore screening of one of the most awarded films of the year – BEDFELLOWS by Pierre Stefano.
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ZERO DIRECTOR: Christopher Kezelos Born into a world of numbers, an oppressed ZERO discovers that through determination, courage and love, nother can truly be something. |
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BEDFELLOWS DIRECTOR: Pierre Stefanos CAST: Paul Cailoa, Bret Shuford, Tom Gualtieri A modern day fairy tale that asks the question, when a hook up leads to a sleepover, can Bobby’s dreams about a future together help make the relationship real?
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MADE BY ME DIRECTOR: Jess Dang
Three extraordinary artists devote their lives to creating beautiful unique objects by hand. |
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SOMETIMES THE WORLD IS VELVET CAST: Maliabeth Johnson & Max Abrams Jack, a struggling fisherman from a lonely seaside town, finds a velvet dress in the ocean that he believes will bring him luck. |
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May 11, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
Short Film Program #3 – January 23
Sunday, January 23, 2010
5pm – 8pm
FREE
Edition 13.3
SHORT FILM PROGRAM #3 RSVP to attend
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CERTIFIED DIRECTOR: Luke Asa Guidici CAST: Thomas Garner, Rebecca Spicher, Therese Lentz, Thomas Brennen In 1950’s rural America, a postman’s imagination runs wild when he is told a fantastic and horrifying story by a precocious girl. |
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FINDING JACOB DIRECTOR: Brett Stumpp CAST: Jernard Burks, Erika T. Johnson, Angelo Tiffe Jacob Brown has been deeply affected by what was taken from him years ago. He is now challenged by a life he thought was beyond his reach. |
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ZERO DIRECTOR: Christopher Kezelos Born into a world of numbers, an oppressed zero discovers that through determination, courage, and love, nothing can be truly something.
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SOMETIMES THE WORLD IS VELVET CAST: Maliabeth Johnson & Max Abrams Jack, a struggling fisherman from a lonely seaside town, finds a velvet dress in the ocean that he believes will bring him luck. |
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Jan 18, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
2010 List of Holiday Short Films
It’s our 2010 List of HO-HO-HOLIDAY Short Films! Grab your eggnog and enjoy our picks of awesome yuletide shorts that REALLY bring the Holiday Spirit! Season’s Greetings!!
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DASH CUNNING Directed by William J. Saunders |
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ORNAMENTS Directed by Aaron Erimez |
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THE TROPHY Directed by Pascal Thiebaux |
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TREEVENGE Directed by Jason Eisener |
ORNAMENTS
Directed by AARON JAMES ERIMEZ
A mischievous Christmas tree decoration has a hunger for some some milk and cookies!
We delve into the HOLLYWOOD SHORTS vault to include this classic Christmas animation. Just out of school, Aaron Rogers (then he was Aaron James Erimez) screened ORNAMENTS at the HOLLYWOOD SHORTS December 2000 fest. He has gone on to do amazing work on huge features and network TV, including “Monster House” and “The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe”.
DASH CUNNING EXCLUSIVE ONLINE PREMIERE!
Directed by William J. Saunders
CAST: Severyn Brodziak, Sam Goodstein, Elizabeth Bove, Selena Gonzalez, Christian Anderson
A foster child must find the strength to become the hero of his own story… and maybe save the girl.
Our special Holiday 2010 screening of DASH CUNNING has now concluded. Please email William Saunders to request a password to see his wonderful short film on Vimeo.
Dash Cunning from William J Saunders on Vimeo.
LE TROPHÉE (The Trophy)
Directed by Pascal Thiebaux
CAST: Avéc Aubry, Caroline Mario, Dominique Loreaux, Luc Berhin, Fabrice Carron
One Christmas Eve, a young man is accused by a family of dangerous maniacs of being the descendant of a hunter who apparently killed and stuffed Santa Claus nearly a century ago.
Le Trophée (The Trophy)
Visit Pascal’s DailyMotion Channel: pascalthiebaux
TREEVENGE
Directed by Jason Eisener
CAST: Jonathan Torrens, Sarah Dunsworth, Lex Gigeroff
For trees, Christmas isn’t the exciting “peace on earth” that is experienced by most. But this Christmas will be different – the trees have had enough!
We know this short was the belle of the ball last Christmas, but we just had to include it in this year’s list. It is just so bloody good!! We love the YerDead team, and we can’t wait to what they do next!
Treevenge from jasoneisener on Vimeo.
Dec 25, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Short Film Program #1 – October 10 – Cinespace
Sunday, October 10, 2010
6pm – 8pm
FREE
Edition 13.1
SHORT FILM PROGRAM #1
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SEBASTIAN’S VOODOO DIRECTOR/ANIMATOR: Joaquin Baldwin A voodoo doll must find the courage to save his friends from being pinned to death. PIXEL NITRATE www.pixelnitrate.com |
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INVENTORS DIRECTORS: Kirk Nelson & Joel Wrona CAST: Mat Wright, Ryan Carlberg, Jane Anne Thomas, Amelia Morck COMPETITION ORANGE |
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FUN WITH BENNY DIRECTOR: Shawn Larkin CAST: Nate Dusku, Minerva Vier
Benny stumbles through life in a surreal world, devoid of advantages. Just when he seems bereft of hope, he meets his true salvation. |
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PINCHED DIRECTOR/ANIMATOR: Dave Vandervoort CAST: A schizophrenic pickpocket scours the underground trains at the command of his inner demons. But when an accidental score reconnects him with his past, he must test his strength and defy the voices in his head. In the end, the quest for love proves to be the most meaningful of all. TITMOUSE SHORTS www.titmouseshorts.com |
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HOW MY DAD KILLED DRACULA DIRECTOR: Sky Soleil CAST: Daniel Roebuck, Neil Hopkins, Victor Bonavida, Cooper Green Some family secrets should stay buried. TELL TALE PRODUCTIONS www.hmdkd.net |
Oct 02, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
