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!
A short film by Julius Onah
World Premiere – June 21st
2012 LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL
Short Film Program #3
hosted by HOLLYWOOD SHORTS
BIG MAN is a little story about two young boys growing up on Victoria Island in Lagos, Nigeria. Owoga is a mischievous, energetic kid always eager to play and Owoko is his sweet little brother who’s just trying to keep up. It’s summer vacation and all they want to do is adventure, just like their hero — Indiana Jones. But when one of Owoga’s games goes to far, both brothers must confront the fact that childhood isn’t always fun and games.
BIG MAN is the film Julius created as part of Focus Features 2010 Short Film Program for African Filmmakers.
Julius Onah is an award winning filmmaker who has been selected by Filmmaker Magazine as one of its 2010 25 New Faces of Independent Film. Born in Nigeria and raised in The Philippines, Togo, England, and Virginia, Julius lives in New York City and completed his M.F.A. at New York Universitys Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Film Program where he was selected as a Deans Fellow and a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar.
His work has screened worldwide including at the Berlin International Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Plus Camerimage and also on HBO, Hulu and mtvU. Julius was a directing talent at the Berlin Film Festival’s 2009 Berlin Talent Campus. He was also selected for the Tribeca Film Festival’s 2010 Tribeca All Access program for his recently completed debut feature The Girl is in Trouble with executive producer Spike Lee.
While you wait for the Dr. Who Christmas Special, here are a few holiday gems to tide you over…
Hope you are having a very special day
CRACKMASM
Directed by Kendra Ryan
CAPTURING SANTA
Directed by Peter Cattaneo
BLOODY MARY CHRISTMAS
Directed by Claudio Centimeri
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 |
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”.
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.
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)
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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.
