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”.
Dimmak Studios (formerly Cinespace) 6356 Hollywood Blvd, upstairs Hollywood, CA 90028
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.
SUMMER SATURDAY!!
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, we welcome home one of our favorite alumni – award winning filmmaker & screenwriter PAULA GOLDBERG. She will be giving us a sneak peek of her brand new short film WATERSHED and sharing some of her process and insights on our filmmaker panel. Paula screened her short film Traveling Companion at the inaugural Hollywood Shorts in October of 1998, so it is very special to have her back to share her latest adventures making films in Dallas!
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
Paula Goldberg is an award-winning writer, producer and director. Most recently she re-wrote the comedy drama THE PERFECT FAMILY starring Kathleen Turner, Emily Deschanel and Jason Ritter. Prior to THE PERFECT FAMILY, Paula completed a series of feature films for Regent Entertainment including the thrillers ALIEN PRESENCE and MURDER.COM and the actioner IN HER LINE OF FIRE, starring Mariel Hemingway and David Keith.
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.
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.
(Mention HOLLYWOOD SHORTS at the box office for 20% discount)
Whether the renewed vitality of the short film content is based on the rise of consumer “pod casts”, the content crazed appetite of the internet or the internet’s short content offspring – Webseries — there’s no denying it’s a BIG world out there for “little movies.” Uncover a wealth of information on short filmmaking trends, current channels of distribution and the future of short film exposure from a panel of short film business and programming leaders.
The world of short film content has changed dramatically in recent years.
In fact, not since the “.com era” of the 1990s, have we seen such rethinking of how the short film figures into overall landscape of the entertainment industry.
Today there are literally thousands of film festivals for you to consider as you move your short film out to festival audiences. With cable television exposure for short films part of the distant dream of the 1990s, short filmmakers now find themselves contending with the options of a new virtual wild west — The Internet, Video-On-Demand (VOD) and pod casts — for greater content exposure than festival world could ever dream of or deliver.
But don’t stop there! With the 1000s of Internet sites available to you to post your film on, which site is best for your film? Is it more advantageous for your extended career to “YouTube” or “Vimeo” your short or for you to post your short on your own website and use your favorite social networking site to drive attention to your film? What is a “torrent site” and how can it figure into the distribution of your short? How do short film distributors (like Quat Media, SND Films, Shorts International) figure into today’s short film landscape?
Now consider this: With the incredible expansion of the methods of distribution and exhibition open to your short film, there has EVEN been a revolution in the very definition of what artistically comprises a short film.
What is a “festival” short? What is the difference between a “Sundance short,” a “Cannes short,” an “internet short” and a “Short Film Festival short”? What does the Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences look for in a short film? What is the definition of the most desirable form of content for a short film distributor?
Finally, and most provocatively, is it more advantageous for a short filmmaker today to make a single short (festival) film or to develop and produce a webseries?
For our May 24 seminar, BIG WORLD FOR LITTLE MOVIES: THE COMPLETE GUIDE FOR SHORT FILM CONTENT, we turn our total attention to unraveling the whole, overwhelming and complex world that today’s short filmmaker must deal with to take good care of their work.
THE COMPLETE GUIDE FOR SHORT CONTENT begins with a focus on issues surrounding film festivals, film festival release strategies for short films, a list of the World’s Best Short Film Festivals (and some not very good ones!) and establishing some definitions for the various forms or identities the short film artistically embodies today.
The second part of our evening’s seminar will be dedicated to an in depth discussion of short film distribution and exhibition. Not only will we open the door to a greater understanding of overall design of the content favored by distributors, but we will also examine rights and clearances issues AND help to sort out the vast offerings of the Internet and the potential of having your very own webseries.
Panelists Include:
Kim Adelman, Author, Making It Big In Shorts, The Ultimate Filmmaker’s Guide To Short Films, Indiewire Short Film Columnist
Kalman Apple, Sales & Acquisitions Consultant, SHORTS INTERNATIONAL
Kimberley Browning, Filmmaker & Festival Director, HOLLYWOOD SHORTS
Moderated By Thomas Ethan Harris, Producer, AMERICAN CINEMATHEQUE FILM SEMINARS; Former Director Of Programing, LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL and PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
SEMINAR EVENT LOCATION The American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood 6712 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90028
SEMINAR DATE AND TIME One Night Only! Thursday, May 24 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm
TICKET INFORMATION Advanced Tickets Recommended All Seminars Ticket Prices: $12 Cinematheque Members, $15 Students/Seniors, $20 General. Order tickets online at www.fandango.com or buy them in person at the Egyptian Box Office. The Egyptian Box Office is open 1.5 hours before the first program of the day or evening. In addition to in person and www.fandango.com, CINEMATHEQUE MEMBERS may be purchased tickets in advance by phone: 323.692.3431
HOLLYWOOD SHORTS FILMMAKER TICKET DISCOUNT!! 25% Off Our General $20 Ticket Price For HOLLYWOOD SHORTS FILMMAKERS! Hollywood Shorts Filmmakers will be offered a special $15 ticket to our COMPLETE GUIDE TO SHORT FILM CONTENT seminar on Thursday, May 24 when purchasing SAME DAY (May 24) tickets only. Inquire about the ticket discount at the Egyptian Box Office by mentioning that you are a Hollywood Shorts Filmmaker.
Cheap Parking! LA Film School Lot, 6363 West Sunset Boulevard (enter on east side of Ivar, north of Sunset). $5 Lot closes at 1am. Additional $5-$10 parking behind the Egyptian and on Selma Avenue. The American Cinematheque no longer validates for Hollywood and Highland, but the Visitors Information Booth at Hollywood/Highland will validate 2 hours for $2. Make sure to validate when you arrive and to check operation hours online.
Sunday, May 20, 2012 5pm – 8pm Dimmak Studios (formerly Cinespace) 6356 Hollywood Blvd, upstairs Hollywood, CA 90028
FREE
Edition 14.9
SHORT FILM PROGRAM #9
5pm – 6pm Filmmaker Happy Hour
6pm – 8pm Short Film Program & Filmmaker Panel
THE MAKER – Christopher & Christine Kezelos
EL COCODRILO (THE CROCODILE) – Steve Acevedo
SOME BOYS DON’T LEAVE – Maggie Kiley
THE DOLPHIN – Bryan Watkins & Josh Mann
I HAVE NO HOLD ON YOU – T. Thaddeus Cahill & Victory Palmisano
THE MAKER Director: Christopher Kezelos Producer: Christine Kezelos
Stop Motion Animation
A strange creature races against time to make the most important and beautiful creation of his life.
EL COCODRILO (THE CROCODILE) Director: Steve Acevedo Writer: Alfredo Barrios, Jr.
Cast: Jacob Vargas, Aldolfo Alvarez, Hugo Medina
When a Mexican journalist is pressured to reveal the names of his sources, he flees to the U.S. with his young son. Hot on his trail is a cartel sicario dispatched to assassinate him.
SOME BOYS DON’T LEAVE Director: Maggie Kiley Writers: Matthew Mullen & Maggie Kiley
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Eloise Mumford
What happens with the break-up happens, but the break does not.
THE DOLPHIN Director: Bryan Watkins Writer: Josh Mann
Cast: Josh Mann, Jane Anne Thomas, Jeff, Korber, Sky Soleil
5th African American ShortsFest at theAmerican 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
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.
6:30pm – 8:00pm Short Film Program #1 & Filmmaker Panel
HOW TO KILL YOUR CLONE –Ed McWilliams & Jack McWilliams
EX-SEX –Michael Mohan
THE SEA IS ALL I KNOW –Jordan Bayne
On set with the cast & crew of CLONE
Join us for our January installment of HOLLYWOOD SHORTS. We are screening a fantastic collection of short films and animation, and hosting a special Cast & Crew celebration for the brand new short film HOW TO KILL YOUR CLONE by the hilarious McWilliams Brothers.
The program includes Michael Mohan’s 2011 short film EX-SEX and we will toast him as he heads back to Park City to premiere his newest feature film. This will be Michael’s third consecutive Sundance selection, three years in a row. It is an amazing accomplishment!
Jordan Bayne works with Melissa Leo - Photo courtesy: Ilana Elberg
We are also sharing an exclusive encore screening of THE SEA IS ALL I KNOW – one of the best shorts of 2011 by New York filmmaker Jordan Bayne. This mega-award winning short stars Oscar winning actress Melissa Leo and a stellar cast. If you have not seen this very special film, this is a great opportunity see Jordan’s work.
Our Cast & Crew Party will start at 5pm, and we will start the films at 6:30pm.
We are thrilled and honored to join the family of sponsors of this year’s INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL of Los Angeles. We have been involved in this festival for years, participating on industry panels and One-on-Ones. It is no secret that we annual declare that IFFLA has the BEST Swag Bag of any LA fest and we LOVE the awesome filmmaker lunch they host each year.
Nisha Ganatra
BEHOLDER
Kranti Kanade
IDOL
Shripriya Mahesh
IN THAT MOMENT
This year HOLLYWOOD SHORTS expands our relationship with IFFLA with our new role as the Presenting Organization of Short Film Program #1, which will premiere on Wednesday April 13th at The Arclight Hollywood at 7:00pm, and repeat on Saturday at 4:30 also at the Arclight.
Abi Varghese
THE RETURN ADDRESS
Nina Sabnani
THE STITCHES SPEAK
Shlok Sharma
TUBELIGHT’S MOON
Hardik Mehta
WHEELING DREAMS
We join Festival Director CHRISTINA MAROUDAand invite the entire HOLLYWOOD SHORTS Family to join us in celebrating the work of seven short filmmakers and their creative teams. This is a powerful line up of short films; exquisite storytelling and remarkable production values. The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles is committed to supporting emerging filmmakers and promoting the diverse perspectives of the Indian diaspora. We are proud to join the 2011 family of sponsors and volunteers of IFFLA.
It is high holy days for the Frightening, Gory and Hysterical horror films we love – HALLOWEEN!!! One of our favorite holiday traditions begins when filmmaker Adam Green and his production juggernaut at ArieScope releases their annual Halloween Short film every year. The ArieScope H’ween comedy bloodfest always arrives just around the same time as the great programming from Shriekfest and Screamfest, so we get to gobble up copious amounts of outstanding comedy horror shorts this time of year.
Our October HOLLYWOOD SHORTS program featured HOW MY DAD KILLED DRACULA, directed by HS member SKY SOLEIL a few years ago. Joe Wilson’s VAMPIRE MOB web series just keeps getting better and better – we screened the pilot episode at HOLLYWOOD SHORTS at our Comedy Film Nerds show this summer. It always just gets us in the spirit for some trick-or-treatin’.
Scroll down, grab yer candy corns and watch some of our favorite comedy Halloween short films!
JUST TAKE ONE from Adam Green
VAMPIRE MOB, Episode 1 by Joe Wilson
THE HORRIBLY SLOW MURDERER WITH THE EXTREMELY INEFFICIENT WEAPON by Richard Gale
Several key elements must occur for me to get into the holiday spirit – the arrival of the seasonal Pumpkin Latte at Starbucks, and the annual Halloween short film from the guys at ArieScope, led by horror film director ADAM GREEN. Coming off Adam’s new feature HATCHET 2, and all the media guff a few weeks ago when the much anticipated film was unbelievably yanked by theatres during opening weekend, they still made the time to put together another amazing Halloween short film. JUST TAKE ONE is their 12th annual Halloween short, starring Adam and Joe Lynch. The hysterical film features a nice cameo appearance from the JACK CHOP guy!
CAST: John Colella, Reamy Hall, Marcia Wallace, Kirsten Vangsness, Chris Mulkey, Elizabeth Beckwith, Andrew Cansler, Jim Roof, Cris D’Annunzio
Comedian/filmmaker Joe Wilson created and directs VAMPIRE MOB, a web series about a hitman who is a vampire. His mother-in-law is now moving in… for all eternity. Outstanding cast and laugh out loud funny. Season 1 includes 6 episodes, and they are currently beginning production on Season 2.
CAST: Paul Clemens, Brian Rohan, Fay Kato, Melissa Paladino, Mike Kacey
Three time Emmy winning filmmaker Richard Gale wrote, directed and produced the little film with the big name. HSMWTIW was clearly “The” Horror Short Film of 2009, grabbing 12 fest awards during its epic festival run. This film was everywhere, and has over 9 million views on YouTube alone. Oh… and it is really funny.
Veteran actor and filmmaker Sky Soleil’s HOW MY DAD KILLED DRACULA hit the festival circuit in 2008, and instantly became a Halloween classic. It went on to over 20 festival appearances, including Palm Springs Shortfest, Shriekfest, Chicago Horror, Cleveland, Florida and Rhode Island Film Festivals. HMDKD won the Audience Award for Best Family Film at the ’08 DC Shorts Film Festival
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.
LOVE IN THE TIME OF ADVERTISING
MAMA ALWAYS TOLD HIM
DYSTOPIA
ALICE AND THE GIANT EMPTINESS
LONACONING
A.P.T.5.E.
This month, we welcome home one of our favorite alumni – award winning filmmaker & screenwriter 
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.
