HollyShorts Film Festival 2011
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- Published on Monday, 08 August 2011 05:00
- Written by Film FestivalTraveler Staff
The 7th annual HollyShorts Film Festival 2011 takes place August 11 - 18, 2011 at the 
Laemmle's Sunset 5 Theaters, with panels held at the Mondrian Los Angeles Hotel, both in West Hollywood, California.
HollyShorts Film Festival (HSFF) is an annual film festival showcasing the best and brightest short films from around the globe. The HollyShorts Film Festival showcases the top short films produced 30 minutes or less.
In this edition, well over 200 short films are being screened in competition, as well as 17 music videos, nine commercials and eight Web series.
This year HollyShorts received a record 1,000 submissions, including films from 36 countries and is showcasing a record number of films.
The Opening Night celebration will honor the award-winning production team of Kevin Chinoy and Francesca Silvestri with the inaugural HollyShorts Maverick Producer’s Award. The celebration features a screening of their top shorts, including:
- Kristen Kiwi Smith’s The Spleendectomy, starring Anna Faris, Jennifer Aniston
- Andrea Buchanan’s Room 10
- Jennifer Aniston’s Free Burma, starring Woody Harrelson
- Kate Hudson’s Cutlass, starring Dakota Fanning, Virginia Madsen, Kurt Russell, Kristen Stewart
- Sean Baker, Spencer Chinoy and Dan Milano’s hit Greg The Bunny
Also screening at the celebration is Jacob Chase’s short film After-School Special, which was produced by Andrew Carlberg and written by Neil Labute. The Festival will also present Labute with a special Maverick Filmmaker Award. His short film Sexting will screen during the Festival.
HollyShorts will also showcase two Oscar® winning short films:
- Luke Matheny’s God of Love (Best Short Film, Live Action winner)
- Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan’s The Lost Thing (Best Animation winner)
The HollyShorts Indie Film Summit presents several panels:
Showbiz Speaker Sessions are expert panels on topics essential to budding and veteran filmmakers alike:
- production insurance
- budgeting & scheduling
- raising film financing
- setting up an LLC for a project
Digital LA – Indie Film Social Media Marketing
Industry experts will share tips and tricks and use of social media to promote indie films, including:
- How to increase your Twitter followers and Facebook likes
- How often to tweet? About what? When is the best time?
- Getting your cast and partners to help promote
- How to engage from development to film festival circuit and release…
- Reaching out to niche communities for support
Aaron Grasso, Producer of Closure, a crowd-sourced film from development to production, as part of the 30 Day Film Challenge.
Institute For International Film Financing (IIFF) Panel
Indie filmmakers will get a general understanding of the key elements of getting a film financed. Topics include
- what makes a successful "package" and its elements
- how to talk to investors
- structuring your deal
- selling your film to financiers
- sticking out from the rest of the pack
Speakers:
- Tanya Kersey, Film Consultant
- Jeff Kalligheri, CEO, Waterstone Entertainment
- Babacar Diene, Director, Acquisitions, IM Global and Apsara Distribution
- Thomas A. Trenker, Chairman, IIFF
- Jeff Steele, CEO, Film Closings
- Roger Lay, Jr, President, Urban Archipelago Films, Inc.
Breaking into the Industry – Screenwriter Panel
The title tells all. Speakers include Sean Hood, Philippe Casseus, Destin Pfaff, Peter Russell
Making Your Next Production More Collaborative With Online Tools
Production in the "cloud"? Are you interested in using new technologies to manage your next production? Attendees will hear how online production management systems can enhance workflow and ease the daily burdens of cast and crew alike. Hosted by Jim Fitzgerald, founder of Lightspeed eps, the session includes a demonstration of LightSPEED, a new online production management system. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own laptops, join the network, and use LightSPEED in real time with the other participants.
International Cinematographers Guild HollyShorts Panel
Moderated by Jim Chressanthis, ICG members discuss the pros and cons of digital versus film as well as:
- How important is the ECA in promoting cinematography?
- Does the new technology make it easier to produce high quality short films, or does it encourage more lax standards in production for the sake of realizing a low budget?
- What different new high-speed formats are becoming more prominent?
- What about file-based RED, ALEXA, etc. workflows?
Speakers:
- John Snedden (Brite Eyes)
- Brian Udoff (Les Mouches)
- Jacob Pinger (The Cycle)
- Patrick Jones (Android Love)
- Tod Campbell (The Big Bends)
- Cameron Duncan (Mr. Marceau)
- Stephanie Dufford (The Fantastic Magnifico)
- Rod Lamborn (Meridian)
In anticipation of Universal’s 30th-anniversary release of Rick Rosenthal’s Halloween II on Blu-ray in September, HollyShorts will host a special midnight screening of the cult classic on Friday, August 12 presented by Rosenthal and Fangoria Magazine, immediately following the HollyShorts horror shorts program. After the film, Fango’s Justin Beahm will moderate a special Q&A with Rosenthal and the audience.
For more information, go to www.hollyshorts.com.
HollyShorts Film Festival 2011
August 11 - 18, 2011
Laemmle's Sunset 5 Theaters
8000 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90046
310-478-3836
ArcLight Hollywood - The Dome
6360 W. Sunset Blvd
Hollywood, CA 90028
Panels:
Mondrian Los Angeles
8440 Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA