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HOLLYSHORTS 2010 WRAPS WITH NICHOLAS CARMEN’S SHORT FILM “PIANO FINGERS” WINNING GRAND JURY PRIZE FOR BEST SHORT FILM
GRZEGORZ JONKAJTYS TAKES HOME BEST DIRECTOR AWARD FOR HIS SCI-FI SHORT “THE THIRD LETTER”

Festival photos are now live at www.hollyshorts.phanfare.com.

Nicholas Carmen

Grzegorz Jonkajtys

Hollywood, CA —The 6th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival (www.hollyshorts.com) came to a close early this past Friday with Nicholas Carmen’s short film “Piano Fingers” taking home the top Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film Presented by Company 3. Carmen took home a $10,000 post production services package from Company 3. Grzegorz Jonkajtys won the Best Director Award also presented by Company 3. Jonkajtys directed the acclaimed Sci Fi short film “The Third Letter” which drew a packed house when it screened on Saturday August 7 at Laemmle’s Sunset 5 and also won a $10,000 post production prize from Company 3. The awards were announced during a special ceremony hosted by Jessica King at MyStudio in Hollywood on Thursday evening. Photos from the entire week of the festival screenings, panels, and events are currently live on http://www.hollyshorts.phanfare.com, please credit Kim Ryan photography. Photos also available on wireimage credit Todd Williamson.

This year’s HollyShorts Film Festival drew thousands of attendees with 16 countries in competition and over 200 projects screened including short films, features, webisodes, and music videos. The festival kicked off with a star-studded opening night celebration at the DGA theatre hosted by Ben Lyons and Amy Paffrath, which honored acclaimed director John Dahl (”Rounders”) with the festival’s Indie Maverick Award, given out by Mike Wittlin of Inmoo.com. During the opening night celebration actor James Caan announced the six finalists for his company Openfilm.com and their 1st Get it Made competition. The finalists short films were screened during the festival and the winner will receive $50,000 in cash and $200,000 in financing to develop their short into a feature film and the company’s board consists of James Caan, Scott Caan, Robert Duvall and Mark Rydell.

During HollyShorts opening night, David Arquette who is currently shooting “Scream 4,” took time out of his schedule to premiere his 3D short film “The Butler’s In Love. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom also attended the festivities at the DGA to show his support for the project. On Friday, August 6 Jimmy Jean-Louis hosted a special evening at Bardot with the festival to bring awareness to the relief efforts in Haiti through his organization Hollywood Unites for Haiti. The festival featured an array of packed screenings, exclusive parties and panels all week long at Laemmle’s Sunset 5 theatres.

The festival came to a close this past Thursday with a special screening of the Denis Hennelly indie feature “Bold Native,” at Laemmle’s Sunset 5.

Other big HollyShorts 2010 winners: Gino Gianoli won the Martini Crew Booking Future Filmmaker Award for “The Great Destroyer,” Best Student Short Film went to Eliane Lima for “Djinn,” A.J. Carter won Best International for “Ronan’s Escape,” Brendan Murphy won Best Narrative for “Swerve,” Best Screenplay went to “The Violinist” directed by Carlo Besasie and written by Ryan Plato. Jack Daniel Stanley won two awards Best Music and Best Thriller for his short film “a Little Mouth to Feed,” Heather Harlow’s acclaimed documentary “Nous Deux Encore took home the prize for Best Doc. Adam Christian Clark won Best Cinematography for his short film “Goodbye Shanghai,” Best Drama went to John Wilberding for “Alberta, Detroit.” Best Comedy went to Justin Lusky for “The Action Hero’s Guide To Saving Lives,” Best Webisode went to Joel Huggins for “Fish Out Of Water”. Dick Thompson won Best Editing for his short “Porn Guide.” Best Music Video went to William Stahl for “Keep Me In My Plane.” Michael Godere won Best Actor for his role in “Time Trouble.” Best Actress went to Paulie Rojas from “Lucia Kisses No One”. David Weinstein’s “Azureus Rising” took home the Best Animation prize while Lucas Figueroa’s “Porque Hay Cosas Que Nunca Se Olvidan” won Best Spanish Film. JT Mollner received an Honorable Mention award for his short “Henry John and the Little Bug,” Francisco Ordonez also received Honorable Mention for “Cookie.” Special Jury Prize went to “Charlie and the Rabbit”, directed by Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck and Robert Machoian. Best Experimental went to Andres Sanz for “Flat Love”.

The 2010 HollyShorts Film Festival Jury consists of:

Ryan Black, Grindstone
Jessy Terrero, Writer, Director, Producer (Soul Plane, music videos for 50 Cent, Sean Paul, The Lox, G-Unit)
Lucas Carter, The Weinstein Co. Director, Production and Development
Peter Russell, Story Analyst (Walden (AFG) Films (The Chronicles of Narnia), and Participant Productions (An Inconvenient Truth), Imagine Films, and CBS Television Network)
Amy Draughn, Production (Josh Brolin Productions)
Jamie Linden, Writer (We Are Marshall, Dear John)
Maurissa Tanchoreon, Writer, Actress (Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog)
Arianna Jackson, Partner, Producer, Chill Entertainment (G, Confessions of a Memory Eater)
Leah Meyerhoff, Writer, Director (Twitch, Unicorns)
Eric Robles , Executive Producer, Animator/Creator Nickelodeon’s Fanboy and Chum Chum
William Olsson, Director, An American Affair
Ray McDermott, Film Radar
Darren Lew, Cinematographer
Deddy Tzur, Composer, The Golden Compass
Frank Chindamo, Fun Little Movies

All HollyShorts 2010 winners received a copy of Roberta Munroe’s ground breaking book “How To Not Make a Short Film” as well as a copy of entertainment attorney Paul Batista’s book “Independent Film Producing.”, and a special subscription to InkTip.

The 2010 HollyShorts sponsors consisted of Openfilm, Company 3, Inmoo, Art Lewin & Co. Custom Clothiers, Martini Crew Booking, HD Creative Services, Inktip, Moet, Hollywood Unites for Haiti, Hollywood Film and Acting Academy, Krol Vodka, Ciroc Vodka, Café Bustelo, Stella Artois, OPI, Conair, SLS Hotel, Indie Rentals, h Magazine, Indie Printing, Doomsday Entertainment, Showbiz Software stores, Film Radar, 22 Entertainment, Laemmle’s Sunset 5, Performer Track, Footage Firm, John Kearns, Jr, Hollywood Film and Acting Academy, and Arthouse Shorts.

2010 HollyShorts Winners List

HollyShorts Grand Jury Prize, Best Short Film Presented by Company 3
PIANO FINGERS-Nicholas Carmen
$10,000 post production services package from Company 3.

Best Director Presented by Company 3
The Third Letter-Grzegorz Jonkajtys
$10,000 post production services package from Company 3.

Martini Crew Future Filmmaker Award
The Great Destroyer- Gino Gianoli
$5,000 Martini Crew Booking Camera Rental package

Best Student Short Film
Djinn- Eliane Lima Djinn

Best International
Ronan’s Escape- A.J. Carter
HD Stock footage, 10 HD Stock Footage Collections, from StockFootageForFREE.com , worth $2,500

Best Narrative
Swerve- Brendan Murphy
h Magazine Profile

Honorable Mention-Henry John and the Little Bug-JT Mollner

Honorable Mention-Cookie- Francisco Ordonez

Best Music
A Little Mouth to Feed- Jack Daniel Stanley

Best Documentary
Nous Deux Encore- Heather Harlow

Best Cinematography
Goodbye Shanghai- Adam Christian Clark
$1000 Indie Rentals Prize Package

Best Drama
Alberta, Detroit- John Wilberding
3 Ton Grip and Tungsten/Kino Lighting Package Rental from John Kearns Jr.

Best Comedy
The Action Hero’s Guide To Saving Lives-Justin Lusky
Showbiz Software Prize Package

Best Thriller
A Little Mouth To Feed-Jack Daniel-Stanley
Studio Space Prize package from Hollywood Film and Acting Academy to shoot next project

Best Webisode
Fish Out of Water-Joel Huggins
Cell Phone Distribution Deal with Fun Little Movies

Best Editing
Porn Guide-Dick Thompson

Best Screenplay
The Violinist - Ryan Plato
InkTip Prize Package

Special Jury Prize
Charlie and The Rabbit - Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, Robert Machoian

Best Music Video
Keep Me In My Plane-William Stahl
Agency Meeting Doomsday Entertainment

Best Actor
Michael Godere-Time Trouble
6-month subscription to PerformerTrack Online donated by fellow performers Kristina Hughes & Brian Vermeire, PerformerTrack is a web-based application that works on Macs & PCs, iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Droid, etc. PerformerTrack is the easiest way for a performer on a daily basis to log, track and manage their careers so they can leverage their info and move their careers forward!

Best Actress
Paulie Rojas-Lucia Kisses No One
6-month subscription to PerformerTrack Online donated by fellow performers Kristina Hughes & Brian Vermeire, PerformerTrack is a web-based application that works on Macs & PCs, iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, Droid, etc. PerformerTrack is the easiest way for a performer on a daily basis to log, track and manage their careers so they can leverage their info and move their careers forward!

Best Animation
Azureus Rising-David Weinstein

Best Experimental
Flat Love-Andres Sanz

Best Spanish Film
PORQUE HAY COSAS QUE NUNCA SE OLVIDAN- Lucas Figueroa

Audience Choice Winners

August 6, 2010

Lying Right Here - Chad Knutsen

Jimmy Jean-Louis’s Haiti Documentary

Djinn-Eliana Lima

August 7, 2010

Michael Saints-Katie Mahalic

Verreckt!-Christian Bahlo

The Response-Andrew Speiler

Hit Me-R.C. Davis

August 8, 2010

Henry John and The Little Bug-JT Mollner

Canary Suicides-Natalia Provatas/Valerian Zamel & The Violinist - Carlo Besasie

Devolution-Gavin Heffernan

Never Winter-Moe Charif

August 9, 2010

Gumbo-Veleeta Dacosta

The Way We Are - John Kenney

August 10, 2010

Career Day-Ivette Garcia Davilla

Hours Before-Joel David Moore

New Project: They Are All Not Lost-Dawn Kirk Alexander

August 11, 2010

Jr. Posse-Michele Ervin

Abracadabra-Julie Pacino

August 12, 2010

Real Girl’s Guide-Carmen Elena Mitchell

Lucia Kisses No One-Emanuel Gironi

About HollyShorts
HollyShorts is an organization devoted to showcasing the best and brightest short films from around the globe, advancing the careers of filmmakers through screenings, networking events, and various panel and forums. The HollyShorts Film festival showcases the top short films produced 30- minutes or less. For more information, please visit www.hollyshorts.com.

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HOLLYSHORTS 2010 TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE!

6TH ANNUAL HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL TO FEATURE DAVID ARQUETTE, THOMAS JANE, DICK VAN DYKE, JAMES FRANCO, SCOTT PORTER, CHRIS HEMSWORTH, BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD, MENA SUVARI, ZACHARY QUINTO, KIRSTEN DUNST, KATE BOSWORTH, JIMMY JEAN-LOUIS, ZOE SALDANA, DON CHEADLE, WILL FERRELL, JUDD NELSON, ZOOEY DESCHANEL AND MORE…

2010 HSFF KICKS OFF THURSDAY AUGUST 5 WITH STAR-STUDDED OPENING NIGHT CELEBRATION HOSTED BY E! NEWS’ BEN LYONS

OVER 190 IN COMPETITION SHORT FORM PROJECTS SET TO UNSPOOL AT LAEMMLE SUNSET AUGUST 6-12 WITH 16 COUNTRIES REPRESENTED—PANELS, PARTIES, AWARDS SET FOR WEEK-LONG ANNUAL EVENT

—The sixth installment of the HollyShorts Film Festival (www.hollyshorts.com) will kick off on Thursday August 5 at the DGA theatre in Hollywood with a star studded opening night celebration that will feature the world premiere of David Arquette’s 3D short film “The Butler’s in Love,” Dick Van Dyke’s 3D short film “The Caretaker 3D,” Zachary Quinto’s comedy short “Hostage A Love Story,” Sundance winner Derek Water’s short comedy with Funny or Die “Drunken History: Lincoln, Douglas,” which stars Will Ferrell, Don Cheadle, and Zoe Deschanel, Kat Coiro’s short film “Idiots,” which stars Kate Bosworth and Zoe Saldana, Jeff Vespa’s “Children of the Spider,” starring Mena Suvari, Alex Prager’s short “Despair,” starring Bryce Dallas Howard, and Alex Ferrari’s “Red Princess Blues,” which stars Richard Tyson and Rachel Grant. The evening will be hosted by Ben Lyons. HollyShorts opening night tickets are available now at www.hollyshorts.com and Brown Paper Tickets.

HollyShorts opening night will also mark special announcements by David Arquette and James Caan. David Arquette will unveil Inmoo, the world’s largest online independent film theatre. James Caan will unveil his company Openfilm’s six finalists from its 1st Get It Made film competition.

HollyShorts Film festival will showcase over 190 short form projects in competition at Laemmle Sunset 5 August 6-12. The Best Short Film and Best Director prizes are presented by HollyShorts sponsor Company 3, which will award $20,000 of post production services packages to the winners. The winners will be announced during the festival’s special closing night ceremony on Thursday, August 12.

“It’s an honor for us to be in the company of such incredible creatives, visionaries and the industry’s next brightest stars at the upcoming HollyShorts Film Festival,” said Daniel Sol and Theo Dumont, HollyShorts co-founders. “We have a remarkable team that has put together an incredible program and it’s a delight to be at the forefront of the industry this year with 3D short films, over 190 projects in competition, industry panels, exclusive receptions and strong industry representation across the board. We are looking forward to a great festival and welcome everyone to come out and enjoy the shows.”

This year marks a record breaker for HollyShorts. The festival is the first short film festival in the Los Angeles area to kick off its opening night celebration with a 3D program. HollyShorts received a record number of submissions and will feature projects from 16 countries including the US, Canada, Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Australia, Spain, Czech Republic, Singapore, New Zealand, France, Hungary, Mexico, UK, Lebanon, and Belgium.

On Friday, August 6 HollyShorts will feature a special screening of “Napoleon Dynamite,” preceded by “Peluca,” the original short film that sparked the idea for the feature. The screening takes place at Laemmle Sunset 5.

On Saturday August 7 HollyShorts will host a special panel at 12noon titled “The Good, The Bad, The Ugly - Short Film Distribution 2010, featuring industry veterans to learn the truth about what kinds of distribution deals are actually possible for short films. Moderated by Roberta Munroe (www.robertamunroe.com), author of How Not To Make A Short Film: Secrets From A Sundance Programmer, panelists will include: Todd Luoto, Short Film Programmer, Sundance Film Festival (www.toddluoto.com); Orly Ravid (www.thefilmcollaborative.org, The Film Collaborative and special guest short filmmakers who have succeeded and/or failed miserably on the festival circuit and garnered distribution for their short that they were paid well for or never saw a dime. On Sunday, August 8, HollyShorts will host a special panel at 12 noon on film financing for indie filmmakers.

On Monday, August 9, the festival will feature a music video competition, with over 20 music videos screening including Kid Cudi and Cee Lo projects. On Wednesday, August 11, HollyShorts will feature comedy short films from Rooftopcomedy.com as well as Openfilm.com’s Top Six Flix films which are a part of a competition that will award $50,000 in cash and $200,000 in financing to develop his or her short into a feature film with Openfilm Studios. That evening, HollyShorts alumni and the directing duo the Ronalds Brothers will unspool their latest feature film “Netherbeast Incorporated” starring Darrell Hammond, Judd Nelson and Dave Foley.

HollyShorts will host an exclusive reception at Bourdoir STK on Wednesday August 11. The Festival’s closing night awards ceremony sponsored by Company 3 takes place on Thursday August 12 and will feature live performances and award presentations.

Among 2010 HollyShorts selections, the festival includes high profile in competition shorts including Julie Pacino’s (Al Pacino’s daughter) directorial debut “Abracadabra,”

Young star and co-writer of the short “Text Me,” Matt Bennett is the star of Nickelodeon’s hit series “Victorious”, just shot a feature with Judd Apatow and is the star of a new movie produced by Will Ferrell hitting theatres this summer. “Azureus Rising,” is by David Weinstein, who’s done VFX for the X-Men Origins: Wolverine, “Valkyrie,” and “The Chronicles of Narna.” The short film “Swerve,” stars Chris Ashworth from “The Wire,” and “Terminator Salvation.”

“Hector Corp.” was directed by Gary H. Lee, Visual Effects and animator for

“Monsters vs. Aliens” “Over the Hedge” and “Kung Fu Panda.” The short comedy “The Action Hero’s Guide to Saving Lives,” features Patrick Warburton, who’s credits include “Family Guy” and “Men in Black II.” “Avatar” star Joel Moore’s short “Hours Before,” stars Stuart Lafferty and Jarod Einsohn.

HollyShorts 2010 Sponsors include Openfilm, Company 3, Inmoo, Martini Crew Booking, HD Creative Services, Inktip, Hollywood Unites for Haiti, SLS Hotel, Indie Rentals, H Magazine, Indie Printing, Doomsday Entertainment, Showbiz Software Stores, Film Radar, 22 Entertainment, Pura Casta Tequila, Stockfootageforfree.com, DGA, Laemmle Sunset 5 and Arthouse Marketing.

The 2010 HollyShorts Film Festival social interactive schedule is now live and can be viewed at http://hollyshorts2010.sched.org.

2010 HSFF OPENING NIGHT LINEUP—Thursday August 5, 2010 DGA Theatre

“The Butler’s In Love” is directed by David Arquette and features an all star cast including Thomas Jane (HBO’s Hung), Elizabeth Berkley (CSI Miami), Richmond Arquette (Zodiac), Jennifer Siebel (Something’s Gotta Give) and David Arquette. Based on a beautiful ‘absinthe era’ painting of the same name by renowned artist Mark Stock, the film tells the story of people longing for true love.

“HOSTAGE: A Love Story” stars Quinto, Roberta Valderrama (Valentine’s Day), Rachael Harris (The Hangover), and Brent Sexton (W.), and tells the story of how a Hostage and a hostage taker get dangerously close to one another.

Dick Van Dyke’s “The Caretaker 3D” was directed by Sean Isroelit, and written and produced by Jeffrey Amaral. Set in the late 1930’s, The Caretaker 3D is about the man who maintained the 4000 light bulbs which once outlined the HOLLYWOODLAND sign at night.

“Ollie Klublershturf vs. The Nazis” is directed by Scot Bright and written by Damon Lindelof (Lost). The film stars Chris Hemsworth, George Segal, Lainie Kazan, Norman Reedus, Rachel Nichols, Samm Levine, and Zach Mills and is an off-the-wall comedy set around the dinner table. What at first glance seems like an awkward ‘meet the parents’ situation for Dade Klublershturf quickly turns into a game of cat and mouse between Nazis, his boy genius younger brother, Ollie, and a time machine (disguised as an Atari joy stick) the Nazis are trying to capture from him…

“Idiots” is directed by Katherine Coiro starring Zoe Saldana, Kate Bosworth, Janeane Garofalo, Greg Grunberg, Jason Lewis, Victor Webster and Bruce Cole A bartender. A regular. Two hot girls and two hot guys. What happens is anyone’s guess.

“Children of the Spider” Written, Directed and Produced by Jeff Vespa starring Mena Suvari. A chance encounter with a spider provides the mystical insight that inspires a woman to change her life.

“Despair” is directed by Alex Prager starring Bryce Dallas Howard. Producers Jeff Vespa, Rachel North, Jeremy Dawson, Executive Producers Jonathan Segal, Paul Fischer Director of Photography Matthew Libatique. Tells the story of a woman in a state of enchantment is compelled to enter a strange and powerful red door altering her life forever.

“Drunken History: Lincoln, Douglass” is directed Jeremy Konner presented and executive produced by Derek Waters starring Will Ferrell and Don Cheadle and is the story of how the friendship of Abraham Lincoln (Will Ferrell) and Fredrick Douglass (Don Cheadle) overcame the slavery movement and the racism that existed in their day. Mary Todd Lincoln (Zooey Deschanel) also stars in this epic re-telling of a true American story. Watch as Jen Kirkman has two bottles of wine and tells us the story.

“Red Princess Blues” written/directed by Alex Ferrari starring Richard Tyson (Black Hawk Down, Kindergarden Cop) Rachel Grant (007 Die Another Day) Academy Award Nominee Robert Forster (Jackie Brown) and Tabitha Morella (Two and 1/2 Men). In this twisted modern day fairy tale ZOE, a young teenage girl, is lured into an afterhours carnival tent by the sleazy rock n roll carnie RIMO, she then gets more then she bargained for. It is up to the mysterious PRINCESS, the star of the new knife show at ROSCOE’S FREAK SHOW & CARNIVAL to pull her out of the wolf’s den that she has fallen into.

About HollyShorts
HollyShorts is an organization devoted to showcasing the best and brightest short films from around the globe, advancing the careers of filmmakers through screenings, networking events, and various panel and forums. The HollyShorts Film festival showcases the top short films produced 30- minutes or less. For more information, please visit www.hollyshorts.com.

2010 HSFF FILM SCHEDULE

Thursday August 5, 2010 DGA THEATRE

Hostage: A Love Story-Hank Nelken-USA

Red Princess Blues-Alex Ferrari-USA

Ollie Klublershturf Vs. the Nazis-Scot Bright-USA

Idiots-Kat Coiro-USA

Despair-Jeff Vespa-USA

Children of the Spider-Alex Prager-USA

Drunk History-Jeremy Konner-USA

The Caretaker 3D-Sean Isroelit-USA

The Butler’s In Love 3D-David Arquette-USA

August 6-12 Laemmle’s Sunset 5

Friday August 6, 2010

1pm-3pm

News From Afar-Shawna Baca-USA

3 Dates-Philip Kates-Canada

The Bear and The Rabbit-Anthony Jason Tigner-USA

Lying Right Here-Lea Routledge-USA

Takeout-Jonathan Miller-USA

The Trials of Kenneth-Kenneth Will Brown Hernandez-USA

Scarecrow Joe-Joe Bragi Schut-USA

Love in Bulk-Andrew Rubin-USA

Efrain-Matthew Breault-USA

Hector Corp-Gary Lee-USA

4:30-6:30PM

The One Last Time-Scott Weintrob-UK

Mark in Argentina-Meera Menson-USA

LA Lights-Steven Dadouche-USA

Precipice-Julius Amedume-UK

Swerve-Brendan Murphy-USA

The Interview-Giovanni Zelko-USA

Dead Bunny-James Wvinner-USA

The Last Page-Kevin Acevedo-USA

Jimmy Jean Louis Haiti Documentary

7:30-9:30 PM Thriller Shorts

Clemency-Joseph Albanese-USA

The Author: Part of Locker 13 -Jason Marsden-USA

Djinn-Elianna Lima-Brazil

Happy Face-Franklin P. Laviola-USA

The Empty Space Between- Maria Tornberg-USA

The White Face-Jason Bognacki-USA

No Hard Feelings-Joerg Bauer-Germany

Epilogue-Balázs Lóth-Hungary

A Little Mouth to Feed-Jack Daniel Stanley

10:00 PM

Pecula

Napoleon Dynamite-Jared Hess

Saturday 8/7/2010

Show Program # 7 panel 12:00noon

1:00-3:00 PM Family

When Life Gives You Lemons-Lee Chambers-Canada

Alex and the Ghosts-Catherine Boivin-Canada

After the Shearing-Vanessa Rojas-USA

Here’s Herbie-Mary Wickliffe

Homeland-Juande Marfil-Spain

The Super Holidays-Kevan Peterson-USA

Charlie and The Rabbit-Robert Machoian-USA

Intrepido-Alejandro Montoya-USA

Summer-Marc Wiskemann-USA

Ormie-Josh Wexler-USA-

Michael Saints-Katie Mahalic-USA

4:00-6:00 PM International Shorts

Feud-Peter Eastgate-Australia

Just Desserts-Nige- Karikari-Australia

Ronan’s Escape-Australia

The Domestication of Humans-Stephanie Phillips-Australia

Prayer in the Night-Inma Carpe-Denmark

Verrect!-Christian Bahlo-Germany

Dark Horse-Marc Furmie-Australia

Cubik-Jason Brenizer-Singapore

G.-J. Xavier Velasco-Mexico

7:00pm-9:00pm

Supertramp-Philippe Leone-UK

Journey Into Night-Duda Gorter-Brazil

One Man and His Dog-Jonathan Hopkins- UK

The Response-Andrew Speiler-USA

Running Away With Blackie-Lucas Codie Garcia-USA

Foolishly Seeking True Love-Jarrett Lee Conaway-USA

The Scientist-Matt Miller-USA

The Tea Master-Aaron Au-Canada

Junko’s Shamisen-Solomon Friedman-Canada

Goodbye Shanghai-Adam Christian Clark-USA

10:00pm-12:00am

In Fidelity-Alex Nesic-USA

Buddy Becker: Celebrity Assistant-USA- Ryan Devlin and Steven Craig Oliver

Two in, One Out-Dave Siegel-USA

Kurt Cannabis meets Connie Cancer- Len Richmond-USA

Bastard-Kirsten Dunst-USA

Porn Guide-Dick Thompson-USA

The 3rd Letter-Grzegorz Jonkajtys-USA

Time Trouble-Hernán Bornás-USA

Think Tank-Peter Calloway-USA

Hit Me-Ryan Davis-USA

The Action Hero’s Guide To Saving Lives-Justin Lutsky-USA

Sunday 8/8/2010

12pm Show Program #12 Panel

1-3pm

Henry John and the Little Bug-JT Mollner-USA

Pigeon Kicker- Daniel Long-USA

GoodSam and Max: Issue Zero-Gil Nevo-USA-

Frank DanCoolo: Paranormal Drug Dealer

Piano Fingers-Andrew Jones-USA

The Lifter Upper-Micah Chambers-Goldberg-USA

3 Things-Rachel Jackson USA-

4:00pm-6:00pm

Bout That Bout-Nico Sabenorio-USA

Alberta, Detroit-John Wilberding-USA

Fish Out of Water 1 and 2- Joel Huggins-USA

Sunset-Oana Marian-USA

Wait For It-Roberta Munroe-USA

The Violinist-Cesar Gamino USA

Sunshine-Franco Parente-USA

Canary Suicides-Natalia Provataas and Valerian Zamel-USA

Juche Rules-Kristina Romero-USA

7:00 PM-9:00PM

The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas- John Wardlaw-USA

The Great Destroyer-Gino Gianoli-USA

Takeo-Omar Samad-USA

The Outlaw Emmett Deemus & Willy Jones-Larry Hankin-USA

The Gold Fish-Jacob Mendel-USA

Devolution-Gavin Heffernan-USA

Undisclosed-Daniel Mosley-USA

Rooftop Wars-Andrew Eick USA

Lambs-Stephen Huff-USA

10:00pm-12:00am

The Kiss-Carey Williams-USA

Solatrium-Chris Bower-USA

Cookie-Francisco Ordonez-USA

Depth of Phil- Jack Daniel Stanley-USA

Chains-Marcus Stokes-USA

Never Winter-Moe Charif-USA

Azureus Rising-David Weinstein-USA

Herbert White-James Franco

Flat Love-Andres Sanz-Spain

Monday 8/9/2010

5pm-7pm

Horror of Our Love-Dave Reda

Tone Deaf-Michael Sanders USA

Gumbo-Veleeta Dacosta-USA

The Reward-George Hamilton

Wacker-Chad Scarborough

The Room-Goetz Neumann-Germany

The Big Production-Preston DeFrancis-USA

Tabu-Vincent Coen & Jean-Julien Collette-Belgium

Fard-Claire Vartant-France

Yulia-Antoine Arditti-France

Text me-Daniel Lir-USA

8pm-10pm Music Videos

Hopie Spitshard-YUMMY”-USA

Til My Voice is Gone-Sam Griffith-USA

Key Krystal Fernando Chavez-USA

Keep Me in My Plane-William Stahl-Denmark

Shine a New Day By 101- Mark Lester-USA

The Way We Are-John Kenney-USA

Takhabot- Ghassan Halawani-Lebanon

Cee Lo “No One’s Going to Love You”

Audio Bullys “Only Man”

Ben Harper and The Relentless 7 “Skin Thin”

Florence and the Machine “Cosmic Love”

Cinnamon Chasers “Luv Deluxe”

The Fray “Heartless”

Mia Doi Todd “Open Your Heart”

Bowerbirds “Northern Lights”

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros “Kisses Over Babylon”

Health “we are water”

Joshua Radin “Brand New Day”

Kid Cudi “Pursuit of Happiness”

Rainbow Arabia “Omar K”

Chester French “She Loves Everybody”

10:30pm-12am Show Program #19 Feature Film

Netherbeast Incorporated-The Ronald Brothers

Tuesday 8/10/2010

2pm–4pm Program #20

Career Day -Ivette Garcia Davilla-USA

Rampage Superstar-Michael Ballaschk

The Appointment-Katrina Saville-USA

The Sirens-Sarah Adina Smith

Dying Ice-George Kacevski Nick Kacevski-Australia

5:00pm-7pm

Cabbie-Donleee Brussel-USA

Notes on Lying-Tirzah Sharia-USA

Telemafia-Diane Namm-USA

Hours Before-Joel Moore-USA

Peep Show- Eva Midgley-USA

3 Faces of Evelyn-Kathryn Taylor-USA

Reunited-Richard Peters-USA

Poppy-James Cunningham-New Zealand

The Six Dollar Fifty man-Mark Albiston

8:00-10:00 PM Documentary Shorts

New Project: They Are Not All Lost–USA-Dawn Kirk Alexander

Soundcheck-David Sauvage-USA

Nous Deux Encore-Heather Harlow-USA

Sherry Mills On Art Up-USA-Nathalie Michel

Sand-Cari Ann Anderson-USA

She Wore Silver Wings-Devin Scott-USA

Just About Famous-Matt Mamula-USA

Wednesday August 11, 2010

2pm-4pm

Have You Experienced?-Stephen Guillen-USA

Jr. Posse-Michele Ervin

The Indies- Jay Diaz-USA

Echoes-Steve Rousseau-USA

Somebody’s Gonna Pay-Mike Madrid-USA

Sealing Your Fate-Michael Sandy-USA

Rubicon-Jae Henson-USA

5pm-7pm

Arena-Spain

Judy Lamont-Eric Yang-USA

Abracadabra-Julie Pacino

Pack of Pain-Pawel Regdosz-UK

The Fourth Wall-Michael Gunn-USA

Sails Men-Brian Durkin-USA

Blockhead-John Francis Conway-USA

Moya-David Holechek-USA

Blue Sky- Luis Fernandez-Venezuela

Quietly Cole-Cole Wiley-USA

Funny Films Presented By Rooftopcomedy.com and Openfilm.com’s Top 6 finalists

American Apparel

Jones’ Big ASS Truck Rental and Storage

Manbabies

Bros

Cartoon About Death

Consonant Sorrow Theatrical Trailer

Cat Forum

Parent’s Weekend

How the South Was Lost

Black Guys on a Beautiful Day

SUP BRA?

Jones’ Good ASS BBQ and Foot Massage

It Means Something Different

KANE

Thursday August 12

2pm-4pm

My Father’s Son-Jordan Fuller-USA

Lover-Aldo Paternostro-UK

Tick Tock-Tracey Birdsall-Smith

The Real Girls Guide to Everything Else-Carmen Elena-USA

Scream Queen-Elizabeth Flies-USA

I Have It-Sam Griffith-USA

5pm-7pm Latin Shorts

Lastrain-Mar Muro-Spain

Lucia Kisses-Spain

Yanindara-Liuis Quilez-Spain

Porque Hay Cosas Que Nunca Se Olvidan-Lucas Figueroa-Spain

Dixon’s Girl-Oscar Piloto-USA

Cuba Waiting For A Revolution

8-10pm HOLLYSHORTS Closing Night Party and Awards

Zachary Quinto, Dick Van Dyke Added to HollyShorts Fest
By Steve Pond
Published: June 29, 2010
The HollyShorts Film Festival has added new films featuring “Star Trek” actor Zachary Quinto and comedy legend Dick Van Dyke to its lineup, which kicks off on August 5 at the Directors Guild Theater on Sunset Blvd.

The Quinto film, “HOSTAGE: A Love Story,” will screen as part of the opening night program for the 6th annual festival; a comedy about the unlikely bond between a hostage-taker and his victim, it was directed by Hank Nelken and written by Holt Bailey and Brian Steele.

Van Dyke stars in “The Caretaker 3D” (right), a film directed by Sean Isroelit and written and produced by Jeffrey Amaral. The film is set in 1930s Hollywood, with Van Dyke playing the man who maintains the thousands of light bulbs that illuminate the “HOLLYWOODLAND” sign.

“The Caretaker 3D” joins the previously-announced HollyShorts premiere of David Arquette’s short film “The Butler’s In Love,” which is also in 3D.

The full HollyShorts lineup will be announced in July. More information is available at www.hollyshorts.com

6TH ANNUAL HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL TO OPEN WITH 3D PREMIERE OF DAVID ARQUETTE’S FILM “THE BUTLER’S IN LOVE”

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HOLLYWOOD June, 2010—The organizers of HollyShorts (www.hollyshorts.com) announced today that David Arquette’s short film “The Butler’s In Love” which was shot in state-of the-art 3D technology, will open the 6th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival on Thursday, August 5, 2010 at the Director’s Guild of America in Los Angeles with a special Dolby Digital 3D screening of the project. The HollyShorts festival premiere will mark the first-ever short film festival to exhibit a 3D short film in Hollywood. The announcement was made today by festival co-founders and directors Daniel Sol and Theo Dumont.

“The Butler’s In Love” is directed by David Arquette and features an all star cast including Thomas Jane (HBO’s “Hung”), Elizabeth Berkley (“CSI Miami”), Richmond Arquette (“Zodiac”), Jennifer Siebel (“Something’s Gotta Give”) and David Arquette. Based on a beautiful ‘absinthe era’ painting of the same name by renowned artist Mark Stock, the film tells the story of people longing for true love. “The Butler’s In Love” was written by Curtis Reynolds, directed by Arquette, produced by Eric Bischoff and Jason Hervey, packaged by Tim Staples and distributed by Converge.

The 6th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival takes place August 5-12 in various locations throughout Hollywood including the DGA and Laemmle’s Sunset 5. The HollyShorts opening night celebration will feature a series of additional short films, special awards a Q&A with the filmmakers and special VIP reception.

“We are both honored and delighted to be opening this year’s HollyShorts with David Arquette’s 3D short film ‘The Butler’s in Love,’” said Sol. “We look forward to showcasing this stunning project at the DGA theatre for HollyShorts attendees. Our goal each year is to continue expanding this event in the right way by providing unique opportunities for our filmmakers. With 3D technology now shaping the future of filmmaking, it’s important to witness firsthand how cutting edge filmmakers are maximizing storytelling opportunities with today’s new tech tools.”

The announcement comes following one the most successful HollyShorts Film Festival’s to date which took place August 6-13, 2009 and featured participation from such stars and filmmakers as Demi Moore, Kirsten Dunst, Darren Lew, Eli Roth, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Joel Moore, and Tom Everett Scott. Ranked by MovieMaker Magazine as “one of the top film festivals worth the entry fee,” HollyShorts 2010 will feature over 90 of the top short films, music videos, webisodes and feature films from around the globe.
HollyShorts has a strategic distribution partnership with the Arthouse Marketing Group which allows a select group of short films from this year’s festival the opportunity to be screened on 238 screens across the country including: New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Miami, and Washington D.C.

HollyShorts partner Haydenfilms, which recently established its non-profit Haydenfilms Institute www.haydenfilmsinstitute.org, will return as a major supporter of this year’s festival.
HollyShorts is currently accepting submissions for the 6th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival. Entries can now be completed directly online by visiting www.hollyshorts.com or by submitting on Withoutabox directly at www.withoutabox.com/login/4655.

Submissions must be 30 minutes or less. Categories include Live Action, Animation, Documentary, Student, Webisode and Music Video. HollyShorts also has a discounted category for student projects. Deadlines to submit U.S. and International short films for the 2010 HollyShorts Film Festival are:

• June 5, 2010 – Withoutabox extended deadline

Completed U.S. and international short films may be submitted and must be postmarked by June 5. Complete information and eligibility requirements are available on HollyShorts.com.

Arquette is represented by UTA.

About HollyShorts
HollyShorts is an organization devoted to showcasing the best and brightest short films from around the globe, advancing the careers of filmmakers through screenings, networking events, and various panel and forums. The HollyShorts Film festival showcases the top short films produced 30- minutes or less. For more information, please visit www.hollyshorts.com.
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The Hollywood Reporter
The ‘Butler’s’ in 3D: David Arquette kicks off HollyShorts fest
June 2, 2010 - 3:44 pm

By Jay A. Fernandez
The HollyShorts Film Festival is breaking new ground with a screening of David Arquette’s 3D short film, “The Butler’s in Love,” chosen to open the fest’s sixth annual edition in August.
Arquette directed and stars in the short with Thomas Jane, Elizabeth Berkley, Richmond Arquette and Jennifer Siebel. Curtis Reynolds wrote the screenplay, which is inspired by an ‘absinthe era’ painting by Mark Stock.

Shot with 3D technology, “Butler” will have a Dolby Digital 3D screening August 5 at the DGA to open the festival, which will feature more than 90 shorts, videos and webisodes through August 12 at various Hollywood venues.

“We look forward to showcasing this stunning project at the DGA theatre for HollyShorts attendees,” said fest founders and directors Daniel Sol and Theo Dumont. “Our goal each year is to continue expanding this event in the right way by providing unique opportunities for our filmmakers. With 3D technology now shaping the future of filmmaking, it’s important to witness firsthand how cutting edge filmmakers are maximizing storytelling opportunities with today’s new tech tools.”
The fest is still accepting submissions through Friday

http://riskybusiness.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/06/02/the-butlers-in-love-3d-david-arquette-kicks-off-hollyshorts-fest/

Congratulations to Buddy Becker: Celebrity Assistant for taking the most votes at this past weekend’s HollyShorts Monthly Screening series in Echo Park. With the win the short film gets an automatic entry in the 6th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival, which takes place August 5-12, 2010. Thanks to everyone who came out to the screening!

The next installment of the HollyShorts Monthly Screening series takes place Saturday, May 1 in Echo Park, the top short film gets voted by audience attendees in to the 6th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival, which takes place August 5, 12, 2010 in Hollywood.

HollyShorts Monthly Screening
May 1st, Saturday 8pm at the Echo Park Film Center
1200 N. Alvarado Street
LA CA
www.echoparkfilmcenter.org
Tickets are $10 (includes free beer, wine, and Pura Casta Tequila)
Screening 6 short films along with a Q and A with the directors.

This month’s shorts include:

Buddy Becker: Celebrity Assistant
Written and Directed by Ryan Devlin and Steven Craig Oliver
Buddy Becker is the greatest celebrity assistant Hollywood has ever seen. From Robert Downey Jr. to Mickey Rourke, Buddy turns the biggest of train wrecks into the greatest of comebacks. But is there hope for Married With Children’s David Faustino? Probably not. But that won’t stop Buddy from taking on the challenge of a lifetime.

Donut Shop Hero
Directed by Charles Rhoads & Nick Harris (charles@sunspot-pictures.com)
A donut shop full of hostages look to a reluctant security guard to save them from two trigger happy sociopaths.

East River
Directed by Marc Grey (questopher@gmail.com)
East river explores the interaction between physical and emotional spaces and their effect on the individual. Following the wanderings of a man recently arrived to New York, east river paints an uncommon portrayal of the city and its inhabitants. When the protagonist begins an affair with a beautiful Brooklynite, his sense of place evolves and the audience is challenged to reconcile traditional notions of romance and intimacy with Goethe’s “frightening conclusion” that the subjective experience is “the decisive element.”

Lychee Thieves
Written and Directed by Kathleen Man (kathleen@fishbowlfilms.org)
Four local Hawaiian characters clash in Lychee Thieves, a short film inspired by a newspaper article about a lychee robbery in Hawai’i. Keoki, a Hawaiian man who picks fruit between jobs, offers to pick Arnie and Ethel’s ripe lychee tree. Arnie refuses, but suspects that Keoki will return and steal his lychee, probably with the help of Mrs. Chun, the Chinese widow next door who has been eyeing the branches hanging into her yard. Paranoid, Arnie arranges for a professional trimmer to come the next day and strip the tree of its fruit as quickly as possible, no matter what the consequences. The night before the harvest, Keoki, Ethel and Mrs. Chun have troubling dreams about the fate of the tree, but wake with no recollection of their dreams’ warning. The next day, it is up to Keoki to break a longstanding cycle of fear and save the “mana” (spiritual power) of the tree.

Sally Loves Billy
Filmmakers: Nathaniel Orr, Nathan Pata (natetorr@gmail.com)
The story of a normal girl in love with a poetry loving Vegan Zombie

HAYDENFILMS RETURNS AS MAJOR SUPPORTER OF HOLLYSHORTS 2010

HollyShorts Festival Also Will Provide Content for Haydenfilms Expanded 2012 Online Film Festival

Hollywood, California—Haydenfilms, which recently established its non-profit Haydenfilms Institute (www.haydenfilmsinstitute.org) with offices here and at Reading, Pa., will return as a major supporter of the highly popular and expanding HollyShorts Film Festival.

HollyShorts (www.hollyshorts.com) will take place here from August 5-12, 2010 and feature a marquee opening night world premiere event, short film and feature film screenings, as well as industry panels and exclusive receptions and parties, according to festival directors Daniel Sol and Theo Dumont.

Hayden Craddolph, president of the Haydenfilms Institute, said that HollyShorts has also agreed to submit entries to its 2010 and 2011 festivals to the next Haydenfilms Institute 5.0 Online Film Festival in the fall of 2012, which will offer a $25,000 grand prize to the best film selected by public voting.

“This is truly a win-win opportunity for both the Haydenfilms Institute and HollyShorts to showcase the world’s best offerings in short films (30 minutes or less). It is especially important to us because the Haydenfilms Online Festival will have a much greater number of global entries to consider.” Last year’s HollyShorts event drew 750 entries from 25 countries.

For more details on entering the Haydenfilms Institute’s 2012 Online Festival, visit www.haydenfilmsinstitute.org.

On the heels of 2009’s most successful HollyShorts Film Festival to date–which featured participation from such stars and filmmakers as Demi Moore, Kirsten Dunst, Darren Lew, Eli Roth, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Joel Moore, and Tom Everett Scott—Sol and Dumont said the official deadline to submit U.S. and international short films for 2010 festival is April 16, 2010. The late deadline is May 14.

Submissions must be 30 minutes or less. Categories include live action, animation, documentary, student, webisode and music video. HollyShorts also has a discounted category for student projects.

Submissions can now be completed directly online by visiting www.hollyshorts.com or by submitting on Withoutabox directly at www.withoutabox.com/login/4655. Information is also available through the HollyShorts hotline at 818-760-9897 818-760-9897 or by email to staff@hollyshorts.com.

At the 5th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival in August 2009, top honors for Best Short Film went to “La Petite Lilia,” directed by Reda Mustafa. Mustafa took home a prize package from Clifton Production Services which included a RED ONE digital cinema package valued up to $5,000.00, while Johnny Gill took home a $10,000 cash prize for the Haydenfilms 4.0 Online Film Festival contest for his short film “My Turtle’s Name is Dudley.” Mustafa also won the grand prize in the 3.0 Haydenfilms Online Festival.

Last year, Haydenfilms also presented its first Indie Film Visionary Award to Eli Roth, who co-starred in “Inglorious Basterds.” Following the screening of Roth’s director’s cut of “Cabin Fever” at the 2009 HollyShorts Festival, he was able to release the cut on Blu Ray Disc, which is now being sold in stores. Haydenfilms will present the Indie Film Visionary Award this year.

About Haydenfilms:

Founded in 2001 by Craddolph, Haydenfilms began as an independent film production and distribution company with the mission of fostering an online network of indepndent and student filmmakers and giving them the support and resources necessary for success. In 2005, Craddolph introduced his film festival, one of the first online and the only one offering a $10,000 grand prize.

This year, Craddolph won approval to establish the non-profit Haydenfilms Institute with offices on the West and East coasts. It is expected that tax deductible contributions and grants will enable Haydenfilms Institute to greatly expand its educational, networking and other programs for independent filmmakers and short films.

About HollyShorts

Ranked by Moviemaker Magazine as “one of the top film festivals worth the entry fee,” HollyShorts is an organization devoted to showcasing the best and brightest short films from around the globe, advancing the careers of filmmakers through screenings, networking events, and various panel and forums.

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