HollyShorts, one of the world’s most prestigious short film festivals, launches its London edition on December 6th. One of their esteemed panels will celebrate British Oscar winners and nominees, featuring Chris Overton who won an Academy Award for his short film THE SILENT CHILD, Misan Harriman who was nominated for a 2024 OSCAR for THE AFTER and Jamie Donoughue who was nominated for his short SHOK. This year the quadruple Oscar-qualifying Los Angeles film festival became BAFTA-qualified, perfect timing as they are celebrating their 20th year!
Some of the stars featured in these standout films include BAFTA rising star awardee Mia McKenna-Bruce in Louisa Connolly-Burnham’s SISTER WIVES, Joanna Lumley in Mika Simmons’ MY WEEK WITH MAISY, Bríd Ní Neachtain (The Banshees of Inisherin) stars in Portia A. Buckley’s HollyShorts USA’s Best on Film winner CLODAGH, Nicola Walker (Annika) in the British police procedural UNDER THE BLUE, Charlotte Riley (London Has Fallen) in WILD ANIMAL, Georgina Campbell (The Watchers) in CHAIRS, BLACK MARK the HollyShorts LA Best Sports Film winner, executive produced by former NBA star Matt Barnes, the music video THAT’S ON ME stars Ed Sheeran, INDIGNITAS stars Mark Addy and CAMMY AND MIKE which is directed by Rob McElhenney (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia}.
HollyShorts OSCAR-qualifying Academy Awards hopeful ANUJA, directed by Adam Graves, was also selected to screen at the festival. Also featuring will be THE MASTERPIECE which won best international film at HollyShorts and the grand jury prize at Sundance. Maia Scalia’s HIS MOTHER was also an LA winner and is executive produced and edited by Academy Award winner Pietro Scalia.
A number of HollyShorts winners have gone on to take the top prize in the Academy Awards shorts categories, including Guy Nattiv’s SKIN and Riz Ahmed’s THE LONG GOODBYE.
The London edition of the festival is set to take place in the U.K. this December, from the 7th to the 8th at the Curzon Cinema in Soho, with a red carpet opening night and party on the 6th.
HOLLYSHORTS LONDON 2024 LINEUP
| Aïda Neither directed by Elisa Gilmour |
| An Old Friend directed by Nuk Suwanchote |
| Anaïs directed by Hélène Hadjiyianni |
| Anuja directed by Adam J. Graves |
| Bill directed by Emily Dhue |
| Bully directed by Martin Stocks |
| Calf directed by Jamie O’Rourke |
| Cammy & Mike directed by Rob McElhenney |
| Cat & Mouse directed by Michael-David McKernan |
| Chairs directed by James Hughes |
| Clodagh directed by Portia A. Buckley |
| Cry Like a Guy directed by Anthony Rubinstein |
| Death! directed by Matthew B.C. |
| Embers directed by Gerald McMorrow |
| Empty Your Pockets directed by Tara Aghdashloo |
| Experience directed by Ben Lankester |
| Findlater directed by Allyn Quigley |
| Gardening directed by Sarah Beeby |
| Hendrix – It’s Not You directed by Lauren Luxenberg |
| His Mother directed by Maia Jo Scalia |
| House Hunters directed by Joe Warner |
| I’m not a robot directed by Victoria Warmerdam |
| Indignitas directed by Darcia Martin |
| Just Kids directed by Alessandro Riconda |
| Karita directed by Koji Ueda & Virginia Rand de Witt |
| Leading Man directed by Amanda Michaels & Whitney Houser |
| Love Bite directed by Horace Oliver |
| Matterhorn directed by Anne Madeleine Mancosu |
| Memory directed by Riyadh Haque |
| My Week with Maisy directed by Mika Simmons |
| Not Surgery Hours directed by Tia Salisbury |
| original skin directed by Mdhamiri á Nkemi |
| Play Again directed by Zen Pace |
| Play Date directed by Laura Campbell, Amberlee Colson |
| Returned directed by Janet Marrett |
| Rickshaw directed by Raphaël Hernandez |
| Saint Vassily directed by Masha Egieva |
| Self directed by Searit Kahsay Huluf |
| Sister Wives directed by Louisa Connolly-Burnham |
| Sitter directed by James Arden |
| Spoor directed by Sunita Soliar & Statten Roeg |
| Stillness directed by Rachel Fowler |
| Street Light directed by Romain Dumont |
| Take Me Back directed by Emily McNey |
| That’s On Me directed by Beatriz Santamaria Pinha |
| The Cockroach directed by Mary Pat Bentel |
| The Colour of My Room directed by Jake Alden Falconer |
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The Dreams Continue directed by Karlee Rodrigues, Marlee Rodrigues
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| The Lake in the Sky directed by Caleb Reese Paul |
| The Masterpiece directed by Alex Lora |
| The People of The Sun directed by Lucinda Ohlson |
| Three Things We Won’t Talk About’ directed by Jessie Craig Roche |
| Turnaround directed by Aisling Byrne |
| Twenty directed by Jason Hogan |
| Two Minutes directed by Jamie Benyon |
| Under the Blue directed by Linda Ludwig, James Curle |
| under the influence[r] directed by Alberto Accettulli |
| Weree directed by Tal Amiran |
| What We Wished We Could Be directed by Luke Shelley |
| Where Are All the Gay Superheroes? directed by Tom Paul Martin |
| Wild Animal directed by Beth Park |
| Yellow Belt directed by Allyn Quigley |
