The Contending Exclusive: OSCAR-Qualifying Film Festival HollyShorts Announce 2025 Nominees
The 21st Annual HollyShorts Film Festival, one of the most prestigious short film showcases worldwide, returns August 7–17, 2025, at the...
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The 21st Annual HollyShorts Film Festival, one of the most prestigious short film showcases worldwide, returns August 7–17, 2025, at the...
Our beloved trio is back! But will this house will again? John Hoffman and Steve Martin's Emmy Award winning Comedy...
New York, NY (August 12, 2025) – The Gotham Film & Media Institute has announced that submissions are now open...
Thursday, August 7 | TCL Chinese Theatre | Red Carpet: 5pm | Screening: 7pm Opening night will feature the world...
Oh, what a festival it was! The 8th Annual Indy Shorts International Film Festival concluded at the end of July,...
Teenage boys are usually expected to want to play sports. It's a default setting that many cultures need to shake...
A lot of my time at this year's Indy Shorts included meeting a lot of filmmakers. Almost every screening and...
August 8–16, 2025 | Hollywood, CA Alta Global Media, in partnership with the HollyShorts Institute, has unveiled the full lineup...
I've always considered myself to be a kind person, but I have felt, in recent years, a stoicism setting in....
PLASTIC SURGERY, directed by Guy Trevellyan, explores the urgent and unsettling consequences of plastic pollution through a lens both intimate...