Indy Shorts 2025: Best of the Fest
Oh, what a festival it was! The 8th Annual Indy Shorts International Film Festival concluded at the end of July, ...
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Indy Shorts Diary 1: Arriving At My First Short Film Festival
I have no idea why it took so long for me to get attend Indy Shorts in person. I have ...
Hip-Hop Royalty Meets Hollywood: Slick Rick, Stormzy, and More Ignite Opening Night of the 21st HollyShorts Film Festival
The 21st Annual HollyShorts Film Festival returns to Hollywood from August 7–17, 2025, bringing together visionary storytellers, iconic artists, and emerging talent from ...
Indy Shorts Announces Winners
(JULY 28, 2025) INDIANAPOLIS - The 2025 Indy Shorts International Film Festival (Indy Shorts) presented by F.A. Wilhelm Construction Co. ...
HollyShorts Announces 2025 Official Selections
HollyShorts Film Festival Celebrates 21 Years With Star Studded Lineup Including Stephen Fry, the Late Michael Madsen, Lena Waithe, Stormzy, ...
Tony Mucci & Tyler “Hook” Senerchia On the Journey of a One Hundred Dollar Bill for ‘Money Talk$’
When you see a one hundred dollar bill, something in your chest catches. For a lot of us, that's still ...
Frank Sun & Scott Aharoni On Growing Up, Assimilation, and Riding in the Backseat for ‘We Are Kings’
Two teenage boys haul an entire desktop computer across a park in the first image of Frank Sun's remarkably deft ...
Jessica Sanders & Vivian Bang On Exaggerated Truths for ‘I Want to Feel Fun’
It all starts with a Nicki Minaj shower curtain... There is a gloriously unexpected quality to Jessica Sanders film, I ...
Palm Springs Shortfest: ‘Century Egg’ Weaves a Tender Tale of Chasing Ghosts and Finding Family
"Why are you here?" Xiao An asks Daniel as they sit down to eat in Charles Barratt's thoughtful, quietly affecting ...
Palm Springs Shortfest: ‘Little Goodbyes’ is a Yuletide Tale with Unexpected Understanding
When you're a kid at Christmastime, everything glows. The lights illuminate the streets, your living room, and the stores your ...
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