Shorts: ‘Strangers On a Beach’ Plays a Dangerously Erotic Game
A group of friends stumble down jagged rocks to spend a day on the beach in the sweltering sun. It's ...
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Shorts: ‘Stay’ is a Quietly Drawn Fleeting Kiss
We hook up for many various reasons. We could be getting over a breakup, trying to escape a bad relationship ...
Shorts Exclusive: ‘Rise’ Drops First Trailer, Becomes First Zimbabwean Short Selected for Tribeca Film Festival
RISE, a powerful short film written and directed by award-winning emerging filmmaker Jessica J. Rowlands, will premiere at the prestigious ...
Shorts Exclusive: ‘Jane Austen’s Period Drama’ Wins Best of the Fest at HollyShorts Comedy Film Festival
Los Angeles May 5, 2025 — The HollyShorts Comedy Film Festival (HSCFF), formerly known as the Hollywood Comedy Shorts Film ...
Shorts Exclusive: 9th Annual HollyShorts Comedy Film Festival Announces Lineup
Los Angeles April 24, 2025 — Comedy fans, next generation storytellers, and lovers of funny short films are set to ...
Victoria Warmerdam & Trent On the Confrontation of Identity Within ‘I’m Not a Robot’
We have all failed those obnoxious Captcha tests, and it always seems to aggravate us when we are in a ...
Molly O’Brien On Paying Homage to Her Favorite Aunt for ‘The Only Girl in the Orchestra’
You think a lot about your own family while you watch Netflix's The Only Girl in the Orchestra, Molly O'Brien's ...
Shorts Exclusive: HollyShorts Comedy Film Festival Rebrands as HollyShorts Comedy
Hollywood, CA February 7, 2025—The annual Hollywood Comedy Shorts Film Festival, which will have its 9th edition May 2-4 in ...
Smriti Mundhra & Maya Gnyp On Fathers, Sons, and Forgiveness for ‘I Am Ready, Warden’
There is an openhearted quality to Smriti Mundhra's I Am Ready, Warden, a documentary chronicling the last few weeks before ...
Finn Constantine & Joe Weiland On Merging Bravery and Pageantry for ‘Marion’
The BAFTA-nominated short film, Marion, introduces us to a world we have only seen on television or from a distance. ...
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