The HollyShorts 13th annual short film festival begins Thursday, Aug. 10, at Tcl Chinese 6 Theaters in Hollywood with a jam-packed slate of films for its opening night. Out of the 4,000 films submitted, 400 short films will screen in competition at various venues through Aug. 19.
The lineup will follow a 13th anniversary screening of Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket and a Q&A with the film's Matthew Modine.
Highlights of the star-heavy event include the John Stamos project InGenue-ish; 11th Hour, starring Salma Hayek; Jamie Mayer's Crowbar Smile; Without Grace with Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale); and Control by...
The lineup will follow a 13th anniversary screening of Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket and a Q&A with the film's Matthew Modine.
Highlights of the star-heavy event include the John Stamos project InGenue-ish; 11th Hour, starring Salma Hayek; Jamie Mayer's Crowbar Smile; Without Grace with Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale); and Control by...
- 8/3/2017
- by Helen Murphy
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Ape,” a psychological thriller directed by Josh Hutcherson (“The Hunger Games,” “The Kids Are Alright”), debuted today on the Conde Nast-owned digital platform The Scene. The fifteen-minute film stars Hutcherson as a schizophrenic teen battling hallucinations, with a script by Jon Johnstone.
The film is part of a new emerging filmmakers initiative from Conde Nast Entertainment, Indigenous Media, and Josh and Michelle Hutcherson’s Turkeyfoot Productions, called The Big Script. Citing an increase in major studio tent pole films, The Big Script aims to find and produce “independently created content that can thrive on digital/emerging platforms” and is “driven by unique voices.”
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Partnering with The Black List script database, the five films were chosen from over 2,000 submissions, with the only requirement being that the film feature characters in their late teens to late twenties.
The film is part of a new emerging filmmakers initiative from Conde Nast Entertainment, Indigenous Media, and Josh and Michelle Hutcherson’s Turkeyfoot Productions, called The Big Script. Citing an increase in major studio tent pole films, The Big Script aims to find and produce “independently created content that can thrive on digital/emerging platforms” and is “driven by unique voices.”
Read More: Female Filmmakers Are ‘Grossly Underrepresented’ When It Comes to Directing Opportunities, New Study Finds
Partnering with The Black List script database, the five films were chosen from over 2,000 submissions, with the only requirement being that the film feature characters in their late teens to late twenties.
- 2/17/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
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