HollyShorts London, the U.K. edition of the HollyShorts Film Festival, will honor BAFTA-winning actress and filmmaker Letitia Wright and Academy Award-winning director Aneil Karia with its Trailblazer Award during the festival’s second annual edition for “their outstanding contributions to cinema.”
Letitia Wright, Aneil Karia to Receive HollyShorts London Honors
HollyShorts London, the U.K. edition of the HollyShorts Film Festival, will honor BAFTA-winning actress and filmmaker Letitia Wright and Academy Award-winning director Aneil Karia with its Trailblazer Award during the festival’s second annual edition for “their outstanding contributions to cinema.”
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October 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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A film crew has wrapped up 20 days of shooting in the Magic City for “Basic,” an indie romantic comedy based on a short film of the same name which won Best Comedy at the 2020 HollyShorts Film Festival.
Hollywood comes to Birmingham with indie romantic comedy shot in the Magic City
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — A film crew has wrapped up 20 days of shooting in the Magic City for “Basic,” an indie romantic comedy based on a short film of the same name which …
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October 17, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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We finally got to meet Serena Dykman from BABKA, the HollyShorts script winner who we created a strategy for as part of their prize. And at Cordillera Int’l Film Festival no less! ❤️💚💙🎬🇺🇸🦮 #festivalformulaontour #filmfestival #cordillerafilmfestival #babkashortfilm
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Hah! Thanks for thinking of me. - @shaneanderson.bsky.social Sitges and Fantasia are good - The others listed, myself and filmmaker friends have had no luck in - Would also shout out: Brooklyn Horror, Genreblast, Lund Fantastic - Aspen Shortsfest and HollyShorts fucking love genre shorts as well.
September 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Katherine McNamara at 21st Annual HollyShorts Film Festival Opening Night
September 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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February 2025 HollyShorts Monthly Screenings!
We’re now in the second month of the new year, and after last month’s successful screening, it seems as good a time as any to continue the tradition, with this month’s screening f…
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September 19, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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A #comedy #horror premiered at the HollyShorts Film Festival, if you want to get ahead get a ghost in Halfway Haunted.
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Threatened with eviction by her new landlord, the ghost in the basement offers a desperate woman a solution in Halfway Haunted.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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I just submitted "The Moneyshot" to HollyShorts Film Festival via FilmFreeway.com!
September 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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…and her short film Monk Fruit (2024) premiered at LA Shorts International Film Festival and Cannes Indie Shorts. Her previous films have screened at festivals including Cucalorus, HollyShorts Comedy, and Imagine This…
September 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Today on TVR, we have new reviews of TWINLESS, CHECKPOINT ZOO, and two short films by Oanh-Nhi that screened at the Hollyshorts Film Festival.
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September 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Happy films on Friday lol Meg so nice we watched it twice.
September 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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If you're going to be in NYC near the end of the month I highly recommend you check out this screening of Armed Only With a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud at DCTV. I had the opportunity to see it a few weeks ago at HollyShorts and it is very good. www.dctvny.org/s/firehouse-...
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September 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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A crisis of conscience arises for a woman who works for a greedy landlord in #LittleBird. A stunning short film that screened at the HollyShorts Film Festival, and here is our review of this powerful piece! #HSFF nerdsthatgeek.com/film/hollysh...
HollyShorts Film Festival Short Feature Review: ‘Little Bird’ – Nerds That Geek
One particular phrase that continues to haunt our modern world, is that the more things change… the more they stay the same, and it makes sense why those words hang over us. Because they are in...
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September 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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A young girl is put to the test when she tries to offer her struggling mother a respite from endless work in #TheStand. A powerful short that screened at HollyShorts Film Festival recently, and here is our review of this poignant film! #HSFF nerdsthatgeek.com/film/hollysh...
HollyShorts Film Festival Short Feature Review: ‘The Stand’ – Nerds That Geek
Everyone is taught from a supremely early age, what the American Dream looks like. In that, if one is to grow up here or come here from abroad, they can accomplish wonders when they choose to make...
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September 3, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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As part of my HollyShorts wrap-up, I wrote capsules on the five of the other best shorts I've seen besides the ones I already reviewed including two LGBTQ+ stories and one that might sell people on this premise: Jean Smart as God.
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HollyShorts 2025: The Rest of the Best of The Fest
A round-up of reviews for five festival shorts that caught my eye the most.
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August 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Some based on real life shorts from #HollyShorts. #PaperRockScissors, #OneofThem, @Largo, #JamesHyde, #TheKidInYou.
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HollyShorts Film Festival: Based in real life | ScreenFish
Real life is often fodder for filmmaking. Films that are “based (or inspired) by true events” are not uncommon. That is true for shorts as well. Here are a ...
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August 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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The first film festival I ever attended, Hollyshorts, just wrapped up it's 21st edition! I wrote about the winners, which are now Oscar-qualified, and are pretty good!
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HollyShorts 2025: Oscar Qualifiers and Winners
The 21st HollyShorts Film Festival is at an end. Showcasing the newest and best films under 40 minutes, I was able to watch dozens of great short films across a myriad of categories. Here are my …
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August 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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#HollyShorts Film Festival was a blast! Plz come check out all the pics & vids on Instagram @wokeshortfilm!
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August 23, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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The short film “Lineage” by Michelle West, adjunct professor in the School of Film and TV and assistant director of the Semester in LA program, premiered at the HollyShorts Film Festival in Los Angeles
The event is one of the world’s largest festivals dedicated to short films.
The event is one of the world’s largest festivals dedicated to short films.
Columbia Filmmaker’s 'Lineage' Screens at Oscar-Qualifying HollyShorts Festival
Michelle West, assistant director and adjunct professor at Columbia College Chicago’s Semester in LA program, wrote, directed, and produced the very personal film in collaboration with Columbia alums ...
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August 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Plastic Surgery ★★★★ 1/2 HollyShorts Film Festival
Guy Trevellyan's Plastic Surgery is an urgent and phenomenal short that highlights an issue that most people push to the side. He marks himself as a filmmaker we have to keep an eye on with this debut.
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Guy Trevellyan's Plastic Surgery is an urgent and phenomenal short that highlights an issue that most people push to the side. He marks himself as a filmmaker we have to keep an eye on with this debut.
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August 20, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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My Favorite Murderer ★★★★ HollyShorts Film Festival
Mitzi Akaha is fantastic in the short rom-com horror My Favorite Murderer, a film that nails it in tone, while still leaving you wanting more than the 9-minute runtime allows.
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Mitzi Akaha is fantastic in the short rom-com horror My Favorite Murderer, a film that nails it in tone, while still leaving you wanting more than the 9-minute runtime allows.
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August 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Holy Smokes ★★★★ HollyShorts Film Festival
Holy Smokes is a short film that refuses to take itself seriously, finding moments again and again to conjure up hefty laughs for its audience, yet what keeps you watching is the chemistry and performances from…
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Holy Smokes is a short film that refuses to take itself seriously, finding moments again and again to conjure up hefty laughs for its audience, yet what keeps you watching is the chemistry and performances from…
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August 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Thank you!! It's avail for a few more days on the hollyshorts bitpix site, and I'll update with posts about future screenings! We're going to be in Wisconsin and in Arizona soon!
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Three dads and a man who is definitely not Harvey Weinstein.
Jenika McCrayer on four shorts to watch from the HollyShorts Film Festival.
Jenika McCrayer on four shorts to watch from the HollyShorts Film Festival.
Four shorts to watch out for from the 2025 HOLLYSHORTS FILM FEST — Moviejawn
by Jenika McCrayer The 21st annual edition of the fest showcased immense talent and thoughtful storytelling.
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August 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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