Short film Tea stars Michael Gandolfini as Nicholaus Steep a lonely Circuit-Shack employee who gets stung in the throat by a hornet while rehearsing to ask the girl of his dreams out on a date. Anaphylactic shock ensues and soon boy and dream girl are thrust together in a meeting no one could have planned. Olivia Nikkanen, […]
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Filmmaker 5 Ethan S. Smith: Waving
Short film Waving is really the first film to show just how devastating obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be. Often portrayed as quirky or offbeat condition via loveable characters in popular television shows and movies like Monk, Waving captures the true inner experiences for the estimated 2.3% of the population who have OCD. Waving is showing […]
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20th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival
Excited to cover the 2024 HollyShorts Film Festival for our third year as accredited media. Watch this space for coverage, including exciting Filmmaker 5® exclusive interviews!
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Filmmaker 5 with Nick Russell and Nick Musgrove: Favourites
Director Nick Russell and Emmy nominee Nick Musgrove’s Favourites tells the tale of two parents faced with an impossible decision when their family camping trip turns dire. The dark comedy short stars several celebrated names of Australian film, including Stephen Curry. Co-writer, director and producer Nick Russell is an award-winning actor who has starred on […]
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Filmmaker 5 with Daniel Barosa: Boi de Conchas / The Shell Covered Ox
While mourning her missing sister, Rayane balances helping her fisherman father and practicing for the school’s music festival – provided she doesn’t become an ox first, a misfortune assailing several teenagers in the area. Short film Boi de Conchas borrows its title from a folkloric manifestation born in Ubatuba, Brazil, about an Ox named Ratambufe, […]
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Filmmaker 5 with Jessica Hinkson: Sara
C’mon Mort Productions and Hello, Darling Pictures present in association with 88th StreetProductions made with support from Stowe Story Labs a film by Jessica Hinkson, Sara premieres at the the 19th Annual Oscar-Qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival in Los Angeles on August 12, 2023. Sara is a dramatic short film about a woman who finds the strength […]
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Filmmaker 5 with Mat Sheldon: The Electricity in Me
In his first-person confessional short film The Electricity in Me, filmmaker Mat Sheldon shares the story of his birth mother Joan. Pregnant by her 50-year-old university professor, Joan gave her son Mat up for adoption, afterwards moving to England to forge a new life as a secretary for the University of London. Returning to visit […]
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Short on Shorts: MR. CROCKET and BAD RABBIT
The Bite Size Halloween series of spooky short films is back for its third season. The 2022 offering includes 21 stand-alone shorts blending horror, comedy, sci-fi, thriller and drama, showcasing BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and women filmmakers, stories, and actors. Part of 20th Digital Studio’s mission to work with emerging filmmakers from underrepresented groups, Bite Size Halloween […]
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Short on Shorts: REMOTE and ANGELS
The Bite Size Halloween series of spooky short films is back for its third season. The 2022 offering includes 21 stand-alone shorts blending horror, comedy, sci-fi, thriller and drama, showcasing BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and women filmmakers, stories, and actors. Part of 20th Digital Studio’s mission to work with emerging filmmakers from underrepresented groups, Bite Size Halloween […]
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Short on Shorts: NZU and FRACTURE
The Bite Size Halloween series of spooky short films is back for its third season. The 2022 offering includes 21 stand-alone shorts blending horror, comedy, sci-fi, thriller and drama, showcasing BIPOC, LGBTQ+ and women filmmakers, stories, and actors. Part of 20th Digital Studio’s mission to work with emerging filmmakers from underrepresented groups, Bite Size Halloween […]
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