HBO announced the call for submissions for its annual Asian Pacific American Visionaries (APAV) short film competition. Submissions will open on January 1, 2021 at 9:00AM PST.
Short Films
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Lovecraft Country’s Jamie Chung Named Ambassador For HBO’s 5th Asian Pacific American Visionaries Short Film Competition
Jamie Chung in Lovecraft Country
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Nino Aldi’s TRIBES, Starring Destorm Power, Adam Waheed and Jake Hunter, Competes at Oscar Qualifying LA Shorts Fest
Tribes starring Destorm Power (Punk’d), Adam Waheed (Pitch Please) and Jake Hunter Nino Aldi’s role-reversal comedy Tribes, starring Internet celebrities Destorm Power (Punk’d), Adam Waheed (Pitch Please) and Daytime Emmy-winning producer/actor Jake Hunter (Class Act), from an award-winning screenplay by Andy Marlatt, will be presented online at the Oscar qualifying LA Shorts Fest.
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Helen Alexis Yonov’s THE GESTURE AND THE WORD to Premiere at LA Shorts Film Festival
THE GESTURE AND THE WORD directed by Helen Alexis Yonov The award-winning short film, The Gesture and the Word written and directed by filmmaker Helen Alexis Yonov, competes for Best Narrative Short at the prestigious Oscar® qualifying LA Shorts International Film Festival. If it wins, it becomes eligible for an Oscar® nomination. The screening is scheduled on October 6, 2020 on the Comedy Program 3. This is the short’s Los Angeles Premiere.
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Black Women Film Network to Stream 2020 Short Film Festival Online
Junebug directed by Winter Dunn Black Women Film Network (BWFN) will host its annual BWFN Short Film Festival as a virtual experience on Saturday, October 10, 2020 in partnership with black-owned streaming service KweliTV. For 24 hours, viewers will be able to watch the 2020 festival selections online at Kweli.tv or through streaming devices and smart TVs. Tickets to access the virtual festival can be purchased HERE.
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CRIP TALES – 6 Short Films Written, Directed and Performed by People with Disabilities Premieres October 1 on BBC America
CripTales CripTales – a collection of six short films curated by Mat Fraser (His Dark Materials, American Horror Story) – each one written, directed and performed by a person living with disabilities will world premiere on BBC America on October 1.
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IF/Then Shorts Selects 6 Finalists for Inaugural North Shorts Program
FLATBUSH! FLATBUSH! directed by Alex Mallis IF/Then Shorts announced the finalists for the inaugural North Shorts Program, a fellowship and fund in partnership with Points North Institute, LEF Foundation, and ScreeningRoom.
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Award Winners of 32nd Filmfest Dresden Short Film Festival – MASEL TOV COCKTAIL, ZORG 2
MASEL TOV COCKTAIL by Arkadij Khaet, Mickey Paatzsch The 32nd Filmfest Dresden international short film festival in Dresden, Germany, announced the winners of its National and International Competitions at the awards ceremony in the Schauburg Dresden festival cinema.
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Martha Elcan’s Emotional Short Film LADIES MOST DEJECT Competes at Richmond International Film Festival
Ladies Most Deject The award-winning dramatic short film “Ladies Most Deject,” directed by Martha Elcan, will compete at the upcoming Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF) which will run September 8 – 13, 2020. It will be part of the festival’s Narrative Shorts Block II and will be virtually screened beginning on September 8.
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Tayler Montague’s IN SUDDEN DARKNESS Set During 2003 NYC Blackout Receives NY Premiere at New York Film Festival
In Sudden Darkness Tayler Montague’s debut short film In Sudden Darkness, set during 2003 NYC blackout, will receive its NY premiere at the 2020 New York Film Festival, in the Currents section (Program #8: New York Stories). The film will also receive its international premiere at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival, and had its world premiere at the 2020 Blackstar Film Festival.
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13 Short Films to Participate in Nest, San Sebastian Festival’s Film Students’ Competition
PERFECT AS CATS directed by Kevin Vu Thirteen short films – seven by male filmmakers and six by female filmmakers, from schools in Argentina, Cuba, Germany, India, Spain, the UK and the USA, will be showcased in the XIX edition of Nest, San Sebastian Festival’s international competition for short films by film students.
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Exclusive: Teen Filmmaker Kalia Love Jones Shoots Music Video for Animanted Film THE POWER OF HOPE
Kalia Love Jones The animated film The Power of Hope will be in Shorts By The Sea in September and features a song by 13-year-old filmmaker Kalia Love Jones and co- writer Grammy-nominated producer Ben Franklin. Kalia Love Jones will be featured in Univision’s Primios Juventud on Thursday, August 13th at 7pm. Watch the exclusive behind the scenes music video shoot footage for the song in The Power of Hope.
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Walmart Brings Drive-In Movies to Its Parking Lots
Fire in Cardboard City Walmart today officially unveiled Walmart Drive-in, a drive-in movie theater experience, which is rolling into 160 Walmart stores across the country beginning this month, created in partnership with the Tribeca Film Festival.