The Oscar® Qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival returns for its 8th edition from August 11- 20th, 2022, with nearly 400 films on the program featuring Academy Award Nominee® James Franco, Golden Globe and Grammy Nominee Wiz Khalifa, Emmy Nominee Colman Domingo, Rosario Dawson, Nina Dobrev, Penn Badgley, Emmy Award-winner Brian Cox, Academy Award nominee June Squibb, SAG Winner Zachary Levi and more
The 28th annual Palm Springs International ShortFest announced its Festival juried and audience award winners and the Estonian film Sierra directed by Sander Joon won the Oscar® qualifying Best of the Festival Award. Loosely inspired by the director’s childhood, Sierra pulls us into the surreal car racing world.
Filmmaker Joshua Seftel looks at a U.S. Marine and the Muslim community he plotted to bomb in his documentary short Stranger at the Gate which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival, and won a Special Jury Mention honor.
Following its world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival, the Jeremy Lin short documentary film 38 at the Garden, directed by Frank Chi and produced by Oscar-winning filmmakers Travon Free and Samir Hernandez (“Two Distant Strangers”), will debut on HBO this fall.
A new half-hour anthology series Spotlights: A Showtime Short Film Series will roll out Sunday, June 12 on Showtime featuring the bold works of various emerging filmmakers, with each episode featuring two to three short films that vary in timely subject matter, tone and perspective.
The 28th annual Palm Springs International ShortFest returns to theatres at the Camelot Theatres (Palm Springs Cultural Center) from June 21-27, 2022, screening 51 curated programs showcasing 300 films.
Written and directed by Award winning Palestinian American filmmaker Mohammed Saffouri, Touchline will celebrate its North America Premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.
Directed by Amy Bench, More Than I Remember, the animated documentary on child refugee Mugeni, will have its international premiere at the 2022 Hot Docs film festival as part of the shorts program: Persister Shorts: Mother’s Day, a selection of short documentaries features stories of women speaking up and being heard.
Bryan Russell is billed as the first person in the world with Down syndrome to ever run for public office.
The Oscar®-qualifying Aspen Shortsfest announced the program lineup for the upcoming 31st edition taking place April 5-10, 2022.
The Academy Award®-nominated documentary short, When We Were Bullies, from longtime HBO collaborator Jay Rosenblatt (HBO’s “Phantom Limb,” “Human Remains”) has been acquired by HBO Documentary Films; and will debut Wednesday, March 30 (9:00-9:35 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.
The 8th Nitehawk Shorts Festival, taking place from March 2-6, will feature over 60 short films, with filmmakers in attendance for Q&As, including many based in New York City. Continuing its mission to represent diverse backgrounds, voices, and perspectives with our selection of exceptional short-form films, female-directed films make up a majority of this year’s festival program.