Los Angeles, CA. With 67 films on offer this year, horror and thriller fans can get stuck into the fantastic selection of films screening at this year’s HollyShorts Film Festival. This exciting strand includes Sam Max’s CHAPERONE starring Zachary Quinto, Double OSCAR® Winner Paul J. Franklin’s FIREWORKS, Thomas Simon’s BOWLHEAD starring John Hursley (Dad), Brian Sepanzyk’s IN THE SHADOW OF GOD starring Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries), Alexandra Magistro’s LOVE YOU MAMA starring The Haunting of Hill House’s Samantha Soyan, Eli Powers’ SKIN AND BONE starring Amanda Seyfried, Evan Miller’s THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS starring Adrianne Palicki alongside Zachary Levi and more.
The Oscar® Qualifying HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL returns for its much-anticipated 18th edition from August 11- 20th, 2022, with an impressive 5000 entries this year! Epic Dread Sponsor this year’s scary strand. As previously, the winners of HollyShorts’ three top prizes will be eligible for nomination at the 2023 Oscars®. Six HollyShorts films were nominated for the 2022 Academy Awards® with two wins for Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed’s THE LONG GOODBYE and Ben Proudfoot’s THE QUEEN OF BASKETBALL.
This year’s hybrid celebration of short films will take place in-person with screenings at world-renowned TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and virtually through the official festival streaming platform BITPIX.
To view the full list of official selections HollyShorts Film Festival website.
HollyShorts screenings will take place from August 11-20 at TLC Chinese Theatres, 6801 Hollywood Blvd. 3rd Level, Hollywood, CA, 90028, followed by the annual awards gala on August 20. For additional information and tickets visit the HollyShorts Film Festival. Purchase an All Access Early Bird Badge HERE.
2022 Selected Horror/Thriller Films
Horror and thriller films selected this year include Bettina Bresnan’s A KILLER SECRET, Gauri Adelkar A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, Joshua Amar ANACONDA starring Homecoming’s Sam Mara, Jack Reynor’s BAINNE starring Chronicles of Narina Star Will Poulter, Alexander Thompson’s BLACK DRAGON (Rồng đen), Queen of the South star and Director Peter Gadiot’s BLACK EWE, Thomas Simon’s BOWLHEAD starring John Hursley (Dad), Collin Schiffli’s BOBYMOM, Jessie Barnett’s BYE BYE BABY, Dylan Bruno & Kasper Vejlø Kristensen’s CALL CASTING, Sam Max’s CHAPERONE starring Zachary Quinto, Quinten Sansosti and Tim Truesdell’s CLEAN UP, Grace Sloan’s DEATH VALLEY, Madeleine Coghlan’s DEFIBRILLATOR, Izabel Pakzad’s DON’T WORRY, IT’S GONNA BE OKAY, Mikai Geronimo and Josh O’Caoimh’s FALL OF THE IBIS KING, Double OSCAR® Winner Paul J Franklin’s FIREWORKS, Beth Park’s FISHWIFE, Juan Avella’s FREEBIRTH starring Narcos actress Andrea Londo, Alison Roberto’s GIRLS NIGHT IN, Rebecca Sonia Berrih’s GLITCH, Bartley Taylor’s HIDDEN VALLEY PLACE, Will Seefried’s HOMESICK, Gabriela Ortega’s HUELLA, Meko Winbush’s IN THE DARKNESS, Brian Sepanzyk’s IN THE SHADOW OF GOD starring Sara Canning (The Vampire Diaries), Casper Rudolf Emil Kjeldsen’s IN THE SOIL, Nicolai G.H. Johansen’s INHERENT, Kelsey Bollig’s KICKSTART MY HEART, Jamie Gyngell’s LISTEN TO MOTHER, Sofie Somoroff LOVE IS FIRE, Alexandra Magistro’s LOVE YOU MAMA starring The Haunting of Hill House’s Samantha Soyan, Madeleine Arthur (Blockbuster) and Matt Biedel (Midnight Mass).
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