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In Dovecote, an atmospheric drama short film byItalian director and co-writer Marco Perego turns the camera on society’s often unseen citizens: the women confined to a seaside prison in Venice. Making its debut at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, Dovecote, filmed inside Giudecca’s working…

What happens when generational dependency causes a pressurized role reversal that is both tender and heartbreaking when the child becomes the caretaker, and the mother becomes the dependent? Writer-director Ziyu Luo explores this intricate and delicate dynamic in her debut short film, American Daydream…

In Really Good Driver, which debuted at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival, an Asian American mom (Keiko Agena) teaches her grown-up child (Alex Song-Xia) how to drive, forcing both of them to confront the slightly dangerous task at hand while resurfacing tensions between them in the past…

Sometimes, following your unique dreams can lead you to win unexpected rewards in coveted places. At least, this was the case for the Chinese-born writer-director Wendi Tang. In the surrealist drama Fishtank, which won the grand prize in the Tribeca Chanel Through Her Lens program, a young woman named…

What happens when you've exhausted all options and cast your last line of hope into the sea of unattainable American Dreams? This is the question posed by co-writer and director Justin Kim WooSŏk in his Korean American short film Sarajin. Making its debut at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival…

If you are a fan of The Lord of the Rings, you might recognize Katherine Jackson from her cameos starting at 4 years old in The Fellowship of the Ring. The daughter of Oscar winners Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Jackson grew up in the family business, working all kinds of movie jobs. She waited until she…

EXCLUSIVE: Some high-profile jurors will be selecting winners for the 20th edition of the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival. Among those on board to adjudicate for the festival, which runs from August 8-18 at the TLC Chinese Theater in Hollywood: Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel…

UPDATED with Best Screenplay Award for Switch, written by Sara Robin: The 19th HollyShorts Film Festival has handed out its awards, including the Grand Prix Best Short Award to We Were Meant To, an honor that comes with a $60,000 prize from Panavision. Tari Wariebi directed We Were Meant To, set in a…

Some star-packed projects are heading to the 19th annual Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival. The just-announced lineup includes films featuring, produced or directed by the likes of Tom Hanks, Eva Longoria, Alden Ehrenreich, Queen Latifah, Tom Holland, Keke Palmer, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Ben…

The upcoming HollyShorts Film Festival in Hollywood will now be an official Oscar qualifying festival in not three but four categories. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences notified HollyShorts that the winner of the festival's prize for Documentary Short will now qualify for Oscar…