Academy Award Winners, Industry Legends, and More to Lead HollyShorts Film Festival’s 2020 Official Panels & Conversations

By Oliver CarnayFor more information on HollyShorts please visit: www.hollyshorts.comThe annual Academy Awards® Qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival will celebrate its 16th year in November 2020. HollyShorts (HSFF) brings together top creators,…

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Documentarian filmmaker Heidi Ewing combines a fictionalized narrative treatment blending with documentary filmmaking in her first narrative feature I CARRY YOU WITH ME and talks about the challenges of being an American filmmaker shooting in Mexico with Spanish speaking cast and crew

By Oliver Carnay I CARRY YOU WITH ME is one of my personal favorites among the list of films I've seen at the recent 2020 AFI FEST presented by Audi…

Continue ReadingDocumentarian filmmaker Heidi Ewing combines a fictionalized narrative treatment blending with documentary filmmaking in her first narrative feature I CARRY YOU WITH ME and talks about the challenges of being an American filmmaker shooting in Mexico with Spanish speaking cast and crew

Heartbreaking and uncompromisingly poignant THE FATHER, Sir Anthony Hopkins gives one of his greatest performance onscreen portraying a father who is suffering from dementia

By Oliver Carnay One of the films shown at the AFI FEST 2020 presented by Audi (October 14 - 22) was THE FATHER, a story of an 80 year-old, mischievous,…

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Winners of AFI FEST 2020 presented by Audi announced today; Docfilm “76 Days” wins Audience Award for Documentary Feature

By Oliver CarnayLos Angeles, CA - AFI FEST 2020 presented by Audi announced today the films that received this year’s Jury and Audience awards. The Grand Jury Award winners for…

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I’M YOUR WOMAN director Julia Hart who co-wrote and co-produced with husband Jordan Horowitz talks about the 1981 James Caan movie “The Thief” which was the inspiration to their film

By Oliver Carnay I'M YOUR WOMAN served as the Opening Night film of this year's AFI FEST presented by Audi. Set in the 1970s, the film is a crime drama…

Continue ReadingI’M YOUR WOMAN director Julia Hart who co-wrote and co-produced with husband Jordan Horowitz talks about the 1981 James Caan movie “The Thief” which was the inspiration to their film

Director Miwa Nishikawa talks about the inspiration of her latest award-winning film UNDER THE OPEN SKY and researching how the difficulty of former Yakuza inmates re-assimilates in the new society

By Oliver Carnay https://youtu.be/sKkCH3-nWbo One important film I've seen and enjoyed at American Film Institute's AFI FEST presented by Audi, was Director Miwa Nishikawa's UNDER THE OPEN SKY. Best known…

Continue ReadingDirector Miwa Nishikawa talks about the inspiration of her latest award-winning film UNDER THE OPEN SKY and researching how the difficulty of former Yakuza inmates re-assimilates in the new society

16TH Annual OSCAR®-qualifying HOLLYSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL to Showcase 418 Short Films with 128 International Projects from 36 Countries

Festival Set To Take Place November 9-15, 2020 via Festival’s Streaming Platform BitpixAll Access passes, the film program and individual block tickets are available now for purchase starting today via http://www.hollyshorts.com/by…

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Horror-mystery-thriller “THE BOY BEHIND THE DOOR” screens at AFI FEST presented by Audi under “New Auteurs Program”

By Oliver Carnay"THE BOY BEHIND THE DOOR" will be available to watch this Saturday, October 17th, 12:00pm PDT at 2020 AFI FEST presented by Audi.Following the film, AFI FEST Programmer…

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AFI FEST 2020 presented by Audi to screen Regina King’s “One Night In Miami” at Rose Bowl Drive-In Screening on October 18 as festival’s Centerpiece Presentation

By Oliver CarnayAFI FEST 2020 presented by Audi will take place online from October 15-22, 2020. For this Rose Bowl special drive-in screening event, purchasing passes and film schedule, please…

Continue ReadingAFI FEST 2020 presented by Audi to screen Regina King’s “One Night In Miami” at Rose Bowl Drive-In Screening on October 18 as festival’s Centerpiece Presentation