The HollyShorts Awards were presented last night in front of a standing room only crowd at OHM in Hollywood. Hosted by Damon Campbell and Gabrielle Loren, Awards were given to the top short movies created from content creators from all over the globe. Nearly $200,000 in cash and in-kind prizes were awarded. Screenings will continue through Saturday at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres and the closing party takes place this Saturday at the W Hollywood. This year’s fest featured 2,200 submissions and 400 officially accepted films.
During last night’s Awards ceremony, which drew nearly 1,000 attendees, Jamie Donoughue took home the Zype Best Short Film Grand Prize and $15,000 Cash Prize for his short film called SHOK.
Company 3 and Method Studios Awarded over $60,000 in post production prizes.
The Grand Jury Award Presented by Company 3 went to Moon Molson for his short THE BRAVEST, THE BOLDEST.
Best Director went to Annie Silverstein for SKUNK.
Best Animation went to THE OCEANMAKER by Lucas Martell
Best VFX went to DISSONANCE by Till Nowak
Best Film Shot in LA presented by FilmLA went to TOM IN AMERICA by Flavio Alves
The Louisiana Film Prize a $10,000 prize for Best Screenplay went to THE IMPORTANCE OF SEX EDUCATION by L. Elizabeth Powers
The Evil Slave $10,000 and Screencraft $2000 Consulting Prize for Best Screenplay Award went to LUNCHBOX BRIGADE by Kyle Thiele
All of the winners are noted below
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Best Action |
| Dead Hearts |
| Stephen W. Martin |
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Best Actor |
| Primrose |
| Nick Thurston |
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Best Actress |
| The Bravest, the Boldest |
| Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris |
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Best Animation |
| The Oceanmaker |
| Lucas Martell |
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Best Cinematography |
| Slut |
| Chloe Okuno |
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Best Co3 Grand Jury Award |
| The Bravest, the Boldest |
| Moon Molson |
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Best Comedy |
| A Reasonable Request |
| Andrew Laurich |
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Best Commercial |
| 7UP: Feels Good to Be You |
| Imran J. Khan, Christopher Vennemeyer |
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Best Director |
| Skunk |
| Annie Silverstein |
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Best Doc |
| The Last Barn Dance |
| Jason Arthurs, Ted Richardson |
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Best Drama |
| Zawadi |
| Richard Card |
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Best Editing |
| Twisted |
| Stuart Bowen |
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Best Female Director |
| Bie Pu (Home) |
| Amelie Wen |
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Best Horror The Crypt TV Award |
| Mr. Dentonn |
| Ivan Villamel |
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Best International |
| While They Were Flying to the Moon |
| Borisa Simovic |
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Best LA Film presented by Film LA |
| Tom In America |
| Flavio Alves |
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Best LGBT |
| Stealth |
| Bennett Lasseter |
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Best make up |
| The Smiling Man |
| Melanie Leandro |
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Best Method Studios Best VFX |
| Dissonance |
| Till Nowak |
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Best Music Video |
| Gary Clark Jr's When My Train Pulls In |
| Carmela Makela |
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Best Narrative |
| Birthday |
| Chris King |
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Best Short Film- Grand Prize- Zype |
| Shok |
| Jamie Donoughue |
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Best Panavision Future Filmmaker Award |
| The Leap |
| Karel van Bellingen |
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Best period piece |
| Del Ciego Desert |
| FRANCOIS LEDUC |
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Best Producer |
| Visible Proof |
| Drew Diamond, Evan Drolet Cook |
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Best Sci Fi |
| Dust |
| Michael Grier |
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Best Score |
| Witching Hour |
| Carl Firth |
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Best Screenplay |
| Lunchbox Brigade |
| Kyle Thiele |
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Louisiana Best Screenplay Jury Prize |
| The Importance of Sex Education |
| L. Elizabeth Powers |
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Screenplay Runner Up |
| Growing Pains |
| Derek Dow |
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Screenplay Runner Up |
| The Yellow Ribbon Around Her Neck |
| David Ho |
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Best Diversity |
| Carne Seca |
| Jazmin Diaz |
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Best Student |
| Blackwell |
| Ed Barnes |
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Best Thriller |
| County, State, USA: Sweet Corn |
| Jonathan Nowak |
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Best Web Series |
| Kowalski |
| Jason O'Mara |
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Best Youth |
| Alien Communications |
| Kris Theorin, Kurtis Theorin |
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Honorable Mention |
| Midland |
| OLIVER BERNSEN & DAN MAGNANTE |
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Honorable Mention |
| Shaman |
| Marco Kalantari |
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Inspirational Quote Winner |
| The Game |
| Ruben Languren |
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Sponsors for this year’s HollyShorts included:
Company 3
Method Studios
Zype
Hollywood Short Film Association in conjunction with CCTV
TCL Chinese Theaters
OHM Nightclub
Ignited Spaces
Robertson Taylor Insurance
Simple DCP
Panavision
Law Offices of Clifford Lo
Shorts HD
Jungle Software
Media Services
Production HUB
Martini Crew Booking
Film LA
Stage 32
The Agency
True Vision Entertainment
Quick Film Budget
Film Radar
Uber
Lyft
New Media Vault
Final Draft
Bra's Counter and Bru's Wiffle
Indie Printing
LA 411
NYEH Entertainment
Indi.com
Color Space Finishing
UCLA Extension
New York Film Academy
Kim Ruggles Events
Indievent
Red Giant Software
Mercury Production Report
Women in Film
LightspeedEPS
Videoink
CryptTV
Delmay and Partners
Mama Shelter Hotels
Green Leaf
Deep Eddy Vodka
Dark Horse Wines
Peroni
Crispin
Monster Energy
Hint Water
Caffeinated Club
Diablo
Press Contact
DMG
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