Holly
Weird Film Festival Announces Lineup
Burbank,
California - The other side of Hollywood is becoming fearless to the
entertainment capital of the world.
The
third annual Holly Weird Film Festival has announced the lineup for
the 2021 season. Celebrating true original underground filmmaking,
Holly Weird celebrates and showcases independent films of all genres
that feature a distinct vision, a unique voice, or an avant-garde
challenge to what is expected or accepted. The festival is making
it's mission to showcase the work of filmmakers who defy independent
visions.
“It's
important for original underground filmmakers to have a venue to
share their work with the world”, says the festival's founder,
award-winning underground filmmaker Jack Truman. “As a filmmaker, I
know how hard it is for underground filmmakers to make their movie.
It's important for them to share their art. I'm proud of the
diversity in this year's lineup. Films are from around world, and 6
of the 23 selections are from female directors. There is an audience
out there that is hungry for true, original independent film that
defies the norm. We're focused on the unique and innovative, and are
thrilled to bring the other side of film to the entertainment capital
of the world”.
23
films from around the world were selected for the 2021 season from
over 600 submissions worldwide. Included are short and feature
narrative, documentary and experimental films. The range of countries
selected include Israel, Lebanon, Russia, France, Spain, Australia,
Canada and the United States. Some of the films to be included is the
feature film “Shellfish” by Hunter Hopewell, and short films
“Chesty & Opal”, “Pluto” and the World Premiere of
“Molotov”.
Holly
Weird has also partnered with television giant Roku and Shorts Daily
for a limited televised event. This year, Roku will allow previous
Holly Weird alumni filmmakers the opportunity to screen their films
on Roku's Shorts Daily channel this summer. Roku has a nationwide
base of over 50 million subscribers, and this will give little-known
alternative filmmakers the opportunity to have their independent
films screen to a nationwide audience 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
“We
have an electric lineup of amazing films scheduled for this season”,
states Truman. “These films will shock the world”.
More
about the festival can be found on the Holly Weird FilmFreeway page
at https://filmfreeway.com/HollyWeirdFilmFestival
.
Holly
Weird on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hollyweirdfilmfest/
OFFICIAL
SELECTIONS for HOLLY WEIRD 2021:
Shorts:
Angel
and Opal – Jack Truman (5 minutes) (Missouri)
Behind
the Glass – Pedro de la Llave (5 minutes) (Canada)
Parked
– Yoon Hei Cho (4 minutes) (California)
The
Shattering – Marcus Adams (8 minutes) (California)
Television
Quest – Terence Cover (5 minutes) (Michigan)
Molotov
– Ariel Semmel (30 minutes) (Israel)
Geneva
Jacuzzi's Casket – Chris Friend (6 minutes) (California)
The
Orange Cheddar Debacle – Forrest Fenske (10 minutes) (New York)
Counting
Sheep – Brandon Hicks (2 minutes) (Canada)
The
Fear – Chanin Russo (12 minutes) (California)
Glugga
– Omar Lopex (7 minutes) (California)
Trouble
for Miles – Jamin Scotti (9 minutes) (California)
How
to Get $100 Million – Ilya Polyakov (9 minutes) (California)
Pluto
– Larke Miller (15 minutes) (Canada)
Lahza
– Noel Bassil (7 minutes) (Lebanon)
Super
Cool – Marina Potapova (5 minutes) (Russia)
Quarantine:
Day 100 – Paul Chomicki (2 minutes) (California)
Smile
– Kevin Uskovic (5 minutes)
Adam
– Christine Zivic (12 minutes) (California)
Terror
Fervor – Phoebe Parsons (6 minutes) (Canada)
Chesty
and Opal – Jack Truman (10 minutes) (Missouri)
Documentary
Feature:
We
are the New Chimeras – Mathias Averty (51 minutes) (France)
Narrative
Feature:
Shellfish
– Hunter Hopewell (82 minutes) (California)