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HollyShorts Screenplay Contest

HollyShorts

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14622 Ventura Blvd Suite 102
#722
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
8187609897 (voice)

Web:
http://hollyshorts.com
Email:
staff@hollyshorts.com

Contact: Daniel Sol, Festival Director

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Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.6/5.0)
Signficance: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.3/5.0)
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Objective

HollyShorts Film Festival (HSFF) is an annual Academy Qualifying short film festival showcasing the best and brightest short films and short screenplays from around the globe. The festival showcases the top short films produced 40 minutes or less and is looking for the best short screenplays 30 pages or less.

Deadline/Entry Fees

Deadline Date
Days till:
Entry Fee
Earlybird January 19, 2024 $40
Regular March 22, 2024 $50
Late May 3, 2024
15
$60
Extended June 3, 2024
46
$75

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Notification: July 26, 2024.

Rules

If selected, I hereby grant permission to produce and screen the above mentioned as part of the HollyShorts Screenplay Contest. In addition, proceeds made by HollyShorts will go to HollyShorts, selected charities and sponsors. Submission information and screenplays will be utilized solely for the purpose of helping the selected parties advance their careers by showcasing the work to industry peers and executives.

Awards

Quarter finalists (top 50) and Semi Finalists (top 25 screenplays) get an all access pass to the HollyShorts Film Festival and are invited to the awards event where we will announce the top 3 Finalists and Grand Prize winner. Final Draft Software to the winners, and ISA will award a finalist with a prize. Grand Prize first place screenplay winning a Seattle Film Summit and abundant productions deal to get produced by HollyShorts, with the completed film screening in the festival.

HollyShorts

Contact

14622 Ventura Blvd Suite 102
#722
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
8187609897 (voice)

Web:
http://hollyshorts.com
Email:
staff@hollyshorts.com

Contact: Daniel Sol, Festival Director

Report Card

Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.6/5.0)
Signficance: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.3/5.0)
Report Cards: 7    
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HollyShorts Screenplay Contest

Contact

14622 Ventura Blvd Suite 102
#722
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
8187609897 (voice)

Web:
http://hollyshorts.com
Email:
staff@hollyshorts.com

Contact: Daniel Sol, Festival Director

Report Card

Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.6/5.0)
Signficance: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.3/5.0)
Report Cards: 7    
Have you entered?
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Contest News

HollyShorts Names Quarterfinalists

Quarterfinalists have been announced for the 2022 HollyShorts Screenplay Competition.

1956, by Noémi VanSlyke
"Cult Slayer", by John Maui OCallaghan
"Filotimo", by Jessica Pappas
(Sometimes) I Wish You Were Dead, by JoAnna Izon
8 and 1/2 minutes, by Mere Walton
8:46PM. Harriet Arrives., by Aimiende Negbenebor Sela
A Chinatown Story, by Nicolee Tsin
A Time and A Place For All of Us, by Dylan James Amick
A Violent Road, by Giovanni Taveras
Adam, by Bremer Davis
Afternoons with Joe, by Ryan Luevano
Ajiona, by Leon Lozano
Alphabet City - Pilot Episode, by Kristen McNaule
America Rise, America Fall, by Giovanni Taveras
America's Most Haunted Spooky Ghost-Hunting Adventures In The Paranormal, by Christopher Mancuso
An Old Friend, by Dan Martin
Apart of Me, by Riley Madincea
Appointment For:, by Kanya Iwana
Axe Girl Goes Kill (TV Series), by Matthew John Lawrence
Backwater, by Klara Chmelarova
Balikbayan, by Carlo Chavez
Be Careful, by Melissa Skirboll
Be My Boy, by Ethan Homen
Bed Time, by A J Roberts
BEFRIEND THE BEAR, by Ellie Anthony
Bela Sefer, by Kiki D & Liya K
Better Half, by Mona Shahab
BIG NOSE, by Sophia Conger
Blood Is Thicker, by Melissa Skirboll
Blueprint, by Hannah Noel Swayze
Boneseed, by Joshua David Matthews & Brett Brooks
Bonker's Burgers, by Diana Frankhauser
BREATHE, by Mark Labella
Broken Mirror, by Aaron Cini
Call Me Dad, by Cole Rosenberg-Pach & Lindsay Eady
Cálmate, mija, by Victor Ridaura
CARROTS, by Jake Redmond
Catering Karl & The Parties of Pure Evil, by Warren Lane
Chaos Becomes Us, by Rachel Rios
CHERRY PARK, by Joseph Hooten
Choose Your Family, by sacha kenton
Choose Your Parents, by Kayla Sun
Chrome Plated, by Sarah Ward
Cinderella Tango, by Victoria Murad
Copy Cat, by Vanessa Branch
Cortex, by David Bolt
Courier Seven, by Nick Williams
Crimson, by Star Victoria
Deliverance, by Olga Holtz
Dine With Me, by Monica Keaton
Dogwood, by Nonie Shiverick
Dominum Nostrum Satanas, by Leonard McGill
Donut Girl, by Sandi Johnson
Dry Peaches, by Kasia Kaczmarek
Elegy For My Tongue, by Omi Gupta
En Memoria [In Memory], by Roberto Fatal & Ali Meyers-Ohki
Enough, by Anthea Jones
Excellent Fancy, by Julie Sharbutt
FERGUSON, by Jon Alston
Find My Friends, by Jackie Mahoney
Fish Fetish, by Ray DeFeis
FLACO'S, by Ken Arquelio Juan Pablo Arias Muñoz
For Sale, by Annelise Muir Tompkins
FORGIVEN, by J. Writer Ward
Forsyth County, by James Sasser
Fried Chicken or Mayonnaise?, by Bogui Adjorlolo
Fungi, by Mark Renshaw
Gettin' Serious, by Bill Morton
Gloomy Sunday, by Kevin Machate
Gloves, by Michael Clifton
GO CRAZY, by KAE BAHAR
Go, Lovely Rose, by Stephanie Nicole Mathews
Good City, by Natalia Chown
Good Guy, by Brian Gene White
Goodnight, Sergeant, by Graeme MacQueen
Gusto!, by Jacob Watson
Happy Boy, by Frank J. Avella & Jorge Ramirez
Heartstrings, by J.D. Zelman & Matthew Dushkes
Hench Man, by Brian Newell
Here's My Card, by Oscar Ballyvolane
Hero, by Olivia Mackenzie-Smith
Héroe, by Daniel Contreras
HIPPY DIPPY, by Anthony Rainone
Hold Your Breath, by Nidhi Kalra
Holy Schmidt, by Jeff Hindenach
Houdini of the Mind, by Sophia Jennings
Hound, by Sarah Polhaus
How Did I Get Here, by Kate Hamilton
How Ya Like Me Now, by Craig T. Williams
I Wouldn't Touch That, by Meik V. Fischer
I, Food, by Eduardo Hanson de Moura
Identification, by Larry Collins
IN COLD PURSUIT, by Elizabeth V Newman
In the Garden of Tulips, by Ava Lalezarzadeh
Inside the Frame, by Francis DiClemente
Invite Only, by Jon Kohan
Jersey Baptism, by Joe Albino
Jonesy, the Sitcom, by Caledonia Hanson
Jules and Jill, by Guil Parreiras
Just Like Sarah, by Jessica Rowlands
Karma, by Ray Keller & Richard Schmidt
Keith Sweats, by Lexx Truss
Killer Crush, by Rakefet Abergel
KIPEPEO, by Jessica Rowlands
KSOL, by Rogelio Salinas de la Torre
Last Ship East, by Eris Qian
Legacy, by Amanda Mergulhão Ferrari
Lifeline, by Seymour Zeynalli
Lights Over Salem, by James Woolard
Loading…, by Jerome Rashad Shuler Jr
Lost and Found, by Paul Rowe
Lump, by Daniel Arora
Lunch Time, by Andrew Kaberline
MAKING WAVES, by Drew Larimore
Mars Rovers, by Marley Medina & Jordan Medina
Memory House, by Renee Meland
Miami Famous, by Julio Gabay
MIDNIGHT BAIT AND AMMO, by Alfred Thomas Catalfo
Mimeo, by Meg Lin
Mina Finds Her Edge!, by Robin Rose Singer
Misha's Visit, by Kelvin Wong
MODEL MINORITY, by Tapan Sharma
Moon Palace Motel, by Nirav Bhakta
Morrigan's Tree, by Nicki Bosch
Mr. Fluffy's Pet Shop, by Jenna Tracy
MURDER BY GASLIGHT, by William Jeffery
My Ancestors’ Song, by Melissa Mars
My Way, by Afton Quast Saler
Night Dogs, by Linhan Zhang
Nora, by Molly Kirschenbaum & Payson Whitwell
Nothing Can Hurt Me, by Adva Reichman
On the Last Day, by Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid
One Eye On The Milkshake, by Monique Hayes
Orbital, by Michael Shaun Sandy
Oso, by Mateo Marquez
Out of Luck, by Vickery Eckhoff
Over and Out, by Callie LeClaire
Pap Sbeer, by Marta Reeder
Paper Son of Angel Island, by Howard Hong
Peanut Butter Shot, by Paige Compton
Peasants, by Kristina Grosspietsch
Perfect Love, by Kelly McCready
Piece By Piece, by Courtney Kim
Pinsetter, by Rebecca Marquardt
PIX, by Peter Andrews
Players, by Pearson Jenks
Pleasure Palace, by Frida Perez
Pretty Flamingo, by Brittany Rostron
Prevail, by Briana Chatters
Queer and Southern God, by Shawn-Caulin Young & Melisse Prusinski
Quinn Girl, by Tandy Versyp
r.e.g.g.i.N, by A. D. Smith
Real Good at Being Alone, by Carly Kimmel
Rebirth, by Andy Volk
REBOUND GUYS, by Tammy Klembith & George Klembith
Reckless Prophets -- Pilot, by Hal LaCroix
Redman Blackman, by Lexx Truss & Christopher Nataanii Cegielski
Redneck Army, by Whitni Resides & Mark Brown
Republic of California, by Becca Blackmore
Rise of the Prophecy, by Antoine Bonner
Rituals, by Sabrina Rama
ROAR, by Ashley Maria
Rob & Lucy, by Adam Breseman
Romance Package for Two, by Carlen May-Mann
Room Temperature, by Roni Niu
Salvage, by Lauren Ferebee
Samhain, by Dominic Graham
Scene 81, by Josh Zammit & Felicity Pickering
Second Jansens, by Ricardo Varona
SEEDS OF CHANGE, by John McCarney
Self Storage, by Noel David Taylor
Session, by Meik V. Fischer
Shadow, by Noel Estrada
Shadow Boxer, by Scott Walker
Shaolin Shabbat, by Brian Cohen
Shells, by Aisling Corristine
Side Quest, by Michael Tannenbaum & Louie Aronowitz
Siren, by Josh Foulkes
Sister Mary Murphy: Vampire Slayer, by Vanessa Ionta Wright
Slayfest, by Mark Renshaw
Smoke, by Sarah Kennedy
Smoke Signals, by Zach Thorpe
Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Diane Schirtzer
Spark, by Chelsea Gonzalez & Bernardo Cubría
STOOL, by Gavin Carlton
Stranded, by Kevin Machate
Street Soldiers, by Marc Castaldo
Super Dumb, by Mary Risk
TAX BALLA$, by Brenna Kelly
TBD, by Jena Kaplaniak
The Apparition, by Paul Rose Jr.
The Art Painting, by John Broadhead
The Book of Revelation, by Lauren Rantala
The Boy, by Nathan Smith
THE CATCH, by Joe Hurst
The Celestial, by Pamela Tom
The Crew, by Jay Frasco
The Curb, by Justin Moodie
The Door in the Mirror, by Geoff Murillo
The Fields, by Ryan McDonald
The First Law (pilot), by Irene Grineva
The Fool on the Hill, by Hayden Rouse
The Golem, by Sierra Nutkevitch
The Hobbyist, by Missy Pawneshing & Benjamin Sagaser
The Last Goodbye, by AJ Eversley
The Last Savior, by Jalleh Ariana Doty & Spencer Guerrero
The Loneliness, by Mark Harrison
The Long Game Pilot Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Diane Namm
The Lost Camp, by Connor Etter
The Modern Christian Spinster's Guide to Love in the 21st Century, by Vickery Eckhoff
The Moth, by Hiu Tung Kwong
The Nendoroid, by Jonathan Gamer
The New Moon in the Old Moon's Arms, by David Sanders
The Note, by Dale Janda
The Ossan, by Venita Ozols-Graham
The Other Family, by Juan Pablo Daranas Molina
The Privateers, by Whitney Hamilton
The Red Shoes, by Arielle Beth Klein
The REVVER, by Mike Hanson & Kelly Moothart
The Scarlet Saloon, by Elise Bowes
The Sound of Fireworks, by Nicole Vanden Broeck
The Stain, by Vanessa Wright & Adam Marcus
The Story of This Life, by Zhijia Jiang
The Sub, by Aaron Braxton
The Super Man, by Christopher Romano
The Talk, by Gabriela Lima
The Train's Late, by Isaac Kerns
The Turning Point, by Alex Murphy
The Wild Harts, by Kim Hornsby
The Worth of Things, by Jane Ballentyne
There's a Frog on Mars (It's True!), by Shaun Radecki
Thin Walls, by Robert Armanyous
Third Shift TV Pilot, by John Gearries & Adam Baker
This is not a gun, by Tom Basis & Brandon McArdle
Tiffany's Funeral, by Amanda Alvich
Time to Shine, by Mark Renshaw
TRACER, by Julia Campanelli
Trophy Boy, by Kevin Hanna
Tucson, by Dante Russo
Two Days in Fayetteville, by Celia Finkelstein
Two Questions and a Wish, by Suhashini Krishnan
Uncle Sam and Sons, by Kevin Talley
Unsettled Short Film, by Mario Garza
Vague!, by Lady Aria Grey
Vibrations, by Nicholas Valentin Andros
WELCOME TO THE STAGE..., by Kyle Casey Chu & Roisin Isner
Welcome To Thystle, by Mike Carreon
Wet Fish, by Toby McShane
What Do We Call This, by Anna Mikami
Wishful Thinking, by Kim Hornsby
X, by Ezra Li
Yasodhara, by Gabriel Constans
ZEPHYR, by Amy Allen

Updated: 07/05/2022

HollyShorts Screenplay Contest

Contact

14622 Ventura Blvd Suite 102
#722
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
8187609897 (voice)

Web:
http://hollyshorts.com
Email:
staff@hollyshorts.com

Contact: Daniel Sol, Festival Director

Report Card

Overall: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.5/5.0)
Professionalism: 4 stars4 stars4 stars4 stars (4.1/5.0)
Feedback: 3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars3.5 stars (3.6/5.0)
Signficance: 4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars4.5 stars (4.3/5.0)
Report Cards: 7    
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