VIRTUAL EVENT

January 22-26, 2025

WELCOME TO HOLLYWOOD SHORTSFEST

Get ready for a cinematic adventure like no other during our Virtual Event, happening exclusively from January 22nd to January 26th, 2025.

Each block of our festival brings you a different theme, showcasing the best of short filmmaking. From heartfelt tales to mind-bending journeys 

and adrenaline-pumping adventures, these films share one thing in common – they’re all about originality and creativity.

Come join us for a celebration of storytelling. Thanks for being a part of Hollywood ShortsFest, where the magic of short films come to life.


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PAST EVENTS

SESSION 1 – THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES

  • THE NIGHT DOCTRINE by Almudena Toral, Mauricio Rodriguez Pons | United States
  • THE RECORD by Jonathan Laskar | Switzerland
  • VEILS AROUND US by Timm Gillner | Germany
  • BALANCE by Tim Kellner | United States
  • MUNCH by Michael Byrne | Australia
  • ALFRED by Nikolas Meyberg | Germany
  • DIARY OF AN ILLNESS BY Mika Ruskin | Israel
  • APPETITE by Peiying Wang | United Kingdom
  • BODYLANDS by Sarah McColgan | United States
  • ENTROPY by Matan Portnoy | Israel
  • FITTING IN by Apoorva Gaitonde | United States
  • BAIT by Nancy-Bleu Hwang | United States
  • THE LAST EMBRACE by Diego Contreras | United States
  • SHATTERING STARS by Peter Galison | United States
  • 4801 NIGHTS by Laurence Michel | France

 

SESSION 2 – AS GOOD AS IT GETS

  • ENGELSTAN by Manu Coeman | Belgium
  • THE WINTER JOURNEY by Yifan Sun | Poland
  • ADIEU GASTON BY Victor Guilbaud | France
  • CALL ME MATTHEW by Remy Cayuela | France
  • GOOD BOY by Tom Stuart | United Kingdom
  • THINGS THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN by Joshua Kaufman | United States
  • ALWAYS by Thomas V DeGrezia | United States

 

SESSION 3 – BRAVEHEART

  • THE STEAK by Kiarash Dadgar Mohebi | Iran
  • ISTINA (Truth) by Tamara Denić | Germany
  • BOGOTÁ STORY by Esteban Pedraza | Colombia
  • EL CAMPO by Octavio Pisano | Mexico
  • MOTHER by Salomon Ligthelm | Ukraine
  • A SHORT TRIP by Erenik Beqiri | Albania
  • HANGMAN by Sam Upton | United States
  • MARIUPOL. A HUNDRED NIGHTS by Sofiia Melnyk | Ukraine

 

SESSION 4 – AMERICAN BEAUTY

  • THE NECTAR INSTEAD by Yoo Lee | United States
  • STILL SCATTERED by Dominic Burgess, Jeff Lorch | United States
  • SHARED SPACES by Collin Black | United States
  • NICE CAR by kiyan ahmadi | United States
  • MIRACLE WOOD by Johnny Rey Diaz | United States
  • GROUP C by Imran J Khan | United States
  • ASKING FOR IT by Christy Lee Hughes | United States
  • THE HEART OF TEXAS by Gregory JM Kasunich | United States
  • YOU’RE DOING GREAT by Sam Kellman | United States

 

SESSION 5 – SCREAM

  • STAINS by Joseph Burch | United States
  • COME HOME by Mike Pecci | United States
  • CATACOMBS by Chad Cunningham | United States
  • WAKE by Sean Carter | United States
  • MARBLES by Kyle Hatley | United States
  • STOLEN BIKE – SAM ISLAND by Ryan Pham, Shauna Presto | United States
  • UPSIDE by Sean Cartwright | United States

 

SESSION 6 – TERMS OF ENDEARMENT

  • A FRAGILE HEAVEN by Patrick Skehill | United States
  • VOTUM by Kornelia Takacs | Hungary
  • MONDAY MOURNING by Dustin Kahia | United States
  • CHIPPER by Shaun MacLean | United States
  • THE NOT SO FLIGHTLESS, FLIGHTLESS BIRD by Abey Lin | United States
  • LE REPAS DES ANIMAUX by Olivier Barthelemy | France
  • THE DISPLACED by Deluxion Mohan | United States

 

SESSION 7 – GOOD WILL HUNTING

  • THE ABCS OF BOOK BANNING by Sheila Nevins | United States
  • THAT’S HOW THE SUMMER ENDED by Matjaž Ivanišin | Slovenia
  • DADDY by Ella Knorz | Germany
  • MEMORIES OF A MOBSTER by Gaston Cohen Guindi | Mexico
  • KITES by Liezl Bitas | United States
  • SEOUL SWITCH by Liann Kaye | United States
  • DISCONNECT by Riley Wadden | Canada
  • COUNT MY LOV3 by Ewa Japola | Poland

 

SESSION 8 – STAND BY ME

  • HOW TO CRY ON COMMAND by Wylie Anderson | United States
  • STATIONHEADS by Stu Gamble | Hungary
  • FATE VS. ELENA by Laura Sedlak | United States
  • SLIPPERS by Mark Ryan Walberg | United States
  • THE FOOL by Jonathan Primo Ruiz | United States
  • THE LAST DISSMISAL by Jowaher Alamri | Saudi Arabia
  • I’M ON FIRE by Michael Spiccia | United States

BLOCK 1 – LOVE

  • BYE BYE by Amélie Bonnin | France
  • PANDAS IN LOVE by Elena Pilar Nyffeler | Germany
  • I NEED TO SEE YOU by Danny Sangra | France
  • COCOON LOVE by Xiaowen Wang | United States
  • HATING BECKETT by Matthew Gossin | United States
  • IF I FALL FOR YOU by Olivia Mitchell, Kerry Furrh | United States
  • CAROLINE ROSE – THE ART OF FORGETTING by Samuel Aaron Bennett | United States
  • JUST BEFORE by Sylvain Bressollette | France
  • ON MY MIND by Martin Strange-Hansen | Denmark

 

BLOCK 2 – FREEDOM

  • STARFUCKERS by Antonio Marziale | United States
  • S1NGULAR by Ramon J. Goni | United States
  • KING MAX by Adèle Vincenti-Crasson | France
  • WHEN WE WERE KIDS by Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu | New Zealand
  • TOUGH by Taylor Ferguson | Australia
  • TARNEIT by John Sheedy | Australia
  • MARBLE WORMS by Juliana Betancourth | United States
  • JOHN LEGUIZAMO LIVE AT RIKERS by Elena Francesca Engel | United States
  • RICK’S POTENTIAL (AND OTHER THEORIES ABOUT DEATH) by Armando D. Hernández | Spain

 

BLOCK 3 – BEAUTY

  • WOMEN OF BURDEN by Kevin Casey, Sean Casey | United States
  • THE SANDS BETWEEN by Aidan Tanner | Canada
  • BIG TIME by Kimberly Stuckwisch | United States
  • IMPETO by Juan Ruy Castaño | Colombia
  • THE CLOCKWORK OF SUNFLOWERS by Albane Bisleau, Sarah El Karkouri, Valentine Gaffinel, Rokiatou Konate, Marie Schnakenbourg | France
  • DU BOUT DES DOIGTS by Léo Poignard | France
  • FOUND by Shuhao Tse | United States

 

BLOCK 4 – TRUTH

  • A GUERRA FINITA by Simone Massi | Italy
  • THE FORBIDDEN ZONE by Zach Tolchinsky | United States
  • FRONTIER by Xiaopeng Zhu | China
  • MIDDLE WATCH by John Stevenson, Aiesha Penwarden | United Kingdom
  • YOUR MOUNTAIN IS WAITING by Hannah Jacobs | United Kingdom
  • SHIFTING POINT by Nori Shirasu | United States
  • THE BIRD & THE WHALE by Carol Freeman | Ireland
  • DO NOT FEED THE PIGEONS by Antonin Niclass | United Kingdom
  • PERIOD DRAMA by Anushka Tina Nair, Lauryn Anthony | United States
  • CART WRANGLER by Rose Marcello, Max Smith, Gabriel Sgandurra | United States
  • SELECTION PROCESS by Carla Pereira | Spain
  • AKANKSHA ON THE PLANET by Apoorva Rege | India
  • LITTLE BABY (PEARL DERRINGER FEATURING MARGO PRICE) by Kimberly Stuckwisch | United States
  • RIDE OR DIE (BOYS NOIZE & KELSEY LU FEAT. CHILLY GONZALES) by Art Camp, Danae Gosset, Danica Tan | United States
  • LIONESS by Arrad Rahgoshay | United States
  • YOUR KID by Sergi Castella | United States
  • GET READY. OFF TO THE FEAST by Lamara Sogomonian | Russia

 

BLOCK 5 – FEAR

  • BOYHOARDER by Gabrielle Carrubba | United States
  • THE LAKE by Joey Greene | United States
  • CRIMSON TIES by Francesca Kingsland Scorsese | United States
  • DARKER by Frank Van Den Bogaart | Belgium
  • THE MAID by Kristin Goodman | United States
  • DYSMORPHIA by Amy Geist | United States
  • HAMMER by Orlando Cicilia III | United States
  • WORST CASE SCENARIO by Raffaele Vesco | United States
  • FOG OF WAR by Steven Lundgren | United States

 

BLOCK 6 – TRUST

  • A DARK MOMENT OF FAITH by Zornitsa Dimitrova | Germany
  • DECENT PEOPLE by Maxime Roy | France
  • MITOTE by Érika Gagné | Canada
  • TECATA by Mario Theodosio Gallegos | United States
  • PRECIOUS HAIR AND BEAUTY by John Ogunmuyiwa | United Kingdom
  • HOLD THE LIGHTHOUSE by Thomas Soto | Canada
  • ONCE UPON A TIME by Athena Russell | Canada
  • SWALLOW FLYING TO THE SOUTH by Mochi Lin | United States

 

BLOCK 7 – ADRENALINE

  • HARDBOILED by Peter Sluszka | United States
  • BATHROOM TIME by Sara June | United States
  • SAVE THE WATERMELON by Christopher W. Smith | United States
  • BORDER by Khalifa Al Thani | Qatar
  • IKARUS by Shaun Escayg | United States
  • HOW TO MAKE A GHOST by Jared Hogan | United States
  • WALTZ OF THE ANGELS by Braden Barton | United States
  • A WOLF IN THE DARK by Naomi Grand | France

BLOCK 1 – LOUDER & LOUDER

  • SAVE RALPH by Spencer Susser | United States
  • BARKING ORDERS by Alex Tullo | United States
  • BRAKE by Aja M Weary, Amanda Richardson | United States
  • BOY SCIENTIST by Susan Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia | United States
  • NEVER LAND by Jee Suk Kim | United States
  • DRAINING by Weichi Chen | United States
  • ESCALATION by Jake Yun | United States
  • ARTMINUTE1 – THE PERFECT SELFIE by Asta Wellejus, Teddy Kristiansen | Denmark
  • EXISTENCE by Wenjia Shou | China
  • PORT by Andrew Lehman | United States
  • A SCAVENGER HUNT FOR PEOPLE LONELIEST IN THEIR OWN HOMES by Daniel Lobb | United States
  • JULIET by Angie Su | United States
  • SIMULACRA by Curry Sicong Tian | United States
  • NOT JUST A NAME by De’Onna “Tree” Young-Stephens | United States
  • 26 SECONDS by Kelly Galindo | United States
  • SPACESHIP by Jorge G. Camarena | United States
  • SWEET POTATOES by Rommel Villa Barriga | United States

 

BLOCK 2 – RITES OF PASSAGE

  • FEELING THROUGH by Doug Roland | United States
  • THE WIND PHONE by Kristen Gerweck | United States
  • ENDING. by James Lees | United States
  • SHEEP HILLS by Sam Gostnell | United States
  • LAST SEEN by Nathan Ginter | United States
  • APART, TOGETHER by Olivia Hang Zhou | United States
  • NO LAW, NO HEAVEN by Kristi Hoi | United States

 

BLOCK 3 – LAUGH, LAUGH, LAUGH

  • SHORT CALF MUSCLE by Victoria Warmerdam | Netherlands
  • LOVE & OTHER MENTAL DISORDERS by Ben Ulm | Australia
  • A KILLER SECRET by Bettina Bresnan | United States
  • LUCKY UNDIES by Sam Silverstein | United States
  • SNORRIE by Victoria Warmerdam | Netherlands
  • I AM THE NEW ADJANI by Khady N’Diaye | France
  • DANIEL by Jordan Allen-Dutton | United States
  • SECOND HAND by Omar Juarez | United States
  • DOLLAR 2 THE RICH by Lewis T Powell | United States
  • RECRUTE-MOI by Gael Leforestier | France