On the heels of the most successful HollyShorts Film Festival to date with standing room screenings and first ever indie film summit, HollyShorts Announces dates for 2012 Fest:  The festivities will take place-August 9-16, 2012.   HollyShorts starts accepting submissions for 2012 starting December 1, 2011.

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The 7th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival wrapped with a standing room only awards ceremony at the Geisha House in Hollywood live-streamed courtesy of Dyal Productions and hosted by Actress Sheila Shah.

 The HollyShorts Best Overall Short Film prize, which took home a $10,000 in post production and finishing services package from Company 3, went to

"Mrs. Peppercorn's Magical Reading Room" by Mike Le Han.

The HollyShorts Best Director Award which wins a $10,000 post production and finishing services package from Company 3, went to Christian Swegal, Director of "Stasis."

Below please find the list of the announced winners.

· Best Short Film Shot in Los Angeles-"John Doe"-Shawnette Heard

Film LA/Film Works Permit Package- Permit Fee waived for next film.

Prize package from Paramount Studios. Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

· Best Student Short Film-"Goldenbox" by Matt MacDonald

$5K camera package from Martini Crew BookingBooks: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

· Showbiz Store and Café Future Filmmaker Award-Jacob Chase, "Patient Zero"

Bundle Prize package from Showbiz Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

· Best Webisode- "CLUBSCENE: The Bartender" by Adriano Valentini

Mobile Distribution deal. Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

· Best International- "ColourBleed" by Peter Szewczyk

Digital subscription for Script Magazine. Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

· Best Family-"Me and The Chef" - Shedrack Anderson

Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

· Best Horror- "Nowhere Road" by Benjamin Dynice

Bundle prize pack from Showbiz Store and Café. Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

· Best Narrative- "Augenblicke" by Martin Bargiel

Final Draft Gift Certificate for Scripwriting Software 8 and one digital subscription for Script Magazine. Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

· Best Documentary-"The Vacuum Kid" by Katherine Mahalic

Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

· Best Cinematography-"Dissection of a Storm" by Alvaro Martín Blanco

Wins Moviola Sony F3/Zeiss camera package. Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

· Best Drama-"Sold" by John Irwin

$5K Short Film Post Production Award from Greenhouse Studios. Includes offline edit suite, HD color correction, poster. Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

· Best Comedy-"Bear Force One" by Andy Mogren

Moviola Editorial training package worth more than $9500 Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

· Best Editing and VFX-"Stasis" by Christian Swegal

Final Draft Gift Certificate for Scripwriting Software 8 and one digital subscription for Script Magazine. Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

· Best Actor-David Dastmalchian-"Double Black"

Digital subscription for Script Magazine.Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

· Best Actress- Grace Huang "Blood Traffic"

10 Hours of free entertainment legal counsel from the Law Offices of Paul Bautista

Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

· Best Animation-"Photographs" by Brendan Clogher

Adobe Software Prize package. Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

· Best Music/Sound-"Sugartown" by JT Mollner

MY LLC Prize package Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

· Honorable Mention-"5 Second Short Films"

Final Draft Gift Certificate for Scripwriting Software 8 and one digital subscription for Script Magazine. Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

· Honorable Mention-"Pillow Talk" John Wynn

Final Draft Gift Certificate for Scripwriting Software 8 and one digital subscription for Script Magazine. Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

· Best Commercial-"Levi's Post-Mortem" By Ezra Stanley

$5,000 post production and finishing services package from Company 3

Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

  
· Best Music Video-WhoMadeWho "Every Minute Alone" by William Stahl

$5,000 post production and finishing services package from Company 3

Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

· Best Director-Christian Swegal, Director of "Stasis"

$10,000 post production and finishing services package from Company 3

Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

· Best Short Film- "Mrs. Peppercorn's Magical Reading Room" by Mike Le Han

$10,000 post production and finishing services package from Company 3

Books: Independent Film Producing, The Outsiders Guide by Paul Bautista; How Not to Make a Short Film by Roberta Munroe.

Audience Choice Winners Below: 

Friday- 12pm : Great American Pigeon Race- Diane Namm
Friday- 2:30pm : St. Christophours: Roadkill- Gregor Erler
Friday- 5pm : 6 Women- Arani Sen
Friday- 7:30pm : The Notice- Sonny Saito
Friday- 10pm : Nowhere Road- Benjamin Dynice

Saturday- 12pm : Me and The Chef- Shedrack Anderson
Saturday- 2:30pm : Sugartown- JT Mollner
Saturday- 5pm : Certified- Luka Asa Guidici
Saturday- 7:30pm : SPICE IT UP!- Feodor Chin
Saturday- 10pm : Bear Force One- Andy Mogren

Sunday- 12pm : The Room At The Top Of The Stairs- Briony Kidd
Sunday- 2:30pm : Apocalypse Story- Jeffrey P. Nesker
Sunday- 5pm : The House I Keep- Jhene Erwin, Jennifer Little
Sunday- 7:30pm : John Doe- Shawnette Heard       

Sunday- 10pm : Psycho Therapy- Lucas Cody Garcia

Monday- 12pm : Bisiquilet- Charles Fatur
Monday- 2:30pm : The Red Room- JT Mollner
Monday- 5pm : The Barber of Birmingham- Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin
Monday- 7:30pm : Text Message: A Love Story- Lindsay Rosenberg
Monday- 10pm : The Maiden and the Princess- Ali Scher

Tuesday- 12pm : Good Men- Brian Connors
Tuesday- 2:30pm :TXT- Josiah Bultema, Kyle Gibertson, Sara
Tuesday- 5pm : Freaky Old Man- Imani Shakur
Tuesday- 7:30pm : Pillow Talk- John Wynn
Tuesday- 10pm : Mobsters Episode 4: 'Carmine or Brian?'- Jeremy Foley

Wednesday- 12pm : Street Pillow or The Sidewalk Sleep- Charles Q. Drexler
Wednesday- 2:30pm :The Fantasy- Kate Mitchell
Wednesday- 5pm : Thief- Julian Higgins
Wednesday- 10pm : Karim- Carl Seaton

Thursday- 12pm : Byron- Yolande Geralds
Thursday- 2:30pm :The Novel- Paolo Licata
Thursday- 5pm : Wanting Alex- Chris Akers
Thursday- 7:30pm :  The Long Journey Home- John H. Wan

We would like to give a big thank you to all of the HollyShorts sponsors for making this year's festival even possible.

HollyShorts thanks: Company 3,Showbiz Software, Encore, Moviola, Dyal Productions, Final Draft, Adobe, Film LA, H Magazine, Inktip, Leblon, Yelp!, Shorts HD,Film Courage, Paul Battista, Film Festivals APP, SLS Hotel, Martini Crew Booking, Advantage Video Systems, Philippe Catering, 22 Entertainment, RentFoodBroke.com and Celebrity Suites LA.