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.
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
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.
Chatelin Bruno 
