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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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 |
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Earlybird | January 17, 2025 | $40 (short); $50 (feature) |
Regular | March 21, 2025 | $50 (short); $60 (feature) |
Late | May 2, 2025 2 |
$60 (short); $70 (feature) |
Extended | June 2, 2025 33 |
$75 (short); $80 (feature) |
WinningScripts Pro $15 Off Coupon
Notification: Jun 30th: Quarterfinalists; Jul 14th: Semifinalists; Jul 28th: Finalists; Aug 17th: Winners.
Eligibility
Short screenplays 30 pages or underRules
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
Best Short Screenplay
The first place winning short screenplay will get produced by our production company sponsors 88th Street Productions, to be completed and screen at the HollyShorts Film Festival in 2025. Finished film will get an automatic screening at HollyShorts, including Academy Award Qualified by HSFF and distribution on Bitpix! Top winner will also receive a meeting with Alta Global Media and Festival Formula for festival strategy consultation.
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
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(4.0/5.0) |
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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
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(3.6/5.0) |
Signficance: |
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(4.0/5.0) |
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Contest News
HollyShorts Film Festival Announces Contest Semifinalists
Semifinalists have been announced for the HollyShorts Film Festival Short Screenplay Competition:
A Yeti Met A Mammoth, by Richard Corso, Gregory Ferbrache
1000 miles for freedom, by Coxy Chiara Rodoni
A Boy And His Mirror, by Marchánt Davis
A Grey Matter, by Harris Alvi, Connor Cahill-Hayes
A Prayer for Spiderman Underwear, by Briana Chatters
Absolute Power, by James Roche
Abstinence Only, by Amy Berryman
All Alone, by Jorge Barboza
All My Ordinary Ancestresses, by Lauren Ferebee
Becoming, by Rachel Harrison Gordon
Bentobox, by Victoria Castro
BETTER DAYS, by Christopher Mancuso
Blair is Coming Home, by Gregory Roberts
Blind Bird, by Fred O. Dery
Bottlecap, by Julie Sharbutt
Bridal Sari, by Nina Mohan
Burn With Me, by Simone Warrick
Charlotte, by Jai Brandon
Colins, by Matt McCarthy, Katherine Cox
COMIN' IN HOT, by Adriana Vecc
Conversation On A Couch, by Brian Cohen
Crosshairs, by Nicholas Jessup
Dahlia, by Bill Wilbur
David, by Jacob Mittlestadt-Raab
Desired, by Kate Harpootlian
Diving In, by M. Rowan Meyer
DUMMY, by Andrew Kaberline
Exhaust Kills, by N Bertrand
Feasting On The Dead, by N Bertrand
First Days, by Jen Prince
FISHMONGER, by Neil Ferron, Alexandra Dennis-Renner
Fruitopia, by Cherie Bing
Gettin' Serious, by Bill Morton
Ginzo, by Michael Godere
Glaciers, by Frank Berry, Matthew Bates
Gracias Flamenco, by Richard Wilby
HALF-ASSED, by Tracie Laymon
Harvest, by Alexander Giblin
Heaven, I Suppose, by Riley Donigan
Holy Light, by Varun Bhuchar
Hotwifin', by Mark Wasserman
I Can Hear The Bells..., by Tianna Roberts
I'm Sorry, I Tried, I Love You, by Goldie Jones
I've Missed You Irene, by Richard Wilby
Jade, by Eris Qian
Josephine, by Sean Patrick Hennessy
Jure Matrimonii, by Lina Patsiou
Kindness Coins, by M.r. Fitzgerald
Lady & Luck, by Boris Vymenets
Life On My Knees, by Robin Uriel Russin, William Missouri Downs
Magic Spool, by Shaun Radecki
Monster, by Kurt Choate
Muck, by Christopher Chou Slomiak
My Name Is Davu, by Lynda Dahl, José Sanchez
NORTH STAR, by P.J. Palmer
One Night Only, by Marnie Salvani
Possum, by Lyndal Simpson
RING, by Francisca Zapata, Ally May
Sara, by Jessica L Hinkson
Sick Day, by Beau Farrell
So Tell Me About Yourself, by Hallie Cooper-Novack
STAY, by Shawn Kathryn Kane
The Beauty of the Defeated, by Kyle Switzer
The Great Wingzini, by Shaun Radecki
The Jumping Off Point, by Natalie Lander
The Machine, by Anna Chazelle
The Master and the Bride, by Daniel Arora
The Mold, by Jon Comulada
The Object of My Confections, by Andrew Kaberline
THE PORTER AND THE STONE, by Nuh Omar
The Privateers, by Whitney Hamilton
THE REVVER, by Kelly S Moothart, Mike Hanson
The Shame of the Cities, by Eric L Thompson
The Wish, by Catherine Y Fridey
TO THE LAST GIRL I EVER LOVED, by Mark Labella
Tough Love, by Christina Raia
TSINELAS, by Douglas Spaltro
Tumbling, by Hannah Siden
Twenty One at the Belle Saloon, by Stephanie Noel Garrison
Vial, by Alexandre Jerard Davis, Robert Capron
Vintage, by Ivana Strajin
Wall, by Erin Cantelo
Washing the Body, by Peter Andrews
What Haunts US, by Chené Lawson
Who We Are, by Kagure Kabue
Windy, by Todd Sorrell
Updated: 08/22/2021
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 |
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Overall: |
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(4.2/5.0) |
Professionalism: |
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(3.8/5.0) |
Feedback: |
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(3.6/5.0) |
Signficance: |
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(4.0/5.0) |
Report Cards: |
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