HollyShorts Festival Expands Alliance to Pacific Northwest
Filmmakers shrinking the corridor between Hollywood and Seattle/Tacoma
LOS ANGELES -- HollyShorts Film Festival announces a growing alliance between Los Angeles and Pacific Northwest filmmakers that is shrinking the corridor for filmmakers up and down the west coast. This year Pacific NW production companies Evil Slave, Abundant Productions, and Mighty Tripod Productions are working with Shoreline Community College’s Digital Filmmaking Department to produce “The Lunchbox Brigade,” the 2015 HollyShorts screenplay winner.
Listed by MovieMaker Magazine as one of the “Top 25 Fests Worth the Entry Fee,” HollyShorts awards the winner of the screenplay competition with an automatic entry in next year’s festival. Seattle-based filmmaker Ben Andrews, Owner of Evil Slave, recognized an opportunity to create a strong alliance of filmmakers from Seattle, Tacoma and Los Angeles when he met the HollyShorts leadership early in 2014 at SXSW. “It happened pretty quickly,” said Andrews. “I discussed the need to highlight Washington Filmmakers and they discussed the need to expand and further their outreach.” HollyShorts has featured more than 2,000 projects showcasing stars and filmmakers including Luke Wilson, Eli Roth, Sofia Loren, Bill Plympton, Anthony and Joe Russo, Issa Rae, and Felicia Day. “It’s truly an honor to see our dreams becoming a reality, having our esteemed HollyShorts Screenplay competition winner Kyle Thieleget his short made via our partners Evil Slave, Abundant Productions and Mighty Tripod Productions along with Shoreline Community College’s Filmmaking Department,” said Theo Dumont and Daniel Sol, HollyShorts Co-founders. “This alliance truly signifies the new pathway between the Pacific Northwest and Hollywood, a bridge that creates incredible opportunities across the board for filmmakers everywhere and we are delighted to be involved.”
“The Lunchbox Brigade” follows a neighborhood squadron of kids that discovers their brother-in-arms, Johnny, has gone to camp for the summer. They determine a rescue is in order, and together they embark on an antic-filled plan to infiltrate enemy territory (aka summer camp) and free their friend. But when their leader, Teddy, discovers that Johnny actually wants to be at camp, he must lead the Lunchbox Brigade in a touching tribute to the loss of one of their own.
“I’m honored to be the winner of the 2015 Screenplay competition with HollyShorts and am impressed with the professional caliber of the Pacific Northwest filmmakers producing the short,” said Thiele, Writer and Director of “The LunchBox Brigade.”
HollyShorts has also entered the Video on Demand distribution game and is slated to produce its own content in addition to spotlighting content from independent filmmakers.
The 12th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival and Film Conference/Film Market, is scheduled for August 11-20, 2016 at the world famous TCL Chinese 6 Theatres.
About HollyShorts Film FestivaL
The HollyShorts Film Festival is an annual independent short film festival located in Hollywood, California. Founded in 2005, the yearly festival programmes feature an eclectic mixture of short films of various genres from around the world.
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