Closing Night Awards Gala of the HollyShorts Film Festival at the Historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood

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Live from the Historic Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, was the Closing Night Awards Gala of the HollyShorts Film Festival, with a star-studded lineup of Producers, Directors, Writers, and Actors, along with all the award winners of this amazing Film Festival, and afterwards in the courtyard of the Egyptian Theatre was a fun after-party!

The Egyptian Theatre is a classic and beloved movie palace originally built in 1922 during the silent film era! A fixture in Hollywood’s Golden Age. Egyptian-style theatres are based on the traditional and historic design elements of Ancient Egypt. The first Egyptian Theatre to be constructed in the US – which inspired many of the identically-named theatres that followed it – was Grauman’s Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, California.

To mention just a few of the many celebrities that we interviewed: Catherine Hardwicke (HollyShorts Visionary Honoree Award, Twilight Film Director), Louisa Connolly-Burnham (Vampire Academy), Samuel Arnold (HS 24 Jury, Emily in Paris star), Bella Thorne, Adrienne Barbeau (HS 24 Jury,  Swamp Thing), Jimmy Jean-Louis (Host), Stefania Spampinato (HS Presenter, Grey’s Anatomy star), and Lexi Underwood (HS Rising Star Honoree Award, Cruel Summer).

We want to thank all of our News Staff for covering so many events of this 11 day & night Film Festival. Our Entertainment Today News Team of Doug Nolan: Editor, Cameraman, and Reporter, and Pilot for our “Eye in the Sky” film footage of Hollywood, Doug is in the left of the below photo doing an interview with Actress ALBA RAMADANI:    And in the Below Photo L – R: Our Entertainment Today TV Show Host: Margie Rey, Matt Segal: Cameraman/Reporter, Steve Taylor: Entertainment Today TV Producer, and Jacqueline Murphyour TV Show Co-Host: Our TV Show Host: Margie Rey had a great interview with the sponsors of this HollyShorts Film Festival: Cotrini Skincare, where you can WAKE UP TO A YOUNGER YOU, and discover the ultimate, science-backed solution to reverse aging while you sleep in JUST 14 DAYS!  Margie interviewed the owners of this company: Camilo Triana and Christopher Kelsey who went into detail about all the benefits of using their great products, and offered our viewers a 20% discount by using the password code: glowup when you go to their Website: https://cotrini.com !

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Announcing the 2024 HollyShorts Award Winners:

Oscar-qualifying categories

BEST SHORT FILM GRAND PRIZE: “Amplified,” Dina Naser
BEST LIVE ACTION: “Anuja,” Adam J. Graves
BEST ANIMATION: “Wander to Wonder,” Nina Gantz
BEST DOCUMENTARY: “The Final Copy of Ilon Specht,” Ben Proudfoot

Other categories:

BEST DIRECTOR: Kate Hollowell, “Say Hi After You Die”
BEST DRAMA: “Motherland,” Jasmin Mozaffari
BEST COMEDY: “Deep Tish,” Dave Paige
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: “Corpse Fishing,” Pip White
SCRIPT COMPASS GENRE STORY AWARD: “A Family Guide to Hunting,” Zao Wang
BEST HORROR: “Bill,” Emily Dhue
BEST EDITING: “The Cockroach,” Patrick Lawrence
BEST INTERNATIONAL: “The Masterpiece,” Àlex Lora
LATINX AWARD: “The Ballad of Tita and the Machines,” Miguel Angel Caballero
BEST LGBTQIA+: “Sister Wives,” Louisa Connolly-Burnham
BEST MIDNIGHT MADNESS: “Dream Creep,” Carlos A.F. Lopez
BEST AAPI “Fishtank,” Wendi Tang
BEST PRODUCER: “Tea,” Gabriella Piazza
BEST SAGINDIE: “Azi,” Montana Mann
BEST SPORTS: “Black Mark,” Jaren Hayman
BEST SCI-FI: “Paeonia,” Pedro Xavier Buson
KODAK BEST SHOT ON FILM, 35MM: “Clodagh,” Portia A. Buckley
KODAK BEST SHOT ON FILM, 16MM: “Deep in My Heart is a Song,” Jonathan Pickett
KODAK NEST SHOT ON FILM, HONORABLE MENTION: “Mort,” Giselle Bonilla
SOCIAL IMPACT AWARD: “His Mother,” Maia Jo Scalia
BEST THRILLER: “Cameron,” Sam Freedman
BEST STUDENT FILM: “Fishmonger,” Neil Ferron
BEST TV: “Loft and Found,” Pete O’Hare
BEST VFX: “Fireline,” Robin Takao D’Oench
BEST WEB SERIES: “Dick Bunny,” Katie Locke O’Brien
BEST FEMALE SCREENPLAY: “Babka,” Serena Dykman
HOLLYSHORTS HONORABLE MENTION: “Play Date,” Laura Campbell, Amberlee Colson
BEST TV SCREENPLAY: “Something Weird About Winston,” Wilandrea Blair
COTRINI BEST RISING DIRECTOR: Bella Thorne
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY GRAND PRIZE: “Oops My Dad is a Duck,” Shaun Radecki
BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY” “Crabs in a Mother F*cking Bucket,” Kari Mote
ISA STORY AWARD: “Empty House,” Sheida Sheikha
BEST PODCAST: “Gladstone Girls,” Rachel Shenton and Chris Overton

LIVE ACTION SHORT FINALISTS
“Amplied,” Dina Naser
“1UP,” Greg Francis
“Clodagh,” Portia A. Buckley
“Corpse Fishing,” Jean Liu
“The Last Ranger,” Cindy Lee
“The Fishing Net,” Anna Palinkas
“Yaya,” Leticia Akel Escárate
“Anuja,” Adam J. Graves
“Say Hi After You Die,” Kate Hollowell
“Motherland,” Jasmin Mozaffari

The star-studded jury who will determine which four will films qualify to be considered for the 2025 edition alongside high profile HollyShorts awards are: Adam Rackoff (The Brainwashing of my Dad, Downwind), Alex Winter (Zappa, Bill & Ted Face The Music), Academy® Award Winner Alice Doyard, Adrienne Barbeau (Maude, Swamp Thing), Danny Pino (Hotel Cocaine, Unión de Reyes),  David Dastmalchian (Oppenheimer, The Suicide Squad), Jennice Lee, Deadline’s Joe Utichi, Awards Daily’s Joey Moser, Jon Huertas (This is Us, Castle), Josh Hamilton (Reality, The Walking Dead), Academy® Award Nominee Joshua Seftel, Katherine McNamara, (Shadowhunters, The Maze Runner), Kalani Dreimanis, IMDB Senior Film Editor Keith Simanton, Lio Tipton (A Friend of the Family, Riddle of Fire), Deadline’s Matt Carey, Matthew Modine (The Martini Shot, Hard Miles), Michelle Krusiec (A Million Miles Away, Hollywood), Academy® Award Nominee Misan Harriman, Student Academy® Award Winner Omer Ben-Shachar, Peter Macon (Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, The Orville), Rachel Brosnahan (Superman, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Animation Magazine’s Ramin Zahed, Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel), Rosario Dawson (Ahsoka, Common Ground), Samuel Arnold (Emily in Paris, Expectations), Producer and Head of Acquisitions at Flawless AI Ryan Black, BBC/CNN film expert Sandro Monetti, Sarah Shahi (Red, White & Royal Blue, Sex/Life), Tricia Helfer (Lucifer, Battlestar Galactica) and Tyrese Gibson (Fast & Furious, 1992).

Heading HollyShorts brand new Sports category is none other than NBA Champion Metta World Peace, also judging will be Emmy Award-winning producer Jessica Badawi and NBA Agent Colby Schinto.

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