Holly
Weird Film Festival Announces Lineup
Burbank,
California - The other side of Hollywood is becoming fearless to the
entertainment capital of the world.
The
second annual Holly Weird Film Festival has announced the lineup for
the 2020 season. Celebrating true original underground filmmaking,
Holly Weird celebrates and showcases independent films of all genres
that feature a distinct vision, a unique voice, or an avant-garde
challenge to what is expected or accepted. The festival is making
it's mission to showcase the work of filmmakers who defy independent
visions.
“It's
important for original underground filmmakers to have a venue to
share their work with the world”, says the festival's founder,
award-winning underground filmmaker Jack Truman. “As a filmmaker, I
know how hard it is for underground filmmakers to make their movie.
It's important for them to share their art. I'm proud of the
diversity in this year's lineup. Films are from around world, and 6
of the 14 selections are from female directors. There is an audience
out there that is hungry for true, original independent film that
defies the norm. We're focused on the unique and innovative, and are
thrilled to bring the other side of film to the entertainment capital
of the world”.
14
films from around the world were selected for the 2020 season from
over 600 submissions worldwide. Included are short and feature
narrative, documentary and experimental films. The range of countries
selected include Italy, India, Sweden, Canada and the United
States.Some of the films to be included is the feature film
documentary “Punching the City” by Mariella Bussolati, and short
films “Angel & Opal”, “Disturbance” and “Traces of
Memory”.
“We
have an electric lineup of amazing films scheduled for this season”,
states Truman. “These films will shock the world”.
More
about the festival can be found on the Holly Weird FilmFreeway page
at https://filmfreeway.com/HollyWeirdFilmFestival
.
Holly
Weird on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hollyweirdfilmfest/
OFFICIAL
SELECTIONS for HOLLY WEIRD 2020:
Shorts:
ANGEL
& OPAL (5 Minutes) – Jack Truman (USA)
CATNAP
(6 minutes) – Avilia Horsley (USA)
TOPANGA
(15 minutes) – Aycil Yeltan (USA)
WHITE
ROPE (12 minutes) – Mriidu Khosla (India)
DISTURBANCE
(1 minute) – Mikael Roth (Sweden)
NICE
TO MEET YOU (4 minutes) – Stefano Sgarbi (Italy)
ANGRY
YOUNG STAN: ON THE SLOPES (1 minute) – Stephen Lategan (Canada)
TOOTHACHE
(5 minutes) – Stacey Palmer (USA)
TITO
IN THE BOUNTY DEBACLE (3 minutes) – Steven Lopez (USA)
ASTRAL
BRAVURA (3 minutes) – Ryan Suits (USA)
GOODNIGHT
MR. SANDMAN (3 minutes) – Nathania Zaini (USA)
TRACES
OF MEMORY (14 minutes) – Jody Jaress (USA)
Narrative
Feature Film
CAN'T
KILL THIS (aka F*CK YOU IMMORTALITY) – (80 minutes) Federico
Scargiali (Italy)
Documentary
Feature Film
PUNCHING
THE CITY (70 minutes) – Mariella Bussolati (Italy)
Best
Screenplay Selection 2020
GUNSLINGING
PUSSY – Henry Brown (USA)
