HollyShorts Announces Official Lineup For Third Annual Film Festival

Hollywood, CA—The organizers of HollyShorts announced today the official selections for the 3rd annual HollyShorts Film Festival, which takes place August 10-12, 2007.

The opening night Hollywood premiere of Adrian Grenier’s (“Entourage”) acclaimed short film “Euthanasia” will take place at Nacional in Hollywood on Friday, August 10.

The film festival and panels take place at Cinespace Digital Superclub August 11-12.

“We are thrilled to be back in Hollywood to showcase 60 of the best and brightest short films from around the globe,” said Daniel Sol, HollyShorts Film Festival Director. “This year’s festival will feature an action packed schedule of short film screenings, industry panels, networking events and receptions; it’s an honor to bring the industry and the next generation of great filmmakers together for three days.”

HollyShorts received over 500 submission for this years festival. Along with a strong domestic presence, the 3rd annual HollyShorts Film Festival will feature a slew of shorts from the international community, with films from Australia, Brazil, India, Mexico, Romania, Spain and Singapore.

13 selections are in competition for the Best Student Short Film category. HollyShorts has chosen student projects from: AFI, Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, BYU, Columbia University, NYU, Ohio University School of Film, Ringling College of Art and Design in Florida, The School of Visual Arts in New York, Temple University, University of Miami, USC and University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Two additional short films will be added to the lineup from the OurStage.com monthly film contest and three additional short films will receive automatic entries from the Si-mi.com HollyShorts Online festival which is currently in progress. Advanced tickets are available now and can be purchased by visiting: www.acteva.com/go/hollyshorts. Festival passes are $20 per day. For a limited time only, festival attendees can take advantage of the online exclusive two-day pass for $30.

The complete line up can be seen by visiting www.hollyshorts.com