Welcome to the 7th Annual Hollywood Screenings Film Festival
Sunday, March 19, 2023

This is an international annual event held in Los Angeles CA.
We screen local, national and international films.

Our festival seeks hidden gems bigger fests often overlook.
Our programmers are looking for visionary filmmakers with fresh voices to share with an audience hungry for independent film.

1% of all merchandise, ticket, and VIP ALL FILMS pass sales go to FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN (www.freearts.org).

Enjoy LIVE EVENT!
SCREENINGS, RED CARPET, AWARDS CEREMONY
and Q&As with filmmakers!

This how our events looks like...

...and now it's time for the 2023 edition

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Tickets and All Films Passes

Get Festival Laurels here

Submit your film, video or screenplay for
the 2024 edition here

Get Festival merchandise here

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Venue
LAPAC. Los Angeles Performing Arts Conservatory 10931 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Parking
Street Parking or 2383 Midvale Ave
(1 hour/$1, 10 hours/$4)

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Schedule
12:45 PM Red Carpet
1:00 PM Block #1 (Shorts)+ Q&A with Filmmakers
The Moon Followed Me To Falm, 4:24
Unlocking Ireland, 13:46
Linopy, 3:29
Nomads, 13:00
Trivial, 14:12
Toxicity, 18:28 Filmmakers in Person!
PEBBLE, 13:11 Filmmakers in Person!
What They Left Behind, 6:49 Filmmakers in Person!
Q&A with Filmmakers 2:45PM
Break 3:15 PM
Block #1. $10 doors. $9.00 online here

3:30 PM. Block #2 (Shorts)+ Q&A with Filmmakers
Healed, 3:10
Stopover; 5:31
Milonga De Espino, 19:57
Things That I Do, 5:17
Unreason, 9:30
Baseball with Dad , 14:23
Orion - Hana Hsu, 3:55
Pete's Peak, 4:59 Filmmakers in Person!
Marjanah, 7:39 Filmmakers in Person!
We're Not Safe Here, 12:00 Filmmakers in Person!
The Pencil, 3:26
Q&A with Filmmakers 5:15 PM
Break 5:45 PM
Block #2. $10 doors. $9.00 online here

6:00 PM Awards Ceremony

6:30 PM. Block #3. Feature Presentation
The First Two, 01:23:00
Block #3. $10 doors. $9.00 online here

8:00 The Festival Ends

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1% OF TICKET SALES WILL GO TO FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN www.freearts.org

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Details
Red Carpet 12:45 PM
Block #1 (Shorts), 1:00 PM

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The Moon Followed Me To Falm, 4:24, USA
Animation. Directed by Joël Gibbs
A seafarer sings the story of how he, as a young man, left Falmouth looking for a new life on the High Seas.

Unlocking Ireland, 13:46, Ireland
Documentary. Directed by Johnathan Connolly
Shining a light on real people experiencing homelessness in Galway, Ireland.

Linopy, 3:29, France
Experimental. Directed by Thibaud Lagardere
An abandoned door lay in a backyard of a farm. where can it lead to when no one is watching?

Nomads, 13:00, Greece
Directed by Giannis Floulis
In the Greek countryside, groups of pastoral nomads with their herds move from the plains in the winter to the mountains in the summer since the Middle Ages.

Trivial, 14:12, Spain
Comedy. Directed by Fran Menchón, Sandra Reina
Chicho and Macarena impatiently await the arrival of their guests. trivial pursuit is already set up on the table, and Paloma and Miguel seem like the perfect opponents for an easy win. everything is going..

Toxicity, 18:28, USA
Filmmakers in Person!
Drama. Directed by Gimante Nichols
Nikki Jones is trapped in a toxic relationship with her boyfriend, and she must decided whether or not she should get out before it's too late.

PEBBLE, 13:11, USA
Filmmakers in Person!
Comedy/Drama. Directed by Karina Logothetis
When a therapist’s daughter decides to break into her mother’s office, steal all the medication and end her life, an uninvited patient walks in and is desperately asking for help. What follows is a very unorthodox therapy session, where the therapist is not a real professional. The two women bond over their mutual journeys of loss and grief and inspire one another to keep coping with having lost a loved one.

What They Left Behind, 6:49, USA Filmmakers in Person!
Animation. Directed by Xingyu Gu
Several years after her grandfathers had passed away, a young woman recollects her memories of them.

Q&A with Filmmakers 2:45PM
Break 3:15 PM
Block #1. $10 doors. $9.00 online here

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Block #2 (Shorts), 3:30 PM

Healed, 3:10, Hungary
Experimental/Music Video
Directed by Emil Goodman
A dancers struggle with breast cancer

Stopover; 5:31, Germany
Drama. Directed by Mäx Modestus
A socially restricted mother meets her son after years of no contact and has one last chance to build up the connection they never had.

Milonga De Espino, 19:57, Spain
Drama. Directed by Álvaro  Leivas
Valencia,Spain,2022. Pau is a young Latin American food delivery man. His cheeky and arrogant behavior lead him to meet again with someone who he doesn't know and, without knowing it,he offended.
Galeano, is an old Uruguayan man who was part of the Tupamaro guerrilla in the past, but now there are no traces left of those ideals in his dubious presente business.

Things That I Do, 5:17, USA
Music Video. Directed by Anthony Michael Louderback, Jerry Kokoul
Desires unfulfilled are learning lessons. This song is about selfish desires and being responsible for your own path if you choose to greedily go after said desires.

Unreason, 9:30, Germany
Drama. Directed by Hanna Heimann
three girls are getting ready for a party. Rosa, the host, is torn between the contrary opinions of her two friends. when she picks a side, their innocent pres escalate.

Baseball with Dad , 14:23, USA
Comedy. Directed by Cody McHan
A misguided father forces his unwilling son to spend a day with him learning to play the family pastime of baseball. A tradition that goes back further than he could ever imagine. With the help of an old family bat, both sides learn more about each other and what a relationship means between a father and son.

Orion - Hana Hsu, 3:55, Taiwan
Directed by SEAN HU
Sci-fi/Music Video

Pete's Peak, 4:59, USA
Filmmakers in Person!
Drama. Directed by Trevor James
A young woman hikes to her father's favorite look-out spot.

Marjanah, 7:39, USA
Filmmakers in Person!
Drama. Directed by Amrita Kalsi

We're Not Safe Here, 12:00 Filmmakers in Person!
Thiller/Comedy.
Directed by Christopher Cox
For three longtime friends, a camping trip turns into a night of terror and paranoia when one of them tells the story of a mysterious creature called La Mimica.

The Pencil, 3:26
Comedy. Directed by Mikhail Gojko, Dmitry Ruslavenko
A men is about to discover a... magic pencil.

Q&A with Filmmakers 5:15 PM
Break 5:45 PM
Block #2. $10 doors. $9.00 online here

Awards Ceremony 6:00 PM

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Block #3. Feature Presentation, 6:30 PM

The First Two, 01:23:00, Hungary-USA
Drama. Directed by Balázs Szövényi-Lux
After an unsuccessful marriage attempt Sasha needs to leave Budapest and her Hungarian boyfriend to continue her studies in the USA. As the day progresses, their special bond makes separating in the morning a difficult choice.

Block #3. $10 doors. $9.00 online here

End of the Festival 8:00 PM
VIP ALL FILMS PASS. $30 doors, $25 online here

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Screenplay Category. Screenwriters in Person!

Please note that we do not read screenplays at the festival. You can read some of the scripts here, contact the writer, and collaborate. Look for an inscription that says "READ SCREENPLAY HERE" next to the title.

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Light Em' Up
Writer Sami Garcia
Television Script
United States
When survival is determined by a ticking fuse, a rogue team of experts brings the fire. Officer Harris and her bomb squad pyros defend the public from dangerous murders when they are in fact facing a perilous stalker themselves. Harris and McKenzie, her professional and romantic partner, are in search of who they are as a couple and who their local serial bomber is in this highly anticipated Light Em' Up series.
READ SCREENPLAY HERE
Screenwriter in Person!

The Person in Charge
Writer Loretta Bolger Wish
Stage Play
United States
In town to attend his grandmother’s funeral, 13-year-old Caden instead winds up looking after her grandmother—the great-great grandmother he barely knows. He feels overwhelmed and out of his depth, but as the two explore common ground during her lucid moments, he unexpectedly starts enjoying her company and growing into the role of caregiver.
READ SCREENPLAY HERE

Tell, don't show or: Blacking up
Submitter Daniel Soelberg
Feature Script
Denmark
Temi tries to maintain his job and identity after waking up in a different body.
READ SCREENPLAY HERE

The Out-Of-Timers
Writer Michael Natoli
Television Script
United States
Fed up with his dead-end job, CIA analyst Todd Rosenberg steals a time machine and travels back to 1965 to find the birthday gift for his loving wife, Vanessa. But, blending into the past proves to be more difficult than living in the present.
READ SCREENPLAY HERE

The Wild Hunt
Writer Francesca Florentyna O'Hop
Television Script
United States
(MINISERIES PILOT) A queer college student embarks with her girlfriend on a journey to find her long-lost sister - and the eldritch entity responsible for the disappearance.
Screenwriter in Person!

Call me Candy
Writer Surina Nel
Television Script
South Africa
KATARINA McKAY (17) is one of the lucky ones. She is pretty and smart, and well liked by her peers in school. She has her entire future planned out. Then, her father commits suicide. Katarina and her mother, HELENA, are forced to move from their upmarket double-story house to a trailer park. The transition is too much for Helena, who finds solace in drowning her sorrows.

Bug Soup
Writer Richard Scott Pool
Feature Script
United States
BUG SOUP is the heartwarming tale of multiple lives from different backgrounds entangled together for one major event that could have turned out tragic without the help of everyone working together for one common goal.
Screenwriter in Person!

My Name is Carolyn
Writer Cassiopeia Sachs
Feature Script
United States
A grandmother abducts her transgender granddaughter from a doctor’s office at gunpoint, believing she’s saving the child from a grave mistake. However, as they journey across the country, she begins to question what is truly best for their family.

Traveling Back to the Old West: A Timeless Crossing
Submitter Bruce Thomas
Short Script
United States
This is a story about two men that travel Old West re-enactment settings to get a flavor for what it was like in the 1850’s. Little do they know that they enter a time warp while under the belief that all “re-enactment” experiences are staged…a mere portrayal of what life was like back then. Throughout their travels to various re-enactment “sets”, they encounter historic heros and villains, saloons, shootouts, and the dry, dusty, and crude way of life. Unbeknownst to our lead characters, none of this is realized until they return home…a rather stunning ending.

Silent Battles
Writer Steve Meredith
Short Script
United States
A man desperate to find a way to make ends meet decides to rob his affluent neighbor, only to discover that his neighbor's lifestyle isn't what it appears to be.

The Walk Out
Writer Danielle Oke
Feature Script
Australia
A traumatized and disconnected photographer, recently returned from a conflict zone, attempts to deal with her maimed reality by escaping into a desert mindscape where she must sieve through memories, thoughts and real-time interactions to expel her demons at the risk of never returning. www.tapdmo.com

Inviolable
Writer Devin Dugan
Feature Script
United States
Kate DeCampo is a university tour guide at Northern Michigan University. She hates her job and can't wait for summer to be over and the new semester to start. She routinely experiences flashbacks of her abusive past which she would rather forget. A past that has scarred her in ways she still cannot face. She is in love with Eric Foley, her ex, and who is currently dating another girl, Cindy Williams. Sara Brandle, Kate's best friend, knows this but doesn’t know what to do about it.

In the Bedroom
Writer Milan John Smith
Short Script
United States
A young woman is playing sex games with her husband, then realizes her reality is skewed.

The Sands
Writers Hannah Looney, Jason Cortez
Television Script
United States
Hannah Looney is a queer filmmaker from Colorado with a heart for unique and spooky stories. She graduated from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Video Studies and is working in Washington DC as an Associate Producer. She originally set on starting her career in performance before she discovered her love for storytelling behind the camera.

TWINKS
Writer Keith Soforic
Feature Script
United States
Two TWINKS risk everything to protect a wealthy friend from a dangerous blackmailer. * This is a story of friendship — unorthodox as it may be — and the loyalty among those friends. twink (n.) "An attractive, boyish-looking, young gay man. The stereotypical twink is 18-22, slender with little or no body hair, often blonde...and is not particularly intelligent.

UNFIT
Writer Alissa Rachel Chavez
Feature Script
United States
When a financially disadvantaged girl against the odds gets accepted into the fashion institute of her dreams, she will have to work exceptionally hard to withstand the intense pressures of the schools culture as well as the cruel faculty and students that want her out.

The Memory of Summer
Writer Jared Masten
Short Script
United States
A man diagnosed with Alzheimers struggles to remember his life before it's gone.

Torn
Writer Ericka Salary
Feature Script
United States
In a matriarchal society the men have been outcast. In the city of Coventry, the new HQ of a worldwide order, the council has learned of a new assault by the male rebellion which sets a debate on what to do about this growing threat. Kay and Jade, sisters, sit at the head of the council to which Jade wants to take military action and Kay thinks there is a peaceful solution to be found.

Vinyl Taped Mary Jane
Writer Angel Hilson
Short Script
United States
Feeling like an outsider, a nine-year-old girl navigates the pitfalls of her posh private school and the worrisome absence of her deployed father.

What If
Writer Ryan Huang
Short Script
United States
In an altered universe, a heterosexual young man comes out to his best friend, who is surprised and worried but eventually understood.
Screenwriter in Person!

Cold War Reboot
Writer Joshua A Cohen
Feature Script
United States
An FSB spy hunting an oligarch team up to stop a Russian terrorist attack on NATO Headquarters

Phases of the Moon
Writer Francesca Florentyna O'Hop
Short Script
United States
An experimental look at a girl's psyche as a nightmarish moon tries to pull her into its gravity.
Screenwriter in Person!

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Photography Category

The future of the PAST
by ZOLTAN BOROS

Blooming
by Marta Misiova

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Our festival proudly presents
films previously submitted to us. Watch them all here

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