Welcome to the 8th Annual Hollywood Screenings Film Festival
Saturday, May 11, 2024 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 The festival will take at LAPAC 10931 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA |
Schedule
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Door Open 1:45pm
Block 1, 2:00pm
Weightless, Director Andrew Ogorodnikov, Drama, United States, 8:08 LEAD ACTOR & WRITER IN PERSON!
FRAME FUMBLE, Director Alexander Griffin, Comedy, United States, 3:34
The Inexplicable Joy of Being, Director Myles Kovalik, Experimental/Drama, United States, 13:03 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!
Little Monster, Director Damaris Huffaker, Animation, United States, 5:00
Voices, Director Irina Savon, Documentary, Uzbekistan, 22:45
Flow and Ebb, Director Janis Westphal, Comedy, Germany, 20:00
White rain, Director Jean dominique Ferrucci, Experimental, France, 6:16
79 min total time
Q&A with Filmmakers 3:20 pm - 3:50pm
Break 3:50 pm- 4:00pm
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Block 2, 4:00pm
Un Espectador, Director Juan Pablo Palacios, Drama, United States, 17:17 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!
Hangover Food: Vampire Influencer (Ep 4), Director Ross McGowan, Comedic Web Episode, United Kingdom, 7:25 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!
Migrating Textile, Director Khatia Maglakelidze, Documentary, Georgia, 11:59 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON!
Motherboard, Director Rana Ghiassi, Experimental, United States, 3:38
Insanely Perfect, Directors Lukáš Vízner, Miriam Fulmeková, Drama/Comedy, Slovakia, 30:00
72 min total time
Q&A with Filmmakers 5:20 pm - 5:50pm
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Awards Ceremony 6:00pm- 6:15 pm
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Festival Ends 7:00 PM
Festival Hosts
The festival is hosted by Mark Mos- festival founder and Kristen Lundberg- Comedian, actress, producer
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Official Selection Merch
If you are officially selected, then get some stuff for yourself or someone who has supported your work.
1% of all sales go to FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN at www.freearts.org.
1% of all sales go to FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN at www.freearts.org.
Festival Laurels Merch
If you are visiting us as a cinema goer or film festival lover and need a cool souvenir, then get some of these.
1% of all ticket sales and donations go to FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN at www.freearts.org.
1% of all ticket sales and donations go to FREE ARTS FOR ABUSED CHILDREN at www.freearts.org.
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Films we selected in the past
Films we selected this year
Block 1, Sat, May 11, 2:00pm
Weightless, Director Andrew Ogorodnikov, Drama, United States, 8:08 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON
Everyday an artist wakes up next to a dead body. A dead body that shadows his every move, regardless of the distance he puts between it or the number of times he disposes of it. |
FRAME FUMBLE, Director Alexander Griffin, Comedy, United States, 3:34
What if the video frame fought back? FRAME FUMBLE is a new and innovative slapstick/vintage comedy short film that explores the misadventures of a stressed computer worker and his troubles with the aspect ratio. TRAILER |
The Inexplicable Joy of Being, Director Myles Kovalik, Experimental/Drama, United States, 13:03 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON
In this surreal "bare-stage" film, recent-grad Xalila has an identity crisis preparing for a big job interview. |
Little Monster, Director Damaris Huffaker, Animation, United States, 5:00
A monster tries to scare kids, but is surprised when no one is afraid of him. It turns out that it is Halloween and everyone thinks the monster is wearing a costume. An energetic girl named Jessie befriends the grumpy monster and helps him experience how fun Halloween can be. |
Voices, Director Irina Savon, Documentary, Uzbekistan, 22:45
Nine male construction workers living in different cities of Uzbekistan come to work in the capital, where they live and work together away from their families. |
Flow and Ebb, Director Janis Westphal, Comedy, Germany, 20:00
The fishermen Fred and Malte have known each other since they can remember though they never learned to talk about their emotions. When his wife Martha dies suddenly, Fred's world collapses. Malte's clumsy attempts to help him come to nothing - until her cutter runs aground at low tide... TRAILER |
White rain, Director Jean dominique Ferrucci, Experimental, France, 6:16
Birth and death for a buto woman. |
79 min total time
Q&A with Filmmakers 3:20 pm - 3:50pm
Break 3:50 pm- 4:00pm
Block 2, Sat, May 11, 4:00pm
Un Espectador, Director Juan Pablo Palacios, Drama, United States, 17:17 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON
A plumber is called to fix a leak in a woman’s apartment, but unbeknownst to him, he ends up walking into a scenario in which a man has forced himself into her home, pretending to be her husband. TRAILER |
Hangover Food: Vampire Influencer (Ep 4), Director Ross McGowan, Web Episode / New Media, United Kingdom, 7:25
Lee is struggling to adapt to his new life as a vampire, and pressures his best friend Bruce into helping him become the world’s first vampire influencer. TRAILER |
Migrating Textile, Director Khatia Maglakelidze, Documentary, Georgia, 11:59 FILMMAKERS IN PERSON
An embroidery dress, found in New York's Flea Market, connects back to the homeland, where people lead a nomadic life and use the colorful fabrics in everyday life. Harmonic relationships between people and nature are reflected in their lifestyle, food, handicrafts, cloth, materials they use, and what they embroider. TRAILER |
Motherboard, Director Rana Ghiassi, Experimental, United States, 3:38
Motherboard sculpts a narrative about privacy in a digital age, feminism, and the ways in which humans connect with one another today. Shot in black and white, metallic beings both alien and robotic in demeanor lay upon a bed of electronics and cords, as they bask in the LA sun, reclining and recharging. |
Insanely Perfect, Directors Lukáš Vízner, Miriam Fulmeková, Drama/Comedy, Slovakia, 30:00
The Weisses, a well-respected, high-ranking family, are having a luxurious dinner. When an unexpected phone call triggers the mother's sudden announcement of her departure, a web of mysterious relationships begins to unravel. TRAILER |
72 min total time
Q&A with Filmmakers 5:20 pm - 5:50pm
Award 6:00pm- 6:15 pm
Festival Ends 7:00 PM
Screenplays, Stage Plays and Television Scripts
Please note that there will be no screenplays read at the event.
Read some screenplays now, here online. Just click the READ HERE button (where available). If you are a director or producer looking for a new screenplay and want to produce any of those listed works, contact Festival, and we'll contact you with a screenwriter. Some of the writers will be present at the event. It's another opportunity to talk to them about potential collaboration.
Read some screenplays now, here online. Just click the READ HERE button (where available). If you are a director or producer looking for a new screenplay and want to produce any of those listed works, contact Festival, and we'll contact you with a screenwriter. Some of the writers will be present at the event. It's another opportunity to talk to them about potential collaboration.
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN
Writer RAZMIK TOROSSIAN
Feature Script
United States
The immortal Flying Dutchman, CAPTAIN HENDRIK, condemned in 1685 to sail alone until doomsday, under the name JONATHAN GANT, lives amongst us. Entrusted with a divine mission, he is to wage war against dark forces controlling our world, and save the life of the Oklahoma GOVERNOR who was his first officer centuries earlier.
Omakase
Writer Alena Alova
Stage Play
United Kingdom
A budding psychologist desperate to mend their dysfunctional family turns their 18th birthday celebration into a no-holds-barred family therapy session, unearthing deep-buried secrets, unraveling relationships and unmasking identities in this darkly comic drama about the cathartic power of truth.
2020
Writer Xi Ren
Television Script
China
Timmy Adventurous & The Treehouse Gang
Writer Nicholas Jeremiah Robinson
Television Script
United States
A plucky 10-year-old adventurer finds himself on top of a treehouse, meeting a ragtag group of foster kids after being blown away from his parents by a massive storm.
ILLARI OF THE ANDES
Writer Giulie Speziani
Television Script
United States
An Andean farmer finds an abandoned white baby and takes her in as her own. When an American photographer snaps a picture of them and posts it online, the photo goes viral, inciting an investigation of the identity of this woman and her, perhaps, stolen baby.
Aborglyph
Writer Mathew Nicholson
Short Script
United States
While on a romantic picnic, a couple’s devotion is tested when they carve their initials into the wrong tree.
Hoodoo
Writer Ken Cosentino
Feature Script
United States
Two siblings and an odd hermit must untangle a terrifying mystery before sunrise in order to rescue their father’s soul from a powerful demon.
The Receipt
Writer Robert LoBianco
Short Script
United States
A young man finds a receipt in his deceased father's jacket pocket. He later finds out where the receipt was from, which leads to an unusual surprise.
Canvas 31
Writer Jared Doles
Television Script
United States
When Aiden is caught robbing a museum, he is given the chance to earn his freedom. The owner, a dangerous man with criminal connections, wants Aiden to retrieve 30 paintings that disappeared from their vaults years before – stealing them back from the businessmen, mobsters and celebrities who'd bought them off the black market. What the museum doesn’t know is that Aiden was the thief who stole the paintings in the first place, and is now stealing back from his own customers.
Nixin' Nixon
Writer Elisabeth Giffin Speckman
Short Script
United StatesJane, a college student, comes home with exciting news: her longtime crush is coming over. Tonight. Her one problem? Her roommate Maggie's preferred bathroom decor. Will Jane convince Maggie to redecorate before it's too late? Adapted from the play by the same name.
Winter Solstice
Writer Armand Arekian
Feature Script
United States
During a snowstorm, two young gas station employees find themselves trapped at work and forced to confront a knife-wielding stranger. As they navigate this dangerous situation, they also discover their growing romantic feelings for each other.
Writer RAZMIK TOROSSIAN
Feature Script
United States
The immortal Flying Dutchman, CAPTAIN HENDRIK, condemned in 1685 to sail alone until doomsday, under the name JONATHAN GANT, lives amongst us. Entrusted with a divine mission, he is to wage war against dark forces controlling our world, and save the life of the Oklahoma GOVERNOR who was his first officer centuries earlier.
Omakase
Writer Alena Alova
Stage Play
United Kingdom
A budding psychologist desperate to mend their dysfunctional family turns their 18th birthday celebration into a no-holds-barred family therapy session, unearthing deep-buried secrets, unraveling relationships and unmasking identities in this darkly comic drama about the cathartic power of truth.
2020
Writer Xi Ren
Television Script
China
Timmy Adventurous & The Treehouse Gang
Writer Nicholas Jeremiah Robinson
Television Script
United States
A plucky 10-year-old adventurer finds himself on top of a treehouse, meeting a ragtag group of foster kids after being blown away from his parents by a massive storm.
ILLARI OF THE ANDES
Writer Giulie Speziani
Television Script
United States
An Andean farmer finds an abandoned white baby and takes her in as her own. When an American photographer snaps a picture of them and posts it online, the photo goes viral, inciting an investigation of the identity of this woman and her, perhaps, stolen baby.
Aborglyph
Writer Mathew Nicholson
Short Script
United States
While on a romantic picnic, a couple’s devotion is tested when they carve their initials into the wrong tree.
Hoodoo
Writer Ken Cosentino
Feature Script
United States
Two siblings and an odd hermit must untangle a terrifying mystery before sunrise in order to rescue their father’s soul from a powerful demon.
The Receipt
Writer Robert LoBianco
Short Script
United States
A young man finds a receipt in his deceased father's jacket pocket. He later finds out where the receipt was from, which leads to an unusual surprise.
Canvas 31
Writer Jared Doles
Television Script
United States
When Aiden is caught robbing a museum, he is given the chance to earn his freedom. The owner, a dangerous man with criminal connections, wants Aiden to retrieve 30 paintings that disappeared from their vaults years before – stealing them back from the businessmen, mobsters and celebrities who'd bought them off the black market. What the museum doesn’t know is that Aiden was the thief who stole the paintings in the first place, and is now stealing back from his own customers.
Nixin' Nixon
Writer Elisabeth Giffin Speckman
Short Script
United StatesJane, a college student, comes home with exciting news: her longtime crush is coming over. Tonight. Her one problem? Her roommate Maggie's preferred bathroom decor. Will Jane convince Maggie to redecorate before it's too late? Adapted from the play by the same name.
Winter Solstice
Writer Armand Arekian
Feature Script
United States
During a snowstorm, two young gas station employees find themselves trapped at work and forced to confront a knife-wielding stranger. As they navigate this dangerous situation, they also discover their growing romantic feelings for each other.