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Located in the very heart of Tinseltown itself, Hollyshorts is a key event in the short film awards calendar. As an Oscar-qualifying event, the Hollywood-based short film festival often acts as a bellwether for the awards season to come. With a wide plethora of shorts and plenty of prizes up for grabs, it was a programme that I simply couldn’t wait to dive right into. Split between American films that show off the diversity of the grand, complex melting pot of a nation and international efforts, from Italy, Israel, Malaysia and Sweden, varying wildly in tone, style and intention, the following selection of ten shorts is a testament to the very strong curatorial focus of the programming team. While often skewing more conventional than other short film festivals, the stories on show here are sure to provoke strong, visceral emotions, from real tearjerkers to laugh-out-loud comedies to tense thrillers.
- 8/8/2023
- by Redmond Bacon
- Directors Notes
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Madrid-based Buenapinta Media, a producer on Maite Alberdi’s Oscar-nominated “The Mole Agent” and Alauda Ruiz de Azúa’s “Lullaby,” has unveiled a development slate that includes new features by Ruiz de Azúa, Cinéfondation alum Guillermo García López, and Borja Cobeaga and Victor García León.
The slate announcement comes one week after “Lullaby,” hailed by Pedro Almodovar as “undoubtedly the best debut in Spanish cinema for years,” triumphed at the 2023 Spanish Academy Awards, winning best first feature, actress (Laila Costa) and supporting actress (Susi Sánchez)
The 2023-24 production slate at Buenapinta Media, headed by Marisa Fernández Armenteros, also features Isabel Coixet’s just-announced “Un Amor.”
“Lullaby’s” four producers — Sandra Hermida, Buenapinta Media, Encanta Films and Sayaka Producciones — are now backing development on Ruiz de Azúa’s second feature. She is writing the screenplay.
Buenapinta is also developing “Cuidad sin sueño,” from García López, whose “Frágil Equilibrio” won a 2016 best doc feature Goya.
The slate announcement comes one week after “Lullaby,” hailed by Pedro Almodovar as “undoubtedly the best debut in Spanish cinema for years,” triumphed at the 2023 Spanish Academy Awards, winning best first feature, actress (Laila Costa) and supporting actress (Susi Sánchez)
The 2023-24 production slate at Buenapinta Media, headed by Marisa Fernández Armenteros, also features Isabel Coixet’s just-announced “Un Amor.”
“Lullaby’s” four producers — Sandra Hermida, Buenapinta Media, Encanta Films and Sayaka Producciones — are now backing development on Ruiz de Azúa’s second feature. She is writing the screenplay.
Buenapinta is also developing “Cuidad sin sueño,” from García López, whose “Frágil Equilibrio” won a 2016 best doc feature Goya.
- 2/18/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
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