The 19th annual Hollywood Film Festival has unveiled a quartet of opening night films for its Sept. 24 launch: Scott Ehrlich’s “Pearly Gates,” Eshom and Ian Nelms’ “Waffle Street,” Eric Weber’s “Outliving Emily” and Eugene Corr and Roberto Chile’s “Ghost Town To Havana.”
The four-day festival, which will take place at Arclight Hollywood, has programmed 20 narrative features, 27 documentaries and 38 shorts from 3,019 submissions. The festival will aim for social impact with a “See Good / Do Good / Feel Good” theme.
“Pearly Gates” is a comedic musical starring Uzo Aduba, Illeana Douglas, Bonnie Sommerville, Peter Bogdonavich and Lainie Kazan. “Waffle Street” stars James Lafferty and Danny Glover in the true story of a hedge fund operator who loses his job and winds up working as a waiter at a waffle shop.
“Outliving Emily” (pictured above) stars Olympia Dukakis, Louis Zorick, Andre Braugher, Zosia Mamet and Alexis Bledel in a look at...
The four-day festival, which will take place at Arclight Hollywood, has programmed 20 narrative features, 27 documentaries and 38 shorts from 3,019 submissions. The festival will aim for social impact with a “See Good / Do Good / Feel Good” theme.
“Pearly Gates” is a comedic musical starring Uzo Aduba, Illeana Douglas, Bonnie Sommerville, Peter Bogdonavich and Lainie Kazan. “Waffle Street” stars James Lafferty and Danny Glover in the true story of a hedge fund operator who loses his job and winds up working as a waiter at a waffle shop.
“Outliving Emily” (pictured above) stars Olympia Dukakis, Louis Zorick, Andre Braugher, Zosia Mamet and Alexis Bledel in a look at...
- 9/11/2015
- by Dave McNary
- Variety - Film News
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