The 20th edition of the renowned HollyShorts Film Festival (HSFF) will take place at the TCL Theaters in Hollywood from August 8 to 18, 2024. This year, 36 incredible animated short films from around the world will compete in the category for Best Short Animation, with the winner automatically qualifying for next year’s Academy Awards shortlist.
The widely celebrated festival will showcase animation in all its diverse forms, from hand-drawn animation to motion graphics to stop-motion and more. It will present a variety of different genres, touching on themes of love, loss, mental health, homelessness, identity, animal care, and childhood wonderment.
Here is the list of the animated shorts competing in the 2024 edition:
- An Angel on Oxford Street (Paul Shamassian)
- Area 52 (Emily Dubovi)
- Atomic Chicken (Thibault Ermeneux, Lucie Lyfoung, Solène Polet, Capucine Prat, Morgane Siriex, Anna Uglova)
- Beautiful Men (Nicolas Keppens)
- The Brown Dog (Nadia Hallgren, Jamie-James Medina)
- Bye Bear (Jan Bitzer)
- Canard (Elie Chapuis)
- Corn (Youssef Mahmoud Hanafi)
- Corpus and the Wandering (Jo Roy)
- Dandelion (Ling Zhao, Zhengwu Gu)
- The Date (Langan Kingsley)
- Fortune Cookie (Fu Yang)
- Gary! (Nikolai Paik)
- In the Shadow of the Cypress (Hossein Molayemi, Shirin Sohani)
- La Perra (Carla Melo Gampert)
- Les Belles Cicatrices (Raphaël Jouzeau)
- LUKi and the Lights (Toby Cochran)
- Magic Candies (Daisuke Nishio)
- The Marrons Glacés (Delphine Hermans, Michel Vandam)
- Masha and the Bear: Who Is Gifted? (Roman Kozich)
- The Mayfly (Sue Perrotto)
- The Miracle (Nienke Deutz)
- My name is Edgar, and I have a cow (Filip Diviak)
- Nate & John (Jumai Yusuf)
- Noggin (Case Jernigan)
- Origami (Kei Kanomori)
- Play Again (Zen Pace)
- The Queenʻs Flowers (Ciara Leinala Lacy)
- Self Searit (Kahsay Huluf)
- Society of Clothes (Jeong Dahee)
- Summer 96 (Mathilde Bédouet)
- Tennis, Oranges (Sean Pecknold)
- Under The Black Hole (Xuan Fan)
- Volcelest (Eric Briche)
- Wander to Wonder (Nina Gantz)
- Yuck! (Loïc Espuche)
HollyShorts is devoted to showcasing the best and brightest short films from around the globe, advancing the careers of filmmakers through screenings, networking events, and various panels and forums. The festival showcases the top short films produced in 40 minutes or less.
To view the full list of official selections, visit http://www.hollyshorts.com
This year’s hybrid celebration of short films will take place in person, with screenings at the world-renowned TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood and virtually through the official festival streaming platform, BITPIX. HollyShorts screenings will take place from August 8-18th at TCL Chinese Theaters, 6801 Hollywood Blvd., 3rd Level, Hollywood, CA, 90028, followed by the annual awards gala on August 18.
For additional information and tickets, visit https://hollyshorts2024.eventive.org/passes/buy
