Maya Rudolph, Mandy Moore Film Briefing 2020 – Selected in
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Palm Springs Shortfest has announced in its official selection a slate of 332 films that will be eligible for jury consideration, including Mandy Moore starrer “I Lost My Mother’s Ashes”; Kevin right “in Josiah”; And Maya Rudolph, J. Ellis and Loris Hawkins in “Thirsty.”
Shortfest will screen a portion of the selected films from June 16 and will be published on its website for free through June 22.
“We are proud to share what our filmmakers have done to make their films and what our staff has done to make ShortFest happen,” said artistic director Lily Rodriguez. “No one imagines starting a film festival during an epidemic, let alone a politically charged and urgent one. We are convinced that films are sympathetic machines and share movies from different parts of the world from different perspectives,” he said. Stay committed
Other high-profile films and other short films featuring TV actors include Mellora Walters in “Adline, The Great”; Danny Pudi and Karan Sonny in “Coffee Shop Name”; Produced by Lara Darn, Will McCormack and Michael Gower lead “If Anything, I Love You”; Gayle Rankin in “Jane”; Oscar Isaac and Alia Shawkat in the “House of Letters”; “Little Chief” in Lily Gladstone; Rachel Drach in “Mercy learns something new”; In John Gemberling’s “Emergence”; Nicholas Brown in “Victor in Paradise”; And Sarah Steele in “We Want Our Money Back.”
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The festival will announce the winners from the curated lineup on June 21. The winners will be awarded 25 25,000 in prizes and cash prizes, including five Academy Awards qualifying prizes.
The ShortFest Forum will be held from June 16-22 with representatives from virtual classes and panels. Diversity, Rotten Tomatoes, Sundance Film Festival, among other actors and directors in the industry. This year’s panels will cover a wide range of topics, including animation, budgeting, advertising, co-production, documentary filmmaking, entertainment law, episodics, festival programming, festival strategy, financing, music, pitching, writing, as well as working with actors, directors, agents, The press and preachers ists
“We are thrilled to be able to actually mount the shortfest during this challenge,” said Linton Melita and Sudip Sharma, shortfest directors of programming. “While it’s a shame we can’t welcome the audience later this month, what we can feel is one of the best lineups this festival could have so far, there’s nothing to be fortunate about sharing the work of these incredible filmmakers.”
A list of the complete lineup is available at www.psfilmfest.org. Four of the panels will be available to the public, with pre-registration on the website starting June 13.
