This is what Im talking about!!! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL SHORTFEST ANNOUNCES LINE-UP FOR 2014 Festival to Showcase Shorts Directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, Taylor Kitsch, Rose McGowan, Bebe Neuwirth, Michael Urie, and Starring Danny DeVito, Natalie Dormer, Ioan Gruffudd, Jenna Fischer, Ian Hart, Tony Hale, Rutger Hauer, Sally Hawkins, Oscar Isaac, Cheyenne Jackson, Sophia Loren, Nick Offerman, Sarah Paulson and Mark Strong Palm Springs, CA (June 5, 2014) – The shorts are back in town at the 2014 Palm Springs International ShortFest & Short Film Market. Celebrating its 20th anniversary, ShortFest will showcase 330 films including 84 World Premieres, 71 North American Premieres and 22 U.S. Premieres. The selection of films for screening and competition features star-studded casts and award-winning films from 54 countries around the world and 82 submissions. There are 52 thematically curated programs which will screen June 17-23, at the Camelot Theatres in Palm Springs. More than 3,000 of the festival submissions are available in the ShortFest Market for industry attendees to view. The complete line-up will be posted on psfilmfest.org on June 8 with the online box office launch on June 10. “This 20th anniversary edition of Palm Springs ShortFest is the year of ‘”more”,” said Festival Director Kathleen McInnis. “This year we’ve had more films submitted from more countries than ever before. We saw stronger work from all our submissions, as well as a shift in storytelling—away from the angst-ridden drama of the past few years, and more towards hopefulness and sheer fun. There are more high profile actors lending their weight to the short films in our program, which speaks directly to both the quality of filmmaker and filmmaking. And we have more premieres, especially World and North American, than in years past—a direct result, I think, of the active, year-round outreach we do on the festival circuit. All in all, it’s an extraordinary year in which to celebrate our 20th birthday!”
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 21:11:10 +0000