Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival
The Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival (often abbreviated as "HRIFF") is an American film festival with a special focus on independent films that takes place annually in Hollywood . Venues are the New Beverly Cinema and other cinemas. The festival honored Gérard Depardieu , Peter O'Toole , Frances Fisher and Tinto Brass , among others . Other notable winners and visitors include Jon Polito , John Heard , Rick Shapiro , Hillary Duff , Danny Masterson and Tyler Blackburn .
history
The festival was founded in 2003 with an emphasis on independent films. Every year the festival shows films in competition and awards winners in various categories during an award gala.
Award of Excellence
Every year the festival awards the "Award of Excellence" during its award gala to one or more people whose work is seen as significant for the film world and whose work is shown during the festival. In recent years the award winners have been:
- 2011 - Gérard Depardieu , "for his performance in Grenouille d'hiver "
- 2012 - Tinto Brass , "for innovations in the visual language of his films of the 1960s and 1970s".
- 2012 - Frances Fisher , "for exceptional contributions to the art of acting in a continually outstanding career."
- 2013 - Peter O'Toole , "for exceptional contributions to the art of acting in a continually outstanding career."
- 2015 - Hugo Niebeling , for "artistic innovations".
- 2016 - Gene Wilder , for "Artistic Innovations".
- 2016 - Dušan Makavejev , for "Ingenuity and creativity in the cinema".
- 2016 - Haskell Wexler , for "Ingenuity and Creativity in Cinema".
- 2017 - John Milius , for "Artistic Innovations".
- 2017 - Warren Beatty , for "Artistic Innovations".
Notable films in the program
- The Act of Killing , which received the "Best Picture" award in 2013, was nominated for an Academy Award in 2014 .
- Bridegroom , for which director Linda Bloodworth-Thomason won the 2013 Best Director category, was funded by crowdfunding on Kickstarter.com and in 2012 held the record for the film with the highest crowdfunding on Kickstarter.
- Drive with Benjamin Schnau premiered at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival in 2017, as reported by Stern magazine.
Retrospectives / special events
- In 2012, the festival held a retrospective of Tinto Brass's early, experimental films. World premieres of the restored versions by Nerosubianco as well as Dropout and La Vacanza , in which Vanessa Redgrave and Franco Nero play the leading roles, were shown.
- In 2012 the film Assault on Wall Street by Uwe Boll premiered at the festival. Boll and actors were present.
- In 2012, the festival showed the world premiere of the newly restored HD version of Manos: The Hands of Fate . Actress Jackey Raye Neyman-Jones was in attendance.
- In 2015 the festival organizes a retrospective of Hugo Niebeling's films .
Press reviews
- LA Weekly mentioned the festival in 2012 on their weekly Movie To-Do list.
- Tinto Brass : "I am very honored to receive the award of the (...) Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival and it makes me very happy."
- Hello! Hollywood , a Chinese television show that is shown on 45 channels in China, dedicated an episode to the festival.
Footnotes
- ↑ Official Facebook page of the festival - gallery for the award ceremony. The festival is abbreviated here as "HRIFF", as in many other online sources, both connected with and independent of the festival. . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival: Official website . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ HRIFF Tumblr: Jon Polito and Frances Fisher on the red carpet at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ HRIFF Tumblr: Photo of John Heard on arrival at the festival. . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ HRIFF: Press release on a comedy show by Rick Shapiro during the 2012 festival . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival: Famous People at the Festival - Gallery on the official Facebook page. . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ Official Facebook page of the festival, which mentions 2003 as the founding date. . Retrieved August 30, 2014.
- ↑ Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival: Official website ("About") . Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ↑ Press release, according to which the festival was the ninth festival in 2012. Since the festival was founded in 2003, it shows that it was held annually since 2003 + 9 = 2012 . Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved on August 29, 2014.
- ↑ HRIFF Official Website: List of 2012 winners as an example of the different categories. . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ Bizjournals: Festival program 2012, with mention of the award gala. . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ Facebook gallery: Pictures of the award ceremony, which took place in the New Beverly Cinema. . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival: Winner 2011. Original quote: "for his work in Grenouille d'hiver" . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ Tinto Brass on the price. (Video) . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival: Winner 2012. Original quote (English): "for innovations in cinematic language from his films in the 1960s and 1970s" . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival: Winner 2012. Original quote (English): "for exceptional contributions to the art of acting, of a consistently distinguished career" . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival Tumblr: Photo of Frances Fisher and Jon Polito attend the festival. . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival: Prize Winner. Original quote (English): "for exceptional contributions to the art of acting, of a consistently distinguished career" . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival: List of 2015 Prize Winners . Retrieved January 15, 2015.
- ↑ Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival: List of 2016 Prize Winners . Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ↑ Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival: List of 2016 Prize Winners . Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ↑ Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival: List of 2016 Prize Winners . Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ↑ Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival: List of 2017 Prize Winners . Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ↑ Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival: List of 2017 Prize Winners . Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ↑ IMDB: List of 2013 winners at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival. . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ^ Academy Awards - Official Website: Entry for "The Act Of Killing" . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival Official Website: 2013 Winner . Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ↑ GLAAD: Article about the success of the film on Kickstarter. . Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ↑ stern.de - My hard way to Hollywood . Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ↑ Films in Review: Articles about Nerosubianco and about the retrospective. . Archived from the original on August 29, 2014. Retrieved on August 29, 2014.
- ↑ LA Confidential Magazine: Article on the 2012 Festival . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ Official Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival Tumblr - Photos from the premiere. . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ Jackey Raye Neyman-Jones's blog, in which she talks about the premiere. . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival: Announcement of the retrospective on the official website. . Retrieved September 19, 2014.
- ↑ LA Weekly: "Movie To-Do list for December 2012" . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ Tinto Brass on the price. (Video) Original quote (English): "I am very honored of receiving the award at [... Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival, and it makes me really joyful."] . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ Eric Zuley: Blog entry on "Hello! Hollywood" . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ↑ IMDB page of the "Hello! Hollywood" episode. . Retrieved August 29, 2014.
Web links and sources
Commons : Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
