HRIFF 2025: March 5th-15th
HOLLYWOOD REEL
INDEPENDENT
FILM FESTIVAL
FILM PROGRAM & TICKETS – On Sale: Feb 20th at 11:00am
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Award Winning Filmmakers and Movie Stars
Hollywood’s most star-studded event! Where fans meet, and filmmakers screen alongside, movie legends:
Pierce Brosnan (007), Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained), Sharon Stone (Casino), Hilary Duff (Lizzie McGuire), Josh Brener (Big Bang Theory), Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds), Donna Mills (Knott's Landing), Timothy Busfield (The West Wing), Laura Prepon (Orange Is The New Black), Gary Cole (Pineapple Express), Frances Fisher (Titanic), William Fichtner (Dark Knight), Dan Lauria (Wonder Years), Melissa Gilbert (Miracle Worker), John Ennis (Mr. Show), Lin Shaye (Insidious), Sally Kirkland (The Sting), Dominique Swain (Lolita), Clark Duke (The Office), Grace Zabriskie (Twin Peaks), Uwe Boll (Postal), Ed Asner (Elf), John Robinson (Lords of Dogtown), Kurt Fuller (Midnight In Paris), Richard Kind (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Bruce Davison (X-Men), Lee Meriwether (Batman), Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (Designing Women), Robert Picardo (Star Trek), Michael Pare (Virgin Suicides), Barbara Bain (Mission: Impossible), Danny Masterson (That 70's Show), David O'Hara (Harry Potter), Dee Wallace Stone (E.T.), John DeLancie (Breaking Bad), Duane Peters (Hunns), Christopher Masterson (Malcolm In The Middle), Michael Bowen (Kill Bill), Steven Bauer (Breaking Bad), Keith Carradine (Dexter), Anthony Geary (General Hospital), Dean Cameron (Straight Outta Compton), Winnie Holzman (My So Called Life), Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog), Alan Howarth (Halloween), Cloris Leachman (Young Frankenstein), Dominic Purcell (Prison Break), Lloyd Kaufman (Troma), Traci Lords (Cry Baby), Mackenzie Philips (One Day at a Time), Haylie Duff (Napoleon Dynamite), Danny Strong (Mad Men), Rick Shapiro (Maron), Kimiko Glenn (Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse), Richard Riehle (Office Space), drummer Artimis Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd), casting director Bonnie Timmerman (Black Hawk Down)
HRIFF also hosted the last major public appearances for movie legends:
Pierce Brosnan (007), Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained), Sharon Stone (Casino), Hilary Duff (Lizzie McGuire), Josh Brener (Big Bang Theory), Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds), Donna Mills (Knott's Landing), Timothy Busfield (The West Wing), Laura Prepon (Orange Is The New Black), Gary Cole (Pineapple Express), Frances Fisher (Titanic), William Fichtner (Dark Knight), Dan Lauria (Wonder Years), Melissa Gilbert (Miracle Worker), John Ennis (Mr. Show), Lin Shaye (Insidious), Sally Kirkland (The Sting), Dominique Swain (Lolita), Clark Duke (The Office), Grace Zabriskie (Twin Peaks), Uwe Boll (Postal), Ed Asner (Elf), John Robinson (Lords of Dogtown), Kurt Fuller (Midnight In Paris), Richard Kind (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Bruce Davison (X-Men), Lee Meriwether (Batman), Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (Designing Women), Robert Picardo (Star Trek), Michael Pare (Virgin Suicides), Barbara Bain (Mission: Impossible), Danny Masterson (That 70's Show), David O'Hara (Harry Potter), Dee Wallace Stone (E.T.), John DeLancie (Breaking Bad), Duane Peters (Hunns), Christopher Masterson (Malcolm In The Middle), Michael Bowen (Kill Bill), Steven Bauer (Breaking Bad), Keith Carradine (Dexter), Anthony Geary (General Hospital), Dean Cameron (Straight Outta Compton), Winnie Holzman (My So Called Life), Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog), Alan Howarth (Halloween), Cloris Leachman (Young Frankenstein), Dominic Purcell (Prison Break), Lloyd Kaufman (Troma), Traci Lords (Cry Baby), Mackenzie Philips (One Day at a Time), Haylie Duff (Napoleon Dynamite), Danny Strong (Mad Men), Rick Shapiro (Maron), Kimiko Glenn (Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse), Richard Riehle (Office Space), drummer Artimis Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd), casting director Bonnie Timmerman (Black Hawk Down)
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HRIFF Award of Excellence recipients have included
Pierce Brosnan (007), Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained), Sharon Stone (Casino), Hilary Duff (Lizzie McGuire), Josh Brener (Big Bang Theory), Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds), Donna Mills (Knott's Landing), Timothy Busfield (The West Wing), Laura Prepon (Orange Is The New Black), Gary Cole (Pineapple Express), Frances Fisher (Titanic), William Fichtner (Dark Knight), Dan Lauria (Wonder Years), Melissa Gilbert (Miracle Worker), John Ennis (Mr. Show), Lin Shaye (Insidious), Sally Kirkland (The Sting), Dominique Swain (Lolita), Clark Duke (The Office), Grace Zabriskie (Twin Peaks), Uwe Boll (Postal), Ed Asner (Elf), John Robinson (Lords of Dogtown), Kurt Fuller (Midnight In Paris), Richard Kind (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Bruce Davison (X-Men), Lee Meriwether (Batman), Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (Designing Women), Robert Picardo (Star Trek), Michael Pare (Virgin Suicides), Barbara Bain (Mission: Impossible), Danny Masterson (That 70's Show), David O'Hara (Harry Potter), Dee Wallace Stone (E.T.), John DeLancie (Breaking Bad), Duane Peters (Hunns), Christopher Masterson (Malcolm In The Middle), Michael Bowen (Kill Bill), Steven Bauer (Breaking Bad), Keith Carradine (Dexter), Anthony Geary (General Hospital), Dean Cameron (Straight Outta Compton), Winnie Holzman (My So Called Life), Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog), Alan Howarth (Halloween), Cloris Leachman (Young Frankenstein), Dominic Purcell (Prison Break), Lloyd Kaufman (Troma), Traci Lords (Cry Baby), Mackenzie Philips (One Day at a Time), Haylie Duff (Napoleon Dynamite), Danny Strong (Mad Men), Rick Shapiro (Maron), Kimiko Glenn (Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse), Richard Riehle (Office Space), drummer Artimis Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd), casting director Bonnie Timmerman (Black Hawk Down)
HRIFF alumni directors
Pierce Brosnan (007), Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained), Sharon Stone (Casino), Hilary Duff (Lizzie McGuire), Josh Brener (Big Bang Theory), Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds), Donna Mills (Knott's Landing), Timothy Busfield (The West Wing), Laura Prepon (Orange Is The New Black), Gary Cole (Pineapple Express), Frances Fisher (Titanic), William Fichtner (Dark Knight), Dan Lauria (Wonder Years), Melissa Gilbert (Miracle Worker), John Ennis (Mr. Show), Lin Shaye (Insidious), Sally Kirkland (The Sting), Dominique Swain (Lolita), Clark Duke (The Office), Grace Zabriskie (Twin Peaks), Uwe Boll (Postal), Ed Asner (Elf), John Robinson (Lords of Dogtown), Kurt Fuller (Midnight In Paris), Richard Kind (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Bruce Davison (X-Men), Lee Meriwether (Batman), Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (Designing Women), Robert Picardo (Star Trek), Michael Pare (Virgin Suicides), Barbara Bain (Mission: Impossible), Danny Masterson (That 70's Show), David O'Hara (Harry Potter), Dee Wallace Stone (E.T.), John DeLancie (Breaking Bad), Duane Peters (Hunns), Christopher Masterson (Malcolm In The Middle), Michael Bowen (Kill Bill), Steven Bauer (Breaking Bad), Keith Carradine (Dexter), Anthony Geary (General Hospital), Dean Cameron (Straight Outta Compton), Winnie Holzman (My So Called Life), Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog), Alan Howarth (Halloween), Cloris Leachman (Young Frankenstein), Dominic Purcell (Prison Break), Lloyd Kaufman (Troma), Traci Lords (Cry Baby), Mackenzie Philips (One Day at a Time), Haylie Duff (Napoleon Dynamite), Danny Strong (Mad Men), Rick Shapiro (Maron), Kimiko Glenn (Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse), Richard Riehle (Office Space), drummer Artimis Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd), casting director Bonnie Timmerman (Black Hawk Down)
HRIFF premieres have starred
Pierce Brosnan (007), Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained), Sharon Stone (Casino), Hilary Duff (Lizzie McGuire), Josh Brener (Big Bang Theory), Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds), Donna Mills (Knott's Landing), Timothy Busfield (The West Wing), Laura Prepon (Orange Is The New Black), Gary Cole (Pineapple Express), Frances Fisher (Titanic), William Fichtner (Dark Knight), Dan Lauria (Wonder Years), Melissa Gilbert (Miracle Worker), John Ennis (Mr. Show), Lin Shaye (Insidious), Sally Kirkland (The Sting), Dominique Swain (Lolita), Clark Duke (The Office), Grace Zabriskie (Twin Peaks), Uwe Boll (Postal), Ed Asner (Elf), John Robinson (Lords of Dogtown), Kurt Fuller (Midnight In Paris), Richard Kind (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Bruce Davison (X-Men), Lee Meriwether (Batman), Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (Designing Women), Robert Picardo (Star Trek), Michael Pare (Virgin Suicides), Barbara Bain (Mission: Impossible), Danny Masterson (That 70's Show), David O'Hara (Harry Potter), Dee Wallace Stone (E.T.), John DeLancie (Breaking Bad), Duane Peters (Hunns), Christopher Masterson (Malcolm In The Middle), Michael Bowen (Kill Bill), Steven Bauer (Breaking Bad), Keith Carradine (Dexter), Anthony Geary (General Hospital), Dean Cameron (Straight Outta Compton), Winnie Holzman (My So Called Life), Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog), Alan Howarth (Halloween), Cloris Leachman (Young Frankenstein), Dominic Purcell (Prison Break), Lloyd Kaufman (Troma), Traci Lords (Cry Baby), Mackenzie Philips (One Day at a Time), Haylie Duff (Napoleon Dynamite), Danny Strong (Mad Men), Rick Shapiro (Maron), Kimiko Glenn (Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse), Richard Riehle (Office Space), drummer Artimis Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd), casting director Bonnie Timmerman (Black Hawk Down)
HRIFF Award Recipients have also included
Pierce Brosnan (007), Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained), Sharon Stone (Casino), Hilary Duff (Lizzie McGuire), Josh Brener (Big Bang Theory), Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds), Donna Mills (Knott's Landing), Timothy Busfield (The West Wing), Laura Prepon (Orange Is The New Black), Gary Cole (Pineapple Express), Frances Fisher (Titanic), William Fichtner (Dark Knight), Dan Lauria (Wonder Years), Melissa Gilbert (Miracle Worker), John Ennis (Mr. Show), Lin Shaye (Insidious), Sally Kirkland (The Sting), Dominique Swain (Lolita), Clark Duke (The Office), Grace Zabriskie (Twin Peaks), Uwe Boll (Postal), Ed Asner (Elf), John Robinson (Lords of Dogtown), Kurt Fuller (Midnight In Paris), Richard Kind (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Bruce Davison (X-Men), Lee Meriwether (Batman), Linda Bloodworth-Thomason (Designing Women), Robert Picardo (Star Trek), Michael Pare (Virgin Suicides), Barbara Bain (Mission: Impossible), Danny Masterson (That 70's Show), David O'Hara (Harry Potter), Dee Wallace Stone (E.T.), John DeLancie (Breaking Bad), Duane Peters (Hunns), Christopher Masterson (Malcolm In The Middle), Michael Bowen (Kill Bill), Steven Bauer (Breaking Bad), Keith Carradine (Dexter), Anthony Geary (General Hospital), Dean Cameron (Straight Outta Compton), Winnie Holzman (My So Called Life), Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog), Alan Howarth (Halloween), Cloris Leachman (Young Frankenstein), Dominic Purcell (Prison Break), Lloyd Kaufman (Troma), Traci Lords (Cry Baby), Mackenzie Philips (One Day at a Time), Haylie Duff (Napoleon Dynamite), Danny Strong (Mad Men), Rick Shapiro (Maron), Kimiko Glenn (Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse), Richard Riehle (Office Space), drummer Artimis Pyle (Lynyrd Skynyrd), casting director Bonnie Timmerman (Black Hawk Down)
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Academy Awards© & Acclaim for HRIFF Filmmakers
Discoveries at HRIFF have included Keir Gilchrist (now the star of Netflix’s Atypical), Alanna Masterson (from HRIFF Best Actress Winner, to seven years as a lead star in The Walking Dead), Alex Meraz (since cast in Twilight & DC’s Suicide Squad), Toby Hemingway (Black Swan), Tyler Blackburn (Pretty Little Liars), Dean West (The Ledge), Steve Hicks (The Fuzz), Sean Brosnan (No Easy Days); each followed early-career premieres at HRIFF with future Hollywood success. Solidifying the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival’s reputation as the premiere festival event to find the upcoming cinema superstars of tomorrow!
HRIFF Emerging Talent Discoveries
Many HRIFF discoveries go on to wide distribution and acclaim: including Academy Awards© for “The Lady in Number 6” the animated “Mr. Hublot”, as well as Oscar© nominations for the films of Bill Plympton, and three straight years of HRIFF Best Picture Winners: 2014 HRIFF Best Picture Winner “The Act of Killing”, HRIFF 2015 Best Picture Winner “Force Majeure”, and HRIFF 2016 Best Picture Winner “Trumbo” each received Oscar© nominations.
HRIFF films that went on to receive acclaim and wide distribution include: “The Act of Killing”, ”Anomalisa”, “Force Majeure”, “Drift”, “The Look of Silence”, “Bridegroom”, “A Day At The Pool”, “Mr. Hublot”, “The Lady In Number 6”, “Assault on Wall Street: Bailout”, “City of Gardens”, “7 Years Underground”, “Sex, Violence and Family Values”, “Forget Me Not”, “Henri”, “Bible Storyland”, ”
The Silent Thief”, “Killing of a Sacred Deer”, “The Lighthouse” and many more!
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