Tag: independent film
High Stakes: Colin Dowda’s Grounded Stoner Comedy
Colin Dowda discusses High Stakes, a 2012-set stoner comedy about a teenage outcast searching for friendship, screening at the River Valley Film Festival.
By Valerie...
Delco: The Movie Celebrates the Heart, Humor, and Homegrown Spirit of...
Chris Pierdomenico and Leah Cevoli bring an authentic hometown story to the River Valley Film Festival
By Valerie Milano
Palm Springs, CA (The Hollywood Times) 7/14/26...
Do Evil Thoughts Make an Evil Man? Turns a Deathbed Confession...
By Valerie Milano
Palm Springs, CA (The Hollywood Times) 7/13/26 - Filmmaker Simon Stockdale’s Do Evil Thoughts Make an Evil Man? is a tense, thought-provoking short...
Batter Up, Queen! Hits a Home Run with Queer Joy, Humor...
By Valerie Milano
Palm Springs, CA (The Hollywood Times) 7/13/26 - Batter Up, Queen! the lively and heartfelt narrative short from writer-director Cameron M. Brown, steps...
Sunset Smudge: Jesse LoCascio Finds Beauty, Identity and Hope in a...
By Valerie Milano
Palm Springs, CA (The Hollywood Times) 7/12/26 - Writer, director, editor and cinematographer Jesse LoCascio brings a deeply personal and visually poetic short...
The Life That Might Have Been: Still Mine, at Dances with...
Hollywood, CA (The Hollywood Times) 6/27/26 - Spoiler Alert: The following discussion reveals the key emotional turning point in Still Mine.
In the opening of...
Review: Last Man Up at Palm Springs ShortFest
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Festival Theaters 5
2:00 PM Reserve Now
By Valerie Milano
Palm Springs, CA (The Hollywood Times) 6/24/26 - Premiering at the Palm Springs International ShortFest, Last...
Palm Springs International ShortFest Continues Strong on Day 2 with Global...
By Valerie Milano & Ana Maria Gill
Palm Springs, CA (The Hollywood Times) 6/24/26 - Following a successful opening night, Day 2 of the 32nd...
Palm Springs International ShortFest – Dropping Off Brings a Moving...
Palm Springs International ShortFest
June 24, 2026 – 2:00 p.m.
On the Job Program
By Valerie Milano
Palm Springs, CA (The Hollywood Times) 6/22/26 – In an era...
HollyShorts Film Festival 2026
21st Annual edition, set to take place in Los Angeles from August 13–23, 2026
By Valerie Milano
Hollywood, CA (The Hollywood Times) 6/22/26 - Recognized as...








