Jeremy Merrifield’s “Balloon,” Carolina Markowicz’s “The Orphan” and Siqi Song’s “Sister” have won the top awards at the 2019 HollyShorts Film Festival, which handed out its awards on Saturday Night at the Harmony Gold in Hollywood.
Those three films won in categories that automatically qualify a short for the Best Animated Short or Best Live-Action Short categories at this year’s Academy Awards.
“Balloon” stars Jonah Beres and Paul Scheer is the story of a high schooler who discovers he has super powers. The film, made at the American Film Institute, is also a finalist at the 2019 Student Academy Awards.
Also Read: 2019 ShortList Film Festival Finalists Announced: Watch and Vote for the Winner!!
“The Orphan” is based on true stories and deals with a teen orphan given up by his adoptive parents for being too effeminate.
“Sister,” which is also a finalist in TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival,...
Those three films won in categories that automatically qualify a short for the Best Animated Short or Best Live-Action Short categories at this year’s Academy Awards.
“Balloon” stars Jonah Beres and Paul Scheer is the story of a high schooler who discovers he has super powers. The film, made at the American Film Institute, is also a finalist at the 2019 Student Academy Awards.
Also Read: 2019 ShortList Film Festival Finalists Announced: Watch and Vote for the Winner!!
“The Orphan” is based on true stories and deals with a teen orphan given up by his adoptive parents for being too effeminate.
“Sister,” which is also a finalist in TheWrap’s ShortList Film Festival,...
- 8/18/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Project Name: The Online Gamer Asking For: $25,000 on Kickstarter Amount Raised Thus Far (At Time Of Post): $5,577 Days Remaining In Campaign (At Time Of Post): 25 Description: For more than four years, The Online Gamer has been the crown jewel of the Reckless Tortuga YouTube channel. Starring Eric Pumphrey as Aaron a flagrantly obscene, volatile, and twitchy gamer. Popular installments often apply Aaron's online gaming logic and his sociopathic tendencies to the rest of his life. Thus far, Aaron's adventures have spanned more than 80 episodes (and a cross-channel spin-off in Machinima Prime's The cLAN), and through the current Kickstarter campaign, Reckless Tortuga hopes to fund eight more. Creator Bio: Beyond The Online Gamer, Reckless Tortuga has built a channel that includes some of the best gaming-related sketch comedy on YouTube. Co-creators Jason Schnell, Lindsey Reckis, and Eric Pumphrey crossed a million subscribers last June; you can read our interview with that trio here.
- 3/4/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
Lesley Ann Warren has signed on to star in two independent films — “Babysitter” and “The Sphere and the Labyrinth,” which the Oscar-nominated actress will shoot back-to-back, TheWrap has learned. Warren is currently in Los Angeles filming the comedy “Babysitter” from writer-director Morgan Krantz and producers Luke Baybak and Eric Pumphrey. Also Read: Owen Wilson Comedy Casts ‘Lords of Dogtown’ John Robinson (Exclusive) Max Burkholder (“The Purge”) stars as 14-year-old Ray Longway, whose parents are going through a vicious divorce and are “auditioning” to convince him with whom to live. Warren will play Ray’s grandmother. Also Read: John Robinson, Lorraine Nicholson,...
- 1/24/2014
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Series Name: Bad Roomies Asking For: $75,000 on Kickstarter Amount Raised Thus Far (At Time Of Post): $15,112 Days Remaining In Campaign (At Time Of Post): 18 Description: Bad Roomies is a planned feature film about two roommates, played by Patrick Renna and Tommy Savas, whose lives are perfectly normal--until their third roommate dies. The ultimately settle on a new third wheel, a "sexy" and "conniving" woman played by Lindsey Reckis of Reckless Tortuga, which sets a madcap screwball comedy in motion. Creator Bio: Renna and Savas are both fringe Hollywood guys who have had numerous roles in film and TV. Savas is also a regular performer on Reckless Tortuga, and the YouTube sketch channel is on board for Bad Roomies. In addition to Reckis, Eric Pumphrey will also have a role, and Jason Schnell will serve as the director
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- 12/18/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
New Mentalist season 6,episode 5 intense spoilers & clips hit the net. Last night, CBS dropped the new spoilers and sneak peek/spoiler clip (below) for their upcoming "The Mentalist" episode 5 of season 6. The episode is entitled, "The Red Tattoo," and it appears to be quite intriguing and intense as hell as a major attack scene goes down, another Red John suspect tries to get in on Patrick and the crew's investigation, and more. In the new "The Red Tattoo" episode, When a prominent member of Visualize is mysteriously killed, Patrick will end up, investigating in the hopes that the case will provide a clue that will lead him to Red John. Actor ,Reed Diamond will return as Ray Haffner. Guest stars are going to include: Reed Diamond as Ray Haffner, Robert Picardo as Jason Cooper, Karl Sonnenberg as Cbi Karl, Beth Riesgraf as Kira Tinsley, Ray Abruzzo as Bill Mylar, David Starzyk as Ed Reed,...
- 10/21/2013
- by Megan
- OnTheFlix
New Mentalist season 6,episode 5 official spoilers,plotline revealed by CBS. Recently, CBS revealed the new, official,synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Mentalist" episode 5 of season 6. The episode is entitled, "The Red Tattoo," and it sounds like it'll be quite interesting as a prominent member of Visualize gets killed, sparking up an investigation by Jane, and more. In the new,5th episode press release: When a prominent member of Visualize is mysteriously killed, Patrick will investigate in the hopes that the case will provide a clue that is going to lead him to Red John. Actor Reed Diamond will return as Ray Haffner. Guest stars are going to include: Reed Diamond as Ray Haffner, Robert Picardo as Jason Cooper, Karl Sonnenberg as Cbi Karl, Beth Riesgraf as Kira Tinsley, Ray Abruzzo as Bill Mylar, David Starzyk as Ed Reed, Brian Leckner as Hotel Security, Kirk Zipfel as a Dad, Aidan Sussman as a Boy,...
- 10/20/2013
- by Eric
- OnTheFlix
Reckless Tortuga, the sketch comedy channel run by Jason Schnell, Lindsey Reckis, and Eric Pumphrey, has been entertaining YouTube audiences for years. In 2010, its Online Gamer series garnered lots of attention, and three years later, it has crossed one million subscribers. We talked to the group about its many exciting projects of the past, present, and future. Tubefilter: How does it feel to cross one million YouTube subscribers? What do you have to say to your fans? Reckless Tortuga: It's really an amazing accomplishment for us. When we first started the channel we would have never thought we would reach 1 Million subs. It's truly an honor and really owe it all to the fan base that has supported us for so long now. Tf: What sort of response have you guys received for The cLAN? Any interest in a second season after this one wraps up? Rt: The cLAN has...
- 6/6/2013
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
As YouTube networks solidify and creators begin making actual paychecks, it’s easy to forget about the passion filled collaborative days of YouTube’s yesteryear that helped to build some of the site’s biggest fan bases. YouTubers working with YouTubers was a powerful tool that not only grew audiences, but gave content creators an opportunity to have fun working with fellow talent. Yes, collabs certainly still happen, but it feels like they’re happening less so between individuals represented by different YouTube networks. Thankfully, though, we have a show like The Stooges to further remind us people are still working together and it doesn’t always have to be all about the Benjamin’s (not that there’s anything wrong if it is). Shot on a modest budget bumping $10K, the series features YouTube stars Eric Pumphrey of Reckless Tortuga and Rawn Erickson (HiimRawn) of Maker Studios, as well as Luke Edwards,...
- 3/20/2012
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
I first fell in like with Reckless Tortuga after watching Psycho Girlfriend. Lindsey Reckis plays the role of highly insecure, emotionally erratic significant other to Tommy Savas’ comforting chill dude demeanor. She takes his innocuous asides to hyperbolic proportions, asks leading questions, and sets him up for failure in a way that varies from a touch to a helluva lot more absurd than our real-life interactions with a few choice ex-loved ones. In addition to telling tales of how crazy the ladies can be (amiright, fellas?!), Reckless Tortuga takes on obsessive gamers, killing zombies, dysfunctional theater groups, ghosthunters with attitudes, mail-order brides, douchebags you work with, and inane PSAs in a handful of web series that never fail to entertain. What started as a Let’s-throw-this-video-up-on-YouTube lark for Reckis and her Reckless companions, Eric Pumphrey and Jason Schnell, has turned into a sustainable business of making a living by making...
- 2/16/2011
- by Joshua Cohen
- Tubefilter.com
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