Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival

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Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival
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Location Hollywood, USA
Founded2001
LanguageInternational
Website Official Website

The Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival (commonly abbreviated as "HRIFF" [1] ) is a film festival with a focus on independent films [2] held annually at L.A. Live / Staples Center [3] and additional cinemas across Hollywood, California. HRIFF guests have included Pierce Brosnan, [4] [5] [6] Hilary Duff, [7] [8] Harry Dean Stanton, [9] Martin Landau, [10] Joe Mantegna, [11] Josh Brener, [12] Frances Fisher, Neil Breen [13] and Uwe Boll [14] [15] and many other Hollywood celebrities.

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Official HRIFF Award of Excellence Winners include Gérard Depardieu, Peter O'Toole, and Tinto Brass. [16] Other winners and/or attendees of note at HRIFF include Gary Cole, [17] Ed Asner, [18] Tyler Blackburn, [19] Jon Polito, [20] Danny Masterson, [21] Laura Prepon, [22] Mackenzie Phillips, [23] Rick Shapiro, [24] John Heard, [25] Grace Zabriskie, [26] Jon Polito, [27] Bruce Davison, [28] John Robinson, [29] Dominic Purcell, [30] and Sharon Stone. [31]

History [32]

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Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival winners holding their trophies

The festival was established in 2001 [33] with a focus on new independent films. [34] It is a competitive event, annually [35] screening films in competition and awarding the best films in its program in various categories [36] during a red-carpet award show. [37] [38]

HRIFF has screened films produced by Ron Howard, [39] Werner Herzog, Michael Apted, Errol Morris, [40] [41] [42] and showcased films directed by Bryce Dallas Howard, Dusan Makavejev, and Bill Plympton, [43] as well as films starring Jonathan Pryce, Zach Braff, Teri Polo, Clark Duke, Jonathan Banks, Lori Petty, Steven Weber, Jeremy Sisto, Dominique Swain, James Hong, Paul Rudd and more [44]

Award of Excellence

Each year, as part of its award show, the festival presents the "Award of Excellence" to multiple people whose work in film is considered highly influential, and whose work is shown in the festival.

In recent years recipients include:

Notable films in competition

Retrospectives and special events

Reception

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The links below have text about the festival. — Maile (talk) 04:11, 29 January 2024 (UTC)