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Location | Hollywood, USA |
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Founded | 2001 |
Language | International |
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.
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]
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]
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:
Giovanni "Tinto" Brass is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In the 1960s and 1970s, he directed many critically acclaimed avant-garde films of various genres. Today, he is mainly known for his later work in the erotic genre, with films such as Caligula, Così fan tutte, Paprika, Monella and Trasgredire.
Jon Raymond Polito was an American character actor. In a film and television career spanning 35 years, he amassed over 220 credits. Notable television roles included Detective Steve Crosetti in the first two seasons of Homicide: Life on the Street and as Phil Bartoli on the first season of Crime Story. He also appeared in several films including The Rocketeer, The Crow and Gangster Squad, as well as his work with the Coen brothers. He appeared in five of their films, including Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink and The Big Lebowski. Polito also portrayed legendary "hungry i" nightclub impresario Enrico Banducci in a large supporting role in Tim Burton's 2014 film Big Eyes starring Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz.
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Alexander Tuschinski is a German film director, film producer, writer, actor and musician. Internationally, he is best known for his feature films which have won awards at various film festivals. His documentary "Caligari in the Desert" was a submission to the 91st Academy Awards. Additionally, he is known for his academic writing on the early works of Tinto Brass. Notably, his research into, and interest in, Brass's work on Caligula was examined in his feature documentary Mission: Caligula. At the documentary's premiere, Penthouse announced plans to work with Tuschinski on a new cut of Caligula aimed at restoring Brass's original version of the film.
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