For the second year in a row, the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival teamed up with LA-based celebrity photographer Michael Bezjian for an exclusive photoshoot featuring the 2022 Academy Award Nominated Shorts Filmmakers who qualified for the Oscars at the Festival.
The shoot took place at Bezjian’s The Artist Project studio. The project provides press photo sessions for celebrities and donates funds to charitable causes. Funds raised from the project will be donated to UNICEF to support their efforts to scale up life-saving support for children and their families affected by the War in Ukraine.
The theme was for the filmmakers to wear what they feel most represents them and their work, the image they want to convey to the world in this challenging time with the globe watching, simple and timeless. The portraits featured an art piece created by artist Toby Lee Jones.
Photo Shoot Participants included:
BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT
Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger-Ala Kachuu — Take and Run
Tadeusz Lysiak and actress Anna Dzieduszyka-The Dress
Aneil Karia -The Long Goodbye
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Ben Proudfoot-The Queen of Basketball
Jay Rosenblatt-When We Were Bullies
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Anton Dyakov-Boxballet
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Costume Design: Susanna Puisto
Photos: Michael Bezjian
Agency: Alta Global Media
Makeup: Jade Martinez
Photography by: Photography courtesy of Alta Global Media
