HAMMER was awarded the Grand Jury Gold Award for Best Horror Film in the shorts category. This launches what should be an exciting and successful international festival run in 2023!
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LOS ANGELES, CA― Independent Filmmaker Orlando Cicilia III took home the gold this weekend at the 2023 Hollywood Gold Awards in Los Angeles, CA for his film “Hammer”. The OC3 Productions film won the Grand Jury Gold Award [selected by 7 jurors] for Best Horror Short Film, beating out 72 other shorts that were chosen for screening out of 2,100 submissions. "The growing support for Hammer is constant motivation to continue to pursue our intention of making this a feature film. This is an amazing journey and we are so glad to be able to share this with our family, supporters and the entire cast and crew” said Orlando.
"Hammer" stars Eric Roberts who plays an unsuspecting husband who walks in on a world of trouble. “Hammer” is narrative thriller filmed in a single-shot format (similar to “Rope”, “Birdman” and “1917”) and takes audiences on a short thrilling journey with our main character. Cicilia Directed and Produced the film.
For more information, please visit the official movie website at www.hammer-movie.com.
ABOUT HOLLYWOOD GOLD AWARDS
IMDb qualifier’s Hollywood Gold Awards is a monthly international film festival.
Hollywood is a larger-than-life symbol of the entertainment business. A selection of the best monthly short films will be screened every month in Los Angeles, at the Hudson Theatres.
ABOUT ORLANDO CICILIA III
Born and raised in Miami, FL, Orlando Cicilia III, is a passionate writer, producer and director. Right out of college, Orlando founded his media and production agency, OC3 Productions, which has been successfully operating for over a decade. Orlando's work spans commercials, music videos, digital content, television programming and documentary/feature films. Orlando's initial film,"Lionheart", which he produced, wrote and composed music for, was a critically acclaimed project winning Audience and Grand Jury awards throughout its exclusive national festival run. "Lionheart" is in development to become a feature film. Orlando is also producing various other film and tv projects that are in development.
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