Hollyshorts 2026 Round 3: A slew of genres and styles
Hollyshorts continues to unfold in Hollywood, with new sections also being added to the online selection each day. Today, I'm taking a look at a truly diverse selection that come from various corners of the festival's program. I'll start with Lea Favre's Hunting , which is playing in the Documentary III section of the festival. At first, I was wondering why the film is considered a documentary, as it doesn't necessarily reveal its nonfiction basis at first. But when it does, it becomes something really dark and distressing. I was actually holding my breath, holding back tears, almost shaking. Hunting Rendered in wonderful stop-motion, with some other styles of animation peppered in here and there, the film begins as search for creative inspiration. The character, who I take to be Favre herself, is armed with her camera (which she refers to as her rifle) and on the search for someone worth filming. She prowls around public spaces, surreptitiously observing the peop...
