Welcome to the 2025 edition of Yale in Hollywood Fest, a global virtual film festival streaming worldwide from December 4 to 6, 2025. The online event will stream FREE its programs with FREE LIVESTREAMING Q&A events every day. Yale in Hollywood Fest showcases features and short films that include at least one Yale student, alumnus or current staff in the starring, producing, writing or directing chair.
Stay tuned as full program will go live midnight Thursday Dec 4, 2025!
THURSDAY 12/4
COMEDY SHORTS SHOWCASE
From “Divine Intervention” by Kelly McCready
4 pm PT / 7 pm ET: Join the livestream Q&A with comedy shorts filmmakers discussing their works on Thursday Dec 4 at 4 pm PT / 7 pm ET: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fiWY9XRTTp6ilEDkGjIISA
7 pm PT: Join the launch party on Thursday Dec 4 in Los Angeles from 7 pm to 10 pm PT at Hyperion Social:
FRIDAY 12/5
10 am PT / 1 pm ET: Join Story-boards.ai CEO Markus Etter and Festival Director Quentin Lee for a livestream demo and discussion of using Story-boards.ai for filmmaking on Thursday Dec 4 at 10 am PT / 1 pm ET. Attendees will be offered a 50% discount code to use Story-boards.ai for a year. Join the panel: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VpB4mOlHTL2JbhEqxPnfSA
3 pm PT: / 6 pm ET: Join VeeeU CMO Susana Khan and Festival Director Quentin Lee for a livestream demo and discussion of using VeeU.com and TodaQ, a new TVOD streaming platform and micropayment service, for independent media distribution. Join the panel: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_McreVpL9TL-uK88MQGtxkw
DRAMATIC SHORTS SHOWCASE
From “They Rescue Horses Don’t They?” by Scott Robinson
4 pm PT / 7 pm ET: Join the livestream Q&A with dramatic shorts filmmakers discussing their works on Friday Dec 5 at 4 pm PT / 7 pm ET: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FAQPacKyTOW8UWZDLFJZ0g
SATURDAY 12/6
DOCUMENTARY & EXPERIMENTAL FORUM
From “Making of Sleepless Moon: An East-West Opera” by Donna Ong
2 pm PT / 5 pm ET: Join the livestream Q&A with filmmakers from Documentary & Experimental Forum discussing their works on Saturday Dec 5 at 2 pm PT / 5 pm ET: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lj0PZCX-S5ahFlXiww_sOQ
ALWAYS LOOKING: TITUS BROOKS HEAGINS
From “Always Looking: Titus Brooks Heagins” by Olympia Stone
THE ICE KING’S HEART
Watch all episodes of “The Ice King’s Heart” by Nathaniel Dolquist & Jasmine Fontes
At 3 pm PT / 6 pm ET, watch the livestream of Yale in Hollywood Fest 2025 Awards and Q&A with filmmakers of Always Looking: Titus Brooks Heagins and The Ice King Heart of Yale in Hollywood Fest 2024 via the Youtube link below:
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