Kirk Douglas

James Brolin

Graham Nash

Shelley Winters

Richard Zanuck

David Brown

Norman Jewison

Dave Grusin

Stewart Copeland

The Festival was founded by New York Times bestselling authors Carlos de Abreu and Janice Pennington de Abreu to discover neophyte talent from the global creative community and to introduce their work to mainstream Hollywood.

• Hollywood Film Awards Winners & Honorees
  Hollywood, CA, August 11, 1998 -- The 2nd Annual Hollywood Film Festival's "Hollywood Film Awards" ceremony, honoring emerging independent filmmakers and established Hollywood professionals, was held last night before a standing-room only audience of over 700 Hollywood Film Festival attendees. Independent Films "The Sugar Factory" and "Paradise Falls" Win Best Feature Film Awards.
• Cybercast of the 2nd Annual Hollywood Film Festival™
• All-Star Line-Up for the 1998 Hollywood Film Awards Gala Ceremony
  James Brolin, Shelley Winters, Rod Steiger, Penelope Ann Miller, Sydney Pollack, Martin Landau, Gena Lee Nolin, Producers David Brown and Richard Zanuck (Jaws Driving Miss Daisy, Deep Impact), Director Norman Jewison, (Moonstruck), Director Mimi Leder (Deep Impact), and Producer Jon Landau (Titanic) among participants in the 1998 Hollywood Film Awards - Hollywood Film Festival Gala Awards Ceremony, August 10 at the world famous Beverly Hilton Hotel.
• Line-Up of 1998 Hollywood Discovery Awards® Finalists Announced
  The Second Annual Hollywood Film Festival™ unveils the line-up of finalists for the 1998 Hollywood Discovery Awards® competition.
  Finalists - Film Synopses
• 1998 Hollywood Conference™
  Intensive networking with over 100 industry professionals, August 6-9, 1998. Access to agents, distributors, executives & financiers, among others.
• Shelley Winters Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
  The 2nd Annual Hollywood Film Festival™ announced that legendary actress/writer/teacher Shelley Winters is the recipient of the festival's Hollywood Lifetime Achievement Award™.
• Outstanding Achievement in Producing Award Recipients
  Distinguished producers Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown, whose blockbuster hits include The Sting, Jaws, The Verdict, Cocoon, and Driving Miss Daisy, honored with the festival's Hollywood Outstanding Achievement in Producing Award.
• Norman Jewison Recipient of Outstanding Achievement in Directing Award
  Multi-Academy Award nominated director and producer Norman Jewison, whose films include Moonstruck, In the Heat of the Night, and Fiddler on the Roof, among many others, honored with the festival's Hollywood Outstanding Achievement in Directing Award™.
• Dave Grusin -- Outstanding Achievement In Music In Film Award
  Oscar-winning film composer Dave Grusin, who has scored such films as The Milagro Beanfield War, Heaven Can Wait, The Champ, On Golden Pond, Tootsie, Havana, The Fabulous Baker Boys, and The Firm, is the recipient of the Festival's Hollywood Outstanding Achievement in Music in Film Award™.
• Stewart Copeland Honored With
  Hollywood Music In Film Visionary Award
  Award-winning composer Stewart Copeland, whose body of work includes the scores for the films Rumble Fish, Wall Street, Talk Radio, See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Taking Care of Business, The Wide Sargasso Sea and Gridlock'd among others, the 1998 recipient of the Hollywood Music in Film Visionary Award™.
• Hollywood Digital Award™ Nominees Announced
  The Hollywood Film Festival® announced the nominees for the 1998 Hollywood Digital Award, honoring the best film of the year that featured truly outstanding work in the area of digital visual effects.
• Hollywood CyberAwards® Nominees Announced
  Carlos de Abreu, Founder and Executive Director of the Hollywood Film Festival™ announced the nominees for this year's Hollywood CyberAwards.

• Media Alert
  Academy Award nominated actor James Woods, Hollywood's Honorary Mayor Johnny Grant, and director Ted Kotcheff announce plans for this year's "Hollywood Film Festival" and "Hollywood Film Awards." "Hollywood Film Festival" recognized as the official Hollywood film fest and to be part of the Hollywood Revitalization Project. Click here for details.
• Hollywood Film Festival® - Mission Statement & Introduction
• Gala Awards Ceremony @ The Beverly Hilton Hotel
  Monday, August 10, 1998, at Merv Griffin's world-famous
  Beverly Hilton Hotel.
• Events & Ticket Information
• Hollywood Film Festival Sponsorship
• Hollywood Festival Program- Advertising Information
• List of Sponsors
• Supported & Endorsed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
• The Press Room
  What the press is saying about the Festival.
• Travel Arrangements
  The Hollywood Film Festival® is endorsed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles. Hollywood has many fine hotels & restaurants.
• Hollywood Discovery Awards™
  
  • Hollywood Film Discovery Awards™