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Palm Springs ShortFest returns

posted 16 years ago by gkfi

http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=festivals&jump=story&id=1061&articleid=VR1117990038&cs=1

The Palm Springs ShortFest has packed its lineup with celebs, including many switch-hitting as helmers.

Event runs Aug. 21-27.

Kate Hudson will bring her short film "Cutlass," starring Dakota Fanning and Virginia Madsen; Kirsten Dunst directs Winona Ryder in "Welcome" ; and Matthew Modine directs himself in "I Think I Thought."

Other shorts star Tony Shalhoub ("LA Actors"), David Arquette ("Nosebleed") or feature celeb voices including Ian McKellen ("For the Love of God"), Whoopi Goldberg ("The Descendant") and Robert Redford ("The New Environmentalists").

The fest will also feature master classes by thesp Bill Pullman and cinematographer William Fraker; a session on film criticism will include David Ansen (Newsweek) and Claudia Puig (USA Today).