MONDAY, from Robert Rodriguez’s Rebel Without a Crew, to Close Oscar-Qualifying Hollyshorts Film Festival

MONDAY, from Robert Rodriguez’s Rebel Without a Crew, to Close Oscar-Qualifying Hollyshorts Film Festival Alejandro Montoya Marin’s film will be accompanied by an exclusive message from the renowned director. Alejandro Montoya Marin (left) and Jamie H. Jung from MONDAY attend opening night of the 14th HollyShorts Film Festival. (Photo by Michael Tullberg/Getty Images)

Los Angeles, CA (August 13, 2018) — The Academy Awards® Qualifying Hollyshorts Film Festival is proud to announce they will be closing their 10-day event with MONDAY, directed by Hollyshorts veteran Alejandro Montoya Marin. MONDAY was shot during Robert Rodriguez’s series Rebel Without a Crew which gave Montoya Marin the opportunity make a feature for only $7,000; the same opportunity that launched and cemented Rodriguez’s career in 1992. Rodriguez will be delivering a special video message to start off the night’s festivities. MONDAY follows pothead slacker Jim (Jamie Jung) who starts his Monday off by losing both his job and his girlfriend (Bonnie Gayle). He soon finds himself wrapped up in a turf war with rival drug cartels and has to outrun a pair of assassins (Anna Schatte, Sofia Embid). With his best friend, Paul (Kenneth McGlothin), Jim attempts to get his life back on track and survive the worst Monday possible. MONDAY is a music driven film that embodies the 80's action-comedy spirit and attempts to put a new spin on the genre. This is the LA Premiere for MONDAY and will be followed by the celebrated Hollyshorts Awards Gala & Afterparty at the Harmony Gold Theater in Hollywood. MONDAY will screen on Saturday, August 18, 2018 at 7:00pm at the Harmony Gold Theater located at 7655 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046. For tickets to MONDAY: https://www.seetickets.us/event/Feature-Film-Monday/368498 For tickets to the Awards Gala and Afterparty: https://www.seetickets.us/event/HSFF-Closing-Night-Awards-and-Afterparty/368499 About Alejandro Montoya Marin Alejandro Montoya Marin was born in Laredo Texas and raised in Mexico (Merida and Monterrey). Since a very young age, he has been interested in film. He went to school for marketing and then attended Vancouver Film School in Canada where he specialized in Directing. Montoya Marin later moved to Albuquerque to join the growing film industry and splits his time between there and Los Angeles. Montoya Marin is currently in the process of pre-production for a tv pilot and his next two feature films.   About Hollyshorts Film Festival 2018 HollyShorts takes place August 9-18, 2018 at the TCL Chinese Theater, Harmony Gold Theater and other locations in Hollywood. Nearly 400 short films will compete for the festival’s top prizes. Last year HollyShorts finalists included 3 out of the 5 Live Action Oscar nominees and the winning short Silent Child from Rachel Shenton and Chris Overton. This year, HollyShorts received an all-time record 5,000 submissions from over 80 countries. The competition will feature Live Action, Animation and Documentary Shorts as well as web series, student shorts, music videos, TV pilots, and VR. The festival also features a screenplay competition where the winning short gets greenlit, shot and shown at next year’s festival courtesy of Seattle Film Summit.