Holiday show is calling all Capras
October 5, 2010
This year’s Holiday Celebration promises a little less tinsel, a little more Tinseltown.
The county’s annual free extravaganza will have a shorter running time this year, and for the first time will include short movies from aspiring and professional filmmakers. Would-be Frank Capras have until November 3 to submit their films of two minutes or less on the theme of “childhood memories from the holidays.”
“This town is full of filmmakers. What a great opportunity we might have to reach this kind of artist, especially in Los Angeles, right?” said Adam Davis, who produces the holiday show in addition to his day job running the county’s John Anson Ford Theatres. Arts Commission Executive Director Laura Zucker added: “We tend to forget in Los Angeles that media arts are part of the arts.”
The top 10 short film submissions will be posted online for the public to view and vote on; the best three will each win $1,000 and a spot in the Holiday Celebration lineup.
That lineup this year will feature 22 acts, from a hip-hop-infused “Nutcracker” to an all-women’s barbershop chorus. The county Arts Commission, which produces the show, is shortening the program to three hours from six because of a $150,000 budget cut.
Even in its shorter form, more than 600 performers will be featured in the show, which will take place on December 24 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The show will be beamed onto a JumboTron on the Music Center Plaza for any overflow crowd or interested passersby, and also will air on KCET.
This will be the 51st year for the Holiday Celebration, which was started by the late Supervisor Kenneth Hahn in 1959.
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