Hang Onto Your Shorts Film Festival

05/29/2026

Hang Onto Your Shorts Film Festival with Brian Kopack and Hiram Ortiz

https://filmfreeway.com/hangontoyourshorts

The Hang on to Your Shorts Film Festival is entering its 13th year of bringing great short films and art to the iconic Jersey Shore. In May of 2027, the Hang Onto Your Shorts Film Festival will be held in the great city of Red Bank, New Jersey.

Your art deserves a real movie theater. Accordingly, our 2027 event will be held at Basie Center Cinema House, 36 White Street, Red Bank, NJ.

New Jersey is the home of a lot of great film festivals. The Hang Onto Your Shorts Film Festival is unique because it is an intimate and inviting affair, without pretense. We celebrate your art, and we celebrate you! Hang Onto Your Shorts strives to create connections among filmmakers and actors, and these connections often result in collaborations that screen the very next year.

In celebration of the spirit of the Jersey Shore's musical history, we recently added a "Music Video" category to the awards. We also aim to promote the arts with future creators and collaborators. Accordingly, we have special STUDENT film rates.

We look forward to sharing our creative universe with you, and we look forward to meeting you!

05/28/2026

Join us for the latest edition of the Hang Onto Your Shorts Podcast at 8 this evening. We will host Gorilla Warfare director, Charlie Caracciolo!!!

05/15/2026

Hang Onto Your Shorts Film Festival - LIVE with Brian Kopack and Hiram Ortiz

05/15/2026

Join us in a couple of minutes as we talk about the latest version of the HOTYS Film Festival.

05/07/2026

The Hang Onto Your Shorts Film Festival is open for your submissions. The "earlybird" gets the best rates. Become a part of our family.

The Hang on to Your Shorts Film Festival is entering its 13th year of bringing great short films and art to the iconic Jersey Shore. In May of 2027, the Hang...

05/04/2026

With our 2026 festival coming to a close, here are our award winners from this past weekend! Congratulations to all and thank you to everyone who attended.

05/04/2026

Film Festival 2026 is a wrap!!! We made great memories with great people, though we should have definitely taken more pictures. Please share any you have with us.

04/17/2026

Family & Friends...Tickets to our film festival are now available online for our May 1st and 2nd event at Basie Center Cinemas, Red Bank, NJ. This is a fun event where you can see great work from amateur filmmakers AND established stars. It's a great family or couples event. We'd love to see you there:

https://filmfreeway.com/hangontoyourshorts/tickets

01/24/2026

Time is running out. Only 3 days left to submit your short film or music video. Share your art with the Hang Onto Your Shorts Film Festival in Beautiful Red Bank, NJ. Use code RB25 for 25% off via

A heartfelt THANK YOU to all of the actors, directors, writers, scorers, etc..all of the creatives whose art and passion made the 2025 version of the Hang Onto Your Shorts Film Festival such a resounding success. We are humbled to know that you entrusted us with your art, and we were SO excited to m...

10/31/2025

Hang Onto Your Shorts Podcast LIVE with Brian Kopack and Hiram Ortiz