LA Film Festival

Taking place September 20-28, 2018, the LA Film Festival showcases compelling independent films, TV and episodic work from emerging storytellers, alongside filmmaker-driven studio titles.

The Festival fosters valuable alliances and working relationships between independent artists and the film industry. Signature programs include Coffee Talks, the Spirit of Independence Award, Fast Track (a film financing market) and We the People, a two-day summit committed to advancing inclusion within the entertainment industry by serving as a solution-oriented call to action.

Tickets are now on sale to everyone. For questions, please call the box office at 866-345-6337 or email us at boxoffice@filmindependent.org

Project Involve Shorts

Start DateSep 20 2018 7:30 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Project Involve Shorts

Start DateSep 20 2018 8:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Echo in the Canyon

Start DateSep 20 2018 8:00 PM

The Ford Theatres, Los Angeles

Ashes in the Snow

Start DateSep 21 2018 6:30 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

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Simple Wedding

Start DateSep 21 2018 7:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Welcome to LA

Start DateSep 21 2018 7:00 PM

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills

Socrates

Start DateSep 21 2018 7:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Tea with The Dames

Start DateSep 21 2018 7:15 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Maria by Callas

Start DateSep 21 2018 7:30 PM

ArcLight Hollywood, Los Angeles

The Dead Center

Start DateSep 21 2018 7:30 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

The Body

Start DateSep 21 2018 7:30 PM

The Writers Guild Theater, Beverly Hills

Shorts Program 4

Start DateSep 21 2018 9:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Staycation

Start DateSep 21 2018 9:15 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Deep Murder

Start DateSep 21 2018 9:30 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

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Shorts Program 2

Start DateSep 21 2018 9:30 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Ride

Start DateSep 21 2018 9:55 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Future Filmmakers

Start DateSep 22 2018 10:00 AM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Don’t @ Me

Start DateSep 22 2018 10:30 AM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Coffee Talks – Directors

Start DateSep 22 2018 11:00 AM

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills

Shorts Program 6 (Animated Shorts)

Start DateSep 22 2018 11:00 AM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Mamacita

Start DateSep 22 2018 11:30 AM

ArcLight Hollywood, Los Angeles

Museo

Start Date Sep 22 2018 12:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

THE PORTAL: A VR AND IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING SHOWCASE (FREE EVENT)

Start Date Sep 22 2018 12:30 PM

LMU Playa Vista Campus, Playa Vista

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Fire on the Hill

Start Date Sep 22 2018 12:45 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

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Olympia

Start Date Sep 22 2018 1:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Coffee Talks – Actors

Start Date Sep 22 2018 1:00 PM

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills

True Reflections of ‘Us’: The Writers’ Room

Start DateSep 22 2018 1:00 PM

The Writers Guild Theater, Beverly Hills

Shorts Program 3

Start Date Sep 22 2018 1:30 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

THE PORTAL: A VR AND IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING SHOWCASE (FREE EVENT)

Start Date Sep 22 2018 2:00 PM

LMU Playa Vista Campus, Playa Vista

THE PORTAL: Women’s Voices in VR Panel

Start Date Sep 22 2018 2:00 PM

LMU Playa Vista Campus, Playa Vista

Intimate discussions with the top voices working in virtual reality.

The Advocates

Start Date Sep 22 2018 2:00 PM

ArcLight Hollywood, Los Angeles

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The Invisible Minority: People with Disabilities

Start Date Sep 22 2018 2:15 PM

The Writers Guild Theater, Beverly Hills

We Have Always Lived In the Castle

Start Date Sep 22 2018 3:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Shorts Program 5 (Documentary Showcase)

Start Date Sep 22 2018 3:15 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

THE PORTAL: A VR AND IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING SHOWCASE (FREE EVENT)

Start Date Sep 22 2018 3:30 PM

LMU Playa Vista Campus, Playa Vista

Coffee Talks – Screenwriters

Start Date Sep 22 2018 3:30 PM

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills

Keynote Conservation

Start Date Sep 22 2018 3:30 PM

The Writers Guild Theater, Beverly Hills

Brian Banks

Start Date Sep 22 2018 3:30 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

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Shorts Program 1

Start Date Sep 22 2018 4:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

This Teacher

Start Date Sep 22 2018 4:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

THE PORTAL: Animation in VR Panel

Start Date Sep 22 2018 4:30 PM

LMU Playa Vista Campus, Playa Vista

Intimate discussions with the top voices working in virtual reality.

Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl

Start DateSep 22 2018 4:30 PM

ArcLight Hollywood, Los Angeles

THE PORTAL: A VR AND IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING SHOWCASE (FREE EVENT)

Start DateSep 22 2018 5:00 PM

LMU Playa Vista Campus, Playa Vista

Can You See Me Now: Below the Line and Buried

Start DateSep 22 2018 5:00 PM

The Writers Guild Theater, Beverly Hills

The Day I Lost My Shadow

Start DateSep 22 2018 6:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Banana Split

Start DateSep 22 2018 6:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

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Ghost Light

Start DateSep 22 2018 6:30 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

The Cotton Wool War

Start DateSep 22 2018 6:30 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Saint Judy

Start DateSep 22 2018 6:45 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

hillbilly

Start DateSep 22 2018 7:00 PM

ArcLight Hollywood, Los Angeles

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The Clovehitch Killer

Start DateSep 22 2018 8:30 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Heaven Without People

Start DateSep 22 2018 8:45 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Episodes: Indie Series from the Web

Start DateSep 22 2018 9:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

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El Chicano

Start DateSep 22 2018 9:15 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Good Girls Get High

Start DateSep 22 2018 9:30 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Behind the Curve

Start DateSep 22 2018 9:30 PM

ArcLight Hollywood, Los Angeles

Shorts Program 5 (Documentary Showcase)

Start DateSep 23 2018 10:00 AM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Shorts Program 4

Start DateSep 23 2018 10:30 AM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

POW WOW and the Human Face of Blockchain

Start DateSep 23 2018 10:30 AM

ArcLight Hollywood, Los Angeles

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THE PORTAL: A VR AND IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING SHOWCASE (FREE EVENT)

Start DateSep 23 2018 11:00 AM

LMU Playa Vista Campus, Playa Vista

Song of Back and Neck

Start DateSep 23 2018 11:30 AM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Sadie

Start DateSep 23 2018 12:15 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

THE PORTAL: A VR AND IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING SHOWCASE (FREE EVENT)

Start DateSep 23 2018 12:30 PM

LMU Playa Vista Campus, Playa Vista

Episodes: Indie Series from the Web

Start DateSep 23 2018 12:45 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Shorts Program 2

Start DateSep 23 2018 1:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

We Got Receipts: Black Panther and Beyond

Start DateSep 23 2018 1:00 PM

The Writers Guild Theater, Beverly Hills

Facing the Dragon

Start DateSep 23 2018 1:00 PM

ArcLight Hollywood, Los Angeles

THE PORTAL: A VR AND IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING SHOWCASE (FREE EVENT)

Start DateSep 23 2018 2:00 PM

LMU Playa Vista Campus, Playa Vista

THE PORTAL: Social Immersive Documentary VR Panel

Start DateSep 23 2018 2:00 PM

LMU Playa Vista Campus, Playa Vista

Intimate discussions with the top voices working in virtual reality.

Solace

Start DateSep 23 2018 2:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Mind the Gap: Life Beyond Diversity Programs

Start DateSep 23 2018 2:15 PM

The Writers Guild Theater, Beverly Hills

Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable

Start DateSep 23 2018 2:30 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

THE PORTAL: A VR AND IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING SHOWCASE (FREE EVENT)

Start DateSep 23 2018 3:30 PM

LMU Playa Vista Campus, Playa Vista

Stimulating Conversation: Shout Out Entertainment Critics

Start DateSep 23 2018 3:30 PM

The Writers Guild Theater, Beverly Hills

The New Romantic

Start DateSep 23 2018 3:30 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

The Chaperone

Start DateSep 23 2018 3:30 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

The Silence of Others

Start DateSep 23 2018 3:30 PM

ArcLight Hollywood, Los Angeles

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Tower. A Bright Day

Start DateSep 23 2018 4:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

The Great Buster: A Celebration

Start DateSep 23 2018 4:15 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Get Up, Stand Up: Art, Politics, and Rebellion

Start DateSep 23 2018 4:45 PM

The Writers Guild Theater, Beverly Hills

THE PORTAL: A VR AND IMMERSIVE STORYTELLING SHOWCASE (FREE EVENT)

Start DateSep 23 2018 5:00 PM

LMU Playa Vista Campus, Playa Vista

Moroni for President

Start DateSep 23 2018 6:00 PM

ArcLight Hollywood, Los Angeles

Music Video Program

Start DateSep 23 2018 6:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Stuntman

Start DateSep 23 2018 6:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

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Brian Banks

Start DateSep 23 2018 6:15 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

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Microhabitat

Start DateSep 23 2018 6:15 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Thriller

Start DateSep 23 2018 7:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

America to Me

Start DateSep 23 2018 7:30 PM

The Writers Guild Theater, Beverly Hills

All About Nina

Start DateSep 23 2018 7:30 PM

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills

Making Montgomery Clift

Start DateSep 23 2018 8:30 PM

ArcLight Hollywood, Los Angeles

Shorts Program 6 (Animated Shorts)

Start DateSep 23 2018 8:30 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

In Reality

Start DateSep 23 2018 8:45 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Spell

Start DateSep 23 2018 9:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Shorts Program 1

Start DateSep 23 2018 9:30 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Galveston

Start DateSep 23 2018 9:30 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Shorts Program 3

Start DateSep 24 2018 6:30 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

2 Kawaii 4 Comfort

Start DateSep 24 2018 7:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Head Count

Start DateSep 24 2018 7:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

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The Wrong Todd

Start DateSep 24 2018 7:15 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Same God

Start DateSep 24 2018 7:30 PM

ArcLight Hollywood, Los Angeles

Little Woods

Start DateSep 24 2018 8:45 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Fire on the Hill

Start DateSep 24 2018 10:00 PM

ArcLight Hollywood, Los Angeles

40 and Single

Start DateSep 25 2018 7:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

The Oath

Start DateSep 25 2018 7:00 PM

ArcLight Hollywood, Los Angeles

Stammering Ballad

Start DateSep 25 2018 7:00 PM

ArcLight Santa Monica, Santa Monica

Softness of Bodies

Start DateSep 25 2018 7:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

The Happy Prince

Start DateSep 25 2018 7:30 PM

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills

Unlovable

Start DateSep 25 2018 7:30 PM

ArcLight Santa Monica, Santa Monica

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Banana Split

Start DateSep 25 2018 9:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Deep Murder

Start DateSep 25 2018 9:15 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

We the Coyotes

Start DateSep 26 2018 7:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

False Confessions

Start DateSep 26 2018 7:00 PM

ArcLight Santa Monica, Santa Monica

Mulligan

Start DateSep 26 2018 7:15 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Mr. SOUL!

Start DateSep 26 2018 7:30 PM

The Writers Guild Theater, Beverly Hills

Funke

Start DateSep 26 2018 8:00 PM

ArcLight Santa Monica, Santa Monica

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Jonathan

Start DateSep 26 2018 9:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

You Can Choose Your Family

Start DateSep 26 2018 9:30 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Head Count

Start DateSep 26 2018 9:55 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

hillbilly

Start DateSep 27 2018 6:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Funke

Start DateSep 27 2018 6:30 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Hollywood & Crime

Start DateSep 27 2018 7:00 PM

Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills

American Dreamer

Start DateSep 27 2018 7:00 PM

ArcLight Santa Monica, Santa Monica

Wrestling Ghosts

Start DateSep 27 2018 7:30 PM

ArcLight Santa Monica, Santa Monica

Border

Start DateSep 27 2018 7:30 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Stuntman

Start DateSep 27 2018 9:15 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

World Fiction Award Winner

Start DateSep 28 2018 7:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

LA Muse Award Winner

Start DateSep 28 2018 7:00 PM

ArcLight Santa Monica, Santa Monica

LA Muse Award Winner

Start DateSep 28 2018 7:00 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Nightfall Award Winner

Start DateSep 28 2018 7:00 PM

ArcLight Santa Monica, Santa Monica

US Fiction Award Winner

Start DateSep 28 2018 9:15 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City

Documentary Award Winner

Start DateSep 28 2018 9:15 PM

ArcLight Culver City, Culver City