The Weekend: LA Film Festival 2017 Complete Schedule

Details
Category: Entertainment News
Published on Friday, 16 June 2017 06:48
Page 2 of 3

LA Muse (12)

Fiction and documentary films that capture the spirit of Los Angeles.

And Then There Was Eve, dir. Savannah Bloch, USA, World Premiere

Anything, dir. Timothy McNeil, USA, World Premiere

Built to Fail, dir. Bobby Kim, Alexis Spraic, Scott Weintrob, USA, World Premiere

The Classic, dir. Billy McMillin, USA, World Premiere

Fat Camp, dir. Jennifer Arnold, USA, World Premiere

A Midsummer Night's Dream, dir. Casey Wilder Mott, USA, World Premiere

Mighty Ground, dir. Delila Vallot, USA, World Premiere

Roller Dreams, dir. Kate Hickey, USA, International Premiere

Skid Row Marathon, dir. Mark Hayes, USA, World Premiere

What We Started, dir. Bert Marcus, Cyrus Saidi, USA, World Premiere

The Year of Spectacular Men, dir. Lea Thompson, USA, World Premiere

Your Own Road, dir. Brandon Buczek, USA, World Premiere

Nightfall (8)

From the bizarre to the horrifying, these are films to watch after dark.

Desolation, dir. Sam Patton, USA, World Premiere

The Housemaid, dir. Derek Nguyen, Vietnam / USA, North American Premiere

It Stains the Sands Red, dir. Colin Minihan, USA, North American Premiere

Midnighters, dir. Julius Ramsay, USA, World Premiere

The Neighbor, dir. Giancarlo Ruiz, Mexico, World Premiere

Replace, dir. Norbert Keil, Germany / Canada, North American Premiere

Serpent, dir. Amanda Evans, South Africa, World Premiere

Thread, dir. The Boy, Greece, North American Premiere

Short Films (51): From over 2,700 submissions, the short films selected represent 13 countries, 47% are directed by women and 51% are directed by people of color. Short films are shown before features and as part of six short film programs. Shorts will compete for juried prizes for fiction and documentary shorts, as well as an Audience Award for Best Short Film.

Future Filmmakers Showcase: High School Shorts (15):

Made by incredibly accomplished high school filmmakers from across the country and globe, 60% of the short films in this diverse slate are directed by young women and 20% are directed by people of color. Program sponsored by Time Warner Foundation, Lisa Argyros/Argyros Family Foundation and Employees Community Fund of Boeing California.

Episodes: Indie Series from the Web (10)

This showcase of independently crafted web series, 70% of which are directed by people of color and 40% are directed by women, celebrates rising creators whose work and subjects are innovative and unfiltered.

BKPI, dir. Hye Yun Park, USA

Danny the Manny, dir. Mike Roma, USA

High & Mighty, dir. Carlos Lopez Estrada, USA

My America, dir. Anna Jones, Asaad Kelada, USA

People Of..., dir. lamia Alami, SWITZERLAND

The F Word, dir. Nicole Opper, USA

The Show about the Show, dir. Caveh Zahedi, USA

Two Sentence Horror Stories, dir. J.D. Dillard, USA

Very Animated People, dir. Joseph Bennet, USA

Steps, dir. Fernando Sanchez, Pascual Sisto, USA

Online & Social Media:

www.lafilmfestival.com | Facebook at facebook.com/LAFilmFestival | Twitter @LAFilmFestival | #LAFilmFestival.

.

Haute News

Haute Tease

  • Confusion de Genre

    En avançant la thèse selon laquelle la Nupes s’engageait sur la voie de l’ultragauche des années soixante-dix, le ministre de l’Intérieur prend le risque de commettre plusieurs erreurs aux conséquences diverses. Explications.  

  • January Filled with Delicious Decadence from The Sea to the Interior as 2017 Winter dineL.A. Restaurant Week begins

    Southern California cuisine has two distinct personalities: fish tacos and craft beer on one side, celebrity chefs and haute cuisine on the other. California Restaurant Month embraces both from farm and sea to table and exotic fusion Californians love.

     

  • The Hitman’s Bodyguard Review - Slapstick Comedy, A Dramatic Euro Modern Action Film

    The Hitman’s Bodyguard, from Summit Entertainment and Millennium Media, present a dramatic action comedy of epic proportions  with solid action, slapstick comedy, stunning car chases through idyllic European cities,  modern storytelling,  and just a tinge of romance.

     

  • My Cousin Rachel Review – Intriguing, Gripping, A Spellbinding Mystery

    My Cousin Rachel, from Fox Searchlight Pictures and Free Range Films, presents the story of a charming widow, of beguiling beauty, sophisticated grace, whose husband mysteriously dies but not before he sends alarming letters which accuse her of arranging his death.

     

  • Une question de Perméabilité

    Si de nombreuses interrogations se posent après l'assassinat de Samuel Paty, enseignant d'Histoire et Géographie, par un adolescent fanatisé, la question de la perméabilité intellectuelle de certains individus dans un contexte global d'ignorance et de manipulation psychologique émerge aussi.  

  • Penser L’Après-Guerre

    Si le conflit en Ukraine a révélé une forme de dépendance de l'Occident à la Russie, se pose désormais la question de l'après-conflit qui sera conditionné par deux options : La rupture définitive ou la normalisation. Mais quid de Vladimir Poutine ?