Los Angeles Film Festival

Steve Carell Film, Others to Run at Los Angeles Film Festival's 2012 Gala Screenings

April 23, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 4 weeks ago

Apocalyptic comedy "Seeking a Friend for the End of the World," starring Steve Carell and Keira Knightley, will have its world premiere at LA Film Fest

  

Woody Allen's 'To Rome With Love' To Open L.A. Film Fest

April 12, 2012 By Steve Pond 6 weeks ago

Woody Allen's ensemble comedy with Penelope Cruz, Alec Baldwin and Jesse Eisenberg will have North American premiere at LAFF

  

International Film Commissioners to Hold Locations Show With LA Film Festival

February 14, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 14 weeks ago

For the first time, the Association of Film Commissioners International will hold its annual locations show concurrently with the LA Film Festival

  

Stephanie Allain Named Director of Los Angeles Film Festival

January 25, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 17 weeks ago

She succeeds Rebecca Yeldham, who recently stepped down

  

'Familiar Ground,' 'Wish Me Away' Win Top LAFF Awards

June 26, 2011 By Steve Pond 47 weeks ago

Deadpan comedy and Chely Wright doc win jury awards; "Attack the Block" takes top audience prize

  

James Franco's New Movie: Tough Poetry, Graphic Sex

June 21, 2011 By Steve Pond 48 weeks ago

"It's not 'Pineapple Express,'" warns actor-director Franco when he introduces his Hart Crane biopic

  

Atomic Bomb Drama Wins $15K Film Independent Grant

June 19, 2011 By Steve Pond 49 weeks ago

Organization also announces participants in Fast Track financing and filmmaker support program

  

LAFF Opens: Superheroes, Violent Action, Whimsical Murder

June 18, 2011 By Steve Pond 49 weeks ago

Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Ryan Gosling, Richard Linklater, Matthew McConaughey add the requisite star power to the downtown L.A. Film Festival

  

L.A. Film Fest Preview: Event Opens Thursday, Sans Lakers Game 7 Traffic

June 15, 2011 By Steve Pond 49 weeks ago

Festival, which had its opening night both disrupted and buoyed by Game 7 of the NBA Finals at Staples last year, returns downtown

  

L.A. Film Fest Adds Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Erykah Badu

June 3, 2011 By Steve Pond 51 weeks ago

Black/MacLaine conversation will take game-show approach; alien-invasion film and Iraqi true story also added to galas

  

Richard Linklater Black Comedy 'Bernie' to Open L.A. Film Fest

May 23, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Festival also adds Sidney Lumet tribute, appearances by Quincy Jones, Dustin Lance Black, Phillip Noyce

  

Guillermo del Toro Named Guest Director of LA Film Fest

May 11, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Festival also adds "Green Hornet" screening, conversations with James Franco and Julie Taymor

  

L.A. Film Festival Goes International, Plus 'Boyz N the Hood' and 'Ferris Bueller'

May 3, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

First selections for June festival also include Vera Farmiga, "Winnie the Pooh" and New York Times doc

  

So, How Does Film Independent Survive Without Dawn Hudson?

April 18, 2011 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

"I don't know how they replace her -- her skill set seems like it was invaluable to them"

  

Film Independent Names Diversity Participants, Sets LA Fest Dates

October 12, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

FIND chooses 33 participants in diversity program, and returns downtown for Los Angeles Film Festival

  

LAFF: So, Did Downtown Work?

June 28, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Caught between the Lakers and the Twi-hards, the festival staked out a new home in downtown Los Angeles

  

Good Morning Hollywood, June 28: Change of Hobbit

June 28, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Peter Jackson (anonymously?) talks “Hobbit,” and a filmmaker (fairly?) makes use of Phil Spector’s music

  

LAFF Audience Awards to 'Four Lions,' 'Thunder Soul'

June 27, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Mexican film "Presumed Guilty" wins international award

  

Los Angeles Film Festival: What's Up? Docs

June 27, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

“I think we put together an amazing group of documentaries this year"

  

'A Family,' 'Make Believe' Win LAFF Jury Prizes

June 26, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Cast of "Hello Lonesome" wins ensemble acting award

  

Middle Ground Is Tricky Terrain for 'Climate Refugees'

June 25, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

A non-partisan film about a highly politicized subject has to tread carefully with its distribution

  

Festival Notes: Waiting for 'Twilight'

June 24, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

As LAFF heads into the homestretch, things are going on besides that big vampire movie

  

It's a 'Twilight' Campout

June 22, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

Two days before the LAFF premiere of "Eclipse," Twi-hards have turned L.A. Live into a campground

  

LAFF, E3 Parties Descend on Downtown

June 21, 2010 By Mikey Glazer 1 year ago

Stars turn out for parties related to Los Angeles Film Festival and E3 in downtown Los Angeles.

  

Festival Notes: Sports & Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll

June 20, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

The first weekend of the L.A. Film Festival settled into a lively downtown groove

  

Festival Opens Amid Laker Madness

June 18, 2010 By Steve Pond 1 year ago

The Lakers championship brought energy and unpredictability to LAFF's opening night

  
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