San Diego's 18th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival ended this past Sunday, March 20th, with an attendance just under 20,000. The festival screened 185 films and hosted over 145 special guests filmmakers and actors. The 18th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival is proud to announce the following PREMIO CORAZON Award winners: San Diego Union-Tribune Best Narrative Feature La Vida de ls Peces Venemovies Audience Favorite Documentary Prec...

Mark Romanek, Scott Frank, Michael Elliot, and Adriene Bowles Among Program Mentors & Guest Speakers -Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, has selected 33 filmmakers for its annual diversity mentorship program, Project:Involve. The signature program is dedicated to fostering the careers of talented filmmakers from communities traditionally underrepresented in the film industry. Writer/directors M...

The 2010 lineup of short films is an adrenaline surge to one of today's hottest modes of storytelling. If anyone has any doubt as to the 'health' of filmmaking, this year's abundance of short film submissions can certainly provide ample evidence to the contrary. With 6,092 short film submissions to the Sundance Film Festival this year, it's quite clear we're living in a video culture, and men, women, children, not to mention monkeys (see Fiddlestix by the Zellner Bros.), are all part of the v...

THE LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL June 18-28, 2009   Call for Entries No longer accepting submissions for the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival Contact Info Los Angeles Film Festival Film Independent 9911 West Pico Blvd, 11th Floor Los Angeles, CA 90035, USA 310.432.1209 310.432.1203 FAX 9911 W. Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90035 LAFilmFest@FilmIndependent.org STAFF Rebecca Yeldham Director Gloria G. Campbell, Managing Director Progr...