The Los Angeles Film Festival has usually been held in June but last year, the Film Independent, which produces the event, decided to move the fest in to fall. The goal is to be taken more seriously as an important part of the film festival circuit, especially since the city of Los Angeles is considered an integral part of the movie business. This year's LA Film Fest will be held September 20th to the 28th. Now, considering that we have Venice, Telluride, Toronto, New York and BFI London fests all happening very close to each other, it appears that an already crowded season is now even more jammed up with everyone trying to get some of the same coveted fall movies and be the first to premiere them.
"Echo In The Canyon", Andrew Slater’s documentary on how the Laurel Canyon music scene was created, has been selected as the Opening Night Film. This feature places a spotlight on some of the incredible artists that emerged from that era like The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas & the Papas to name just a few. The film will be screened at the Ford Theatre and will be followed by a live performance by some of the musicians influenced by the scene.
The Closing Night Film will be "Nomis", a crime-drama from first-time director, David Raymond and the screening will be held at the Arclight Hollywood Cinerama Dome. The film follows a disturbed online predator apprehended by the police and while interrogating him, discover that his crimes go far beyond what they could imagine. Henry Cavill, Nathan Fillion, Alexandra Daddario and Ben Kingsley star.
In between these premieres, there will be a wide-range of exciting new independent cinema. Forty feature films and forty-one short films from across the globe have been selected to compete for prizes. A fine selection of documentaries, world fiction, television series and podcasts will also be found at LA Fest.
Some of the Gala Screenings at the Festival will include a few highly anticipated films like "All About Nina", "Free Solo", Ike Barinholtz's directorial debut, "The Oath" and "The Happy Prince" which Rupert Everett wrote, directed and stars in as Oscar Wilde. And there will be a Special Screening of "Maria By Callas", Tom Volf's new documentary on the legendary Greek-American opera singer which will feature never-before-seen footage of performances by Callas.
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2018 LA Film Fest
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