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MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: They Aren’t the Wrong Guys for the Job
By Jasmine Teran / Online Community Coordinator As you may be aware, the classic Hollywood model of movie-making is now increasingly seen as a bittersweet dream of a vanishing time. Today, the business of film stretches to remote parts of the world and new intersections -- continue reading →
Ready For Your Special Perks at LA Film Fest?
The Los Angeles Film Festival has long been known to mix Hollywood blockbusters with art-house experiments, and showcase everything in between. If you haven’t taken a moment to get lost in the massive (and, dare we say, impressive) film guide, now would be a good -- continue reading →
Just Added: Special Pre-Fest Screening of Man of Steel & More
Summertime means movie blockbuster season. As a summertime Festival, it’s only fitting that the LA Film Fest include at least one big summer blockbuster in our line-up. This year we decided to include two, starting June 12 with a special pre-Festival screening of Zack Snyder’s -- continue reading →
FIND Answers: Costume Designer Sophie de Rakoff
By Lee Jameson / Film Education Coordinator Originally from Central London, costume designer Sophie de Rakoff began her career in LA as a contributor to publications such as British Vogue, Paper, Dazed and Confused, Detour, Details and Vibe, before changing gears and finding success as -- continue reading →
Announcing the 2013 LA Film Fest Line-Up
The line-up for the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival was recently announced, narrowing down thousands of submitted films (5,428 to be exact) to nearly 200 feature films, shorts and music videos — and Festival Passholders get to pre-select their tickets starting this Friday, May 10, -- continue reading →
While You’re Waiting, Some LA Film Fest Films to Watch Now
After watching thousands of films (really!) and having hundreds of debates (okay, maybe just dozens), our programmers have finally made their selections for this year’s Los Angeles Film Festival! Unfortunately, you’ll have to wait just one more day before you can find out what they -- continue reading →
How To: Secure the Right Music for Your Indie Film
By Lee Jameson / Film Education Coordinator Who rocks the house? KCRW’s resident DJ Dan Wilcox rocks the house. He also works freelance as a music supervisor for various film, TV and ad projects, including this year’s Film Independent Spirit Award-nominated Ruby Sparks, lending his -- continue reading →
David O. Russell as LA Film Fest Guest Director & More
Announcing the Guest Director for LA Film Fest 2013 Academy Award®-nominated and Film Independent Spirit Award-winning filmmaker David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook, The Fighter) will serve as the Guest Director at this year’s LA Film Fest, where he’ll host a special screening of Three -- continue reading →
VIDEO: Danny Boyle is a City Boy, Distrusts the Countryside
If you’ve never attended one of our Film Independent at LACMA screenings, you’re missing out on not only great screenings of new and interesting films — many showing before they’ve even been released to the public — but also on the awesome conversations with filmmakers -- continue reading →
Social Media for #Filmmakers: Twitter 101
By Jasmine Teran / Online Community Coordinator So you’re an indie filmmaker. You’ve barely scraped enough money from your day job, your crowd-funding campaign, your parents—we won’t judge—to shoot your movie, and now you’re expected to take on yet another job title to get people -- continue reading →
