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50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee 2025
June 4, 2025
Our list of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee 2025 offers standout festivals, hidden gems and opportunities to get…
NFMLA InFocus: Latinx & Hispanic Cinema Film Festival
September 4, 2024
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles has set the date for the 2024 edition of the NFMLA InFocus: Latinx & Hispanic Cinema Film…
NFMLA InFocus: Canadian Cinema Program
August 21, 2024
The unibrow connecting a girl to her Irani heritage and a prom night fantasy were at the center of the…
best of NFMLA award winners 2024
July 1, 2024
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles has announced announcing the winners of its 12th annual Best of NFMLA Awards
NFMLA
May 10, 2024
Kombucha that gives people superhuman powers was among the highlights of the NFMLA InFocus: Disabilities program.
NFMLA March 2024
April 25, 2024
A 1950s dinner party and characters stuck in a horror movie loop were among the highlights of the NFMLA InFocus:…
NFMLA
April 10, 2024
Stories about a beloved sex-ed teacher and a secret boyfriend who foils his girlfriend's mother's plans were among the highlights…
Elaine del Valle Traci Hayes
March 28, 2024
Directors Traci Hays and Elaine Del Valle were inspired to make films because of life-changing experiences during their adolescent years
NFMLA Fishmonger NFMLA’s InFocus: Middle Eastern & Arab Cinema Program
March 15, 2024
A pathetic Irish fishmonger who makes a sex-pact with an ancient fish creature was in the NFMLA InFocus: Middle Eastern…
Alpha Kings
February 26, 2024
A Texas mansion home to a group of men pretending to be alpha-males on the internet, two gender identities living
NFMLA
February 23, 2024
A darkly comic noir set in 1940s Hollywood is among highlights of New Filmmakers Los Angeles' recent InFocus: Indigenous Cinema…
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Sets Lineup for InFocus: Latinx & Hispanic Cinema Film Festival
September 18, 2023
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles has announced the lineup for this year's InFocus: Latinx & Hispanic Cinema Film Festival.
Fish Boy NFMLA
August 18, 2023
Stories of “Good Filipino Kids,” a mother reincarnated as a goldfish and a woman’s guilt as she prepares the lunches
True Story: God Tells Bad Jokes Matthew Law
August 8, 2023
Matthew Law's short film "True Story: God Tells Bad Jokes" is the second in a series of five shorts that…
August 8, 2023
Michael .T and Estarlyn Hiraldo's short film "June 22nd" is a tribute to that familiar high school sense of being…
Until I Met You
July 20, 2023
"Until I Met You," the directorial debut short film written, directed by, and starring Rachel Deutsch, confronts the lies of…
In 'The Bond', Jahmil Eady Tells Her Mother's Story of Being Pregnant and Incarcerated
July 18, 2023
"The Bond" was inspired by writer-director Jahmil Eady's mother's experience being pregnant while incarcerated
Mother of Color
July 12, 2023
In Mother of Color, the feature debut of Dawn Jones Redstone, a single mother with political aspirations receives messages from
Leaving the Factory
July 10, 2023
In elementary school, Alessia Cruci would always hear a story about a factory uprising every March 8 — International Women’s
Kid Ugly
July 10, 2023
Jazmin Aguilar originally planned her short film “Kid Ugly” as a pilot, but when an opportunity to make a short
HOW TO HACK BIRTH CONTROL
June 28, 2023
Sassy Mohen’s short film “How to Hack Birth Control” is a comedy with a serious intent to teach woman about
Essential Allison Torem
June 28, 2023
In Allison Torem’s film “Essentials,” she plays a woman returning from a poorly planned trip to the grocery store in
Eliana Pipes Nails
June 26, 2023
“¡NAILS!” by Eliana Pipes has one of the most imaginative loglines we’ve heard: “When Catalina develops a crush on a
NFMLA Keep Delete
January 9, 2023
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles celebrated emerging filmmakers both near and far — including a story of a world where memories are…