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NewFilmmakers Los Angeles – Monthly Film Festival including InFocus: Asian Cinema

Event Date: May 04, 2024 12:00pm - 10:00pm PDT - NewFilmmakers - $10-$30

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) hosts its May Monthly Film Festival, which features its annual InFocus: Asian Cinema program and  InFocus: Immigration  program. The day also includes the west coast premiere of Dillon Tucker’s narrative feature Pure O, and opens with a selection of student animation in the CSULB Animation Showcase. The day opens with the CSULB Animation Showcase, a juried selection of student short […]

MANIFESTWORKS Celebrates 38 New Graduates

Through immersive learning, real-world work experience, and a network of supportive professional mentors, ManifestWorks connects those impacted by foster care, homelessness, and incarceration with job opportunities and provides ongoing life and professional skills to support long-term success. On Saturday, April 20, ManifestWorks graduated 38 alumni, their largest cohort ever. Not only were the 14 women […]

Get Lit – The 13th Annual Classic Slam Retrospective!

AN EVENING OF YOUTH SPOKEN WORD POETRY The culmination of Get Lit’s in-school program is the annual Classic Slam — one of the largest youth Spoken Word events in the country. It’s a youthful celebration of fire and feeling, with fresh perspectives that demonstrate storytelling at the highest level. Last week, hundreds of students from […]

Women’s Voices Now and EngenderHealth – Real Rights, Reel Change

Event Date: May 8, 2024 - 6:00PM - Silver Screen Theatre at the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles, CA - $20/$120

Experience the power of film with Women’s Voices Now and EngenderHealth, as we explore pivotal issues around women’s health and rights worldwide. Confront global truths, challenge taboos, and join the movement shaping a just and equitable world for all. EngenderHealth and Women’s Voices Now (WVN) are proud to present a film screening event centered around sexual and reproductive […]

Jeff Harris Elected Board Chair of Food Forward

Golden Globe Foundation Board Member Jeff Harris has been elected Board Chair of Food Forward, Southern California’s largest urban gleaning organization. Food Forward fights hunger and prevents food waste by rescuing fresh surplus produce, connecting this abundance with people experiencing food insecurity, and inspiring others to do the same. “Jeff has been invaluable to Food Forward’s […]

UCLA Film & Television Archive Selects Esteban Arellano as Inaugural Artist-in-Residence

The UCLA Film & Television Archive is pleased to announce the selection of Esteban Arellano (he/they), an emerging multidisciplinary artist and designer, as the inaugural artist for its new artist-in-residence program. Chosen from a competitive national pool of more than 120 applicants, Arellano will begin the two-week residency program later this year, with the residency […]

LA Conservancy – Last Remaining Seats: Classic Films in Historic Theatres – 2024 Schedule

Event Date: MEMBER PRE-SALE | April 10-16 -- GENERAL SALE | Starts April 17

The Los Angeles Conservancy launched Last Remaining Seats in 1987 to draw attention to the spectacular yet overlooked and underused historic theatres of Los Angeles. The film series has since become an L.A. can’t-miss beloved summer tradition. The Last Remaining Seats volunteer planning committee helps plan our annual classic film series in historic theatres. It supports the Conservancy with selecting […]

Emmy Award-Winning “60 Minutes” Producer Ira Rosen visits LA City College

The Los Angeles City College Foundation (LACCF) recently hosted the Nick Beck Investigative Journalism Lecture Series, headlined by renowned producer Ira Rosen at Los Angeles City College’s (LACC) Morgan Freeman Theater.   The afternoon started with welcoming remarks by Dr. Lisa Nashua, Executive Director of LACCF, followed by an introduction from LACC Journalism Professor Rhonda Guess. […]

Southwestern Law School – Legal Clinic Leaders Series: Bryon Alvarez

From www.swlaw.edu Meet the students who work directly with and in the community to provide quality legal representation to underserved individuals through our Legal Clinic Leaders blog series. We’re excited to spotlight these all-star advocates and showcase the many different fields of law you can explore through our legal clinics and the wide range of […]

‘Smog’ Film Restoration – Film Poster Design Contest Winners Announced

UCLA Film & Television Archive has announced the winner and runner-up of a film poster design contest that invited UCLA student artists to show their unique interpretations of the newly restored film Smog (dir. Franco Rossi, Italy, 1962). This contest was open exclusively to students in the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture. Set against the backdrop […]

National Hispanic Media Coalition publishes Inclusion Roadmap for the Entertainment Industry

Seeing Beyond the Stereotypes Telling Authentic Latino/a/x/e Stories A Guide for the Entertainment Industry ‘Seeing Beyond The Stereotypes: Telling Authentic Latino/a/x/e Stories: A Guide for the Entertainment Industry‘ will drive media portrayals of the Latine community away from the current narrative and toward the authenticity and depth Latine stories deserve. The media guide analyzes the state […]

CalArts – 2024 Character Animation Producers’ Show

Event Date: April 30 · 6:30 - 11:30pm PDT - David Geffen Theater, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures - FREE

Join CalArts for the 2024 CalArts Character Animation Producers’ Show, featuring a selection of films made by students in the Character Animation program this academic year, juried by the faculty. Tickets are free. Reservations are required, and seating is limited. Event artwork by Izabella Anguiano-Jacobs Book tickets here