LA Film Festival Unveils Full Lineup: 42 World Premieres in U.S. Fiction, Documentary and Other Sections
Film Independent has unveiled the full lineup for the 22nd Los Angeles Film Festival, which begins in Culver City on June 1. 42 world premieres have been chosen for the U.S. Fiction, Documentary, World Fiction, LA Muse, and Nightfall Competitions. Full list below.
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US Fiction Competition
“11:55” (Ari Issler, Ben Snyder)
“72 Hours” (Raafi Rivero)
“Blood Stripe” (Remy Auberjonois)
“Chee and T” (Tanuj Chopra)
“Destined” (Qasim Basir)
“Dreamstates” (Anisia Uzeyman)
“GREEN / is / GOLD” (Ryon Baxter)
“My First Kiss and the People Involved” (Luigi Campi)
“Paint it Black” (Amber Tamblyn)
“Tracktown” (Jeremy Teicher, Alexi Pappas)
“The View from Tall” (Erica Weiss, Caitlin Parrish)
“Woven” (Salome Mulugeta, Nagwa Ibrahim)
Documentary Competition
“Company Town” (Natalie Kottke, Erica Sardarian)
“Denial” “Derek Hallquist)
“Dr. Feelgood” (Eve Marson”
“Dying Laughing” (Lloyd Stanton, Paul Toogood”
“The House on Coco Road” (Damani Baker)
“Jackson” (Maisie Crow)
“The Last Gold” (Brian T. Brown)
“Looking at the Stars” (Alexandre Peralta)
“Olympic Pride, American Prejudice” (Deborah Riley Draper)
“Out of Iraq” (Eva Orner, Chris McKim)
“Political Animals” (Jonah Markowitz, Tracy Wares,
“They Call us Monsters” (Ben Lear)
World Fiction Competition
“Heis (chronicles)” (Anaïs Volpé)
“Like Cotton Twines” (Leila Djansi)
“London Town” (Derrick Borte)
“Lupe Under the Sun” (Rodrigo Reyes)
“A Moving Image” (Shola Amoo)
“Play the Devil” (Maria Govan)
LA Muse
“Actors of Sound” (Lalo Molina)
“Girl Flu.” (Dorie Barton)
“Manchild: The Schea Cotton Stor” (Eric “Ptah” Herbert)
“Namour” (Heidi Saman)
“No Light and No Land Anywhere” (Amber Sealey)
“Sensitivity Training” (Melissa Finell)
Nightfall
“Abattoir” (Darren Lynn Bousman)
“Beyond the Gates” (Jackson Stewart)
“Don’t Hang Up” (Alexis Wajsbrot, Damien Macé)
“Mercy” (Chris Sparling)
“Officer Downe” (M. Shawn Crahan)
“Villisca” (Tony Valenzuela)
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Already announced last week were the Buzz and Limelight sections, which include world premieres of films featuring the likes of Laverne Cox (“FREE CeCe!”), Idris Elba (“A Hundred Streets”) and Teresa Palmer (“Lights Out”). LAFF has always been more premiere-heavy than AFI Fest, which takes place in Hollywood each November and primarily culls its selection from the Berlin, Cannes, Toronto and other film festivals. This year’s edition of the fest runs from June 1–9 at the newly opened Arclight Culver City. Regal L.A. LIVE in downtown hosted LAFF for the last several years.
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