Friday, August 29, 2008

4th Annual La Femme International Film Festival in Los Angeles October 16-19, 2008

Femme Film Festival will kick off on October 16, 2008. The festival will run from October 16 -19 and include independent features, shorts, music videos, commercials, special screenings and seminars.

The four day event will be held at the Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills at 8556 Wilshire Blvd. and the Wilshire Screening Room at 8670 Wilshire Blvd. The festival includes screenings, seminars, networking events, and an awards ceremony. LA Femme is dedicated to creating opportunities for female filmmakers to access the Hollywood's A-List. The festival highlights emerging artists and their films to a wide audience of theatre audiences.

Some of the festival winners have gone on to achieve full theatrical distribution, domestic cable, representation and development deals at the major studios: "Green Street Hooligans" opened in over 2,000 theaters nationwide; "The Colt" aired on The Hallmark Channel; "Moondance Alexander" limited domestic theatrical; "Christian" international theatrical distribution; "Beautiful Dreamer" cable distribution; "Draco y el Teatro" shown on MTV and more.

Other Past Honorees have included: Rosanna Arquette, Lea Thompson, Martha Coolidge, Sara Risher, Marisol Nichols, Maria Conchita Alonso, Julie Davis, Susan Seidelman, Angela Bromstad, Lauren Zalaznick, Jacqueline Bisset, Sally Kirkland, Penelope Spheeris, Henry Jaglom, Patricia Cardoso

The LA Femme Film Festival is open to the general public and tickets are available on the website href="http://www.lafemme.org/">www.lafemme.org or by calling (310) 441-1645.

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