Monthly Film Festival

January 18, 2025 03:00pm PST - 10:00pm PST

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) hosts its January Monthly Film Festival, spotlighting fighting ageism with InFocus: Counter-Ageism program, along with a selection of short film highlights from its ongoing program. More programming information to come soon.

NFMLA showcases films by filmmakers of all backgrounds throughout the year, across both our general and InFocus programming. All filmmakers are welcome and encouraged to submit their projects for consideration for upcoming NFMLA Festivals, regardless of the schedule for InFocus programming, which celebrates diversity, inclusion and region by spotlighting communities of filmmakers within our filmmaking community as part of our monthly program. This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

The South Park Center is an ADA compliant venue and is wheelchair accessible. We request captioned films from all filmmakers participating at our Festival. For any accessibility needs, please send a request to info@nfmla.org at least 72 hours prior to the event.

Schedule Details

Program #1 – January Shorts
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM – Pre-Reception
3:30 PM – 5:15 PM – Program
5:15 PM – 5:30 PM – Audience Q&A

Program #2 – Feature Narrative | Sallywood
5:30 PM – 6:00 PM – Pre-Reception
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM – Program
7:30 PM – 7:45 PM – Audience Q&A

Program #3 – InFocus: Counter-Ageism
7:45 PM – 8:15 PM – Pre-Reception
8:15 PM – 9:45 PM – Program
9:45 PM – 10:00 PM – Audience Q&A

Event Location

Event Entrance
1139 S Hill St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
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Paid Parking
1133 S Olive St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
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January Shorts
Apolitical
Dir. Mishu Hilmy, Writ. Mishu Hilmy & Prod. Mishu Hilmy
14 Mins | USA
At Capacity.
Dir. Spencer Jamison, Writ. Spencer Jamison & Prod. Jai Jamison, Ron Forbes
17 Mins | USA
Border
Dir. Roni Bahat, Writ. Roni Bahat & Prod. Aviv Ben Shlush, Astar Goldberg, Jéromine Oddou, Khadija Alami
20 Mins | Israel, France, Morocco
Ghosts in the Blood
Dir. Raphael Buisson Enlas, Writ. Isaac Cruz & Prod. Isaac Cruz
15 Mins | USA
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Saving Superman
Dir. Adam Oppenheim, Samuel-Ali Mirpoorian, Writ. & Prod.
11 Mins | USA
Lillo
Dir. Andrea Figueroa Chavez, Writ. Andrea Figueroa Chavez & Prod. Alfonzo Figueroa Santana
8 Mins | Mexico
The Variable
Dir. Ezra Li, Writ. Ezra Li & Prod. Ezra Li, Rachel Deutsch
9 Mins | USA
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Start Them Young
Dir. Jenna Rossman, Writ. Jenna Rossman & Prod. J. Mehr Kaur, Adrienne Picciotto, Karolina Esqueda-Rocha
14 Mins | USA
Feature Narrative | Sallywood
Sallywood
Dir. Xaque Gruber, Writ. Xaque Gruber & Prod. Steven J. Wolfe
90 Mins | USA
InFocus: Counter-Ageism
And Now I Lay Me Down
Dir. Rani DeMuth, Writ. Rani DeMuth & Prod. Roger M. Mayer
27 Mins | USA
Old Lesbians
Dir. Meghan McDonough, Writ. & Prod. Meghan McDonough, Rengim Mutevellioglu, Stevie Borrello
29 Mins | USA
Dallas & Delilah
Dir. Lizzie Green, Writ. Lizzie Green & Prod. Elizabete Sadauska, Bobbie Green, Gabrielle Makower
15 Mins | USA
The Perfect Tomato
Dir. Cristobal Abugaber, Writ. Cristobal Abugaber & Prod. Cristobal Abugaber, Mitchell Camarda
18 Mins | USA
Old Girl in a Tutu: Susan Rennie Disrupts Art History
Dir. Cheri Gaulke, Writ. Cheri Gaulke, Sue Maberry & Prod. Cheri Gaulke
8 Mins | USA
Sunchong
Dir. Yoontaek Hong, Writ. & Prod. Yoontaek Hong, Sungbin Moon
14 Mins | USA