MEET OUR JUDGES!! FI-LA wants to thank Johnny Galvan 3 for being an OFFICIAL JUROR on the 2025 FILMMAKERS BOARD! Screenings June 20-June 22 @ LOOK Dine-In Cinemas, Glendale & please join us for the Opening Night Gala on Thursday, June 19 from 8 PM to 11 PM! www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm...

MEET OUR JUDGES!! FI-LA wants to thank Xochi Blymyer for being an OFFICIAL JUROR on the 2025 FILMMAKERS BOARD! Screenings June 20-June 22 @ LOOK Dine-In Cinemas, Glendale & please join us for the Opening Night Gala on Thursday, June 19 from 8 PM to 11 PM! www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm...

MEET OUR JUDGES!! FI-LA wants to thank Steve Smith for being an OFFICIAL JUROR on the 2025 FILMMAKERS BOARD! Screenings June 20-June 22 @ LOOK Dine-In Cinemas, Glendale & please join us for the Opening Night Gala on Thursday, June 19 from 8 PM to 11 PM! www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm...

MEET OUR JUDGES!! FI-LA wants to thank Red Olivieri for being an OFFICIAL JUROR on the 2025 FILMMAKERS BOARD! Screenings June 20-June 22 @ LOOK Dine-In Cinemas, Glendale & please join us for the Opening Night Gala on Thursday, June 19 from 8 PM to 11 PM! www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm...

MEET OUR JUDGES!! FI-LA wants to thank Pablo Riesgo for being an OFFICIAL JUROR on the 2025 FILMMAKERS BOARD! Screenings June 20-June 22 @ LOOK Dine-In Cinemas, Glendale & please join us for the Opening Night Gala on Thursday, June 19 from 8 PM to 11 PM! www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm...

MEET OUR JUDGES!! FI-LA wants to thank Nick Roth for being an OFFICIAL JUROR on the 2025 FILMMAKERS BOARD! Screenings June 20-June 22 @ LOOK Dine-In Cinemas, Glendale & please join us for the Opening Night Gala on Thursday, June 19 from 8 PM to 11 PM! www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm...

MEET OUR JUDGES!! FI-LA wants to thank Nicholas Burns for being an OFFICIAL JUROR on the 2025 FILMMAKERS BOARD! Screenings June 20-June 22 @ LOOK Dine-In Cinemas, Glendale & please join us for the Opening Night Gala on Thursday, June 19 from 8 PM to 11 PM! www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm...

MEET OUR JUDGES!! FI-LA wants to thank Lianna Perry for being an OFFICIAL JUROR on the 2025 FILMMAKERS BOARD! Screenings June 20-June 22 @ LOOK Dine-In Cinemas, Glendale & please join us for the Opening Night Gala on Thursday, June 19 from 8 PM to 11 PM! www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm...

MEET OUR JUDGES!! FI-LA wants to thank Angela Campion for being an OFFICIAL JUROR on the 2025 FILMMAKERS BOARD! Screenings June 20-June 22 @ LOOK Dine-In Cinemas, Glendale & please join us for the Opening Night Gala on Thursday, June 19 from 8 PM to 11 PM! www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm...

COME SEE THE FUTURE!! The FI-LA Opening Night Gala features 3 "immersive films" at the VR Pavilion. This coming THURSDAY, JUNE 19 2025 8:00pm-11pm 3. paSSive poWer Every ticket purchased will receive TWO COMPLEMENTARY DRINK TICKETS! www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm... @heffay111.bsky.social

COME SEE THE FUTURE!! The FI-LA Opening Night Gala features 3 "immersive films" at the VR Pavilion. This coming THURSDAY, JUNE 19 2025 8:00pm-11pm 2. Max Q Every ticket purchased will receive TWO COMPLEMENTARY DRINK TICKETS! @heffay111.bsky.social www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm...

COME SEE THE FUTURE!! The FI-LA Opening Night Gala features 3 "immersive films" at the VR Pavilion. This coming THURSDAY, JUNE 19 2025 8:00pm-11pm 1. Back To The Past Every ticket purchased will receive TWO COMPLEMENTARY DRINK TICKETS! @heffay111.bsky.social www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm...

Sun, Jun 22 2025 2:00pm Panel - Indie Film Distribution If you want your film to reach audiences then you need to know as much about distribution as you do about filmmaking. www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm... @heffay111.bsky.social

Sat, Jun 21 2025 6:00pm Panel - Be the Train - The Future of Indie Film How to think outside the box and make a movie right now. An interactive workshop with filmmaker Selina Ringel. @heffay111.bsky.social www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm...

Fri, Jun 20 2025 7:00pm Panel - Indie Film Acting: Insights from Acting Coaches Craft & Hustle. Professional acting coaches and Hollywood veterans share insights and more about acting in indie film and what it takes to move forward professionally and personally. www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm...

Thu, Jun 19 2025 8:00pm Opening Night Gala Film Invasion Los Angeles holds its Opening Night Gala on Thursday, June 19 from 8 PM to 11 PM at the beautiful Solar Studios, ten minutes from the theater that hosts our screenings. @heffay111.bsky.social www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm...

Screening on Sun, Jun 22 2025 5:30pm Program 20 - Feature Film - Making Megaforce It's widely regarded as one of the worst movies of the Eighties... ...and we made a documentary about how awesome it is. www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm... @heffay111.bsky.social

Screening on Sun, Jun 22 2025 5:15pm Program 19 - Feature Film - Love Song from Hiroshima- Mysterious stories from Hiroshima’s past and present intersect and eventually become one. An old, long forgotten song for peace is heard once again. www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm... @heffay111.bsky.social

Screening on Sun, Jun 22 2025 3:00pm Program 17 - Cutting Edge Spotlight: As A Rake, Carter, & When The Clocks Stop. Each film in this block tells a unique and original story with an inspiring, often cautionary edge. www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm... @heffay111.bsky.social

Screening on Sun, Jun 22 2025 3:00pm Program 16 - Authenticity Spotlight: Roughing It, Grillo, and Broadway & Swan. A heartwarmingly authentic family comedy followed by two amazing documentaries that uplift the soul. www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm... @heffay111.bsky.social

Screening on Sun, Jun 22 2025 2:00pm Program 15 - Innovative Spotlight: Baby Husband, Lifted, Sentient, and Papa’s Corner. Whether through unique storytelling or dazzling visuals, the films in this block represent truly innovative cinema. www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm... @heffay111.bsky.social

Screening on Sat, Jun 21 2025 10:00pm Program 14 - Momentous Spotlight: The Big Picture, With Arms Raised, and Babushka. From Music Video to Thriller to Horror, the people in these films all face moments of great change and discovery. www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm... @heffay111.bsky.social

Screening on Sat, Jun 21 2025 10:00pm Program 13 - Creativity Spotlight: Becoming an Oyster, In Old Ranchos, The Itch, and Pickle Vision. These films range in style and subject, but all push the boundaries of cinema to create something never seen before. www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm...

Screening on Sat, Jun 21 2025 9:30pm Program 12 - Feature Film - The Mannequin. Liana Rojas discovers a LA building where her sister died is haunted by a killer who dismembered his victims years earlier. www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm... @heffay111.bsky.social

Screening on Sat, Jun 21 2025 8:15pm Program 11 - Eclectic Spotlight: The Anatomy of Jane Doesn't Exist, Mondays at the Office, & Paramedics: Emergency Response. Gorgeously challenging animation, wildly original comedy & grippingly real stories of paramedics. www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm...

Screening on Sat, Jun 21 2025 8:00pm Program 10 - Feature Film - Last Exit Gran Canaria- At 64, the filmmaker Tim Lienhard describes this sexual self-development in his autofictional film essay. www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm... @heffay111.bsky.social

Screening on Sat, Jun 21 2025 7:00pm Program 09 - Unconventional Spotlight: Once More Like Rain Man, Death in the Desert, Jesus Loves Me, & Lollie. Each of these one-of-a-kind films presents an unconventional story with authenticity & heart. www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm... @heffay111.bsky.social

Screening on Sat, Jun 21 2025 6:15pm Program 08 - Compelling Spotlight: Cut All Trees, Paisano Overhang, and Real Mother. Each film in this block, whether drama or documentary, tells a gripping story that pulls the audience into the lives seen onscreen. www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm...

Screening on Sat, Jun 21 2025 6:00pm Program 07 - Pivotal Spotlight: It's Not For Me To Say, Chromatography, Winter Psalm, and Pierre West. Each film brings a pivotal moment in life to the screen... whether for an individual or for an entire planet. www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm...

Screening on Fri, Jun 20 2025 10:00pm Program 06 - Delightful & Dark Spotlight: Obsession, Damned, Franks In Hell, plus a secret surprise. All four of these extremely original films are either delightful, dark, or delightfully dark. www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm... @heffay111.bsky.social

Screening on Fri, Jun 20 2025 9:30pm Program 05 - Feature Film - Suburban Nights.After moving back to the suburbs, new parents June and Evan attempt to have a childless date night to rekindle the flame. www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm... @heffay111.bsky.social

Screening on Fri, Jun 20 2025 9:00pm Program 04 - Originality Spotlight: ...post, The Last Light, More Dead Than Living and Lost, Not Forgotten. Each film tells a fresh, original story in a creative way! www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm... @heffay111.bsky.social

Screening on Fri, Jun 20 2025 8:00pm Program 03 - Heartfelt Spotlight: Ashes and Grace, Dark Matter, Pace, and Sometimes I Imagine Your Funeral. From SciFi to Drama, each film tells a fresh, original story in a unique way. www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm... @heffay111.bsky.social

Screening on Fri, Jun 20 2025 7:30pm Program 02 - Powerful Spotlight: Lonesome Town, If the Shoe Fits, Shepherd Moon, and Where We Goin?: The Power of Place. From SciFi to Doc, all 4 films connect with audiences in an emotionally powerful & uplifting way. www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm...

Screening on Fri, Jun 20 2025 @ 7:00pm! Program 01 - Crazy Fun Spotlight: Pool House, I am Duck, and 1 in the Chamber. This block is so crazy fun that, yep, our programmers just had to name it this festival's Crazy Fun Spotlight. www.goelevent.com/discoverfilm... @heffay111.bsky.social

FEARLESS 2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Feature Film In a crumbling future where the anti-anxiety wonder drug Phobyx has turned fear into a forgotten instinct, a haunted self-defense instructor returns home to reconnect with her estranged family. Writer: Rich Van Tine @heffay111.bsky.social

Diwata 2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Film With her twilight years on the horizon, a Filipina grandmother ditches her 80th birthday party to summon the spirit of her long-dead granddaughter. Writer: Shea Formanes @sheaformanes.bsky.social @heffay111.bsky.social

La Esposa 2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Feature Film If you make a habit of luring migrant day laborers into your home, you better not mess with Hector Ramirez. Because his wife will definitely come looking. Writer: Matthew B.W. Sheehan @heffay111.bsky.social @filminvasionla.bsky.social

Sitting at the Edge of the World Staring at the Mice 2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Film – LGBTQ+ A late-night rooftop encounter between two young women unravels the tangled threads of their past. Writer: Guadalupe Birkbeck @heffay111.bsky.social @filminvasionla.bsky.social

The Experience 2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Feature Film A failed actor turned culture writer attempts to live out her dream of being a star performer. Writer(s): Olivia Haller & AK Long @bshandle.bsky.social @heffay111.bsky.social @filminvasionla.bsky.social @difwins.bsky.social

Crossroads 2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Pilot/Series – LGBTQ+ When three young lovers make a desperate dash for freedom, they unknowingly steal from the wrong man. Writer: Laura Winter @heffay111.bsky.social @filminvasionla.bsky.social @difwins.bsky.social

Keeping Tabs 2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Pilot/Series – LGBTQ+ A 1950’s sitcom actress leads a double life: by day, she hits her marks; by night, she’s a hitwoman who kills her marks. Writer: Michael Montgomery @heffay111.bsky.social @filminvasionla.bsky.social @difwins.bsky.social

Horizon 2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Film A mother battling severe postpartum psychosis must distinguish between reality and hallucination as she struggles to connect with her newborn daughter. Writer: Karen Campion @heffay111.bsky.social @filminvasionla.bsky.social

Saint Lucifer 2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Feature Film – LGBTQ+ When Alessandro returns to Italy with his partner to welcome their first child, a wave of unexplained deaths & religious hysteria spirals into madness. Writer: Joseph D’Urso @heffay111.bsky.social @filminvasionla.bsky.social

Wildflower of the Valley: Carnal Bloom 2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Pilot/Series When the dead body of the city manager is found in a pond, struggling assassin, Layla, decides to falsely claim him as her kill. Writer(s): Hannah Vernot @heffay111.bsky.social @filminvasionla.bsky.social

Please Kill Robinson Scott Thomas 2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Feature Film Two hitmen take on the radical Right Wing establishment through black on black crime. Writer(s): Fr3deR1cK Taylor @heffay111.bsky.social @filminvasionla.bsky.social @difwins.bsky.social

Puppetland 2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Pilot/Series Fred Deeble, the host of the most successful children’s television show of the 90’s, has never recovered from the cancellation of his show. Writer(s): Dominic Abeyta @heffay111.bsky.social @filminvasionla.bsky.social

Best Little Boy 2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Feature Film – LGBTQ+ At an elite prep school, a gay misfit obsesses over his new school’s seemingly perfect, and likely closeted, golden boy. Written by Daniel Hirsch @heffay111.bsky.social @filminvasionla.bsky.social @difwins.bsky.social

Parking 2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Film – LGBTQ+ A brief encounter bears witness to the darker impulses of the human nature. Writer(s): Andrew Klaus-Vineyard @akvfilm.bsky.social @heffay111.bsky.social @filminvasionla.bsky.social @difwins.bsky.social

Double Trouble 2025 Official Selection: Screenplay – Short Film A man-child who foot doubled for Elijah Woods in “Lord Of The Rings” becomes the subject for film student Lisa Yao. Writer(s): Lauren Holiday @heffay111.bsky.social @filminvasionla.bsky.social @difwins.bsky.social