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by | Sep 19, 2019 | Past Screening Programs

This is a list of the FEATURE FILMS screening at 2019 LA FEMME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Location: Regal Theater at 1000 W Olympic Blvd Los Angeles CA 90015

Venue 1- Auditorium 13

Venue 2- Auditorium 14


Title of Film

ALASKA IS A DRAG

OCT. 19, 4-6 pm

VENUE 1

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER

SHAZ BENNETT

PRODUCER

MELANIE MILLER

DIANE BECKER

SHAZ BENNETT

JEAN-PIERRE CANER

RT: 88

CAST: Martin L. Washington Jr., Maya Washington, Matt Dallas

SYNOPSIS: Everyone who slices fish all day daydreams – his are just glamtastic. He’s had to learn to fight to survive, and his boss who is also an amateur boxer takes note. When a new kid offers to be his sparring partner – he and his twin are forced to confront the real reason they’re stuck in fish guts.

 

BAD ART

OCT. 19, 6-8 pm

VENUE 1

DIRECTOR

TANIA RAYMONDE 

ZIO ZIEGLER

HILTON JAMAL DAY

PRODUCER

ZIO ZIEGLER

GEORGE RUSH 

GEZA ROHRIG

MOHAMED EL MANASTERLY

WRITER

ZIO ZIEGLER

TANIA RAYMONDE

RT: 75

CAST: Josh Stamberg, Mark L Young, Sarah Wynter, Vincent Pastore

SYNOPSIS: In ‘BAD ART’, five art world archetypes show up to a female artist’s studio to buy a painting they’ve never seen (that may or may not exist) engaging in a hilarious debate about commerce, value, and identity.

 

BEAUTIFUL IN THE MORNING 

OCT. 17th, 6:00 – 8:30 pm

VENUE 1

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER

FLAVIA CASA

PRODUCER

GABRIELLE KELLY

RT: 84

CAST: Harriet Rees, Janine Birkett, Chloe De Burgh, Mark Wingett, Jack Loy

SYNOPSIS: This debut feature film portrays generations of women who yearn for a life outside the boundaries of the home.

 

 

BRINDISI

OCT. 19th, 8:00 – 10:00 pm

VENUE 1

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER

NIKA BURNETT

ALESSANDRO MARINO

PRODUCER

CHRISTIAN KLEIN

RT: 88

CAST: Nika Burnett, Alessandro Marino

SYNOPSIS: Brindisi is an Italian-American feature-film comedy about three young couples in the south of Italy whose varied lives intersect on a boat to Greece, as they run from their responsibilities, the public eye and the police.

 

FATED HEARTS

OCT. 18, 4:00 – 6:00 pm

VENUE 2

DIRECTOR

ELIF AKARSU POLAT

ÇIGDEM BOZALI

PRODUCER

SEDA PEKER ÖZKAN

ALI ÜSTUNDAG

WRITER

ELIF AKARSU POLAT

ÇIGDEM BOZALI

RT: 104

CAST: Boncuk Yilmaz, Sedef Akalin, Benian Donmez 

SYNOPSIS: Zeynep’s childhood friend Yusuf turns into her first love but their paths separate. Zeynep tries to find love in letters she writes to the convicted that lead her to a life sentenced convict, and that convict is no one other than Yusuf.

 

FREE SPIRIT

OCT. 20th, 10:00 – 12 noon

VENUE 1

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER

FRANCESCA ROOT-DODSON

PRODUCER

MEGAN KAPLER

DON WONGPRAPAN

RT: 75

CAST: Francesca Root-Dodson, Max Rosenak 

SYNOPSIS: A young man sees a girl on the subway and in a moment of madness, follows her. Thus begins a night of wandering through the city as he pursues—what he’s unfortunate enough to think might be—the girl of his dreams. A New York City un-love story.

 

IF NOT NOW, WHEN?

OCT. 20, 2:00 – 4:00 pm

VENUE 1

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

MEAGAN GOOD, TAMARA BASS

PRODUCERS

MEAGAN GOOD, TAMARA BASS

WRITER

TAMARA BASS

RT: 121

CAST: Meagan Good, Meagan Holder, Mekia Cox, Tamara Bass, Valarie Pettiford, Lexi Underwood, Edwin Hodge, McKinley Freeman, Niles Fitch

SYNOPSIS: Four friends, who met in high school and are bonded by an event, are suddenly forced back together fifteen years later, when one of them suffers a crisis. It’s a story of love, forgiveness and the incredible bond between women.

 

INTO THE NIGHT

OCT. 19th, 10:00 am- noon

VENUE 1

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER

KATE LI

PRODUCER/WRITER

J.D. BENJAMIN

RT: 75

CAST: Kate Li, J.D. Benjamin, Paul Benford-Bruce, Ashley Risteen

SYNOPSIS: Following the murder of her fiancé, Jane finds herself caught in a web of manipulation created by a bar owner and his estranged wife whom claim to know about the truth of her fiancé’s murder. When the facts fail to match the explanations put forth, Jane is forced to rely on her own judgment and come to a resolution that brings her peace.

 

JESSIE – THE GOLDEN HEART

OCT. 17th, 2:00 – 4:00 pm

VENUE 1

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER

ZELIE DEMBER-SLACK

PEGGY ROGER

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

GERALDINE ROGER

WRITER

PEGGY ROGER

RT: 94

CAST: Andrew Shelton, Kat Fairaway, Eric Roberts

SYNOPSIS: A Scottish servant girl wars against her forbidden passion for her Master and its destruction of all of Stratton Castle.

 

MORE BEAUTIFUL…FOR HAVING BEEN BROKEN

OCT.18th, 8:00 – 10:00 pm

VENUE 1

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER

NICOLE CONN

PRODUCER

LISSA FOREHAN

RT: 90

CAST: Cale Ferrin, Kayla Radomski, Cale Ferrin

SYNOPSIS: 10 year old Freddie, with special needs, brings his burdened but devoted mother, Samantha, and new comer McKenzie together, where they discover love and passion, a salve to their deep wounds as characterized by the Japanese term “Kintsukuroi” – more beautiful for having been broken.

 

SALVATION

OCT. 17th, 10:00 – 12:00 noon

VENUE 1

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER

CARMEN SANGION

PRODUCER

KIM SANGION

RT: 91

CAST: Clayton Everston, Kira Wilkinson, Jason Willemse

SYNOPSIS: A young man on the run from the law goes in search of his estranged sister, a hopeless stripper discovers the son she never knew, and a priest suffering a crisis of faith reconnects with his spirituality.

 

THE FLIP SIDE

OCT. 20th, 12:00 – 2:00 pm

VENUE 1

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER

MARION PILOWSKY

PRODUCER

DAVID WILLING

SUE MURRAY

WRITER

LEE SELLARS

RT: 92

CAST: Eddie Izzard, Emily Taheny, Luke McKenzie

SYNOPSIS: THE FLIP SIDE pitches a young Australian couple against the visitors from hell, insufferable Europeans operating with all the confidence of the anointed, and in the end, “real Australia” takes a stand.

 

THE SOCIAL ONES

OCT. 18TH, 2:00 – 4:00 PM

VENUE 1

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER

LAURA KOSANN

PRODUCER

RAVEN JENSEN

DANIELLE KOSANN

STEPHANIE MARCH

RT: 86

CAST: Allegra Edwards, Amanda Giobbi, Camila Perez, Colton Ryan

SYNOPSIS: The Social Ones is a madcap comedy satirizing the most timely topic right now: Social media. A love letter to our generation, this female-led production is sure to be a generational, resonating classic we watch for years to come

 

THE SUMMERLANDS

OCT. 19th, 2:00 – 4:00 pm

VENUE 1

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER/WRITER

KATHRYN L. BUCHER

RT: 90

CAST: Stacy Cunningham, Shylah Bucher, Ryan Scott

SYNOPSIS: Road movie, travelogue, experimental documentary, The Summerlands is the story of half sisters on a road trip up Eastern California’s Highway 395.

 

THE WHEEL

OCT.17, 4:00 – 6:00 pm

VENUE 1

DIRECTOR

DEE MCLACHLAN

PRODUCER

VERONICA SIVE

SILVIO SALOM

VASILI PAPANICOLOU

BRIAN GERSH

WRITER

JAMES S. ABRAMS

RT: 87

CAST: David Arquette, Jackson Gallagher, Kendal Rae

SYNOPSIS: Paraplegic prison inmate Matt Mills meets “The Board” of Satoshi-Telefair Industries. With a promise to make him walk again, Mills agrees to volunteer for an experiment, one that is designed to kill, but Mills is determined to survive.

 

THREE ROADS

OCT. 19th, 12:00 – 2:00 pm

VENUE 1

DIRECTOR/WRITER

KIP CALENDINE 

PRODUCER/WRITER

AMANDA IVES

SARAH BETH GOER

WRITER

VANESSA DONLEY

RT: 70

CAST: Sarah Beth Goer, Amanda Ives, Vanessa Donley, Todd Lanker

SYNOPSIS: When the death of her beloved father sends Beth into a downward spiral, her best friends from childhood, Jaime and Emily, return home to lift her spirits…unintentionally bringing their own troubles with them. In this human dramedy, three women experience a second coming-of-age as they explore the paths they will take moving forward.