Name: SHORTS PROGRAM 1a: LA STORIES
Start: 2023-11-02T22:30:00-07:00
Location: Regal LA Live

SHORTS PROGRAM 1a: LA STORIES

Downtown Film Festival L.A. is Los Angeles’ premiere independent film festival. Established in 2008 as a nonprofit organization, the festival is dedicated to showcasing independent cinema in the historic center of the Creative Capital of the World. DTLAFF also celebrates the renaissance of downtown L.A. and its unique cultural diversity.

[ARCHIVE] DTLA Film Festival

15th Annual DTLA Film Festival: Nov. 1-5, 2023

Regal LA Live

Comedy

A filmmaker walks into a bar, and the bartender says, "Have you checked our the comedy lineup at the 2023 DTLA Film Festival?" (Rimshot.) Ok, our filmmakers can deliver a one-liner better than we can, but see for yourself at this year's festival!

Day 2 - Thursday, Nov. 2nd

The 2nd day of DTLA Film Festival offers the kind of lineup that DTLA Film Festival is famous for -- a selection of features, documentaries and shorts across all genres, and all making their Los Angeles theatrical premieres. See you at the festival.

Drama

What are the serious subjects that filmmakers are tackling in our post-pandemic world? This year's lineup of narrative feature and short films cover the depth and breath of contemporary human experience from birth to death. Fasten your seatbelts!

SHORT PROGRAMS

DTLA Film Festival's 2023 short-film lineup offers a lot of something for everyone -- from horror to comedy, social justice to animation. Jump into our shorts (!) and try them on for size.

<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/715706062" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">C﻿IVIC</a>  is a short film that follows Booker on his first trip back home to South Central, L.A. after several years of self-imposed exile. Without any clear motive, or even a warning, Booker returns to the place that holds his origins and the people who shaped him. Framed almost exclusively inside of his car, CIVIC tracks Booker’s fleeting and fragmented encounters around his old streets. Booker spends most of his time with his childhood best friend, Tee. They ride around to liquor stores and lingering in parking lots after closing time. Closeness and distance ebbs and flows between them as they talk about their lives, old and new. The repaved ground between them allows Booker to dive deep into the past, seemingly letting go of the tension in the present. However, we soon realize Booker is avoiding his responsibility to his family members across this trip. Just as he plans his disembark from L.A., he has an unexpected encounter that helps to reframe his perspective in the world. CIVIC is an introspective film, giving life to the wordless exchanges, the mundane and the familiar shorthand of unfettered Black life.</p><p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1s2yinFwGD6qdaeWmdynyVoc532WAxVZ5/view?usp=share_link" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">H﻿OW TO DEAL WITH FAME</a> When a masculine-presenting actress gets cast as the leading lady in a play where her character dresses the opposite of her, her mother’s arrival for the performance reminds her of the womanhood she lacks.</p>

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