Name: SHORTS PROGRAM 5: LIFE, UNSCRIPTED
Start: 2023-11-02T17:30:00-07:00
Location: Regal LA Live

SHORTS PROGRAM 5: LIFE, UNSCRIPTED

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.

A﻿PHONIA The daily routine of a boarding school for deaf children is disturbed by the arrival of a new student, who doesn&#x27;t know sign language. A deaf girl helps him find his way into the new world. Their special friendship will soon be put to the test. The film features deaf and hard-of-hearing children.<a href="https://vimeo.com/688981157" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">D﻿UST TO LIGHT </a> A documentary about what is really going on under the surface when we are cleaning. The film listens as four Zen practitioners reflect on the transformative process of cleaning when it is approached as a meditation rather than burdensome chore.<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dGGo2ZOQb76eS8TZdpY-_COZCa4VPRmB/view?usp=share_link" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">D﻿AVEY&#x27;S LULLABY</a> A spirited, middle-aged man with Down Syndrome faces an uncertain future when his mother, who lovingly cares for him as he struggles with bouts of dementia and growing physical infirmity, is no longer able to help him.C﻿AN&#x27;T HELP MYSELF Estere spends her days by the sea selling ice cream. Trying to find peace, she listens to meditation podcasts and self-help audio-books. Meanwhile, strangers caressed by the summer sun look for the same in tarot cards, fortified drinks, and the Bible. Estere starts to repeat their chit chat, slowly beginning to believe what they are saying. A mournful passage of time where those you’ve met by chance and those you’ve long forgotten are destined to meet. T﻿HE GIFT OF COLOR Deeply rooted in their routine of avoidance an adolescent teen and their grandmother unexpectedly find themselves on a path of self-reflection and acceptance.I﻿ ONCE WAS LOST One night in 2008, my father, John, got lost in a Boston suburb.L﻿ET IT OUT A man suffering from depression finds something unexpected at his lowest point.

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