Hacking for the Commons

2021 Official Selection: Feature Film – Documentary

This Screening is LIVE!  Click here to watch this film at the film’s official Video On Demand page.

A film about the ongoing fight worlwide to keep access to knowledge part of Humanity Commons.

Director(s): Philippe BORREL
Writer(s): Philippe BORREL, Marion CHATAING, Annabelle JARRY
Producer(s): Tancrède RAMONET, Jérémy ZELNIK / TEMPS NOIR production
Featuring: Vandana Shiva, Richard Stallman, Joseph Stiglitz, James Boyle, David Bollier, Guy Standing, James Love, Francis Gurry, Anthony Di Franco, Steve Berman, Kevin Kenney, Lydia Brasch and many others.

To save our planet, should we let knowledge be privatized?

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Anomaly

2021 Official Selection: Short Film – SciFi

Adam is crazy in love with Liv but the young woman just lost her husband and refuses to commit to a new relationship. Without explanation she sends him to the strange and mysterious Zieggler corporation where everybody seems to know what Adam hasn’t figured out yet about his own life.

Director(s): Michael Jeanpert
Writer(s): Michael Jeanpert
Producer(s): Mikael Bozo
Starring: Roberto Calvet, Fleur Geffrier, Etienne Baret, Vincent Deniard, Cedric Maruani, Alexis Loizon

While we are among men, let’s try humanity

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Sweet Nothings

2021 Official Selection: Short Film – SciFi

A young man of the near future wistfully searches for love on a dating app, only to find that it has been corrupted by a seductive new marketing system.

Director(s): Christian Klein
Writer(s): Christian Klein
Producer(s): Christian Klein
Starring: Zack Kozlow, Jordee Kopanski, Mae Bartek

There’s a method to your matches.

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Top 100 Best Reviewed Festival

Film Invasion Los Angeles is proud to announce that we have achieved Top 100 Best Reviewed status!  We received this message from FilmFreeway:

“According to reviews from real FilmFreeway users, your festival ranks in the top 1% of more than 10,000 film festivals and creative contests around the world. No doubt, this ranking is a testament to the countless hours of hard work and care that you and your staff have devoted to creating such a wonderful event.”

 

New Prize – Best Visual Effects!

Film Invasion Los Angeles is proud to announce that aescripts + aeplugins is sponsoring FILA’s new Best Visual Effects prize.  Open to feature films, short films and music videos, the winner of FILA’s Best Visual Effects prize will receive a $1,000 Gift Card redeemable at the aescripts + aeplugins online store. The winner will be selected by the aescripts + aeplugins team!

FILA 2020 Wrap Up – Over 5,000 Views

FILA 2020’s online Screening Room closed after Monday, June 29 and we are amazed to share that our 2020 Official Selections racked up 5,616 views by 3,999 unique viewers!  We could not be more proud of the nine feature films, thirty-five short films, two music videos, and ten screenplays that made this year’s festival a great one.

We want to thank every filmmaker, screenwriter, performer, producer, cinematographer, production designer, and every other contributor who helped make wonderful films.  We look forward to seeing what everyone does next!

Our sister-festival is the Sherman Oaks FIlm Festival (@shermanoaksff) that is held in November.  Fingers crossed we get to see everyone in person then.  And if not, hopefully at FILA 2021!