FILA is excited to share this trailer that features clips from the films screening at FILA 2017. We cannot be more proud of the quality of the films at this year’s festival. See you in June!
2017 Screening Schedule
We are proud to announce the schedule for Film Invasion L.A. 2017!
June 4
12:00 pm – Find Happy (10 minutes), The Bus Trip (14 minutes), The Comedy Club (90 minutes)
2:45 pm – Lariat (10 minutes), Becoming Lucy (14 minutes), Dress in Black (10 minutes), AMYDEE (16 minutes)
4:45pm – obSETHed: Memorial Day (4 minutes), Polite Expressions (5 minutes), Tangoborn Menclenty (76 minutes)
7:00 pm – Bert (15 minutes), WICHITA (88 minutes)
9:30 pm – Dave (10 minutes), Blue World Order (108 minutes)
June 11
12:00 pm – High & Tight (16 minutes), REPATRIATION (73 minutes)
2:30 pm – The Blind Center (15 minutes), Something Fun (70 minutes)
5:00 pm – Sharpé (13 minutes), Twin Cities (99 minutes)
7:45 pm – That Party That One Night (15 minutes), Fiebre en la Disco (15 minutes), Sticks (18 minutes), Dress Rehearsal (21 minutes)
10:00 pm – Live or Die in La Honda (80 minutes)
2017 Official Selections Announced
The FILA team wants to extend our sincerest “Thank You” to every filmmaker who submitted a film to FILA 2017. After watching everyone’s work, we are proud to announce our 2017 Official Selections!
2017 Festival Dates Set
Film Invasion Los Angeles will be held from June 4 to Sunday June 11 at The Whitefire Theatre.
2017 Festival Open For Entries
Film Invasion Los Angeles is open for entries! There are several deadlines, with the Final Deadline on March 8, 2017. Enter your film today.
Official Selection “Army of God” Available Online
FILA is eager to present a truly exceptional short film, Army of God by Todd Wiseman. Army of God is an extremely well-made film that also contains a brave and powerful message.
We screened Army of God at FILA 2016 and it was a clear audience favorite.
Todd has chosen to share his film with the world online, and we are happy to present it here. We hope to see more great films from Todd in the future!
Source: FILA
Official Selection “Army of God” Available Online
FILA is eager to present a truly exceptional short film, Army of God by Todd Wiseman. Army of God is an extremely well-made film that also contains a brave and powerful message.
We screened Army of God at FILA 2016 and it was a clear audience favorite.
Todd has chosen to share his film with the world online, and we are happy to present it here. We hope to see more great films from Todd in the future!
Grand Jury Prize Winners
Congratulations to our Grand Jury Prize Winners! More difficult than selecting which films to invite to the festival is choosing which will win the Grand Jury Prizes. The Jury deliberated, and after much discussion and debate, selected the following works:
Grand Jury Prize
Narrative Feature Film
WEST VIRGINIA STORIES
(88 minutes)
Three stories examining what it means to live, find connection, deal with trauma, and do more than just exist, in the rural landscape of small mining town in West Virginia.
Written & Directed by Preston Peterson & Jason Boesch
Produced by Colleen Kelly, Isabel Junie Hildebrandt, Richard Moon
Starring: Peter Van Norden, John T. Woods, William Thomas
Grand Jury Prize
Narrative Feature Film
ARTIFICE
(104 minutes)
Following an actor’s preparation for a terrifying role. As reality and fantasy blurs, he finds himself lost between both worlds.
Directed by Steven Doxey
Written by Steven Doxey & Brandon Sean Pearson
Produced by Steven Doxey & Brandon Sean Pearson & Michael Doxey
Starring: Brandon Sean Pearson, Kent Hadfield, Chris Persky, Jane Noble, Julia Fae, Benjamin Horatio Garvis, Elena Scarlett Murray
Grand Jury Prize
Narrative Short Film
THE CATCHER
(18 minutes)
Based on a true story: 1930’s professional ball player, Moe Berg, is recruited by the burgeoning U.S. intelligence department known as the O.S.S. and sent on a mission that would impact the greatest war the world has ever seen.
Written & Directed by Jamie Brindle
Produced by John Houston, Michael Curylo, Regan A. Young, Jamie Brindle
Starring Keith Edie, David Carey Foster, John Houston
Grand Jury Prize
Narrative Short Film
THE PAST INSIDE THE PRESENT
(12 minutes)
An allegorical tale of a couple who attempt to renew their dying relationship by plugging directly into recordings of their memories
Written & Directed by James Siewert
Produced by Chris Skotchdopole
Starring: Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, Schuyler Helford
Grand Jury Prize
Narrative Short Film
HOW TO BUILD A FORT
(15 minutes)
Two people struggle to hold on to a life long love in a world represented by the building of a fort.
Directed by Adam Bowman
Written by Jennifer Webster
Produced by Adam Bowman, Jennifer Webster
Starring: Brian Johnson, Aidan Grimm, Zoe Reynolds, Megan Kinney, Matt Gardner, Jennifer Webster, Jonathan Fredrick, Carol Holstead, and James Ortlieb
Grand Jury Prize
Documentary Film
GOODWOMAN
(34 minutes)
Wrongfully arrested for filming the police during a benign incident with a homeless person, Debra Goodman takes on the NYPD and city of New York in an attempt to enshrine a person’s legal right to film the police.
Directed and Produced by Chris Fiore
Grand Jury Prize
Documentary Film
JULIAN PRICE
(33 minutes)
Driven by the beauty of its landscape and the potential in its vacant Art Deco architecture, Julian Price searches Asheville for the brave, hardworking dreamers, and provides them with a miracle — capital for expansion in exchange for improving downtown with their presence.
Directed by Erin Derham
Executive Produced by Rachel Price, Meg MacLeod
Produced by Scott Campbell
Grand Jury Prize
Screenplay (unproduced)
HARRY’S FILE
Written by Jude Gerard Prest
The story of an alienated, bitter man whose life gets turned completely upside down when he is forced to relive seemingly random moments of his past after an angel accidentally drops his file, scattering and re-ordering the events of his life.
Film Invasion L.A. Day Three
Day three was terrific! The team at FILA wishes to extend our deepest thanks to all of the filmmakers and everyone who made up the fantastic audiences.
We especially want to thank the filmmakers whose films we screened on Day Three, including Joshua Ojeda (PAPA), George Moise (Counter Clockwise), Gary Plummer (Orion), Amanda Markowitz (Love Meet Hope), Eva Chen (Being Her Friend), Jeremy Pion-Berlin (Passports), Brad Douglas (The Settling), Donald Watson (Let There Be Peace), Chris Fiore (Goodwoman), Steve Desmond (Monsters), Quincy Rose (Friends Effing Friends Effing Friends), Paulina Lagudi (This Is How), and David Guglielmo and Nick Chakwin (No Way To Live).
We thank every one of these filmmakers for sharing their work with the FILA audience.
Film Invasion L.A. Day Two
The team at FILA wants to send a huge thank-you to everyone who attended Film Invasion L.A. Day Two. We appreciate all of the people who came out in support of independent film – we could not have done it without you.
We especially want to thank the filmmakers who attended the festival, including Kuang Lee (Buddy Solitaire), Victor Valerio (The Lost), Neil Payne, Josh Matt Rivera & Sascha Ghafoor (Alpha Phi), Ashley Erin Campbell, Holland Olmsted & Jay Blair (Above Jewels), Jamie Brindle & John Houston (The Catcher), Rachel Price (Julian Price), Marc Lucas (Our Time), Adam Bowman & Jennifer Webster (How To Build A Fort), Graham Elwood & Chris Mancini (Ear Buds), Pandie Suicide & Erik Boccio (Blood Bath), and Preston Peterson, Jason Boesch, Zachary Ray Sherman, Ryan Stone, & Meagan English (West Virginia Stories).
We love our filmmakers and we love their films. Thank you so much for the tremendously fun Q&A’s after your films. See you soon!