Mumbai: LA Femme Film Festival’s Founder Leslie LaPage announced that the festival would run from 16 -19 October and include independent features, shorts, music videos, commercials, special screenings, seminars networking events, and an awards ceremony.

The event will be held at the Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills at 8556 Wilshire Blvd. and the Wilshire Screening Room at 8670 Wilshire Blvd… LA Femme is dedicated to creating opportunities for female filmmakers to access the Hollywood’s A-List. The festival highlights emerging artists and their films to a wide audience of theatre audiences.

Some of the festival winners have gone on to achieve full theatrical distribution, domestic cable, representation and development deals at the major studios: Green Street Hooligans opened in over 2,000 theaters nationwide; The Colt aired on The Hallmark Channel; Moondance Alexander limited domestic theatrical; Christian international theatrical distribution; Beautiful Dreamer cable distribution; Draco y el Teatro shown on MTV and more.

Other Past Honorees have included Rosanna Arquette, Lea Thompson, Martha Coolidge, Sara Risher, Marisol Nichols, Maria Conchita Alonso, Julie Davis, Susan Seidelman, Angela Bromstad, Lauren Zalaznick, Jacqueline Bisset, Sally Kirkland, Penelope Spheeris, Henry Jaglom and Patricia Cardoso.