We will be screening from Oct 2-5, 2025.

We are on-the-ground in Los Angeles, CA USA with events, mixers, awards ceremony, screenings and with additional virtual screenings online for our worldwide audiences.

Our festival is in OCTOBER annually in Los Angeles, USA on the ground, we will be hosting our standing room only panels and screenings as well as offering additional online screenings for those that may not be able to attend on the ground festival. Check our site as we get closer to October for full details.

LA Femme International Film Festival is a premier festival that focuses on platforming women filmmakers “by women, for everyone”. Our Festival was created in 2005, when it became apparent that there was a need to enhance women behind the camera as Directors, Producers, and Writers. We were the first in Los Angeles to host such an event and film festival empowering women. All those that followed are just duplicates of the movement we started over a decade ago.

Through our Partners and Sponsors we have provided one-one-one meetings with our filmmakers or helped secure financing. CBS Entertainment Diversity Department and Sony Entertainment met with a selected group of our filmmakers with the goal to offer potential employment and/or placement as a director or writer under their diversity department. It is through our direct efforts that these opportunities are being secured for our LA Femme Int. Film Festival Filmmakers.

As LA Femme moves into the next few years, it plans to expand its platform so that more women in the industry and from around the world can have the benefit of taking their film to the next level through increased distribution outlets, more key positions in the entertainment industry and more recognition as artistic creators emerging as leaders in the industry.

Our goal is to create more such opportunities through exemplary programming, networking, and panel events. A classic professional atmosphere will create a sense of ‘opportunity’ for participants. LA Femme International Film Festival is “By Women for Everyone.”

Our Distribution Partner screens all the films from the festival and offers distribution deals annually to those selected to screen. In the last several years countless films were awarded a full distribution deal, while other received limited distribution. We hope to see more in the future through our additional distribution partnerships.

In addition, each winner receives a crystal award and prizes vary.

ATTENTION FILMMAKERS: If you are submitting a film we accept online screeners for the purposes of reviewing the film for consideration. If you are selected to screen in the festival, you WILL NEED to SEND a DCP copy to us of your exhibition film. This will be sent to our content partner in Los Angeles, CA who is our exhibition collection company. That information will be sent to those who are accepted into the festival. If you do not have a DCP the content manager can and will create a copy for you. There is special pricing available for those accepted who need to have a DCP generated which will be provided at time of acceptance.

MOST IMPORTANT IF YOU ARE SELECTED TO SCREEN you must accept this invitation within 24 hours of receipt of our acceptance email.

DO NOT SUBMIT UNLESS YOU READY TO SCREEN YOUR FILM AT THIS FESTIVAL OR ANY FESTIVAL YOU HAVE SUBMITTED TO OR KNOW YOUR FILM WILL BE READY BY FESTIVAL SCREENING DATE. If you pull out of the festival once, you have accepted the invitation to screen you WILL be charged a cancelation fee. So do not submit unless you can and are willing to screen as you never know if you will be selected.

Also note you will be disqualified if you are screening in another woman's festival in LOS ANGELES during the same weekend as our festival. We want to ensure that our festival attendees are able to participate and network with our industry professionals and if your attention is split then you may not make the most of the events.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
This agreement is made by and between the person(s) or entity(ies) identified hereinbelow (the “Owner”) and LA Femme Inc and LA Femme International Film Festival 324 S Beverly Dr #436, Beverly Hills, CA 90212 (“Promoter”) with respect to the inclusion and exhibition of the Motion Picture identified hereinbelow (the “Film") and any trailer(s) furnished by Owner (“Trailers”) in the La Femme International Film Festival (the “Festival”). In consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties agree:
Grant of Exhibition and Promotional Rights. Owner does hereby grant Promoter and the Festival, without reservation, condition or qualification: the right to exhibit, display, perform and promote the Film as part of the Festival, at special screenings,
and otherwise via online streaming services, including, without limitation, screenings via the Eventive.com and Regal Cinemas live projections or similar platforms or combination of live and streaming services and by any other means of exhibition or transmission between the dates of October 19, 2023, through October 22, 2023.
the right to use Trailers, footage, stills and/or titles, and information from or relating to the Film for promotional purposes, including through exhibition and distribution in any and all media, whether now known or hereafter devised, throughout the world, in perpetuity; and the right to issue and authorize publicity concerning the filmmakers and the Film and to use all associated names, likenesses and biographical information. Owner agrees to provide up-to-date contact information pertaining to the director and producer(s) of the Film, and to grant Promoter and the Festival, at their sole and absolute discretion, the right to provide this information to film industry organizations, Festival Sponsors and other Festival partners. No Compensation: Other than participation in the Festival, the Owner will not receive any compensation in connection with the exploitation of the rights granted hereunder. Moreover, the exhibition or presentation of the Film at the Festival does not and will not create any confidential or fiduciary relationship between the Promoter or Festival on the one hand and the Owner.
Owner Warranties. Owner hereby represents and warrants to the Promoter and the Festival that: Owner is duly authorized on its own behalf and on behalf of all other persons or entities who may have any ownership rights or interests (including, without limitation, intellectual property rights) in or relating to the Film (hereafter collectively and each individually, an “Owner”), to exhibit or authorize others to exhibit the Film as part of the Festival; exhibition of the Film as part of the Festival will not violate any law or any right or require the consent of any other person or entity; the Film is not subject to any litigation, arbitration, or other adversarial claim or proceeding, nor is the Film the subject of any threat of litigation, arbitration, or other adverse claim or proceeding exhibition of the Film at the Festival will not violate or infringe any copyright, patent, privacy right, publicity right, trademark, service mark or any other personal or property right of any person or entity, a the Film does not constitute or include a defamation of any person or entity. Owner has obtained, paid and will pay in full all license fees, clearance fees, and other obligations, of any kind, arising from or associated with the exhibition of the Film as part of or in connection with the Festival the Owner has properly secured authorization and permission from the copyright and/or trademark owner(s) of any and all copyrighted and/or trademarked content or materials included within the Film. Owner has cleared all content of the Film from any and all actual or potential legal claims and issues, including, without limitation, claims based upon theories of copyright, trademark, libel, defamation, invasion of privacy, violation of rights of publicity, theft of trade secrets, breach of confidence, breach of confidential relationship, and breach of express or implied contract (“Third Party Claim(s)”).
Disclaimer. Festival expressly disavows any responsibility for, and will not be held responsible for, any unauthorized inclusion of any copyrighted and/or trademarked content or materials or of any content or materials within or relating to the submitted Film that are or may be the basis for any Third Party Claims based on any theory of law whatsoever. Disqualification. Festival reserves the right to disqualify any Film with any unauthorized inclusion of copyrighted and/or trademarked content or materials or which Festival reasonably believes violates any third party rights or which is or may become the subject of any Third Party Claims. No Obligation to Exploit. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as requiring Promoter or Festival to use or exploit or continue to use or exploit any of the rights herein granted Indemnification. Owner shall indemnify and hold harmless Promoter and the Festival, together with each of their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, creative advisors, agents and representatives (collectively, “Festival Parties”), from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, fees and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs) that may be asserted by any person or entity, or may be incurred by Promoter, the Festival, or any Festival Parties, at any time in connection with the Film or the Festival’s use, handling or consideration thereof, and/or arising from any breach or alleged breach of any of Owner’s warranties or representations.
Miscellaneous Capacity. Owner represents and warrants that he/she is 18 years of age or older, and has the full legal capacity and authority to enter into this Agreement.
Entire Agreement. This is the entire Agreement of the parties, and supersedes all other Agreements, oral, in writing, or signed by any of the parties pertaining to the Property and the Rights, and may not be changed or modified except in writing signed by the parties hereto. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California applicable to agreements executed and wholly performed within said state. Arbitration. Any claim, dispute or controversy arising out of, in connection with, or otherwise related to the Film, the Festival, and any claim or cause of action of any nature arising from the actual or alleged breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation or validity of this Agreement as well as the determination of the scope or applicability of this agreement to arbitrate, will be governed by the internal, substantive laws of the State of California and will be subject to and submitted to exclusive, binding arbitration before a single arbitrator in Los Angeles County, California, which shall be the sole and exclusive forum for determination of such claim, dispute or controversy. The arbitrator will be selected by mutual agreement of the parties or, if the parties are unable to agree on an arbitrator, will be appointed by the court. The arbitrator shall issue a written award and shall have the right to award monetary relief. The parties specifically agree and acknowledge, however, that the arbitrator shall not have the power to award punitive or exemplary damages, nor shall the arbitrator have the power to order Festival to include the Film in the Festival or to award other injunctive or non-monetary relief. The arbitrator shall have the power and discretion to award to the substantially prevailing party in any such arbitration, its reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the arbitration (including, without limitation, reimbursement of that party’s share of the arbitrator’s fees). The arbitrator’s award shall be final, binding and non-appealable. Judgment on the arbitrator’s award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. In agreeing to this exclusive arbitration provision, Owner hereby waives, forfeits and relinquishes, any right or entitlement to bring or litigate any claim or claims encompassed by this paragraph in any court against Promoter, the Festival, or any Festival Party, and further waives, forfeits and relinquishes any right to a trial by jury with respect to such claim or claims. Right to attorney. Owner acknowledges having been afforded the right to consult with an attorney of Owner’s choosing with respect to this Agreement. Notices. All notices hereunder may be delivered personally or by messenger, or sent by certified or registered mail, to the parties at the addresses first listed herein. Headings; Identical Counterparts; Facsimile The headings of the paragraphs of this agreement are for convenience only and shall not in any way affect the interpretation of any paragraph of this Agreement or of the Agreement itself. If for any reason any provision of this Agreement is adjudged by an arbitration or otherwise to be unenforceable, such adjudication shall in no way affect any other provision of this Agreement or the validity or enforcement of the remainder of this Agreement, and the affected provision shall be modified or curtailed only to the extent necessary to bring it into compliance with applicable law.
You are accepting all the Terms and Conditions of exhibition by applying for and being accepted by the Festival and Promoter. This agreement is deemed signed and authorized by Owner once the submission of the film has been accepted by the Festival and Promoter for screening and the application of submission has been processed and paid for by the Submitter and/ or Owner. You automatically grant these terms and conditions.