L.A. FILM FEST - Independent Filmmakers Showcase© IFS LA - Los Angeles / Beverly Hills / Santa Monica

"IFS / L.A. Film Festival is ...True North for any cinephiliac" - Lana and Lilly Wachowski (Directors / Writers of The Matrix, V for Vendetta, Cloud Atlas, Sens8) LA.FILM FEST FILMMAKERS: Paul Thomas Anderson's "Phantom Thread" & "Inherent Vice", Greta Gerwig's "Lady Bird", Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight", Tom Ford's "Nocturnal Animals" (starring Amy Adams & Jake Gyllenhaal), Lars von Trier's "Nymphomaniac", David Cronenberg's "Map To The Stars", Harmony Korine's "Spring Breakers", James Franco's "The Disaster Artist", and even more new cinema from directors including: John Hillcoat, Craig Gillespie, Scott Cooper, John Lee Hancock, Jim Jarmusch, Atom Egoyan, Lana and Lilly Wachowski, have premiered at the IFS / Los Angeles Film Festival. L.A. FILM FESTIVAL GUESTS: Recent Guest Honorees include Malcolm McDowell, Karen Gillan ("Guardians of the Galaxy", "Dr. Who"), Rosanna Arquette ("Pulp Fiction"), Mena Suvari ("American Beauty"), Illeana Douglas ("Cape Fear", "Goodfellas"), David Strathairn (Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln"), Michael Madsen (Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" and "Reservoir Dogs"), Henry Jaglom ("Eating"), Edie McClurg ("Ferris Bueller's Day Off"), Lance Henriksen ("Aliens", "Terminator", "Gladiator"), Andy Dick ("News Radio"), Blake Clark ("The Waterboy"), Lynn Lowry, Kier O'Donell (Clint Eastwood's "American Sniper") and many more! Piper Laurie, Doug Benson, Clu Gulager, and the late Sid Haig were also honored guests; alongside surprise visitors that include John Hillcoat, Alan Blumenfeld, Rick Glassman, Priscilla Barnes, Tom Everett Scott, Steven Culp, Melanie Mayron, Jane Lynch, and many, many, more! LOS ANGELES FILM FEST: "IFS" The Independent Filmmakers Showcase© of Los Angeles was created to assist and discover groundbreaking cinema; providing development opportunities for filmmakers through showcases, events, and the annual IFS Film Festival IFS / LA FILM FEST is held each spring at the world-famous Grove in Los Angeles, with hundreds of films screening in theaters across Beverly Hills, L.A., and Santa Monica, California including events at the legendary Los Angeles venues: LA Live & The Grove. ABOUT IFS / L.A. FILM FEST: The IFS Film Fest of Los Angeles is a celebration of independent film-making, held in Beverly Hills, and in cinemas across Los Angeles, Santa Monica, and Hollywood; featuring screenings from emerging and established filmmakers, with press events, parties, forums, panels, and Hollywood film premieres. Supporting cinema preservation year-round, the IFS membership community of over 150 filmmakers, students, and industry professionals, are dedicated to the discovery and promotion of independent cinema and new filmmakers from around the world at our many annual events: including the world famous IFS / L.A. Film Festival. DISCOVERIES AND RETROSPECTIVES: Known globally for uncovering and promoting the most original voices in film making (including IFS Honoree Nobu Yamaoka). Film icons are celebrated with career-spanning events, including IFS retrospectives on the performance work of Bill Paxton, Lee Marvin, and Eric Bogosian, and curated events celebrating the cinema of Tom Noonan, and Kenneth Anger. Kenneth Anger's rare version of "Scorpio Rising", ROAR (starring Melanie Griffith and Tippi Hedren), "The Fourth Dimension" from Jan Kwiecinski, Aleksei Fedorchenko, and Harmony Korine (and starring Val Kilmer) all received special early premieres at IFS Independent Filmmakers Showcase events, that created a buzz for eventual nationwide release. THE INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE Founded in the early 1990's, the Independent Filmmakers Showcase was created by film students hosting screenings of obscure films, and evolved into a professional organization hosting the premiere film showcase series events and creation of new cinemas. IFS supports the creation of new cinemas for independent film screenings, film forums and preservation of classic film venues; fostering a large community of filmmakers, students, and industry professionals dedicated to independent cinema.