![]() DTLAFF venue Regal Cinemas L.A. Live in 2012 | |
Location | Downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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Established | 2008 |
Most recent | 2023 |
Website | https://dtlaff.com/ |
The Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival (DTLAFF) is an annual film festival based in Downtown Los Angeles.
The festival was founded in 2008 [1] [2] and the venue used is the Regal Cinemas at L.A. Live. [3] [4] The Grammy Museum helped sponsor the festival in 2009. [5] As of 2018, the festival is the largest film and television event in the downtown area. [6] Some of the feature films that screened that year previously debuted at Tribeca Festival, South by Southwest and Sundance Film Festival. [6] The festival was previously known as Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles (DFFLA). [5] [7] [8]
Since 2019, Greg Ptaceck has managed the festival which showcased over 100 films that year, most of which were directed by women. [3] Recipients of the Independent Film Pioneer Award include Laura Dern, Kathy Griffin, John Hawkes, William H. Macy, Virginia Madsen, John C. Reilly, Julie Delpy and Mark Ruffalo. [6]