Celebrate 23 years of FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival!
Live screenings March 2023
FirstGlance is an all inclusive, diverse event for first time filmmakers to Professionals from Los Angeles and across the globe! We continually champion amazing storytellers and filmmakers and from around the world, on beautiful screens in North Hollywood!
FirstGlance Film Fests: One of the TOP RATED Film Festivals on FilmFreeway
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ALL Official Selections receive social media marketing unlike any film festival on EARTH!
Accepting Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Action and all genres from filmmakers of all genders, races, color, ethnicity, religions and countries.
Features, Shorts, Documentary, Animation, Live Action, Web Series, Music Videos, Original Concept Trailers, Student Films
The 23rd Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival screens local and international professional, first time, and student filmmakers, celebrating the best in indie film making from around the world and featuring locally produced Los Angeles and West Coast Filmmakers
Screenings, Red Carpet, After Parties and Live Awards Presentation and Nominations in over 20 categories for Official Selections, plus Best of Audience awards for each category, and BEST OF FEST award winners.
FirstGlance Film Festivals are the longest running international bi-coastal indie film festivals in the United States. FirstGlance has theatrically screened over 2500 films to over 260,000 attendees over its 26 year history.
FirstGlance Film Fests have a 98% track record with feature films (Narrative and Documentary) acquiring VOD, theatrical and Pay Cable distribution.
FirstGlance has a deal to license science fiction and horror shorts and webseries with our streaming partner, Gunpowder and Sky's Alter and Dust networks an amazing online network, offering filmmakers a non exclusive, cash up front short term licensing deal with amazing exposure potential.
Named 5 times as a Best Film Festival Investment by Moviemaker Magazine
and named by Time Magazine as, "One of the Festivals for the Rest of Us"
And consistently named, One of FilmFreeway's Top 100 Film Festivals!
The Best of Fest Award Winner prizes furnished by Red Giant, Boris FX, Glidecam, Gorilla Software, Beachtek, ShotListerApp, InkTip and more.
EVERY category that receives over 100 submissions,winner will be awarded a $500 CASH PRIZE