Celebrate 24 years of FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival!
Live and In Person- March 2024- Laemmle Theatres
Be Sure to submit your indie film early!
Special Discounted Entry Fee for all categories!
Sept 1-23 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 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 and special discounted filmmaker ticket packages!!
Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Action and all genres from filmmakers of all ages, genders, races, color, ethnicity, religions and countries.
Features, Shorts, Documentary, Animation, Live Action, Web Series, Music Videos, Original Concept Trailers, Student Films
The 24th Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival screens local, national and international professional, first time, and student filmmakers, celebrating the best in indie film making from around the world and featuring locally produced indiefilm from Los Angeles and West Coast Filmmakers.
Screenings, Red Carpet, After Parties, Filmmaker Luncheon, and Live Awards Presentation. Nominations in over 20 categories (by the esteemed FirstGlance screening committee and festival director) and Best of Audience awards in each category (voted on by festival attendees), and BEST OF FEST award winners.
FirstGlance Film Festivals are the longest running international bi-coastal indie film festivals in the United States and the WORLD. FirstGlance has theatrically screened over 2600 films to over 275,000 attendees over its 26 year history.
FirstGlance Film Fests have a 98% track record with feature films (Narrative and Documentary) acquiring streaming, AVOD, VOD, theatrical and Cable distribution.
Named 5 times as a Best Film Festival Investment by Moviemaker Magazine
Named by Time Magazine as, "One of the Festivals for the Rest of Us"
Named by USA Today, as one of the, "Best Film Festivals in North America"
And consistently, One of FilmFreeway's Top 100 Film Festivals!
FirstGlance Film Festivals: by indie filmmakers, for indie filmmakers!
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 entries, category winner will be awarded a $500 USD CASH PRIZE!