LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes presents the LOMA Film Festival. The Latinas & Latinos of Mixed Ancestry (LOMA) Film Festival has been created to share the stories of people that embody the intersection of Latinos and non-Latinos. Latino culture was built on the interaction between diverse communities from all over the world. This festival shares how this tradition continues creating a new diverse Latino community.

All selected filmmakers are invited to VIP reception with invited press. This season we are offering an expanded festival with even more screening times allowing to show more films!

Multiracial Americans has a nearly forty year track record of creativity and integrity in the mixed race community. LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes is a community hub where people gather to celebrate Latinx culture through transformative exhibitions, music, dance, culinary arts, and multigenerational artmaking and storytelling experiences. An anchor cultural institution in Los Angeles County, LA Plaza centers the Latino experience and provides a space to uplift, share, and preserve the stories of Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and Latinx people in Southern California. Established in 2011, LA Plaza is a non-profit organization and a Smithsonian affiliate museum. In Hollywood's backyard, this festival presents a unique audience and opportunity for screening your film!

La Cumbre Best of Show: This award shall be given based on all aspects of the film including theme, talent, and impact.
Theme Award: This award shall be given based on best expression of the LOMA criteria through the story and presentation.
Talent Award: This award shall be given based on either the directing, acting, or writing of the film.
Audience Choice Award: This award shall be given based on vote by the audience for best film.
Awardees shall receive prizes of $250 upon receipt of an invoice and W-9.

Submissions must be on one of the following topics or describe the filmmaker/lead actors/writer that meet these criteria:
a) Individual(s) that identify as both Latino and non-Latino
b) Interracial Latino and non-Latino couples
c) Transracially adoptive Latino families
d) People raised in nations/cultures that are non-native to their family (third culture kids) within a Latino environment
Submissions must be of 30 minutes or less.
All genres will be considered including: drama, comedy, romance, animation, documentary, music video, and Avant Garde.

Entrant confirms and warrants required legal authority to submit the entry into the LOMA Film Festival and to use all music, images, and content in the entry.

All entrants will be notified by email or phone of their submission status on or around June 14, 2024. Multiple entries are allowed.

We require digital submission materials. Submission materials will not be returned.
By providing this file and/or link you (i) accept responsibility for obtaining any clearances necessary to exhibit your film or music at LOMA Film Festival 2024; (ii) warrant that you have the rights necessary to exhibit your film or music at LOMA Film Festival 2024; and (iii) indemnify and hold harmless LOMA Film Festival, its parent company, its affiliates, and subsidiaries and any of their respective directors, officers, employees, and representatives against any claim arising out of an exhibition of your film or music at LOMA Film Festival 2024. You must authorize LOMA Film Festival to use your selected work for festival promotion purposes.

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  • Noemy Clara

    Our director, Javo Aguirre and I were able to attend LOMA Film Festival, and it was absolutely next-level. Welcoming, communicative, and very friendly all around. On arriving, there was a very welcoming reception with wine, hors d'oeuvres, and an opportunity to network with other filmmakers and organizers both from LOMA and La Plaza de Cultura y Artes...an absolute beautiful venue. There was a Q&A panel for the filmmakers, and it was very well run...super organized. The films were all very...very good. Production values on all were really good...an uber talented group of filmmakers. It was an absolute honor to have showcased To Have and To Hold alongside so many other beautiful films.

    August 2024
  • AndrĂ©s Orellana

    I loved how LOMA felt very much for the community! It felt great meeting new artists from the LA area. Beautiful films and curation for the community

    August 2023