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Follow on Google News | 7th Annual LA Femme International Film Festival - October 13 - 16, 2011Celebrity Honorees Announced Tickets Still Available for Event
By: Natalia Lax LA Femme is excited to announce this year’s festival Honorees. Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Director: LA Femme launches October 13th -16th, 2011, in Los Angeles screening over 100 films highlighting independent features, documentaries, shorts, music videos, commercials, seminars and much more. This year LA Femme is hosting a Musical Concert Fundraiser on October 15, 2011 – “VMG presents LA Femme Unplugged” – with musical artist Anna Nalick, known for her hit single “Breathe (2 AM),” and featuring Sykler Stonestreet with Madeline Sampson. Musical Concert begins at 6 pm with an “A List” After Party to follow at the Renberg Theatre. Tickets on sale now for $20 or $35 at www.ticketweb.com. The performance will benefit the “Young Women of Nepal Foundation.” The four day festival event in Los Angeles hosts special networking events at LA hot spots (The Next Door Lounge, The Falls, and the Bodega Wine Bar-Hollywood) LA Femme is dedicated to celebrating and empowering female artists creating media for a worldwide audience. LA Femme showcases works “by women for everyone” from all over the world. Ms. LaPage states, “No Festival does what we do for women. We actually care, and we have a very high success rate with distributed and produced films that were screened at our festival.” For information on the festival, visit our website at www.lafemme.org. Past Award Honorees include: Angela Bassett (Green Hornet), Virginia Madsen (Sideways), Marianne Jean-Baptise (Without a Trace), Sara Gilbert (Roseanne), Diablo Cody (Juno), Vivica A. Fox (Kill Bill), Rosanna Arquette (After Hours), Lea Thompson (Caroline in the City), Penelope Spheeris (Wayne’s World) Susan Seidelman (The Boynton Beach Bereavement Club), Maria Conchita Alonso (Mermaids), Jacqueline Bisset (Domino) and many more. To purchase an All-Access VIP Pass, go to: www.lafemme.org. Regular Price ($150), Discounts for WGA and SAG Guild Members for ($59.99). Tickets for individual films are $10.00. Seminars are $20 and can be purchased online or at the door. Events are held in Los Angeles. Tickets on sale now. Sponsors include: (SAG) Screen Actors Guild Affirmative Action & Diversity, SAG Women’s Committee, (WGA) Writers Guild America West, Governor’s Office of Film and Entertainment State of Florida, Eurochannel, Dish Network, and Dreamworks Animation. Media Inquiries: To register press credentials for the festival or to schedule an interview with Leslie LaPage, contact Natalia Lax (818) 268-6034 or email llapage@lafemme.org. Visit the website at www.lafemme.org End
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