4 nights of amazing indie films await you as FirstGlance Film Festivals celebrates its 17th year in Los Angeles in a brand new venue in the amazing North Hollywood Arts District at the Laemmle Theatre.
Get ready for more screenings, more films and more nights as FirstGlance expands due to popular demand!
Over 40 award winning films from features to shorts, to webseries and more! One of the most diverse array of filmmakers in our history and amazing films from all corners of the planet!
And for the first time in our history, a LIVE AWARDS CEREMONY on SUNDAY CLOSING NIGHT!
FirstGlance Film festivals began in 1996 in the basement of a small theater in Center City Philadelphia. It started as a small theatre company in Philadelphia that wanted to help fellow filmmakers get their projects shown in a public venue for others to enjoy. Its mission was a one time weekend to show projects that might otherwise not be seen by moviegoers in the Philadelphia area. With a rented video projector and a bunch of large screen TVs, they had a successful weekend showing about 20 projects to about 150 people...The FirstGlance Film Festival was born. FirstGlance decided to move forward and make its festival an annual event. With filmmaker interest, their sister festival opened in Burbank California in 2000 to a similar audience in a 35 seat screening room and has also become a growing annual event.
Having currently produced 34 independent film festivals, FirstGlance is Philadelphia's Independent Film Festival since 1996 and one of the fastest growing indie film fests in Los Angeles!