Past Events

2023

NFMLA Panel | Commercial Directors Diversity Program (CDDP)

NFMLA Panel | Film Independent Documentary Lab

January 14th, 2023 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Counter-Ageism

March 18th, 2023 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Female Cinema

NFMLA Panel | Film/TV Production & Development with Jelani Johnson at MACRO

NFMLA Panel | Mentorship and Diversity in the Film & TV Industry

February 18th, 2023 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Black Cinema

April 22nd, 2023 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Disability

NFMLA Panel | Animation Industry with Asalle Tanha at Cartoon Network

NFMLA Panel | NBCU Academy Original Voices Program

May 13th, 2023 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Asian Cinema

NFMLA Panel | Short to Feature Filmmaking with Writer/Director Jesse Atlas

NFMLA Panel | Music Videos and Commercial Directing with Hannah Lux Davis

Best of Awards 2023

June 17th, 2023 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: LGBTQ+ Cinema

NFMLA Panel | Short & Feature Filmmaking with Filmmakers Alliance

NFMLA Panel | Programming, Curation, and Exhibition for Film & Media

NFMLA Panel | TV Writing with Charla Lauriston

June 11th, 2023 – NFMLA Presents LGBTQ+ Cinema at 2023 LA PRIDE

2022

January 15th, 2022 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Counter-Ageism

NFMLA Panel | FilmTrack and Entertainment Rights

NFMLA Panel | Feature Film Distribution with Andy Bohn

NFMLA Panel | Management and Representation with Talitha Watkins, Head of ColorCreative

NFMLA Panel | Social Impact and Intersectional Representation with Alia J. Daniels, COO of Revry

February 19th, 2022 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Black Cinema

NFMLA Panel | TV Comedy Writing and Producing with Jordan Temple

NFMLA Panel | TV Drama Writing and Producing with Felicia Pride

March 19th, 2022 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Female Cinema

Best of Awards 2022

NFMLA Panel | Feature Film Financing with Film Bridge International and Banc of California

NFMLA Panel | Feature Film Distribution and Acquisition with Bill Guentzler at Gravitas Ventures

April 23rd 2022 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Asian Cinema

NFMLA Panel | Ryan Murphy Half Initiative: Director Shadowing Program

NFMLA Panel | Management and Publicity with Carolina Alduey at 3 Arts Entertainment

NFMLA Panel | Producing for TV & Film with Nicky Weinstock

May 14th, 2022– Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Immigrant Stories

POV and NFMLA Present: A Conversation with the Filmmakers of Not Going Quietly

July 30th, 2022 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Canadian Cinema

NFMLA Panel | Feature Film Directing & Writing with Alessio Della Valle

June 18th, 2022– Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: LGBTQ+ & InFocus: Disability

NFMLA Panel | Directors Guild: Assistant Director Training Program

August 27th, 2022 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: International Animation

NFMLA Panel | Indie Film Production & Directing with Dan Levy Dagerman

July 15th – July 29th, 2022 – Enter the STARZ #TAKETHELEAD Writers’ Intensive

September 24th, 2022 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Latinx & Hispanic Cinema

NFMLA + Warner Bros. Discovery OneFifty – Enter NewNarratives

NFMLA Panel | Animation Development with Sony Pictures Animation Executive, Chelsea Itaya

October 22nd, 2022 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Veteran Cinema

POV and NFMLA Present: Documentary Film with Sami Khan and Carlos González of THE LAST OUT

NFMLA Panel | A Conversation with Film Festival Programmers

American Film Market (AFM) 2022

November 19th, 2022 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Indigenous Cinema

November 20th, 2022 – DocuSlate Documentary Film Festival

Latino Media Fest 2022

NFMLA Panel | Script Notes Workshop with The Professional Pen

NFMLA Panel | Distribution and Acquisitions with Emma Manfredi

POV and NFMLA Present: Documentary Film with LET THE LITTLE LIGHT SHINE

POV and NFMLA Present: Documentary Film & Impact with MANZANAR, DIVERTED

NFMLA Panel | Educational Film & Documentary Distribution with Collective Eye Films

NFMLA Panel | Series Development & Production with Roberto Alcantara at HBO Max

December 3rd, 2022 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Middle Eastern, Arab & Dutch Cinema

NFMLA Panel | Film Acquisitions & Development with Lydia Ianni at Film Mode Entertainment

NFMLA Panel | NBCU LAUNCH TV Directors Program & Female Forward

2021

NFMLA Panel: Screenplay Adaptation with Scott Neustadter

NFMLA Panel: Writing for Comedy Series

January 23rd, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Counter-Ageism

NFMLA Conversation: Alma Har’el | Moderated by Jacqueline Coley at Rotten Tomatoes

NFMLA Panel: Shira Haas, Ron Leshem and Alon Aranya | Moderated by Malina Saval at Variety

NFMLA Panel: Will Packer Productions

NFMLA Panel: Jeff Byrd on Directing / Writing / Producing

NFMLA Panel: Warner Bros. Writers’ and Directors’ Workshops

February 20th, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Black Cinema

NFMLA Panel: You Finished Your First Feature Film. What’s Next? Presented by The Chimaera Project

NFMLA Panel: Ryan Case on TV Editing and Directing

NFMLA Panel: Julie Anne Robinson on Directing

March 20th, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Female Cinema

NFMLA Panel: Dayna Lynne North on TV Producing

NFMLA Panel: Matt Shakman on TV Directing

April 17th, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: International Animation

NFMLA Panel | Disney’s LAUNCHPAD

NFMLA Panel: TV Development and Production with Gloria Fan

NFMLA Panel: Film Marketing and Distribution with Sumyi Antonson

May 15th, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Asian Cinema

July 17th, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Canadian Cinema

NFMLA Panel: TV Showrunning with Leslye Headland and Colleen Labella

NFMLA Panel: Steakhaus Productions & Guests

July 15th, 2021 – Going for Gold | Best Practices and How to Navigate an Oscars Campaign

June 12th, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: LGBTQ+

August 7th, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Disability

NFMLA Panel | Independent Feature Film with Leigh Kittay, Head of Film at Black Bear Pictures

NFMLA Panel | TV Writing/Producing with Taofik Kolade

September 17th-18th, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Latinx & Hispanic Cinema

NFMLA Panel | Brian Yorkey on Writing and Producing for TV

NFMLA Panel | Anthony Sparks on Showrunning and Producing for TV

NFMLA Panel | Film & Television Development and Packaging with Cristina Garza, SVP at Endeavor Content

October 16th, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Veteran Cinema

NFMLA Panel | TV Producing and Showrunning with Gloria Calderón Kellett, EP/Showrunner of One Day at a Time

POV and NFMLA Present: A Conversation with Bruno Santamaría, Director of Things We Dare Not Do

POV and NFMLA Present: A Conversation with Emily Cohen Ibañez, Director of Fruits of Labor

Best of Awards 2021

NFMLA + WARNERMEDIA 150 – NEWNARRATIVES 2021

November 5-6th, 2021 – DocuSlate

November 20th, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Indigenous Cinema

NFMLA Panel | Writing and Directing for TV & Film with Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour, Jr.

NFMLA Panel | Independent Film Directing and Producing with Sarah Adina Smith and Jonako Donley

December 11th, 2021 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Middle Eastern Cinema, Arab & Dutch Cinema

NFMLA Panel | Documentary Production & Development with Sarba Das

NFMLA Panel | Feature Film Directing with Hany Abu-Assad

NFMLA Panel | Feature Film Directing with Haifaa Al-Mansour

NFMLA Panel | Producing for Documentary Films with Carolyn Hepburn

NFMLA Panel | Post-Production with Jennifer Trent, Head of Post-Production at Blumhouse

NFMLA Panel | Comedy Directing with Payman Benz

November 10th – December 22nd, 2021 – LACMA, NFMLA & ASU | Black Joy and Resilience Film Series

NFMLA Panel | Experience and Ageism in the Film Industry with GreenLight Women

2020

Monthly Film Festival – January 11th, 2020

Monthly Film Festival – February 8th, 2020

Monthly Film Festival – June 7th, 2020

Best of Awards 2020

NFMLA Interview Series: Gwyneth Horder-Payton on Television Directing

NFMLA Interview Series: Lesli Linka Glatter on Television Directing

NFMLA Interview Series: Scott Ferguson on Film & TV Producing

NFMLA Interview Series: Rachel Goldberg on TV Directing

NFMLA Interview Series: Greg Sirota on Editing

NFMLA Interview Series: Leah Daniels Butler on Casting

NFMLA Interview Series – DeMane Davis on Film & TV Directing

NFMLA Interview Series – Rocky Morton on Directing

NFMLA Interview Series – Salvatore Totino on Cinematography

NFMLA Interview Series – Ondi Timoner on Documentary Filmmaking

NFMLA Interview Series – David A. Arnold on Comedy Writing

NFMLA Panel – Breaking Into Episodic TV Writing

NFMLA and Pipelines Panel – Studio, Network and Commercial Opportunities

PANEL + Q&A | Diversifying Your Talent Pool

Monthly Film Festival – June 6th, 2020

Monthly Film Festival – June 27th, 2020

Monthly Film Festival – June 28th, 2020

Feature Film Screenwriting with Oscar-Winner Kevin Willmott

Content Opportunities with WarnerMedia 150

Packaging and Financing Your Indie Feature Film with Stacy Jorgensen

Monthly Film Festival – July 25th, 2020

NFMLA Panel – NBCUniversal Talent Infusion Programs: Writers on the Verge

NFMLA Panel – Walt Disney Television Creative Talent Development & Inclusion: Opportunities in Directing

NFMLA Panel – Documentary Filmmaking: A Conversation With the Oscar Nominated St. Louis Superman Team

Monthly Film Festival – August 22nd, 2020

NFMLA & FLICS Panel – Filming Around the State of California

NFMLA & FLICS Panel – Back to Production: A Talk With the Producers

NFMLA Panel – Scripted Series Development with Freeform & Dinh Thai

Monthly Film Festival – September 26th, 2020

NFMLA Panel – Film Financing Featuring wiip and Banc of California

NFMLA Panel: Ryan Murphy Televisions’ Half Initiative

POV and NFMLA Present: Supporting Latinx Voices

October 17th, 2020 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Veteran Cinema

NFMLA Panel: Sundance Institute’s Feature Film Program

American Film Market (AFM)

November 21st, 2020 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Indigenous Cinema

December 12th, 2020 – Monthly Film Festival | InFocus: Middle Eastern Cinema, Arab & Dutch Cinema

NFMLA Panel: Takeshi Fukunaga’s AINU MOSIR (an ARRAY Releasing title)

December 5th, 2020 – DocuSlate

NFMLA Panel: Heroes of the Editing Room: A conversation with Elisabet Ronal

NFMLA Panel: William Morris Endeavor (WME) on Documentary Filmmaking

NFMLA Panel: Effie T. Brown on Producing

NFMLA Panel: William Morris Endeavor (WME) on Scripted TV

NFMLA Panel: Robert Coppola Schwartzman on Filmmaking

InFocus: Israeli Cinema

2019

Monthly Film Festival – February 23rd, 2019

Monthly Film Festival – January 19th, 2019

Best of Awards 2019

Monthly Film Festival – March 16th, 2019

Monthly Film Festival – May 25th, 2019

Monthly Film Festival – April 13th, 2019

Cine Gear Expo – May 30th – June 2nd, 2019

Monthly Film Festival – June 29th, 2019

CREATE A FILM – 2019 On Location: Deadline – August 23rd, 2019

Monthly Film Festival – July 27th, 2019

Monthly Film Festival – August 24th, 2019

Shanghai Cinema Program

Monthly Film Festival – September 14th, 2019

On Location: The Los Angeles Video Project – October 5th, 2019

Monthly Film Festival – October 19th, 2019

American Film Market (AFM) – November 6-13th, 2019

Monthly Film Festival – November 16th, 2019

DocuSlate – December 7th, 2019

Monthly Film Festival – December 14th, 2019

2018

Monthly Film Festival – January 20th, 2018

Monthly Film Festival – February 24th, 2018

WIF Members Create & NewFilmmakers LA Mini Upfronts – February 27th, 2018

Monthly Film Festival – March 24th, 2018

NFMLA at San Diego Film Week – March 11th, 2018

Best of NFMLA 2018 – May 12th, 2018

LA Harbor Intl Film Fest – March 17th, 2018

Monthly Film Festival – April 28th, 2018

PGA Presents: Produced By Conference – June 9th – June 10th, 2018

Monthly Film Festival – May 19th, 2018

SEEFest – April 30th, 2018

Film in California Conference – May 5th, 2018

On Location: The Los Angeles Video Project – October 6th, 2018

Monthly Film Festival – June 23rd, 2018

Cine Gear Expo 2018 – May 31st – June 3rd

Monthly Film Festival – July 28th, 2018

Monthly Film Festival – August 25th, 2018

Monthly Film Festival – September 8th, 2018

Monthly Film Festival – October 20th, 2018

Hamburger Mary’s Bingo Night – February 7th, 2019

Can You Ever Forgive Me? – October 13th, 2018

SAG-AFTRA Summer Mixer 2018 – September 25, 2018

PGA Make Your Mark – November 10th, 2018

PIFFLA – October 27-28th, 2018

Monthly Film Festival – November 17th, 2018

DocuSlate | Documentary Film Program – December 1st, 2018

Monthly Film Festival – December 15th, 2018

2017

Monthly Film Fest – January 14th, 2017

NFMLA and WIF 1st Annual Mini Upfronts – January 13th, 2017

Monthly Film Fest – February 18th, 2017

Monthly Film Fest – March 25th, 2017

WEHO WLC – March 11th, 2017

Monthly Film Fest – May 13th, 2017

Monthly Film Fest – April 15th, 2017

Through These Lenses: A Glimpse into the Diverse Communities of Los Angeles – July 8th, 2017

Monthly Film Fest – June 24th, 2017

Monthly Film Fest – July 22nd, 2017

Monthly Film Fest – August 26th, 2017

Monthly Film Festival – September 16th, 2017

Monthly Film Festival – October 21st, 2017

Hamburger Mary’s Bingo Night – November 30th, 2017

Monthly Film Festival – November 18th, 2017

PGA Make Your Mark – November 11th, 2017

DocuSlate – December 2nd, 2017

Monthly Film Festival – December 16th, 2017

Alegria Bilingual Magazine Holiday Party – December 19th, 2017

2016

January 16th, 2016

February 20th, 2016

March 19th, 2016

April 30th, 2016

June 25th, 2016

Short Shorts June 2016

Short Shorts July 14th

Monthly Film Festival – July 30th, 2016

SAG-AFTRA Summer Mixer 2016

Monthly Film Festival – August 20th, 2016

Monthly Film Festival – September 10th, 2016

Hamburger Mary’s Bingo Night – August 31st, 2016

On Location October 8th, 2016

November 5th, 2016 – Panamanian International Film Festival

Monthly Film Festival – October 22nd, 2016

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) Presents DocuSlate in Partnership with the International Documentary Association (IDA)

Monthly Film Fest – November 19th, 2016

Monthly Film Fest – December 17th, 2016

2015

January 10th, 2015

February 7th, 2015

March 7th Monthly Screening: Spotlight on Female-Identified Directors and Female-Driven Stories

April 27th, 2015

June 27th, 2015

June Short Shorts 2015

July 25th, 2015

August Short Shorts 2015

July Short Shorts 2015

August 29th, 2015

September 26th, 2015

September Short Shorts 2015

NFMLA Best of 2014 Awards – September 12th, 2015

October 17th, 2015

November 14th, 2015

December 12th, 2015

2014

January 11th 2014

February 22nd, 2014

March 22nd, 2014

Cuban Women’s Mediatheque

April 19th, 2014

June 7th, 2014: Nu Point of View

July 26th, 2014

August 23rd, 2014

9/6/14 PGA Make Your Mark Event

NFMLA Best of 2013 Awards

8/28 Short Shorts at the Standard

September 20th, 2014

October 25th, 2014

4th Annual On Location: The Los Angeles Project

November 15th, 2014: NUVO Point of View – The Emerging Latino Filmmakers Showcase

NewFilmmakers LA and Legendary Bingo presents Indie Film Fundraising Event

December 13th, 2014

2013

February 16th, 2013

March 23rd, 2013

April 13th, 2013

August 10th, 2013

September 21st, 2013

October 26th, 2013

3rd Annual PGA Weekend Shorts Challenge

November 16th, 2013

December 14th, 2013

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2017

2016

2015

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