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The Night of the Ad Eaters

You’re invited to 210 minutes of crazy commercials from the Cinematheque of Jean Marie Boursicot: The Night of the Ad Eaters

When? On Friday, May 31st at 7:30pm

Where? Egyptian Theater, 6712 Hollywood Blvd.

How much? $15 General Admission, $13 Students/Seniors, $11 Members

For more info visit the website.Created and produced since 1981 by Jean Marie Boursicot,

The Night of the AdEaters is a show that now runs in more that 40 countries worldwide dedicated to showing the production of advertising among 60 different nationalities on the Big Screen and in a crazy atmosphere!

The Night of the Ad Eaters is cinema and, of course, a show, but it’s also a testimony to our era, based on a language shared by all. With advertising you don’t need subtitles. The message is sufficiently brief and dense to be understood by everyone, transcending linguistic and cultural differences.

Every year, all around the world, 300,000 enthusiasts meet-up to unreservedly celebrate the “Publivore cult”, in a friendly, convivial and fun atmosphere, enjoying each and every advert or singing along to the best-known jingles.

More than 100 cities throughout the world sign on to the tour annually, from Tokyo to Paris, including as well Moscow, Santiago de Chile, Mexico City, Hong Kong or Geneva.

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Film Screening of “Filly Brown” Followed by Q&A w/ Co-Directors Youssef Delara and Michael D. Olmos and Cast and Crew.

Please join us for a screening of Filly Brown this Thursday, May 16th at 8:00pm.
Screening to be followed by a Q&A with co-directors Youssef Delara and Michael D. Olmos and cast and crew.

This screening will be open to students, alumni and staff.

RSVP to: lafsfillybrown.eventbrite.com

Synopsis: A promising hip-hop rhymer from Los Angeles finds herself in a gray area when a record producer offers her a compromising shot at stardom. Starring: Gina Rodriguez, Jenni Rivera, Lou Diamond Philips, Edward James Olmos and our own Braxton Millz.

PLEASE NOTE: You must have your ticket with you, or up on your cell phone along with your school issued ID to receive entry. Tickets are non-transferable. As with ALL events seating is first come first serve and so please arrive early.

We take a larger number of RSVPs than seats available to compensate for the no-show percentage so all seating is first come first serve, however if tickets are sold out you are welcome to show up anyways and you will be seated if room become available.
Use of cell phones or computers during the screening is strictly prohibited and you will be asked to leave.

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Discount for The Los Angeles Film Festival

What are the perks of being a Los Angeles Film School student? Discounts to The Los Angeles Film Festival! The good folks at LAFF are offering us a discount for opening day film screenings and events.

Man Of Steel is going to be doing a pre-screening before the festival, and Spike Jonze is going to be doing a Q&A session(!!!)

Pixar’s Monsters University will be shown on June 18^th.

Purchase your tickets online, and enter the promo code 0112AK for a discount (Valid till May 15^th)

Visit www.lafilmfest.com for more info on pricing, dates and time.

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Alum Joseph Kibler’s Documentary Feature Film Premiering at Newport Beach Film Festival

Walk On, a documentary film that Joseph Kibler produced and is the subject in is having it’s World Premiere screenings at the Newport Beach Film Festival and would love to students, faculty and staff to attend.

Walk On documents Joseph’s journey as a physically disabled 21 year old who was born HIV Positive. Despite medical forecasts, he has gone from wheelchair to walker, walker to crutches, and at the age of 18 took my first steps with a cane. Walk On follows Joseph as he trains for a lifelong goal of walking in a 6 mile AIDS walk while educating others about HIV and disabilities with the help of a Quadriplegic Stand-up Comic, an Amputee Paralympic Sprinter, and a Purple Heart Veteran.

Here is the info to get tickets to the world premiere screenings of film Walk On.

Next screening is at the ISLAND CINEMA 7, 999 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92660:

Tuesday April 30th at 6:00pm

Screening will have a Q&A session afterwards with the filmmakers.

** CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS FOR THE WORLD PREMIERE OF WALK ON

Also, please “LIKE” & SHARE on Facebook to help spread the word with your facebook friends at: www.facebook.com/WalkOnDoc

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“Oblivion” Film Screening and Q&A W/ VFX Team

Please join us for a screening of Oblivion followed by a Q&A with the VFX team, Friday, April 19th, 8:00pm.

Panelists so far will include Visual Effects Supervisors Eric Barba and Björn Mayer, Visual Effects producer for Pixomondo Fiona Westgate, Animation Supervisor for Digital Domain Steve Preeg, and CG Supervisor for Pixomondo Gavyn Thompson, and will be moderated by VES member Gene Kozicki.

You are welcome to bring one guest with you but please RSVP accordingly.

PLEASE NOTE: You must have your ticket with you, or up on your cell phone along with your school issued ID to receive entry. Tickets are non-transferable. As with ALL events seating is first come first serve and so please arrive early. Alumni, Students and Staff do not have to wait in the line for VES guests.

We take a larger number of RSVPs than seats available to compensate for the no-show percentage so all seating is first come first serve, however if tickets are sold out you are welcome to show up anyways and you will be seated if room become available.

Use of cell phones or computers during the panel is strictly prohibited and you will be asked to leave.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact Iris at igreen@lafilm.com.

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Film Screening at Laemmle Theaters

THE REVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISTS OPENS in L.A. at LAEMMLE’S MONICA on 4/19!

Shadow Distribution is proud to present the U.S. theatrical release of the internationally acclaimed documentary THE REVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISTS, opens in Los Angeles at Laemmle’s Monica Theatre on April 19 for a minimum of one week. WINNER of the Hilton Worldwide Sustainability Award at Sundance, THE REVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISTS follows social activist Amlan Ganguly for several years as he empowers the children of Kolkata (Calcutta) to demand potable water and basic human rights.

***Q&A at MONICA THEATRE with FILMMAKERS & STARS***

FRIDAY, April 19 after 7:40 show with co-directors/producers Nicole Newnham (THE RAPE OF EUROPA) & Maren Grainger-Monsen (physician/director of Stanford University’s Bioethics and Film Prog.) and stars/activists Amlan Ganguly, Sikha Patra & Salim Shekh.

TICKETS ON SALE: www.laemmle.com/viewmovie.php?mid=8875

VIEW THE TRAILER: www.revolutionaryoptimists.org

“BLAZES with a will to change India’s slums.” – VILLAGE VOICE

“REMARKABLE! A tribute to the power of optimism – and to an inspiring man who’s changing the world, one child at a time.” – SEATTLE TIMES

Synopsis: In the slums of Kolkata (Calcutta), children are saving lives and fighting for a better tomorrow. Amlan Ganguly empowers his students (including Sikha Patra & Salim Shekh) to challenge the idea that extreme poverty is their fate. Tackling difficult topics such as child marriage, gender inequality, and child labor from the point of view of the children themselves, THE REVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISTS is a powerful, inspiring, and unprecedented look at “slum children” – not as victims – but as innovators and agents of change. (Released by Shadow Distribution/83 min./In English & Bengali with English Subtitles)

OPENS FRIDAY, APRIL 19!

Laemmle’s MONICA

1332 2^nd Street • Santa Monica • 310-478-3836 • www.laemmle.com

Tickets and Showtimes:

$11 General; $8 Senior/Child; see theater website for discounts and showtimes.

Follow THE REVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISTS on Facebook & Twitter

For more information contact Karen O’Hara at karenoh@aol.com or 520-326-0813.

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Free BINGE Screening of Sundance Channel’s “Rectify” This Saturday

You are invited to see the Sundance Channel’s new show RECTIFY, a new series from the producers of Breaking Bad.

This is a binge screening of the entire season.

It will be this Saturday (yes, the day after tomorrow) April 13th, from 11am – 4:30pm and lunch will be provided!

Location: Sundance Sunset at 8000 W Sunset Blvd

Afterwards there will be a Q & A with members of the cast moderated by Kate Aurthur, Buzzfeed’s Chief LA Correspondent.

It should be a really fun day.

Go to the link www.gofobo.com/rsvp and download code: ONLINE343U for tickets.

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“Blinder” Film Screening and Q&A

Please join us next Wednesday, April 17th for a screening of Blinder followed by a Q&A with director Richard Gray and cast.

Blinder is the story of an ex footballer embroiled in a scandal who returns home to clear his name and reignite an old flame.

Click this link to RSVP –> http://blinderlafs.eventbrite.com

Starring: Jack Thompson, AiF Heath Ledger Scholarship Winner Oliver Ackland, Zoe Carides, Josh Helman, Anna Hutchison, Rose McIver and Bob Morley

Written by: Scott Didier, Richard Gray, Michele Gray

Directed by: Richard Gray

When: Wednesday April 17, 2013 at 7:30PM

Location: Los Angeles Film School Main Theater, 6363 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90028

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Cheech & Chong visit LAFS

CHEECH AND CHONG VISIT THE LOS ANGELES FILM SCHOOL IN CELEBRATION OF THEIR UPCOMING BLU-RAY RELEASE “CHEECH AND CHONG’S ANIMATED MOVIE”

Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong are presently making the rounds to promote their new movie Cheech and Chong’s Animated Movie. They spent Wednesday evening at The Los Angeles Film School entertaining a crowd of approximately 300 Los Angeles Film School students and alumni with their classic humor and hysterical chemistry. The Q&A preceding the screening of their film was moderated by LA Film School faculty member and Course Director Michael Peter Bolus Ph.D.

Known for his great improvisational acting abilities, Cheech addressed how he integrates his style into scripted productions, “When you show the director and the other actors that you know actually what the basic material is and you can juice it up and improv and you show that ‘here’s the difference,’ it’s like bringing in another drummer, tss, tss, tss… and they start playing that way too and it loosens up the whole thing. It’s all music, it really is all music.”

The Grammy award-winning comedy team of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong originally came together in the 1970’s with their stand up comedy, films and albums being a mainstay in the hippy counter culture. Parting for a while in the 80’s and 90’s, they have come back together in recent years and the chemistry and comedic timing of the pair has not missed a beat.

Cheech and Chong’s Animated Movie will be released on blu-ray April 23rd.

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National Honors Society Film Screening of “Blumental”

Join The National Honors Society this Thursday, April 11th at 7:30pm for a very fun film screening of Blumental.

Click the link to RSVP —> http://blumenthallafs.eventbrite.com

Blumenthal is a film about three Blumenthals. There’s Harold (Brian Cox), the famous playwright who died laughing at his own joke. There’s his brother, Saul (Mark Blum), an English professor who feels entitled to a bit of Harold’s success and has had some issues, ahem, not letting things… go. And there’s Saul’s son, Ethan (Seth Fisher), a pharmaceutical rep who’s obsessed with finding the perfect fit. He wears nurse’s shoes and can’t stand his girlfriend Christina’s (Mei Melancon) sloppy eating. At the beginning of this tale of three Blumenthals, Saul is sitting shiva for Harold, and Ethan has just dumped Christina. We also can’t forget Saul’s wife, Cheryl (Laila Robins), an actress assessing her age and her career in the wake of Harold’s death. All of our Blumenthals, in their own analytical/intellectual ways, are reeling out of control, trying to exert mind over (bodily) matter and failing miserably.

As with ALL events seating is first come first serve and so please arrive early.

We take a larger number of RSVPs than seats available to compensate for the no-show percentage so all seating is first come first serve, however if tickets are sold out you are welcome to show up anyways and you will be seated if room becomes available.

Use of cell phones or computers during the screening is strictly prohibited and you will be asked to leave.

If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact Lauren at lsteinmetz@lafstemp.com.

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The Night of the Ad Eaters

You’re invited to 210 minutes of crazy commercials from the Cinematheque of Jean Marie Boursicot: The Night of the Ad Eaters

Film Screening of “Filly Brown” Followed by Q&A w/ Co-Directors Youssef Delara and Michael D. Olmos and Cast and Crew.

Discount for The Los Angeles Film Festival

Alum Joseph Kibler’s Documentary Feature Film Premiering at Newport Beach Film Festival

“Oblivion” Film Screening and Q&A W/ VFX Team

Please join us for a screening of Oblivion followed by a Q&A with the VFX team, Friday, April 19th, 8:00pm.

Panelists so far will include Visual Effects Supervisors Eric Barba and Björn Mayer, Visual Effects producer for Pixomondo Fiona Westgate, Animation Supervisor for Digital Domain Steve Preeg, and CG Supervisor for Pixomondo Gavyn Thompson, and will be moderated by VES member Gene Kozicki.

Film Screening at Laemmle Theaters

Free BINGE Screening of Sundance Channel’s “Rectify” This Saturday

“Blinder” Film Screening and Q&A

Please join us next Wednesday, April 17th for a screening of Blinder followed by a Q&A with director Richard Gray and cast.

Cheech & Chong visit LAFS

CHEECH AND CHONG VISIT THE LOS ANGELES FILM SCHOOL IN CELEBRATION OF THEIR UPCOMING BLU-RAY RELEASE “CHEECH AND CHONG’S ANIMATED MOVIE”

National Honors Society Film Screening of “Blumental”