Artivist Film Festival Articles

Kevin Booth's How Weed Won the West Los Angeles' 7th Annual Artivist Film Festival, dedicated to "raising awareness for Human Rights, Children's Advocacy, Environmental Preservation, and Animal Advocacy," will be held Dec. 1-4 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Artivist 2010 will screen 45 narrative, documentary, short, and experimental films from around the globe. The festival comes to a close on Saturday, Dec. 4, with [...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhGx0CdAQz8[/youtube] The 2010 Artivist Film Festival, to be held Oct. 5-9 in Hollywood, is currently accepting submissions. The deadline is June 1. Interested filmmakers should go here. According to its press release, Artivist is "dedicated to addressing human rights, children's advocacy, environmental preservation, and animal rights." The release adds that the festival's missions "is to strengthen the voice of international activist artists while raising public [...]

Benjamin Bratt in La Mission Los Angeles' 6th Artivist Film Festival kicks off tomorrow, Dec. 1, at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Until its conclusion on Dec. 5, Artivist will screen 45 "advocate films" — socially/politically conscious documentary and narrative features and shorts — from around the globe. Tickets are free, but must be reserved in advance. The festival will open with a screening of [...]

Peter Bratt's family drama La Mission, about the relationship between an ex-con (Benjamin Bratt, above) and his gay son (Jeremy Ray Valdez), will open the 2009 edition of the Artivist Film Festival, which runs Dec. 1-5 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. The synopsis below is from the Artivist website: "Set in the colorful, seedy streets of the San Francisco district that bears its name, [...]