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LALIFF Festival , Film, Music, Art


  • TCL Chinese Theatres + IMAX 6925 Hollywood Boulevard Los Angeles, CA, 90028 United States (map)

The US Lifestyle Group invites you to experience the new LALIFF - Film, Art, Music

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Featured Films

BAD LABOR

A day laborer takes a job from a stranger that pays handsomely, only to discover ...

BAD LUCKY GOAT

After accidentally killing a bearded goat with their father’s truck....

CANDELARIA

The 90s. Cuba is drowning in hunger, cigars and rum. In this grim landscape, the life of...

HOME TEAM

A 13-year old small-town soccer prodigy gets the chance of his life to follow his dreams...

KILLING JESUS

A few months after witnessing the murder of her father, a woman crosses paths with... 

LOTS OF KIDS, A MONKEY AND A CASTLE

A charming and rich portrait of eccentric matriarch Julita Salmerón and her family. With ...

LOVELING

On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Irene has only a few days to overcome her... 

PERFECT STRANGERS

A group of friends tread into dangerous waters when they share all the texts and messages...

SANTO CONTRA “CEREBRO DEL MAL”

In this first film of El Santo, with the celebrated luchador as an agent of the secret...

THE FUTURE AHEAD

Following the frienship of Romina and Florencia from preadolescence through ...

 

THE GOLD SEEKERS

Manu is looking through an ancient book his grandfather gave him when he discovers... 

THE SENTENCE

Cindy Shank, mother of three, is serving a 15-year sentence in federal prison for...

VENENO, THE FIRST FALL

How two friends became arch enemies, all due to the fame and glory of becoming superstars

VIOLETA AT LAST

Recently divorced, 72-year-old Violeta lives alone in her childhood house, tending to her ...

WHO ARE YOU?

The Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico, Dr. Eduardo Suarez, is forced to resign after...

Short Films 

 

#POSTMODEM

A comedic satirical sci-fi pop-musical based on the theories of Ray Kurzweil and other fut..

86’D

“Full Moon, all the crazies are out.” Four seedy stories transpire over the course...

BISCAYNE WORLD

An experimental animated documentary based on the insane everyday interactions on Biscayne.....

C#CKFIGHT

A deconstructed adaptation of Dante’s Inferno that takes place at a bath salt fueled...

CHLOROPHYL

The story of a young girl and her fleeting relationship with a scoundrel. ABOUT THE DIRECT...

DIET & EXERCISE

Determined to be a bridesmaid, Lilian tries desperately to impress her future sister-in-la...

EMERGENCY

A group of black and Latino men weigh the pros and cons of calling the police in an emerge...

FROM NOW ON

Two middle age Latinas from the East Coast, stop by along the Malibu Coast, on their way t..

GLOVE

The true story of a glove that’s been floating forever in space since 1965. ABOUT...

GOOD CRAZY

There’s batshit crazy and then there’s good crazy…she fits somewhere in between....

HERE I’LL STAY

A coalition of Latino and civil rights activists join forces to confront local Mississippi...

HOMBRE

A teenager is taken by his father to a hunting trip with the intention of teaching him how..

 

HOW TO DEAL WITH GIRLS FLIRTING WITH YOUR MAN

World-renowned relationship expert Esmeralda Lopez De La Vega shares fool-proof advice for...

KAIJU BUNRAKU

A day in the life of a Husband and a Wife, living in a world of giant monsters. ABOUT THE ...

LIBRE

Clients of Libre by Nexus, a private company that purports to help people held in immigrat...

MATRIA

Faced with the challenges presented by her daily routine, Ramona tries to take refuge in t...

MENINAS FORMICIDA – ANT KILLERS

In a small Brazilian town, a teenage girl works every day in a eucalyptus forest where she...

MI TESORO – MY TREASURE

A cleaning woman steals a Salvadoran Civil War Map and hunts for a treasure with the hopes...

NO SEASONS | PIRATAS (EPISODE 1)

Episode one of a surreality show following the adventures of Julian Yuri Rodriguez as he s...

PABLO

Months after a violent separation, Anouk and Pablo have to meet two members of the Ministr...

SINFONÍA DE UN MAR TRISTE – SYMPHONY OF A SAD SEA

Hugo flees from the vilencia in Mexico, dreams of reaching the United States ABOUT THE DIR...

SOMOS CHAVALOS

An adaptation of Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem “We Real Cool.”. ABOUT THE DIRECTOR..

THE SUN LIKE A BIG DARK ANIMAL (EL SOL COMO UN GRAN ANIMAL OSCURO)

A computer and a woman fall in love only to be torn apart because of their inappropriate ...

THE TOWN I LIVE IN

In Boyle Heights, local activists and members of the art community clash over the fate of ...

VICTOR & ISOLINA

An elderly Puerto Rican couple answer questions about their life-long, complex and arduous...

YEARBOOK

A man is hired to compile the definitive history of human existence before the planet blow..

Music

LALIFF BEGINS A NEW TRADITION OF PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING OUR VERY BEST INDIE MUSICIANS, AS LATINX BANDS AND DJS INVADE THE HOLLYWOOD ROOSEVELT HOTEL. ARTIST AND MUSICIAN, ALEXIS DE LA ROCHA, LALIFF MUSIC IS A NEW STAPLE OF THE FESTIVAL. 

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LALIFF MUSIC

INDIE BANDS AND DJS INVADE THE HOLLYWOOD ROOSEVELT HOTEL

Art

LALIFF AUDIENCES WILL EXPERIENCE AN ART INSTALLATION IN THE TCL CHINESE THEATER LOBBY FOCUSED ON UNDOCUMENTED FILMMAKERS’ STORIES. THIS ART INSTALLATION IS ONLY POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF OUR COLLABORATION WITH CULTURESTRIKE, A NONPROFIT THAT EMPOWERS ARTIST TO DREAM BIG, DISRUPT THE STATUS QUO, AND ENVISION A TRULY JUST WORLD ROOTED IN OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

Legacy

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LALIFF IS PROUD ANNOUNCES THEIR FIRST-EVER STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL POWERED BY THE YEAR-ROUND WORK IN PUBLIC SCHOOL BY THE YOUTH CINEMA PROJECT