Dances With Films

09/21/2026

Wishing our community a meaningful Yom Kippur. May your holiday be filled with reflection, forgiveness, and peace.

09/21/2026

Thank you Film Threat for this outstanding review of DWF:LA 2025 feature film Designed by Preeti!

"…she is ready to leave the marriage, but divorce in Indian culture is a scandalous notion." Bradley Gibson on the emotional impact of Designed By Preeti.
https://filmthreat.com/reviews/designed-by-preeti/

09/20/2026

Thank you to everyone that joined the DWF team at our AMPAS shorts screening yesterday in Culver City! It was so wonderful to see our filmmakers again and hear what they have been up to since the festival while celebrating these six films that world premiered with us.

You can catch these shorts through September 24 at The Culver Theater . Tickets are available at: https://web.theculvertheater.com/films/DWF-The-Academy-Power-of-Indie-Film-Screenings/HO00000749

Dolores Rice FAT | A Film by Dolores Rice
Will Mayo Ian Scott McGregor Dropping Off - short film
The Resistance - Short Film Natalie Schwan
GlobalFilmmakerGeoffBrowne Geoff Browne
Sam Findlay
The Expiration of Darius Campbell Charlie Roth

09/19/2026

Come out this Sunday, September 20 at 3:00 PM for a special conversation with Eriq La Salle at Ebony Repertory Theater.
Eriq will be discussing his novel, Laws of Solomon, in conversation with Tavis Smiley.

Eriq La Salle is a longtime friend of Dances With Films as a member of our Advisory Board and frequent guest speaker at our festival events, where he continues to share his experience, insight, and passion for storytelling with our filmmakers and audiences.

Eriq is a true multi-hyphenate storyteller, and we’re thrilled to support his newly released book.

📚 LAWS OF SOLOMON
🗓 Sunday, September 20 | 3:00 PM
📍 Ebony Repertory Theater
🎙 Eriq La Salle in conversation with Tavis Smiley

09/18/2026

Learn how to hire professional actors for your independent film at this FREE low-budget contract workshop.

09/18/2026

We are thrilled that that Magenta Edge Films has acquired GOOD SPORT after seeing the the film at Dances With Films LA last year. GOOD SPORT won the festival’s Narrative Feature Audience Award, so we know it will be a hit with audiences once its available to rent or purchase starting October 13!

Read the full The Hollywood Reporter article and watch the trailer here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/good-sport-bob-yari-magenta-edge-1236703512/

Andrew Jack Zuckerman’s second feature is set for a theatrical and digital release starting Sept. 20.

09/17/2026

Congratulations to DWF alum Gina Rodriguez! Gina performed in our 2010 audience award winning feature film GO FOR IT, from filmmaker Carmen Marron.

https://deadline.com/2026/09/gina-rodriguez-boxing-feature-house-of-guerrero-1237101803/

Gina Rodriguez Sets Boxing Feature 'House of Guerrero' For Theatrical Directorial Debut & Producing Alongside Justin Baldoni

09/12/2026

Happy Rosh Hashanah for those in our community that celebrate!

09/07/2026

Congratulations to Nicholas Pineda and the entire team with DWF:NY world premiere film INFIRMARY which is coming to Shudder on October 2! Read more:

Infirmary heads to Shudder on October 2, 2026, bringing found footage horror, an abandoned psychiatric hospital and a security guard’s terrifying night shift.

09/05/2026

Exciting event update: DWF co-founder Leslee Scallon is flying out to attend the Chicago mixer! If you haven’t already, you can RSVP here: https://partiful.com/e/JtTuot3hCMjWNNFQsJJy?c=NDYRLLzv