Film Fest Schedule

Thursday, November 12

  • Skins Writers Workshop November 12, 2015 @ 2:00 pm - 10:00 pm On Wednesday November 11th 2015, Native American writers participated in an intensive workshop sponsored by NBC,  ABC, CBS, BET, HBO and Sony Pictures. Native writers received guidance on pitching their projects from BET development executive, Donna Michelle Anderson, and then pitched to NBC, CBS, ABC, managers, agents, and independent producers. Film Independent joined the writers for dinner... Read more » See Details
  • Industry Panel for Native American Actors November 12, 2015 @ 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Raleigh Studios Mary Pickford Theater 5300 Melrose Ave
    Los Angeles, CA 90038 United States     + Google Map     On Thursday November 12th, the 9th Annual LA SKINS FEST hosted an industry panel for Native American Actors. NBCUniversal casting personnel and independent casting directors discussed the professional side of acting in film and television. Native American actors inquired about new opportunities for diverse actors, what they can do to take advantage of them and... Read more » See Details
  • Industry Panel for Native Actors November 12, 2015 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm Raleigh Studios Mary Pickford Theater 5300 Melrose Ave
    Los Angeles, CA 90038 United States     During the LA SKINS Film Festival, we will be hosting a panel of working industry professionals that include casting agents,casting directors and talent representation. This is designed to offer genuine advice and career building information for Native American actors. The panelists will discuss their career, what they look for in new talent, and how to... Read more » See Details

Friday, November 13

  • LA SKINS FEST Youth Media Tour November 13, 2015 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm We expanded our youth initiatives to include the YOUTH MEDIA TOUR. This is a career development component designed to encourage Native American youth to explore employment in the entertainment industry and seek higher education. These professional visits include presentations from corporate staff that encourage the participating youth to pursue careers in film, television and media. This program entails Native American... Read more » See Details
  • Native Youth Media Tour November 13, 2015 @ 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Sony Pictures 10202 West Washington Blvd
    Culver City, CA 90232 United States     + Google Map     On November 13th, 2015, the LA SKINS FEST conducted its annual studio and network tour for Native Youth. In the morning, youth and tribal councilmen from the Viejas Band of Kumeyaay went on a walking tour of the historic Culver Studios, visited sound stages, and walked on the set of the LAST SHIP (TNT/Michael Bay).... Read more » See Details
  • Screening #Nightslikethese November 13, 2015 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm DeMille Theater in Culver Studios 9336 W Washington Blvd
    Culver City, CA 90232 United States     + Google Map     Rowan and Cali, Two Fifteen-Year Old Girls, seak out to visit Rowan’s crush, and older man who works at a gas station. As both girls are obsessed with their phones, we experience life with them through their social media — a series of hashtags, selfies, and text from boyfriends and bullies. When the night’s escapade... Read more » See Details
  • Screening Wind Walkers November 13, 2015 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm DeMille Theater in Culver Studios 9336 W Washington Blvd
    Culver City, CA 90232 United States     + Google Map     Wind Walkers is the story of a group of friends who travel to the remote Florida everglades where they discover that an ancient, malevolent curse is tracking them. Before they can unpack their rifles they discover their cabin demolished and the mangrove forests unusually silent. Slowly they realise that one of their own may be... Read more » See Details

Saturday, November 14

Sunday, November 15

  • Screening Skye and Chang November 15, 2015 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm DeMille Theater in Culver Studios 9336 W Washington Blvd
    Culver City, CA 90232 United States     + Google Map     Skye and Chang is a female-buddy martial-arts sci-fi mash-up with awesome Aboriginal superpowers. Skye and Chang are grown-up inner-city kids with black-belts and warrior spirits. Skye even has a secret superpower. For now? Stunt doubles. When a stunt goes wrong, the star thinks she’s targeted for murder and hires Chang as her bodyguard. At their... Read more » See Details
  • Screening Returning November 15, 2015 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm DeMille Theater in Culver Studios 9336 W Washington Blvd
    Culver City, CA 90232 United States     + Google Map     Stories of spacecanoes and space/time travel across dimensions unravel to “Trade Song” by the Métis Fiddler Quartet in this bitwork beadwork experimental stop motion animation. See Details
  • Screening Mahcianitonahk – The Devil Dwelling November 15, 2015 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm DeMille Theater in Culver Studios 9336 W Washington Blvd
    Culver City, CA 90232 United States     + Google Map     Delvin is a Cree Indian who has been haunted by an evil spirit. When it tricks him into a car accident, it is all he can do to fight off it’s evil power. Delvin must rely on his old teaching or lose his own spirit forever. See Details
  • Screening Ghost Hunters November 15, 2015 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm DeMille Theater in Culver Studios 9336 W Washington Blvd
    Culver City, CA 90232 United States     + Google Map     Do you believe in the super natural? Ethan and Zane are Ghost Hunters from Sherman Indian High School. They investigate the spooky places at Sherman High. See Details
  • Screening Escape November 15, 2015 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm DeMille Theater in Culver Studios 9336 W Washington Blvd
    Culver City, CA 90232 United States     + Google Map     “Escape” centers around two  misfit teens who are tempted to end their lives in order to escape their harsh and oppressive circumstances. The story address sensitive topics in a very engaging manner such as teen violence, poverty, substance abuse, bullying, homophobia and domestic abusive. See Details
  • Screening Hush November 15, 2015 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm DeMille Theater in Culver Studios 9336 W Washington Blvd
    Culver City, CA 90232 United States     + Google Map     After an alien invasion has wiped out most of humanity, a lone man makes his way through a vast desert with the alien threat still looming. After confronting a fellow survivor they’re left to decide whether survival is best achieved alone or together. See Details
  • Screening Road Trip November 15, 2015 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm DeMille Theater in Culver Studios 9336 W Washington Blvd
    Culver City, CA 90232 United States     + Google Map     Filmed on location in the Tinnemaha campgrounds, in collaboration with the AkaMya Culture Group as part of their Halloween Legend short films. Road Trip shares the journey of two friends escaping the reality of their daily lives. In their haste, they find themselves lost and seeking directions. Soon, small incidents begin building up until they... Read more » See Details
  • Screening Other November 15, 2015 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm DeMille Theater in Culver Studios 9336 W Washington Blvd
    Culver City, CA 90232 United States     + Google Map     A Native American man goes on a job interview and discovers a glaring omission on the job application. See Details
  • Screening The Middles November 15, 2015 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm DeMille Theater in Culver Studios 9336 W Washington Blvd
    Culver City, CA 90232 United States     + Google Map     The jocks, the theatre kids, the young loves. Everyone remembers them from school, but what about the kids that well into the background? What about the Middles? From director Madison Thomas comes a coming of age story about the average kids, and how unique they really are. “We are the Middles, but even middles have stories.... Read more » See Details
  • Screening The Shifter November 15, 2015 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm DeMille Theater in Culver Studios 9336 W Washington Blvd
    Culver City, CA 90232 United States     + Google Map     After a long day of work Sequan Sage-Bear, a young Indigenous woman, is brutally attacked on her way home. Her screams for help go unanswered, John is relentless and her hope begins to fade. Sequan makes one last attempt to fight off her attacker, in one strong swoop of her arm and deep fiery yell from within, John flies through... Read more » See Details
  • Screening The Marking of a Milestone November 15, 2015 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm DeMille Theater in Culver Studios 9336 W Washington Blvd
    Culver City, CA 90232 United States     + Google Map     The Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) was established as a reservation by the United States Congress in 1865, the year after the Mohave Chief Irataba visited Washington, D.C. and met U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. This compelling film tells the story of the origins of the CRIT reservation, from its ancestral origins with the Mohave tribe... Read more » See Details
  • Screening Restoration of the Spirit November 15, 2015 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm DeMille Theater in Culver Studios 9336 W Washington Blvd
    Culver City, CA 90232 United States     + Google Map     “Restoration of the Spirit” documentary is the story of how generations of tribal members are transcending the pain associated with the US Governments “termination act”, which dissolved the Tribes’ federally recognized status and dismantled the reservation in 1954. At the time of termination, the Klamath Tribes were the second wealthiest tribe in the nation. The... Read more » See Details
  • Screening LA SKINS FEST Award Ceremony November 15, 2015 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm DeMille Theater in Culver Studios 9336 W Washington Blvd
    Culver City, CA 90232 United States     + Google Map     LA SKINS FEST Award Ceremony recognizes talented Native American artists and their work. During this event we will be awarding the following: Best Feature Film Best Short Film Best Documentary Best Student Film Audience Award See Details