LA SKINS FEST Festival Director, Patricia Gomes, has been invited to speak at TIFF’s Industry Conference. Patricia will be on the Foundations Crewing Up and Breaking Through panel taking place Monday Sept 10th, 2018 in Glenn Gould Studio. Patricia will discuss our Native Youth Multimedia Workshop and other LA SKINS FEST’s development programs. For more information about the… Read more »
12th ANNUAL LA SKINS FEST Announces Call For Film Entries
12th ANNUAL LA SKINS FILM FEST ANNOUNCES CALL FOR FILM ENTRIES Los Angeles Skins Fest (LA SKINS FEST) Presented by COMCAST NBCUNIVERSAL Announces 2018 Call For Submissions For 6-Day Festival in Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA. May 1st, 2018 —The LA SKINS FEST presented by COMCAST NBCUniversal, announced today that they are now officially… Read more »
11th Annual LA SKINS FEST
The LA SKINS FEST offers a genuine voice for emerging Native American actors, filmmakers, writers, directors and our community of artists. After eight years, we have garnered support from several art foundations, entertainment corporations, and Native American tribes. Every year, we premier several Native-made movies that feature Q&A’s with Native American filmmakers, panel discussions with… Read more »
2018 LASF Early Deadline
Early Submission Deadline August 20th
8th Annual L.A. SKINS MUSIC FEST
The 8th Annual LA SKINS MUSIC FEST took place August 4th, 2018 at Sycamore Grove Park in Los Angeles. The music fest featured rock, jazz, pop and blues. Hosted by the multi-talented Jim Ruel. This year’s performers were: ETHAN STONE, GRIMLY, LACAT, SYNAPSE & RENISHA CLARA, KOBE PROVOST, TASH and CAROLINA HOYOS. Thank you Native musicians… Read more »
NATIVE AMERICAN FEATURE FILM WRITERS LAB
Early Deadline May 25th
United American Indian Involvement, Inc.
The 2018 NATIVE YOUTH MULTIMEDIA WORKSHOP conducted a weeklong workshop in Los Angeles this summer. Our program partnered with Seven Generations Child & Family Services – United American Indian Involvement, Inc. (UAII) and worked with a dozen local Native youth. Native youth produced a short film about school bullying, a documentary about the Navajo Code Talkers,… Read more »
2018 NATIVE AMERICAN TV WRITERS LAB
NATIVE AMERICAN PARTICIPANTS SELECTED FOR THE 2018 NATIVE AMERICAN TV WRITERS LAB Los Angeles, CA – The LA Skins Fest, a Native American film festival, in partnership with Comcast NBCUniversal, CBS Entertainment Diversity, Netflix, HBO, United Talent Agency, and Turner, announced today they have selected 7 participants for the 3rd NATIVE AMERICAN TV WRITERS LAB, a talent development program that aims to… Read more »
Gabe Garza
Gabe began his career by first becoming an Intern, then a Writers’ Assistant, and eventually being accepted into the Nickelodeon Writing Program — where he met his now writing partner, Jonathan Butler. Gabe went on to be staffed on various animated and live action series until he and his partner sold a live-action series to… Read more »
Sonya Oberly
Sonya Oberly is an independent writer/producer. She’s an enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe and a descendant of the Osage and Comanche Tribes in Oklahoma. Sonya worked for a number years in counseling throughout Indian Country. In 2009, she earned her MFA from the University of Southern California with an emphasis in writing and directing she had… Read more »