PR.com<\/a>)–\u00a0Heal One World proudly presents the 15th edition of the Awareness Film Festival (AFF), unveiling its official program selections. This year, AFF invites cinema aficionados, visionary filmmakers, and passionate artists to experience a curated celebration of global storytelling amidst the scenic backdrop of Los Angeles. From Tuesday, October 1 through Sunday, October 6, 2024, AFF will showcase nearly 100 feature films, short films, and revival programs from 10 countries. Key highlights of the festival include: 11 World Premieres, 47 Los Angeles Premieres, and 6 U.S. Premieres. In addition to an array of compelling screenings, the festival will feature engaging panels, thought provoking conversations, inspiring Student Programs, and vibrant festivities.<\/p>\n\u2022 Abruptly Laid To Rest (Director: Mackenzie Champlin) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 The Race Of Our Lives (Director: Roy Medawar) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Fl*Shing Injustice (Director: Astrid Malter) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Thoughts & Prayers (Director: Danny Farber) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Double Or Nothing (Director: Makayla Wheeler) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Four Corners: A Conversation (Director:Talora Michal) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 The Wamp Vs. The Wall (Director: Charlie Winn) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 You’re Not There (Director: SJ Creazzo) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 I Am Gustavo (Director: Melissa Phillips) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Gone To Water (Director: Marin Vesely, Cat Ross, Nicholas Wilson) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 A Rising Tide (Director: Cheryl Fabio) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Invisible (Director: Matthew Michael Ross) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 The Berlin Waltz (Director: Lloyd Frost) Germany – 2024
\u2022 Unbroken TIES (Director: Graham Streeter, Grace Swe Zin Htaik) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Under (Director: Aloura Melissa Charles) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Someone You Know (Director: Asha Dahya) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 What Design Can Do (Director: Mary McDonagh Murphy) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 He Told Us The Sky Is Blue (Director: Cecilia Mellieon) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Sound Tracks (Director: John Steven Schaffer) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Final Fight: When The Trauma Of War Comes Home (Director: Frances Causey) U.S. -2024
\u2022 Hidden In Plain Sight (Director: Rachel Levy) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Kids Ocean Day | A Love Project (Director: David Creech) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 A Seat At The Table (Director: Sophia Abolfathi, Rob Bailey) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Loud Love (Director: Bing Wang) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Run Away (Director: Chico Bennett) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Pain (Director: Chico Bennett) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 She (Director: Chelsea Newman) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Talking Outloud: Teens & Suicide Loss, A Conversation (Director: Geoffrey Cantor) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 The Sound Of Hope (Director: Emanuele Michetti) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 One Story At A Time: Celeste Lecesne (Director: Eva Tenuto, Natalia Iyudin) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 A Mother’s Journey (Director: Miranda Beth Kahn) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 “Passive Power” 8K 3D 360 VR (Director: JB Singh Ghuman, Jr. ) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 The Hoodtrophy Bino Story: Breaking The Generational Curse (Director: Sam “Gebar” Gebremiche) U.S. -2024
\u2022 My Dad’s Tapes (Director: Kurtis Watson) Canada – 2024
\u2022 Vision (Director: Dan Parris) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Monster Spray (Director: Shawnette Heard) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Ariel (Director: Bernie Garcia) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Fingerpaint (Director: Stefan L Coleman) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Shame (Director: Kelly Lynn Warren) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Don’t Mess With Texas: An Abortion Story (Director: Ellison Leticia Martin, Qiu Li Tovo-Hurt, Roswell Goransson) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Jasmine (Director: Tom Caulfield) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Embrace The Monster (Director: Austin Hamilton Le) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Any Given Moment (Director: Kim Shelton) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 The Birds & The Beans (Director: Pete Warren) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 When Does Freedom Begin (Director: Linda Genereux) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Honeymoon (Director: Dayana Yakhyarova) Kazakhstan – 2024
\u2022 Koi (Director: Taige Shi) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 She Is A Shaman (Director: Victoria Lynn Carroll) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Where Olive Trees Weep (Director: Zaya Benazzo, Maurizio Benazzo) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Still Waters (Director: Steven Fong) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Vision (Director: Reese Ward) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Resolve (Director: Brandon James Harrop) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Damaged (Director: Dana Kippel) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Guiding Light (Director: India Anne Mitchell) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Kinnected (Director: Katz Carter) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 The Footprint (Director: Frank Zanella) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Thank You Sade (Director: Julie Fergus) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Water Is Coming (Director: A\u015bka Faron) United Kingdom – 2024
\u2022 Out Of The Cave (Director: Christian Gandini) Italy – 2024
\u2022 The Power Of Choice (Director: Naheed Choudhry-Caballero) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Huo Tong’s Cave Heaven – The Foremost Among The Thirty-Six Daoist Cave Heavens (Director: Shenghui Liu, Jingyuan Huang) China – 2024
\u2022 It Isn’t Just Politics (Director: Liza Asner) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 The Girl From The Village: A Story Of Hope (Director: Billy Surges) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Darcine’s Day (Director: Aaron Goffman) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Flying Bird’s Diary (Director: Madeline Sayet) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Zinnia’s Garden (Director: Candace Brown) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 This Time Round (Director: Francisco J. Nunez, Ansley Sawyer) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Reimagined Volume Iii: Young Thang (Director: Melissa Joyner) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Feel It All (Director: Drew Petersen, Jesse Levine) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Even Me 2.0 (Director: Megan T. Ebor) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Pyrrha & Pandora (Director: Pamela D. Torrance) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Purple Death & Party Hats (Director: Dante Francesco Jigamian) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Baraye (Director: Fr3deR1cK) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Hi! Neighbor (Director: Alex Nicoletti) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Peace Prayer (Director: Grayhawk David Gibney) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Every Day, Something New (Director: Ed R. Gutierrez) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Somewhere (Director: Alexander Craven) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 The Neighbours Of Santa Olga (Director: Amanda Rivera F\u00fcrst) Chile – 2024
\u2022 The Kindness Within: A Journey To Freedom (Director: Steven Priovolos) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Cuba Es Mi Patria: The Homeland I Keep Inside (Director: Rose Marie Perez) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Touch (Director: Lauren Miller) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Rock Soup – The Story Of Leo & Teresa Razo (Director: Tony M. Marino) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Green Superheroes 2030 (Director: Los Angeles Barea) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Religion, Racism & Reconciliation (Director: Gerald Krell) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Building Justice: A Journey To Finland (Director: Tania Anderson) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 My Friend Doubt (Director: Mark Riccadonna) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 The After: A Chef’s Wish (Director: Umar Riaz) Pakistan – 2024
\u2022 Step On Me (Director: Alex Herz, Christophe Zajac-Denek) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 H20: The Intelligence Of Water (Director: Emmanuel Itier ) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Curandera (Director: Alexia Kraft de la Saulx) Peru – 2024
\u2022 Pre-Existing Freedom (Director: Frederick Taylor) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Where Is America The Beautiful? (Director: Fr3deR1cK Jerome Taylor) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Mercy Me (Director: Steve Schuster) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 The Christmas Chain (Director: Dale Fabrigar) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Wired: Gosiwon (Director: Sojung Bahng) Canada – 2024
\u2022 Banned Together (Director: Kate Way, Tom Wiggin) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Funeral Of The Earth (Director: Jaewon Park) United Kingdom – 2024
\u2022 Breaking Plans (Director: London Houghton) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 This Is Not About Drugs: Perspectives (Director: Bryan Sims) U.S. – 2024
\u2022 Buddy (Director: Yeonwoo Kim) U.S. – 2024<\/p>\n
For more information about Awareness Film Festival, or to download the 2024 program guide, please visit:www.awarenessfestival.org.<\/p>\n
Shining a Light on Pressing Global Issues
The Awareness Film Festival, Headquartered in Los Angeles, has emerged as a vital platform for advocating social change through the power of film. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational program, the festival is dedicated to highlighting urgent issues affecting communities worldwide, using cinematic storytelling to inspire action and empathy. The festival’s mission is clear: to transform the way audiences engage with critical global challenges. By showcasing a diverse selection of films, Awareness Film Festival amplifies voices that might otherwise go unheard. Each screening is more than just a presentation; it is an invitation to confront and reflect on the pressing issues of our time. Beyond the screen, the festival offers immersive experiences through engaging filmmaker panels and dynamic community partnerships. These components provide deeper insights into the stories behind the films, fostering dialogue and encouraging collective action towards meaningful change. The Awareness Film Festival is not merely about entertainment. It represents a commitment to using film as a tool for education and advocacy, aiming to cultivate a more just, peaceful, and healthy world. Through its carefully curated program and community-driven approach, the festival strives to unite filmmakers and audiences alike in the pursuit of a better future.<\/p>\n
About Our Sponsors
The Awareness Film Festival is honored to be supported by it’s esteemed Sponsors. Their invaluable contributions play a crucial role in enabling the Awareness Film Festival to bring this transformative event to life, fostering a platform where impactful stories can inspire and engage audiences. Veggie Grill, Cali Water, WIF Women in Film Los Angeles, LA YOGA, Heal the Bay, Freehand Los Angeles, New Belgium Brewing, Partake and U.S. Vets among others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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