TICKETS

All tickets are $13 prior to June 1. THEREAFTER ALL tickets are $15. Tickets may be purchased by clicking on the “ticket” next to the selection.

FESTIVAL PASSES

Festival Passes are available by clicking HERE. Passes are $325 and grant access to all films and events.

ADMISSION POLICY

Festival Passholders are guaranteed admission up to 10 minutes prior to scheduled screening. Advance individual tickets must be picked up 10 minutes prior to schduled screening. Remaining tickets will be sold on a first-come-first-served basis.

WARNING!

All films MAY NOT be suitable for all audiences! If you have a question – please contact the DWF office. If a “Ticket Link” is down on this site – please note that all ticketing goes thru tclchinesetheatres.com. If you click on a link that renders an “error message” – please check back as we re-establish the connection as occasionally these links go down on their site. Nevertheless – it is far easier to purchase through this site.

2016 Line Up

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dama claire

Dama Claire is a Incentives Special Advisor at Entertainment Partners (EP), and one of the foremost experts in governmental production incentives, working closely with producers to help identify the best locations and production incentives to save money. She has assisted with location-based financing for DEAR JOHN in South Carolina, LOOPER in Louisiana, TWO GUNS in New Mexico/Louisiana, and co-produced CONVICTION in Michigan, LONE SURVIVOR in New Mexico and RAGE in Alabama.  She has also helped draft film tax legislation in various states.  Ms Claire began her entertainment career at Warner Bros. working with Malpaso Productions (Clint Eastwood), and has served as West Region Director of Entertainment Tax for Price Waterhouse and Vice President of Tax at Twentieth Century Fox. She is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television (BAFTA), Producers Guild of America (PGA) and Women in Film.   Ms. Claire holds a Masters of Business Taxation (MBT) from the University of Southern California.

james andrew flets

James Andrew Felts is the co-founder and managing partner of Concourse Media. Concourse Media is a multi-faceted entertainment group owned and run by Matthew Shreder and James Andrew Felts. Concourse Media manages a film sales division, Concourse Film Trade (CFT), and marketing firm The Industry & Co (I&Co). CFT is dedicated to financing and acquiring motion pictures for domestic, international and/or worldwide distribution. I&Co engineers feature film release campaigns and engagement strategies that capture audience and culture verticals throughout the USA and abroad. Headquartered in Los Angeles, and backed by finance group Productivity Media Inc, Concourse Media has positioned itself as an emerging player in the global content arena.

 

michael kananack

Michael Kananack is a Veteran Film International Sales and Distribution Executive with several decades of experience in the independent film marketplace.  He is recognized for building relationships with International Buyers, Producers, and Film Financiers to enhance sales and content acquisitions efforts and generate revenue.  Michael has been involved in sales and/or distribution of such films as WE DON’T BELONG HERE, THE ILLUSIONIST, AFTERNOON DELIGHT, SKATELAND, ST. TRINIAN’S, WHAT’S COOKING, AND AIR BUD.  He formerly held positions at United Pictures, MS Media Finance, Gathr Films, The Independent Film & Television Alliance, and Fries Film Group.  Michael was born and raised in London, England, and moved to Los Angeles to attend NYU attaining a film degree.  He has been appointed to the Palm Springs and Seattle Film Festival Juries, and has lectured at the American Film Institute.  Michael is currently consulting for Premiere Entertainment.

ray mansfield

Raymond Mansfield is a founding partner of QC Entertainment, a company which finances and produces director driven films with distinct voices. QC’s recently released films include box office phenomenon GET OUT, the feature directorial debut of Jordan Peele, which opened as the #1 movie in America; upcoming films include Zoe Lister-Jones’ directorial debut BAND-AID, starring Lister-Jones, Adam Pally and Fred Armisen, which QC financed, produced and handled sales for the film’s distribution deal with IFC Films for North America and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions following its Sundance 2017 premiere, along with Andrew Bowler’s TIME FREAK, which stars Asa Butterfield and Sophie Turner, which was adapted from Bowler’s Oscar Nominated short film of the same name; and A FUTILE & STUPID GESTURE directed by David Wain and starring Will Forte, Domhnall Gleeson and Joel McHale.

grace royer

Grace Royer is an agent in the Independent Film Group at leading talent and literary agency UTA, where she focuses on the packaging, financing and sales of independent films. In this capacity, Royer services agency clients across the board as they are represented in UTA Independent Film Group packages.   Royer also explores emerging OTT platforms, working with content driven by the digital marketplace, and alternative IPs, such as podcasts, brands and games, to incorporate into film and television.   Royer joined UTA in 2011 after previously interning at the agency. She received her B.A. in Economics from Barnard College.