Eight years ago, the La Film Festival hosted June premieres in downtown Los Angeles for a pair of decidedly high-profile movies — “Twilight Saga: Eclipse” and “Despicable Me.”The festival’s 24th edition, which launches Thursday night, will be very different.
Film Independent moved the festival from downtown two years ago to the Arclight venues.
Tentpoles are long gone.
And it’s moved out of summer and into awards season.It’s not easy for large-scale, general interest film festivals to make an impact in such a sprawling city, where many people are too busy making movies to watch movies.
And some filmgoers focus their attention on the dozens of local niche festivals catering to every interest from horror to French films, with Lgbt-focused Outfest claiming to draw the highest paid attendance of any Los Angeles festival.The La Film Festival is hoping to regain its place among top local events with more than 200 features,
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