Celebrating Independent Cinema
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I'm Not everything i want to be
FRIENDS OF FILM
PRESENTS
OSCAR® SUBMISSION SERIES FOR
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
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Sunday, November 16, 2025
10:30 am
Laemmle Monica Film Center
1332 2nd Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
CZECH REPUBLIC's OSCAR® SUBMISSION
FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
I'M NOT EVERYTHING I WANT TO BE
Directed by Klara Tasovska
RSVP: Bob@FriendsOfFilm.com
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Tuesday, November 18, 2025
SPECIAL NIGHT
at Lumiere Cinema LA
7pm Registration
8pm Show
FRIENDS OF FILM IS SPONSORING
TWO, UNDER 10 MINUTE - SHORTS
to screen at LUMIERE THEATER's
"Open Mic For Films"
https://lumierecinemala.com/#the-specials
Send me your works;
I'll choose two to screen that night!
One already taken by
WESTSIDE WALK
Directed by Bob Woolcock
2 minutes
First Prize for Best Short Film at this year's
FILMCRASH FESTIVAL
ONE SPOT LEFT!
Your under 10 minute piece
a work in progress, something for colleagues to see?
Submit to
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Saturday, November 22, 2025
ITALY'S OSCAR® SUBMISSION
FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
FAMILIA
Directed by Francesco Costabile
Details TBD
RSVP to
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Sunday, November 23, 2025
YOUR FILM HERE!
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Saturday, November 29, 2025
SLOVENIA'S OSCAR® SUBMISSION
FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
LITTLE TROUBLE GIRLS
Directed by Urska Djukic
Details TBD
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Sunday, November 30, 2025
YOUR FILM HERE!
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PAST EVENTS
Sunday, October 26, 2025
10am
Laemmle Royal Theater
11523 Santa Monica Blvd
West LA, CA 90025
LITHUANIA'S OSCAR® SUBMISSION
FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
THE SOUTHERN CHRONICLES
Directed by Ignas Miskinas
120 minutes
Sunday Free Parking on meters along
Santa Monica Blvd
RSVP to Bob@FriendsOfFilm.com
If you'd like to be part of our program, send Bob Sharka, Programmer, an email
Sunday, November 2, 2025
Bulgaria's OSCAR® SUBMISSION
FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
TARIKA
Directed by Milko Lazrov
86 minutes
Tarika lives with her father and her grandmother in a small hut near the border far away from the local village. Marked by her “butterfly wings”, a rare bone condition she inherited from her mother, the girl has been the source of the community’s superstition forever. When the local goats are struck down by a mysterious disease, fear starts spreading among the villagers...
Laemmle Monica Film Center
1332 2nd Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
10:30 am
If you'd like to attend, RSVP to Bob Sharka, Bob@FriendsOfFilm.com
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Saturday, November 8, 2025
FINLAND'S OSCAR® SUBMISSION
FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
100 LITERS OF GOLD
Directed by Teemu Nikki*
88 minutes
Two middle-aged sisters - carrying on their family's legacy as the best producers of local farmhouse ale, (known as sahti in Finnish) - are tasked with brewing enough of it for their city-dwelling third sister's upcoming wedding...
Laemmle Monica Film Center
1332 2nd Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
10:30am
Preceded by Short Film
PANTYHOSE
15 min
Directed by Fabian Munsterhjelm*
*Filmmakers in attendance
Both films will be screened back-to-back
with joint Q+A after
If you'd like to attend, RSVP to Bob Sharka,
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