Inspire
Embrace
Empower
LADFF provides filmmakers, actors, and stories of diverse backgrounds with a place to showcase their voice without judgment or insincere reflection; free of stereotypes and degradation.
Our goal is to establish a true multicultural experience represented by the world’s independent film community.
submit
to the 2021
fest!
September 1, 2020
Submissions Open
October 16, 2020
Earlybird Deadline
December 29, 2020
Regular Deadline
January 31, 2021
Late Deadline
February 28, 2021
Extended Deadline
meet The Ladff team
SONJA MEREU
Festival Director
ERIN STONE
Art Director
DARREN BUI
Technical Consultant
NICHOLAS YBARRA
Program Director and
Host of Film Forward
ERIC SEO
Editor
MARISA HOPWOOD
Social Media Manager
SETH ALMBERG
Community Engagement
ANSLEM KENNEDY
Film Forward Producer
HOLLIS MCLACHLAN
Festival Founder
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