25th Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival

FirstGlance Film festivals began in 1996 in the basement of a small theater in Center City Philadelphia. It started as a small theatre company in Philadelphia that wanted to help fellow filmmakers get their projects shown in a public venue for others to enjoy. Its mission was a one time weekend to show projects that might otherwise not be seen by moviegoers in the Philadelphia area. With a rented video projector and a bunch of large screen TVs, they had a successful weekend showing about 20 projects to about 150 people...The FirstGlance Film Festival was born. FirstGlance decided to move forward and make its festival an annual event. With filmmaker interest, their sister festival opened in Burbank California in 2000 to a similar audience in a 35 seat screening room and has also become a growing annual event.Having currently produced 50 independent film festivals, FirstGlance is Philadelphia's Independent Film Festival since 1996 and one of the fastest growing indie film fests in Los Angeles since 2000!

FirstGlance Film Festivals

Celebrate Southern California's longest running indie film fest. Get a FirstGlance at an amazing selection of indies from across the globe!

Laemmle NoHo 7

Join us for the 25th Annual FirstGlance Los Angeles Film Festival from November 13-16 2025 at the Laemmle North Hollywood 7Be a part of Southern California's longest running truly indie film festival for an amazing selection of indie films from across the globe!Features, Shorts, Documentaries and much more...Over 40 amazing indie films over one weekend! Celebrate some of SoCal's best and brightest filmmakers along with a selection of award winning indies from across the globe. Mulitiple World and Los Angeles Premiere, you'll only see at FirstGlance! Don't miss a thing with an DISCOUNT All Access Pass... ON SALE NOW!Buy Early and Save!#SupportIndieFilm

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