The Boy Downstairs
Opening Night

The Boy Downstairs

Quintessentially Brooklyn, this millennial rom-com from debut director Sophie Brooks and starring Zosia Mamet opens our festival in style with drinks, a New York style bite and live music.
Gotti
Special Event

Gotti

Just hours after its world premiere at Cannes Film Festival, see John Travolta as the notorious New York mob boss John Gotti in Gotti, including a drink on arrival.
Double Feature
Double Feature

Wattstax and Killer of Sheep

Experience the hot-bed of African-American politics and black power that is LA’s Watts district in this once-only double-bill that includes not only one of the best music documentaries you’ll ever see, but one of the best American independent feature films ever made.

American Essentials Film Festival

The American Essentials Film Festival presented by Discover Los Angeles and American Airlines returns this May to Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra with a specially curated selection of American cinema from the Festival circuit.

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