City of Angels Women's Film Festival

About
City Of Angels Women's Film Festival

 

City of Angels Women’s Film Festival was launched successfully in 2019 with the goal of empowering and connecting women and those identifying as female in the film industry and showcasing extraordinary films made by women, both in Los Angeles and globally. City of Angels Women’s Film Festival is focused on honoring films that have been either directed, produced, written or include a cast driven by women or a combination of those elements. The screenplay category is open to submissions from both men and women. (Scripts written by men must feature a female protagonist.) COAWFF also honors and celebrates LGBTQ themed films and scripts. Student filmmakers are also encouraged to submit their work in competition. We will be hosting exciting panels with industry leaders and celebrity guests, networking events and a Red Carpet Gala Awards Night at Bella Blanca Event Center in North Hollywood. We will also host a virtual panel with top UK and international filmmakers prior to the official start of the festival. 

         Our Mission 

Our mission is to promote gender equality in the film industry and celebrate diverse women's stories by creating a platform for those stories to be shared and celebrated through the medium of film and written word. Our four-day festival brings female filmmakers and writers together from around the world to connect, network and empower each other and learn more about the film industry by sharing experiences through screenings, panels and Q&A's. It is our hope that both working relationships and friendships will be sparked and emerge through participating in the festival, and both experienced and emerging filmmakers and writers will continue on this positive trend of change in film and beyond. As the festival continues to expand its mission, City of Angels Women's Film Festival is making strides to shine a light on films that create awareness for people with disabilities and environmental films that promote sustainability and conservation and encourage conversation on these important themes.

         LISA K. CROSATO
    Founder/Creative Director
 

 

Lisa K. Crosato is an Actress, Writer and Producer, based in Los Angeles and originally from Vancouver, Canada. After acting in numerous independent films, Lisa turned to writing and producing to fuel her creativity. Her first written, produced and starred in film, KENMORE AVE was a hit at Cannes, where the organizers of the festival played the trailer in rotation continuously over their red carpet alongside major features and is currently distributed by Shorts TV. She produced a feature length documentary FROM the MIDST of PAIN, which has earned over eight awards and has recently received distribution. She was a producer and developed the screenplay for acclaimed director, Jean Pierre Bekolo’s film, LES SAIGNANTES which was shot in French and screened to acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival and won the Silver Stallion Award. She was mentored by famed screenwriter, Mardik Martin (RAGING BULL, MEAN STREETS) while writing her first screenplay XXL which has won several awards and has recently been optioned. She has several projects in development including a crime thriller she wrote about infamous female serial killer, Sheila LaBarre which won Best Script and Exceptional Achievement Award in the Multi Dimension Film Festival. Lisa has recently joined the prestigious Akula Literary Partners which was originally created under the mentorship of Hollywood Icon- Writer- Director - the late Michael Cimino and currently under the mentorship of T. Rafael Cimino and Shainee Gabel. (https://akulalit.com/the-writers.html). She’s looking forward to working with Sally Kirkland on the upcoming award winning dark comedy A DAY IN THE VALLEY, which she also wrote. She has recently penned another edgy drama FROM WHEREVER YOU ARE which will be shot in both London and LA and will bring together an international cast. Lisa is passionate about female driven content, and she successfully founded City of Angels Women’s Film Festival in 2019 which showcases exceptional films and celebrates diverse stories made by women internationally. COAWFF has been mentioned in Forbes Magazine, featured in Variety, Deadline Hollywood and numerous other publications and attracted top talent who share their diverse stories from around the globe. City of Angels Women’s Film Festival is named as one of the TOP 100 BEST REVIEWED film festivals in the world, according to Film Freeway and the festival partnered with media giant Deadline Hollywood in 2023.

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• https://filmfreeway.com/coawff