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May 20, 2004
Tickets Are Now On Sale!

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Michael Blanco



Dame La Mano



Jesus Henry Christ



Pyaasa



The Clearing


The 2004 Los Angeles Film Festival includes:

• New films from Jean-Jacques Annaud, Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, Mike Hodges, Patrice Leconte, Richard Linklater, Guy Maddin, Tsai Ming-liang, and Zhang Yimou;

• A showcase of films presented by Artist in Residence Neil Young;

• An under-the-stars presentation of the Beatles' Yellow Submarine in the Festival Courtyard;

• A Centerpiece Premiere of Before Sunset, directed by Richard Linklater, with Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke;;

• A blaxploitation evening moderated by Elvis Mitchell;

• A Low Budget Summit, with Effie Brown (Producer of Real Women Have Curves); Steven Posner (DP of Donnie Darko); Laura Gabbert (Producer/Director of Sunset Story); Richard Saiz (Program Manager of ITVS); and Matthew Greenfield (Producer of Chuck & Buck and The Good Girl); among many others;

• An outdoor screening of Krush Groove, preceded by an onstage poetry jam;

• The North American Premiere of Z Channel, a revealing documentary about the legendary cable station, directed by Xan Cassavetes, featuring interviews with Quentin Tarantino, Robert Altman, and Jim Jarmusch;

• A spotlight on director Tunde Kelani, a leading light of Nigeria's dynamic film industry;

• 195 films, including 83 features, representing more than 30 countries.

For a complete line-up of films, visit