HOW DO YOU
DOWNTOWN?
The Arts District, 7+FIG, Chinatown, Bunker Hill, Olvera Street, the Fashion District, South Park...
Downtown Film Festival — L.A. is as multi-faceted as its namesake location. Plugging into the downtown vibe is easy. Just choose your muse below & let it be your guide:
Fiercely Independent
For fans of independent cinema, the choices are nearly unlimited with dozens of feature film & short film programs, screening on a daily basis at the AT&T Center venue's newly renovated 500-seat state-of-the-art theater.
Music Fan-atic
Classic
Hollywood icon Paul Newman will be honored on the 1st anniversary of his passing with back-to-back, outdoor screenings of two of his most celebrated films: Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid & Hud. It's all FREE!
Scene-ster
Yeah, baby! We hear you. It's a party every night - uh, make that two parties every night — at the 2009 Downtown Film Festival.
Green-ster
Green is more than good for the environment. It's also cool. Join the "living green, living great" crowd all-day & into-the-evening at Sustainable L.A. on Thursday, Aug. 20th at the festival's 7+FIG.
DayTripper
The Shorts & Sweets, August 17-21, is especially designed for commuters. Get a taste of the festival twice daily with a fascinating smorgasbord of short films & videos from around the world. Complimentary coffee & sweets! Mmmmm.
Avant-Garde / Artsy
Digital Art L.A. is a festival within a festival, an international showcase of digital and art videos.
|
Festival Events
LIVING GREEN. LIVING GREAT.
Sustainable L.A. 2009
Super speakers. Fabulous films. Excellent expo... the green event of the summer!
 |
 WHERE?
Plaza Level of 7+FIG at
ERNST & YOUNG PLAZA
Google Map
WHEN?
Thursday, August 20th
| Films: |
10:00 am to 6:30 pm
on the half hour
Second level, 7+FIG
|
| Expo: |
11:00 am to 7 pm
Street Level
|
| Party: |
7 pm to 11 pm
The Cinema Lounge
The AT&T Center
1150 South Olive between
11th & 12th
Google Map
|
HOW MUCH?
All absolutely free!
|
|
A groovy green life? These experts show you how — free, fun, and fabulous!
| 11 am |
Susan Gottlieb, water conservationist, shows us how to go grow gorgeous yards with native plants that require little or no water!
|
| 12 pm |
JoAnn Cianculli, author L.A.'s Original Farmers Market Cookbook, shares stories and lore of the famous spot at Fairfax and 3rd — and her own fabulous recipes.
|
| 1 pm |
Corinne Trang, the "Julia Child of Asian Cuisine", tells why Asian cultures have long had sustainable cooking cultures — and shares great recipes with us.
|
| 2 pm |
Michele Carbone, author of Friday Evening: Creating La Dolce Vita, One Bite at a Time, reveals sustainable Mediterranean growing, shopping, and cooking techniques — for less than price of one night out.
|
| 3 pm |
Bridgett Fernandez, fashion designer and author of Born Again Vintage, demonstrates how we can recreate, revamp, and recycle vintage pieces into edgy, hip styles.
|
| 4 pm |
Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen, authors of The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-Sufficient Living in the Heart of the City tell how any of us can create self-sustaining urban gardens, wherever we live.
|
| 5 pm |
Rubin Naiman, PhD, professor at the University of Arizona, helps us create a sustainable and holistic Deep Green Sleep that all of us will want to adopt.
|
| 6 pm |
Florence Reed, ecotourism expert, shows us how traveling green can be rewarding and fun, as she reveals the hottest ecotourism destinations of today.
|
NorthStar Moving Corp. is a proud sponsor of Sustainable L.A. Watch the video below to see the partnership between E-Cycle Environmental and NorthStar Moving Corp. which includes an endorsement by Kristy Swanson.
Ecycle Video
 Rex Bruce gave up his car and spent two years riding public transportation recording images of the L.A. sky-scape as a meditation on the climate crisis. The camera is always aimed towards that which daily absorbs tons of greenhouse gas: the atmosphere. Stills and video are shot through dirty windows of buses traversing Hollywood and central L.A. and composited at different frame rates, compression levels, resolutions and varied states of digital degeneration. The resultant damage is visually appealing and painterly in texture and form while generating an atmosphere of technological and urban overkill, Los Angeles style.
Artist's Statement:
"As a protest for change (turned art process) I went without a car for two years and shot images and video of our injured sky through crud festooned bus windows or standing around at bus stops. I utilized fancy cell phones and small digital cameras I could easily carry in my pocket. Each camera had its own characteristics in terms of the digital artifact they created. "Grunge" from the images became the raw materials I worked with. It was a formal exploration that was also expressive of the zeitgeist of my subject, the vast mechanized landscape of my city and the blue but menacing sky above it; carbon emissions are invisible." - Rex Bruce, 2009
|
|
