Ranked in the Top 100 Best Reviewed Festivals worldwide! Submit using @filmfreeway via the link in the @filminvasionla Instagram profile or go to

Saturday Night! The monthly FILA/SOFF Filmmakers Mixer is at the LOOK Dine-In Cinemas at 7 PM. For more info visit - #filmfestival #filmmaking #indiefilm #movies #screenwriting #acting #directing #shermanoaks #oscars @heffay111 @shermanoaksff

Sherman Oaks Film Festival has moved to the LOOK Cinema in Glendale, CA.  State of the art DCP projection with leather recliners, food & beverage service, and top of the line sound! Submit at

It's the first of the month and we love getting the email from @filmfreeway with the subject, “Congrats on your Top 100 status!” Submit to SOFF: Submit to FILA:

Filmmaker and animator James Siewert has brought several incredible works to @shermanoaksff and @filminvasionla over the years and he is finally bringing another work to the screen. Please look at the Seed & Spark page at

FILA is proud to present our 2024 Grand Jury Award winners! For a complete list of ALL our winners, visit

FILA is proud to present our 2024 “Best In Fest” winners: The Man With the Silver Case, Good Girls Get Fed, and We Have Notes. For a complete list of ALL our winners, visit

FILA's inaugural Immersive Spotlight! Featuring five "immersive films" from the groundbreaking world of AR/VR/MR/360 cinema. FREE TICKETS available at

This Saturday at 3 PM! FILA holds an in-person Screenplay Awards Ceremony at the theater and every nominated screenwriter in attendance gets a few minutes to discuss their script. After everyone's turn, we announce the Award winners! This awards ceremony is free.

Screening this Sunday at 6 PM! Celebrate the best in indie film with FILA '24 - Program 14 - The Man With the Silver Case. A MUST SEE MOVIE! Tickets available at

Screening this Sunday at 4 PM! Celebrate the best in indie film with FILA '24 - Program 13 - King Of The Butterflies. Tickets available at

Screening this Sunday at 2 PM! Celebrate the best in indie film with FILA '24 - Program 12 - Cinema is Surprising. Bento Banana (Ep's 3 & 4), Wake & Happy Ending. Tickets available at

Screening this Sunday at 12 PM! Celebrate the best in indie film with FILA '24 - Program 11 - Look At Me. A fictional autobiography about an insecure, awkward and lonely bisexual actor. Tickets available at

Screening this Saturday at 10 PM! Celebrate the best in indie film with FILA '24 - Program 10 - Hanky Panky. This feature is a hilarious romp that your friends at FILA created (maybe) a new term to describe, “Magical Absurdism.” Tickets available at

Screening this Saturday at 8 PM! Celebrate the best in indie film with FILA '24 - Program 09 - Cinema is... Cinematic. Featuring: We Have Notes, The Wheel, & On Earth, as it is in Heaven. Tickets available at

Screening this Saturday at 6 PM! Celebrate the best in indie film with FILA '24 - Program 08 - Cinema is Creative. Featuring: V-Card, Intertitle, & White Gaze. Tickets available at or at the link in the @filminvasionla IG profile

Screening this Saturday at 4 PM! Celebrate the best in indie film with FILA '24 - Program 07 - Cinema is Life. Featuring: Anansi the Spider, Nostalgia Transplant, I'll Be There, & Rites of Passage. Tickets available at

Screening this Friday at 9 PM! Celebrate the best in indie film with FILA '24 - Program 06 - Cinema is Innovative. At Ten Weeks, ID EST, I DID, & Good Girls Get Fed. (Warning: Mature content. Learn to appreciate art.) Tickets available at

Screening this Friday at 7 PM! Celebrate the best in indie film with FILA '24 - Program 05 - Cinema is Vibrant. The Bare You, PANG, The Feeling Expert & The Word. Tickets available at

Screening this Thursday at 9 PM! Celebrate the best in indie film with FILA '24 - Program 04 - Cinema is Original. Featuring: REVERIE, The Unreliables, Somniscience, & OVERCLOCKED : Origins. Tickets available at