NewFilmmakers Los Angeles

Born and raised in Japan, Koji moved to Los Angeles at the age of 18 and studied filmmaking at California State University, Long Beach. After living in California for 7 years, Koji moved back to Japan and started his own production company, Coast Vision Productions. He has directed films and commercials in both the US and Japan. He is a multi-skilled filmmaker who works as a director, writer, producer, editor, music composer, and vfx artist. His commercial clients include Sony, Square Enix, PokerStars, Airbnb, FWD Insurance Indonesia and NTTNTT DOCOMO. Celebrate Koji Yamamoto and his film Makhaliss at our virtual film festival on November 21st. Join us for virtual screenings, filmmaker + audience Q&A’s, and industry panels. #NFMLA #filmfestival #shortfilm #indigenous Tickets: https://www.newfilmmakersla.com/events/

A cold-hearted reaper, MAKHALISS, does not hesitate to take the lives of humans because of her grudge against them. She believes they are all better off dead because death brings peace to their spirits. One day she meets a dying 17 year-old girl, Satsuki, who suffers from the guilt of leaving her single mother behind. As MAKHALISS witnesses the tragic fate of SATSUKI and her mother, she learns why some spirits choose to suffer and how love could be so cruel yet beautiful. Celebrate Koji Yamamoto and his film Makhaliss at our virtual film festival on November 21st. Join us for virtual screenings, filmmaker + audience Q&A’s, and industry panels. #NFMLA #filmfestival #shortfilm #indigenous Tickets: https://www.newfilmmakersla.com/events/

Ramone Farrier is a filmmaker and photographer currently residing in Los Angeles. Ramone holds an MFA from the Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California, as well as a BFA from San Jose State University. Ramone recently worked as a post production assistant on Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams upcoming HBO show 'Lovecraft Country. Natives' is Ramone's directorial debut. Celebrate Ramone Farrier and his film Natives at our virtual film festival on November 21st. Join us for virtual screenings, filmmaker + audience Q&A’s, and industry panels. #NFMLA #filmfestival #shortfilm #indigenous Tickets: https://www.newfilmmakersla.com/events/

Natives follows two cousins, Canuto and Stomps, from an East L.A. neighborhood under siege by gangs and gentrification. Both young men grew up with pride in their community and are grappling with the question of leadership. The story focuses on the divergence of their paths and their ultimate clash. Celebrate Ramone Farrier and his film Natives at our virtual film festival on November 21st. Join us for virtual screenings, filmmaker + audience Q&A’s, and industry panels. #NFMLA #filmfestival #shortfilm #indigenous Tickets: https://www.newfilmmakersla.com/events/

Yiru Chen graduates from NYU Tisch School of the Arts with a major in Film&TV production and she is continuing her master's degree at Columbia University in the City of New York's Teachers College for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Education. As a dedicated practitioner and observer, her artworks always incorporate the explorations of humanity and culture, as well as civilian emotions. Yiru remains an advocate for sign languages and her goal is to promote the education and art of sign languages. Celebrate Yiru Chen and her film Handscape at our virtual film festival on November 21st. Join us for virtual screenings, filmmaker + audience Q&A’s, and industry panels. #NFMLA #filmfestival #shortfilm #veteran Tickets: https://www.newfilmmakersla.com/events/

Contemporary Shanghai, summer. Xia Qing, a boy who has been wearing Cochlear Implants due to hearing impairment, has a deep love for dancing. He gains so much joy just from copying Martha Graham’s hand gestures in a dance magazine. A kid with a precocious nature, he sometimes paints his pinky nail red just for that glimpse of beauty. Yet all these passionate pursuits are misunderstood and questioned by his single, deaf mother. Given the opportunity to audition for his favorit...e dance company once in a blue moon, he has no choice but to return to his body--He seeks his mother’s approval and longs to overcome this obscure self-identity crisis, through the silent language on his fingertips. Celebrate Yiru Chen and her film Handscape at our virtual film festival on November 21st. Join us for virtual screenings, filmmaker + audience Q&A’s, and industry panels. #NFMLA #filmfestival #shortfilm #veteran Tickets: https://www.newfilmmakersla.com/events/

NewFilmmakers Los Angeles (NFMLA) hosts its virtual monthly film festival on November 21st powered by Seed&Spark. This program is made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA). The month’s line-up includes highlights from indigenous filmmakers from around the world with an InFocus: Indigenous Cinema program, a collection of youth-made films in community partnership with Kids in the Spotlight, Inc., international shorts program ‘Mortal Bodies,’ and Los Angeles local thriller Blinders by director Tyler Savage. Join us for virtual screenings, filmmaker + audience Q&A’s, and industry panels.#NFMLA #filmfestival #shortfilm #indigenous Tickets: https://www.newfilmmakersla.com/events/

Congrats to Best of NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Awards Winner and NFMLA Alumni Shaz Bannett (Alaska Is A Drag) for today's extraordinary news on her @NBCUniversal pilot with ARRAY, Ava DuVernay & Bird Runningwater. Thx to Variety for sharing the story: https://variety.com//ava-duvernay-native-american-family-/

Check out these emerging filmmaker interviews from one of our Film Festivals this year that highlighted Black Cinema and other great films. Thank you, MovieMaker Magazine, for posting! And s/o to Danny De Lillo for conducting these interviews! Watch here: https://www.moviemaker.com/nfmla-black-cinema-february-fes/

Our friends at PIPELINES are having jobs posted by their partners across tech, entertainment and creative industries on the app in November! Please create a profile to gain access to these exciting opportunities along with events, workshops, panels, and internships that continue to be posted daily. Download the app today! More info here: http://www.pipelines-mobile.com/

We're happy to hear that the horror film The Cleansing Hour, which is available to stream on Shudder, used the fantastic resources from Blackmagic Design in production and post. Read more about the film and the making of it here: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/release/20201020-01

Join our friends at the Panamanian International Film Festival in Los Angeles on October 24th - 26th! Enjoy 2 Blocks of Short Films featuring filmmakers from Panamá, the U.S., Costa Rica, Argentina, Brazil, Cuba and a 3rd Block showcasing two shorts and the feature length film Mambo Man. There will also be 6 conversations and interviews with some of our filmmakers. More information and tickets here: https://pifflalive.com/

You’re invited to join #NFMLA with partners the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) Golden Globes, the Shanghai International Film Festival Shanghai International Film Festival, Variety, Visual Communications, Asia Society, CAPE - Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment, Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation, Jing’an District Film and TV Industry Development Foundation and Xin Dai (Shanghai) Cultural Development Company Limited for InFocus: Shanghai Cinema on N...ovember 14th. InFocus: Shanghai Cinema will feature a selection of thirteen short films by emerging Chinese filmmakers and will celebrate filmmaking in which Shanghai plays a prominent role. The stories presented will offer perspectives on love, family, aging, gender relations, friendship, wisdom and memory, and will feature Q&A sessions with the filmmakers. Register here: https://www.newfilmmakersla.com///shanghai-cinema-program/

Support NFMLA Alumni filmmakers! The award-winning short horror film BOO will be having its official online premiere October 19, 2020 on ALTER, which produces and releases feature movies, series and short form stories from the most provocative and innovative minds in horror reaching fans across all platforms. The film stars Rakefet Abergel - Actor/Writer/Director (Superbad, New Girl, Shameless) as Devi, a woman struggling with a unique addiction who has to choose between who ...she loves and what she loves. Perfect timing for Halloween, watch BOO beginning on October 19th here: https://watchalter.com/