The first Silver Lake Film Festival launches what will be an annual four-day film festival comprised of features and short films by filmmakers from Silver Lake, greater Los Angeles, and around the world. The selection of film programming emphasizes the cultural and creative diversity of Silver Lake and its neighboring communities.
                           The Silver Lake Film Festival proudly embraces the work of alternative filmmakers. Indeed, non-mainstream and experimental film and video -- features, shorts and documentaries -- will be the festival' s focus. A programming goal is to provide access to films that would not necessarily be available to the public.
                           A complementary goal is to select films that can serve as platform for the celebration of other arts. For example, a documentary series with a theme about a specific type of music might also be accompanied with a live performance, a lecture and a photo exhibition. In this sense, the Silver Lake Film Festival is a multi-arts festival with cinema serving as the catalyst.
                         A third programming goal is to emphasize the work of filmmakers from the greater Silver Lake area, The Festival shall serve as a forum where local-area filmmakers can meet and engage one another while exposing local filmgoers to their work.
                        Beyond programming, another key feature of the festival is the utilization of historic theaters located in the community for screenings, including the historic Vista theater and other venues. Ancillary events such as lectures and readings, musical performances, art exhibitions and receptions will be held in the cafes, galleries and bookstores that are an integral part the great Silver Lake cultural milieu.

                   A California non-profit, public benefit corporation, the Silver Lake Film Festival was created in 1999 to celebrate through cinema the cultural diversity and avant-garde creativity that historically has characterized the Silver Lake community of Los Angeles. As the only non-institutional film festival in Los Angeles County east of Hollywood, the Silver Lake Film Festival serves as a conduit for bringing together the film community -- filmmakers and fans alike -- in a wide geographic and demographic area stretching from East Los Angeles and downtown L.A. to Hollywood.