Los Angeles Film Studies Center

And that’s a wrap on LAFSC Spring 2026!! We are so proud to send this group of filmmakers out into the world, and we are anxiously watching to see what brilliant things they do next!

Some more BTS from “To Be Death” - one of the HPW shorts films premiering TONIGHT at 7pm at the Hudson Theatre in Hollywood!! Come out and join us to watch these amazing films that our students worked so hard on all semester!

We’ll have a social mixer with refreshments following the screenings and Q&A panels with the student filmmakers! You won’t want to miss it!

A little BTS from one of our student short films this semester called, “Carried Home” 🌴

Produced as part of the Hollywood Production Workshop, these 3 students will be premiere THIS MONDAY at 7pm at the Hudson Theatre in Hollywood! Come out and support these amazing students and celebrate their hard work this semester!

What a joy it was to have Dr. Jemar Tisby speak in our Faith and Artistic Development class on Thursday! He brought his expertise as a historian, theologian, and storyteller to speak to our students about the power of transformational films.

Then later that night, we got to see a transformation film and help put on an incredible premiere for Lauren Vernea’s documentary, Jesus Was a Migrant. Huge shout our students who helped set up the red carpet, collect tickets, sell merch, run tech, and get a behind the scenes peak at what all goes into coordinating a successful premiere!

It’s that time of year again! Mark your calendars for April 20th for our annual LAFSC STUDENT SHOWCASE! Featuring a screening of our students’ narrative short films produced through the Hollywood Production Workshop class with a panel discussion with the filmmakers following each film.

This year, we’ll be at The Hudson Theatres in Hollywood, and screenings will begin at 7pm, doors opening at 6:30pm. There will be a reception with refreshments immediately following the showcase. Entry is FREE and donations appreciated! Donations can be made through the link in our bio!

Our Narrative Storytelling students got to explore the WB lot!! Their amazing tour guide and instructor, Jeremy Howe, showed them all around his old stomping grounds where he spent many hours working on The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon on this history lot!

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When the U.S. shut off the asylum appointment system in January 2025, approximately 270,000 migrants were left with no legal pathway forward. The people who celebrated that decision shared the same faith as the people who showed up at the border to protest it.

That’s the question Jesus Was a Migrant refuses to let go of. World premiere April 9 at Lumiere Cinema in Los Angeles. Tickets are $10 — link in bio.

LAFSC thrilled to play a hand in premiering this documentary film by Lauren Vernea and Dr. Jemar Tisby, produced by Tisby Studios in collaboration with FaithWorks. We want to invite out all of our local alumni to a special premiere screening of the doc and Q&A with the filmmakers! Link in our bio for tickets!

Our Narrative Storytelling class featuring special guest, professional actor, professor, and LAFSC alum, Nathan Ondracek! It is always a pleasure when Nathan shares his immense talent and wisdom with our directing and DP students as they blocked out a scene.

Our views at LAFSC this week 🤩

Exploring the Getty, starting to feel more at home at our offices on Sunset Gower, and hearing DP pitches from our superstar students 🎥