FILM FESTIVAL AT HOLLYWOOD PARK
– Los Angeles’ Newest Premiere Movie Event –
Announces Oct. 21-25 As Launch Date

100+ movies of all genres to screen at Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas
on the 300-acre entertainment campus, also home to SoFi Stadium and YouTube Theater

LOS ANGELES | Feb. 25, 2025 – Film Festival at Hollywood Park, Los Angeles newest premiere film event, announced today its call for entries for films of all genres for its inaugural edition at Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas, Oct. 21-25.

Located in the heart of Inglewood just 3 miles from LAX, Hollywood Park is the largest entertainment complex in the western U.S. Audiences already know it from the world-class sports and music events at the various landmark venues on the 300-acre sprawling campus, including SoFi Stadium, and YouTube Theater. The arrival of the film festival will bring a world-class film festival to Hollywood Park for the first time ever.

The festival’s nonprofit organizers have two decades-plus of experience in producing film festivals in Los Angeles, including the celebrated Silver Lake Film Festival (2000 to 2008) and DTLA Film Festival (2008 to 2023). Like its predecessors, Film Festival at Hollywood Park will present a broad range of independent and foreign films with an emphasis on diversity.

“We’re thrilled that our organization has been selected to host Hollywood Park’s first film festival. Film Festival at Hollywood Park is confirmation that the independent film industry is alive and thriving in Los Angeles and beyond,” says festival co-founder Henry Priest.

In addition to the 5-day film festival in the fall, organizers plan to initiate a monthly screening series at Cinepolis beginning this spring. “The new screening series will reflect our ethos of highlighting the best in emerging film talent as well as paying homage to innovators of the past,” says Carolyn Schroeder, director of programming. Details of the screening series will be announced soon.

Festival organizers are already looking farther into the future with a special sports-centric edition of the festival to coincide with Hollywood Park playing host to the 2028 Summer Olympics in July. “Our festival is committed to exploring the future of cinema while remaining committed to a tradition of fearless innovation and diversity in programming,” says co-founder and festival director Greg Ptacek.

Film Festival at Hollywood Park is proudly sponsored by Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas and Hollywood Park.

For more information about the festival and how to submit films to the festival, visit: www.hollywoodparkfilmfest.com.

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About Film Festival at Hollywood Park

Produced by an IRS tax-exempt, charitable nonprofit organization first established in 2000, the festival is dedicated to promoting diversity in cinema. Its mission is to exhibit in the Film Capital of the world a wide array of independent films of all genres from filmmakers throughout the U.S. and abroad. We strive to explore the cultural diversity and contemporary social and political issues of the modern urban landscape. Specifically, the festival strives to showcase filmmakers from demographic groups traditionally underrepresented by the major studios, including women, people of color and members of the LGBTQ+ communities.

About Hollywood Park

Spanning nearly 300 acres, Hollywood Park is the largest urban mixed-use development under construction in the Western United States owned, being developed and operated by Los Angeles Rams Owner/Chairman E. Stanley Kroenke. Anchored by an up to 890,000-square-foot retail area and surrounded by creative office space, Hollywood Park offers new sophisticated residences, public parks, a lake, and premier entertainment venues. The mixed-use development is all linked by walkable paseos and plazas and centered around the 3.1 million square-foot SoFi Stadium, one of Los Angeles’ most striking architectural structures. Stylish residences and a modern open-office campus will complement the entertainment and retail district, creating a world-class destination for both local and international guests. Located just six miles off the coast, a short drive from LAX, Hollywood Park is an iconic global destination for millions to enjoy. For more information, please visit www.hollywoodparkca.com.

About Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas

Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas is a leading world-class cinema exhibitor in the United States that offers guests more than a movie. The Dallas-based theater chain has some of the top performing dine-in movie theaters in the country, currently operating a total of 26 theaters with a presence in California, Texas, Florida, New Jersey, Connecticut, Ohio and Maryland. Its parent company, Cinépolis, was founded in Mexico in 1971 and today has positioned itself as the world’s largest movie theater circuit in terms of attendance world-wide. For more information about Cinépolis Luxury Cinemas, please visit cinepolisusa.com or follow on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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Press Contact:

Alisse Kingsley
Muse Media
323-841-8002
info@hollywoodparkfilmfest.com