***PLEASE NOTE: This is a joint event with various groups. Please make sure you check in with the SAG-AFTRA FOUNDATION to avoid being a no show. You will be on the SAG-AFTRA FOUNDATION list. Seating and process is at the discretion of the organizers. Seats are not guaranteed. We encourage you to arrive early.***
Screening followed by a Q&A with Shia LaBeouf, Noah Jupe, Alma Har'el.
Moderated by Jon Bernthal.
There is a breakfast reception at 9 AM.
SYNOPSIS
From a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf, based on his own experiences, award-winning filmmaker Alma Har'el brings to life a young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father through cinema and dreams. Fictionalizing his childhood ascent to stardom, and subsequent adult crash-landing into rehab and recovery, Har'el casts Noah Jupe and Lucas Hedges as Otis Lort, navigating different stages in a frenetic career. LaBeouf takes on the daring and therapeutic challenge of playing a version of his own father, an ex-rodeo clown and a felon. Artist and musician FKA twigs makes her feature acting debut, playing neighbor and kindred spirit to the younger Otis in their garden-court motel home. Har'el's feature narrative debut is a one-of-a-kind collaboration between filmmaker and subject, exploring art as therapy and imagination as hope.
PARKING
Complimentary parking is provided. There are two parking entrances, one directly below the building off of Sunset Blvd. and one behind the building off of Stanley Ave. Carpooling and rideshare are encouraged as the lots fill up quickly. Metered street parking is available nearby.
