ELMA - European Languages & Movies in America

10/30/2026

Congratulations to the AFI FEST Film Festival 2026 award winners! 🏆

A special congratulations to Alexandra Matheou, whose Cyprus-France-Greece coproduction FREE ELIZA won the Grand Jury Prize for Live Action Short Film, qualifying it for Oscar consideration! ✨

We’re also delighted to celebrate the European productions and coproductions recognized with Special Jury Mentions: THE BOVINE COMEDY, NOBODY SAID ANYTHING, MUTRION, TRADING CARDS, THE END, SABA, and BUCKSKIN!

Congratulations to all, and thank you to AFI FEST for another fantastic edition!

Photos by Ryan Hartford.

10/26/2026

That’s a wrap on AFI FEST 2026! 🎬

ELMA was delighted to partner with AFI FEST Film Festival again this year, hosting our first ELMA Filmmaker Brunch! The event brought together filmmakers from across the festival for an opportunity to meet, connect, and celebrate each other’s work.

We were also happy to welcome our festival partners, friends from the consular community and critics from LAFCA - The Los Angeles Film Critics Association for a wonderful morning of conversation and new connections. A special thank you to Instituto Cervantes Los Ángeles for the delicious Spanish tapas and the Consulate General of Belgium in Los Angeles for keeping the Belgian beers cold and flowing!

Congratulations to the entire AFI FEST team on another fantastic edition, and thank you to everyone who joined us! We hope this is the first of many! 🥂

10/22/2026

Congratulations to our partners at Screamfest Horror Film Festival on wrapping another fantastic edition!

We’re especially pleased to celebrate the European films recognized among this year’s award winners:

🏆 GUMMY (Spain): Best Actor, Javier Botet

🏆 NINE (France): Best Editing, Jeanne Signé and Edouard Alvado

🏆 NERVOUS (UK / South Korea): Best Musical Score, Matthew Pusti

🏆 AVANT DE RENTRER (Belgium): Best Animated Short, directed by Arthur Bonneau

A big congratulations to these talented filmmakers, all the award winners, and the Screamfest team for another wonderful festival.

10/19/2026

🎬 European cinema at AFI FEST 2026!

AFI FEST Film Festival returns this week, October 21–25, with an incredible selection, including 58 European films and co-productions representing 26 countries, including 36 features and 22 shorts!

We're highlighting here a selection of films with attending filmmakers, offering audiences a chance to hear directly from the filmmakers behind these incredible films.

There are so many European productions and co-productions to discover at this year's festival!

🎟️ Explore the full lineup, check screening times, and purchase your tickets today: fest.afi.com

10/18/2026

Don't miss your chance to discover fantastic animated films from Europe! ✨

Our partner festival Animation Is Film is happening right now, at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood.

🎟️ Tickets at animationisfilm.com

10/08/2026

German Currents 2026. The 20th Annual Festival of German Film in Los Angeles, produced in Partnership by the Goethe-Institut and the American Cinematheque.

10/07/2026

October at the Movies with ELMA!

It’s official: ELMA festival season starts tonight! Screamfest Horror Film Festival kicks off this evening at the TCL Chinese 6, beginning a very busy month for our festival partners across Los Angeles.

Next up is German Currents Film Festival, followed by Animation Is Film, and then AFI FEST Film Festival to close out the month.

Four festivals, one very busy October, and a whole lot of movies.

Take a look through to see what’s ahead, and we hope to see you at the movies! ✨

09/30/2026

👻 Boo!! Spooky season is upon us, and we’re kicking off ELMA’s fall festival season with Screamfest Horror Film Festival! 🔪🔪

Screamfest returns October 6–15, with a killer lineup of European films screening at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood.

This year’s European feature selections include ABANDONED, APOCALYPSE Z: NEW WORLD, THE CAGED, THE CRIMSON ORDER, GUMMY, KILLER CUT, NERVOUS, and NINE.

🎟️ Tickets are on sale now! Explore the full program and get yours at screamfestla.com

📅 October 6–15
📍 TCL Chinese 6 Theatres at Hollywood Ovation

09/24/2026

We are thrilled to announce the return of the festival of German film, GERMAN CURRENTS, to Los Angeles from October 8–13, 2026, as we celebrate our 20th anniversary!

This landmark edition of the festival presents a vibrant selection of films, including:

• FATHERLAND (LA Premiere), our Opening Night Film
• BERLIN HERO, our Closing Night Film
• A LAND WITHIN (LA Premiere)

We are honored to welcome special guests, including acclaimed filmmakers Paweł Pawlikowski, as well as Bernd Sahling, Laura Laabs, Michael Kofler, and Florian Baron.

For the full festival schedule and details, visit www.germancurrents.com (link in bio!).

We look forward to seeing you at the festival!

The GERMAN CURRENTS film festival 2026 is a co-production of the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles and the American Cinematheque with the support of The Friends of Goethe, ELMA (European Languages and Movies in America), Condor, the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco, the Austrian Consulate General in Los Angeles, the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles, the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles, Paulaner USA, Paulaner Sunset, Tupetz W**e Connection, KRUU.COM, and in cooperation with the German Consulate General in Los Angeles, the Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House e.V., the German Film Office, the Wende Museum, and DEFA Film Library as well as our media partners Deutsche Welle, KPFK Radio, Campus Circle, and our educational outreach partners ELMA and Creating Creators.



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09/22/2026