Dances With Films<\/a>, the long-running independent film festival in Los Angeles, announced its 2025 lineup today, a program featuring an impressive 254 films.<\/p>\nThe festival, which take place June 19-29 at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, will kick off with the world premiere of the drama\u00a0Do No Harm<\/em>, directed by Chris Hartwell and starring Harry Shum Jr. and Ronny Chieng. The film, based on the award-winning short\u00a0The Way That I Take<\/em>\u00a0which screened at DWF: LA in 2020, centers on a burned-out home health nurse who makes a mistake leading to the death of one of his patients. \u201cHe tries to bury the truth under a facade of perfection, but the ever-intensifying pressures of working in American healthcare makes it increasingly likely the truth will reveal itself and bring him down.\u201d<\/p>\nThe closing night slot goes to\u00a0Captain Tsunami<\/em>, directed by Aaron Sherry and starring P.J. Marino, Madeleine McGraw, Tessa Munroe, and Jeremy Sisto. Description: \u201cA quiet comic bookstore owner\u2019s life is thrown into disarray when precocious twelve-year-old Emma appears one night, hundreds of miles from her home, at his doorstep. Her mother, once the love of Glenn\u2019s life, has mysteriously disappeared, leaving only a bag full of artwork about her childhood hero, Captain Tsunami, and cryptic instructions to bring it all to Glenn if anything should ever happen.\u201d [Scroll for the full festival lineup]<\/p>\nThis year\u2019s Dances With Films unfolds under the theme \u201cFind Your Truth.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year\u2019s theme\u2026 couldn\u2019t be more relevant in today\u2019s world,\u201d Dances With Films founders Leslee Scallon and Michael Trent said in a statement, \u201cand we challenge our Los Angeles audience to find their truth throughout the 28th edition of our film festival. Unique and clearly diverse voices, as well as that ever-present spark of imagination that DWF is known for, all culminate into an extraordinary festival experience for both filmmakers and festival goers alike.\u201d<\/p>\n
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