‘Ascension’ - Wesley Rodriguez

A Look back at the third year of the Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award, in partnership with Endeavor Content and Ghetto Film School

The emerging filmmaker's portrait of youth on the brink of change was lauded by likes of artist Kehinde Wiley, while Adham Elnashai’s exploration of cultural difference won the Audience Award

A young Vietnamese-American girl idolizes her mother and acts as her shadow – until one day, her mother gets an unexpected surgery

On a journey of self-exploration to find himself in Los Angeles, a young man goes around visiting cornerstones of the Black community: the barbershop, the farmers market, Leimert Park. Underneath we hear a poem about how this world has shaped his internal identity.

Inspired by a 19th-century folktale, a young father chases a ghost around his home in search of his daughter.

In the near future, an unprecedented general labor strike sweeps Los Angeles. A Korean immigrant truck driver clashes with his teenage daughter over whether to participate

All is fine and dandy on Jo and Rashaad’s first day living together until a condom breaks

Winner of the Jury Award 2022. As a young Black man prepares to start his freshman year at Stanford University, he must first say goodbye to his community and close the door on his childhood

A habitual liar afraid of disclosing his sexuality is slowly killed by the lies he tells his friends

On the eve of her move out of LA, a second generation Chinese American woman learns how to let go