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It's Saturday so expect lots of LA Film Festival action in Westwood. At 9:30 a.m. you can attend a free Hi Def Video Expo at Bel Air Camera. Other free events are the Made in L.A. screening at noon at the Mann Festival Theater, The Game of SKATE Tournament at 1:00 p.m. at the Festival Promenade on Broxton, The Bands on Broxton at 4:30 p.m. (also at the Promenade), A Conversation with Festival Artist-in-Residence Pharrell Williams at 8:00 p.m. at the Hammer Museum and a screening of Night of the Comet at 8:30 p.m. at the Promenade. Maybe my childhood crush Catherine Mary Stewart will make an appearance.
Screenings are still a little tight, but stand-by tickets are available for Straight Time at 6:30 p.m. at the Billy Wilder Theater, Ad Lib Night at 7:30 p.m. at the Italian Cultural Institute, Build a Ship, Sail to Sadness at 10:00 p.m. at the Italian and What We Do is Secret also at 10:00 p.m. at the Mann Festival Theater. If there's something you really want to see, though, it's worth your time to show up early at the theater and see if any new tickets are being released. Venues discussed above are below.
BEL AIR CAMERA 10925 Kinross Avenue @ Gayley Avenue
MANN FESTIVAL THEATRE 10887 Lindbrook Drive
FESTIVAL PROMENADE ON BROXTON Broxton Avenue between Weyburn & Kinross
BILLY WILDER THEATER at the Hammer Museum 10899 Wilshire Blvd (@ Westwood, enter on Lindbrook)
ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE 1023 Hilgard Avenue