Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award

Frieze’s Matthew McLean takes a tour of Frieze Los Angeles to encounter artists, projects and social initiatives, supported by Deutsche Bank

A surreal dinner party questions family values, part of the Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award 2025

A robot leads to a real-life rapprochement, part of the Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award 2025

A musician connects with his dead brother, part of the Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award 2025

A story of reconnection and acceptance in a California mining community, part of the Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award 2025

A touching film about youth and discovery, part of the Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award 2025

The bonds of friendship over one night in LA, part of the Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award 2025

The fair is back at Santa Monica Airport for its sixth edition with an expanded programme and 100+ local and global galleries 

Six to eight emerging filmmakers will be selected for a four-month programme led by Ghetto Film School to produce individual short films

The eight Fellows of the 2024 Award reveal their influences: their favorite film about LA, the film that best explains their filmmaking and their most important film around this year’s theme of “technology”

The eight shortlisted candidates this year discuss untold stories, their theme of “Technological Transformations” and what it means to be a filmmaker

A young woman uses VR technology to rehearse an upcoming date over and over again while attempting to craft the perfect lie

Check out the eight films shortlisted for this year’s award and vote for your favorite. The winner will be announced during Frieze Los Angeles 2024

Marcie, a mysterious teenager, is in pursuit of opening a portal with the intention of summoning STRANGE-GRL. However, complying with STRANGE-GRL’s demands triggers a dangerous transformation…

Winner of the Jury Award 2024. After a harrowing diagnosis, Eric is given the opportunity to test a virtual-living experience. But glitches in the system start to show that his newfound “freedom” isn’t all it seems

After being infected with a cyber-virus, a CIA operative Adam Wilson is slowly zombified as his aggressor infiltrates his mind to get him to change his mission

Winner of the Audience Award 2024. A controversial tech CEO defends her latest software ahead of its launch. As the interview grows increasingly antagonistic, she secretly grapples with her desire to unleash the technology on the world

Nora is given an AI headset that allows her to see memories of her mother and deal with the trauma of her death

An old man losing a battle with Alzheimer’s risks his life to preserve a significant event that he cannot remember

A bank teller meets a crypto-obsessed homeless man, taking her on a journey through the Vermont Square area of South Central