October 26th, 2020 marks the first anniversary of the World Premiere of Jenna Suru’s independent period drama, L’AGE D’OR / THE GOLDEN AGE, at the Downtown LA Film Festival (DTLAFF) in the City of Angels.
By all accounts, the film’s arc of acclaim began with a bow at a festival that, like the film, is a young and evolving tale which started in 2000 and, as the festival website points out ‘the turn of a century – and Los Angeles’ independent film community has a problem. While most of its’ card-carrying members (that’s a metaphor!) live on what was then called the city’s Eastside (east of La Brea Avenue and west of downtown Los Angeles), virtually all the existing film festivals were on the city’s Westside’
Inspired by the late great Filmex, a decade run festival and less academic than others before it, the DTLAFF soon grew with its’ passionate vibe of action and volunteers to highlight an area of LA that had been under-represented in terms of its’ demographic of diversity and gender.
And so was born Downtown LA’s first incarnation, the Silver Lake Film Festival (named after the artsy Eastside LA community), a non-profit organisation.
And so, two decades on from its’ inception, the passion of what it represents is found in what Suru created in her amazing indie film, which highlights what it meant to be an artist towards the end of the 1960s when there was great upheaval.
To mark the anniversary of the Premiere, Suru has released some exclusive pictures from the event, and a recent podcast she took part in.
Here is an exclusive video from the Red Carpet with Suru and co-star Sebastian Cipolla:
You can read Film And TV Now’s articles about the review and the trailer of the film here:
LIFF 2020 Review: Opening Night Gala – The Golden Age (L’Age D’or)
Below: Jenna Suru celebrating the release of THE GOLDEN AGE at DTLAFF:
Garrett Hamrick, a DTLAFF Film-maker liaison paid tribute to Suru and her film with the following testimonial.
“THE GOLDEN AGE was a surprising, heartfelt story about love, ambition, and finding out what really matters in life. For any aspiring film-maker, this film will inspire you to go on and create on your own. Not to mention going back to 1960’s France is always a nice treat.”
To listen to the podcast, click on the link below:
And here is a bonus retrospective interview link:
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