LAKE LOS ANGELES

dir. Mike Ott 2014, USA, 85min, Narrative Feature

STAGE DOOR // Saturday MAY 9 // 3:40PM

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LAKE LOS ANGELES
dir. Mike Ott

Technical Info
2014, USA, 85min, Narrative Feature (English subtitles)

Synopsis
A middle-aged man from Cuba and a 10-year-old girl from Mexico bond over being away from home in Lake Los Angeles.

Director Bio
Mike Ott studied under Thom Andersen at the California Institute of the Arts where he received his MFA in Film/Video. His feature film, LITTLENECK, won numerous awards, including the Audience Award at the 2010 AFI Fest, a Gotham Award, and in 2011, Mike won an Independent Spirit Award for “Someone to Watch”. In June 2014, Mike released LAKE LOS ANGELES (2014), the third film in his Antelope Valley desert trilogy which includes LITTLENECK (2010) and PEARBLOSSOM HWY (2012).

Press
“LAKE LOS ANGELES is a dreamy slice of desert sun-baked magical realism.”
— Katie Walsh, IndieWire

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Preceded by short film SLEEPING GIANT (dir. Andrew Cividino)