La Femme Film Festival's Founder Leslie LaPage announced in June that the 2010 festival will be launching the sixth season of the LA Femme International Film Festival which accepts submissions of feature films, documentaries, screenplays, shorts, music videos, commercial from around the world. Regular submission deadline ends June 16. The last date to submit to our festival is August 22 under "I Forgot Deadline."

This year Marla Gibbs (The Jefferson's), and Lisa K Brause, Award Winning Producer and President of GHE, will be Honorary Board Members. The organizers are very excited to celebrate the careers of these industry professionals as they take their place in the Honorary level of Entertainment Board Members.

The festival will run from October 14-17, 2010 in Los Angeles, CA and include independent features, shorts, music videos, commercials, special screenings and seminars. The four day event will be held at the Renberg Theatre in Los Angeles. LA Femme is dedicated to celebrating and empowering the female working in entertainment worldwide. This years' festival showcases works from all over the world in an effort to bring together women artists in all capacities of filmmaking to audiences and distribution professionals. Ms. LaPage sates, "No Festival does what we do for women, we really care about making sure the women Filmmakers, Writers, and Producers gain access to Hollywood and get their films seen, sold and produced."

This year LA Femme is launching and exciting opening night, networking parties every night, educational seminars and partnering with the Hair and Makeup Artist Network on Friday night networking bash which will be attended by celebrities and entertainment professionals.

Some Past Celebrity Award Honorees included: Marianne Jean-Baptise (Without a Trace), Sara Gilbert (Roseanne), Diablo Cody (Juno) Vivica Fox (Kill Bill), Rosanna Arquette (After Hours), Lea Thompson (Caroline in the City), Penelope Spheeris (Wayne's World), Susan Seidelman (The Boynton Beach Bereavement Club), Maria Conchita Alonso (Mermaids), Jacqueline Bisset (Domino) and many more.

To purchase Full Access VIP Pass go to: http://www.lafemme.org/.