DOC LA — Los Angeles Documentary Film Festival is an international documentary film festival held in Hollywood, California, organized by the Parajanov-Vartanov Institute. The festival screens and awards outstanding films by students, emerging filmmakers, and established masters of American and World cinema, with a primary focus on documentary films. While its main focus is documentary cinema, it also programs films of other genres, including fiction, animation, experimental works, and music videos. The festival aims to present films that other significant Los Angeles film festivals might overlook, and has been noted for showcasing and awarding movies by women directors and foreign language cinema, alongside independent American documentary films.