The Studio City International Film Festival is an annual event held in Studio City, Los Angeles, California, with recent screenings at the Laemmle Theater in NoHo. Its mission is to showcase cutting-edge films across all genres that entertain, provoke, and inform, fostering unity across cultures and ethnicities. The festival aims to provide a platform for under-represented voices and often takes place in late August and early September. It features networking opportunities, Q&A sessions with filmmakers, workshops, industry panels, and presents awards in numerous categories for features, shorts, and individual achievements in acting, directing, cinematography, and screenwriting.