[custom_adv] Shohreh Aghdashloo (born May 11, 1952) is an actress. Following numerous starring roles on the stage, her first major film role was in The Report (Gozāresh) (1977) directed by Abbas Kiarostami, which won the Critics Award at the Moscow Film Festival. Her next film was Shatranje Bad (Chess of the Wind), directed by Mohammad Reza Aslani, which screened at several film festivals. [custom_adv] Last year’s annual Los Angeles Film Festival started June 14 with Colin Trevorrow’s ill-fated “The Book of Henry” as its opening-night film, and continued with a program full of emerging independent filmmakers. [custom_adv] The result was rock-bottom attendance with minimal press coverage, save from media sponsor The Los Angeles Times. [custom_adv] The opening-night premiere by record exec-turned filmmaker Andrew Slater was LA-centric music documentary “Echo in the Canyon;” held at the outdoor John Ford Amphitheater, a balmy Jakob Dylan and Michelle Phillips concert followed. [custom_adv] Is this the vibe that will let LAFF finally find its identity? Produced by Film Independent and now in its 24th year, the festival was once a summer home for quality international titles, then a place for world-premiere indie titles and films from under-represented demographics, it’s now under the leadership of Jennifer Cochis, a programmer and producer of James Ponsoldt’s “Smashed” and Drake Doremus’ “Douchebag. [custom_adv] ”With the move to September, LAFF could now benefit from the influx of awards titles revealed on the fall festival circuit. However, it’s not a simple matter of build-it-and-they-will come; there’s already plenty of long-established options for distributors, who might hesitate to give their movies to an event that still trying to find itself after nearly a quarter century. [custom_adv] However, Film Independent president Josh Welsh said that awards movies aren’t really the point. “I don’t think the world needs another one of those big fall festivals on the awards circuit,” he said in a phone interview. “We’re still highlighting discovery and smaller titles. This is an artist-driven festival.” [custom_adv] While the dearth of ticket sales might appear to be a primary motivator, Welsh said the move to fall was under consideration for three years. “We’re not crazy,” he said. “But we had a growing sense that summer was an increasingly challenging time for indie films. And the fall landscape felt like a