Shohreh Aghdashloo and Houshang Touzie at L.A. Film Festival 2018

”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.