Wednesday, March 25, 2026 at 8:00 PM
WHAMMY!, Los Angeles
FILM DIARY NYC is a biennial festival of experimental, autobiographical films that capture the personal history and daily experiences of the filmmaker. The 4th edition, *Go to the Mountains and Pray*, features 170 new works by a diverse array of artists from across the world. The Los Angeles Satellite program at Whammy offers a one-night screening of 8 films that represent the range of the festival programming: from the formally experimental to the observational; from auto-fiction to home movie archives; from found footage and new media to 16mm and analogue film techniques. Films: Tourniquet Marceline Chevako, USA, 8 Min I Would’ve Been Happy Jordan Wong, USA, 9 Min Piñata Prayers Daniel Larios, El Salvador / USA, 24 Min Looking For You Looking For Me Wes Weisbaum, USA, 5 Min typhoon diary 风球日记 Helix Zhang, USA, 6 Min Magic Mountain Valentina Rosset, Brazil, 7 Min Padre Nuestro Emanuel Christopher Castro, USA, 15 Min Like a Tongue Knows the Mouth Laura Ohio, USA / Canada, 24 Min “An organization unparalleled in our current moment within the New York film world.” - Devon Narine-Singh, filmmaker, educator (CU Boulder) “A community of artists committed to cutting through the bullshit, excited to use any and all media to increase our understanding & create authentic connection.” - Julie Perini, filmmaker, educator (Portland State University) “This festival is what real artistic community can look and feel like, and these filmmakers give me hope for the future of art on screen” - Ife Olujobi, filmmaker, writer “Exciting ideas...Very much in the spirit of the kind of film community that my father helped to foster and support.” - Sebastian Mekas ## Total Runtime: 98 Min ## Wednesday, 3/257:30 DOORS8:00 SCREENING$10 general admission, $8 for Whammy! members *Whammy! is located in the REAR unit of 2514 Sunset Blvd, entrance access is via Rampart Blvd.*