LA Weekly is a free weekly tabloid-sized "alternative weekly" in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1978 by Editor/Publisher Jay Levin and a board of directors that included actor-producer Michael Douglas. It is currently owned by Village Voice Media , the parent company of other major weeklies such as the New York City's Village Voice, Houston's Houston Press, San Francisco's SF Weekly, and the OC Weekly of Orange County, California. It is distributed every Thursday.
Los Angeles Women's International Film Festival is produced anually by Alliance of Women Filmmakers Inc. a non-profit 501c(3)organization established 10 years ago with a goal to increase opportunities for women filmmakers to share their stories with the world. Each year in during women's history month in March the festival features films made by women of diverse back grounds from all over the world.