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LOS ANGELES & SAN FRANCISCO CALENDAR — OCTOBER 2026
WESTERN
DIRECTORS
COUNCIL
7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info email
WDC@dga.org.
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LA Meetings & Events
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LA Screenings
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SF Meetings & Events
* Children under the age of 16 may attend this screening
FM This screening is a Family Matinee
Highlighted screenings events: The Director will be in
attendance or a discussion will follow this screening.
79th DGA AWARDS:
Deadline for submitting
Michael Apted First-Time
Theatrical Feature Film
and Documentary entries.
DGA Latino
Committee presents:
DGA Latino Summit
2026: Built to Last
2:00 p.m. - Member Networking
3:00 p.m. - Theater Programming
DGA LA Theater Complex
See page 11 for details
and RSVP information.
LA SCREENING LOCATION
LOS ANGELES DGA THEATERS
DGA Building
7920 Sunset Blvd.
Screening Hotline:
(310) 289-5300
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
Meetings and events are not always fi nalized by the print deadlines of DGA Monthly. For the most up-to-date information, log-in
as a member on www.dga.org and consult the Events calendar.
DGA LGBTQ+ Committee presents:
Resilience & Resistance:
A Celebration of Director Ira Sachs
4:00 p.m. - Theater 1
See page 11 for details and RSVP information.
DGA Special Projects
Committee presents:
A Documentary Series screening:
THE LONG WAY HOME
Directed by Michael Apted
7:00 p.m. - Theater 2
See page 21 for details
and RSVP information.
AFRICAN AMERICAN
STEERING COMMITTEE
& JEWISH COMMITTEE
JOINT MEETING
6:00 p.m.
For RSVP info email
AASC@dga.org
or JC@dga.org.
WESTERN AD/SM/PA
COUNCIL
7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info email
ADSMPAWest@dga.org.
WOMEN'S
STEERING
COMMITTEE
7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info email
WSC@dga.org.
ASIAN AMERICAN
COMMITTEE
7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info email
AAC@dga.org.
DISABILITY
COMMITTEE
6:00 p.m.
For RSVP info email
DISABILITY@dga.org.
WESTERN
AD/UPM COUNCIL
7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info email
ADUPMWest@dga.org.
DGA HEALTH FAIR
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
DGA LA Lobby
Registration is required.
To RSVP please email:
Flushots@dgaplans.org
See page 14 for details and RSVP information.
LOS ANGELES
MEMBER SCREENINGS
VERITY
4:00 p.m.
RESIDENT EVIL
7:00 p.m.
LOS ANGELES
MEMBER SCREENINGS
THE SOCIAL
RECKONING
4:00 p.m.
CLAYFACE
7:00 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO
COORDINATING
COMMITTEE
7:00 p.m.
For RSVP info email
sfcc@dga.org.
The DGA Director Development
Initiative presents:
Understanding the
Director's Creative Rights
5:00 p.m. — Online
See page 13 for details
and RSVP information.
LOS ANGELES
MEMBER SCREENINGS
PRIMETIME
4:00 p.m. - A Q&A
with Lance Oppenheim
will follow this screening.
HEART OF
THE BEAST
7:00 p.m.*
The Directors Guild Foundation presents:
Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament
5:00 p.m. - The Trophy Room
1627 N. Gower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90028
See page 12 for details and RSVP information.
LOS ANGELES MEMBER SCREENINGS
YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER
YOUR MOTHER - 4:00 p.m.
A Q&A with Bassam Tariq
will follow this screening.
LOVE OF YOUR LIFE - 7:00 p.m.
A Q&A with Rachel Morrison
will follow this screening.
LOS ANGELES
MEMBER SCREENINGS
THE MOSQUITO BOWL
4:00 p.m. - A Q&A
with Peter Berg
will follow this screening.
STREET FIGHTER
7:00 p.m.*
DGA HEALTH PLAN
UPDATE MEETING
5:00 p.m. - Online
See page 3 for details.
