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Healing In Community  - Stories Art and Movement for Mental Wellness
Healing In Community  - Stories Art and Movement for Mental Wellness

Fri, Nov 06

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The Kult

Healing In Community - Stories Art and Movement for Mental Wellness

Join us for three days of courageous films, visual art, dance, youth voices and transformative conversations about mental health, healing and the power of community.

Time & Location

Nov 06, 2026, 11:00 AM PST – Nov 08, 2026, 8:00 PM PST

The Kult, 251 Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA

Guests

Tickets

  • Early Bird Festival Pass

    Sale ends

    Oct 19, 12:00 AM PDT

    Admission to festival programming Friday through Sunday. Available through October 18th, 2026

    $75.00

    +$1.88 ticket service fee

  • Regular Festival Pass

    Admission to festival programming Friday through Sunday

    $125.00

    +$3.13 ticket service fee

  • Single Day Pass - Friday

    Sale ends

    Nov 08, 8:00 PM PST

    Youth Program, Competitive Screenings, Community Panels, Artivist United Presentation, Opening Art Reception and Opening Night Film Program

    $50.00

    +$1.25 ticket service fee

  • Opening Night VUE

    Sale ends

    Nov 08, 8:00 PM PST

    Opening Night Mixer and Film Screening.

    $35.00

    +$0.88 ticket service fee

  • Saturday Pass

    Sale ends

    Nov 08, 8:00 PM PST

    Competitive and Curated Films, Entertainment Panels, Art Exhibition, Dance Performance, and Filmmaker Mixer

    $50.00

    +$1.25 ticket service fee

  • Single Day Pass - Sunday

    Sale ends

    Nov 08, 8:00 PM PST

    Community Films, Community Panel, Closing Screenings, Awards Brunch and Community Healing Activation

    $45.00

    +$1.13 ticket service fee

  • Community Access Pass

    A limited number of reduced- price passes available to students, educators, artists and community members who need a more accessible tickets - Single day film screening and public forum Photo/Student ID necessary at entry

    $15.00

    +$0.38 ticket service fee

  • Kids In The Spotlight

    Special Presentation from young filmmakers: Cracks In The Wall, Guided, Bully, Run & Speak Youth, families, educators and participating school groups may attend the Friday Youth Film Screening at no charge. Advance registration is required because seating is limited call 323-553-1228 for reservation.

    $

    +Ticket service fee

  • Short Block I + Mr. Advocate

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    Nov 08, 8:00 PM PST

    PTAFF Competitive Short Film Block I Young Voices, New Possibilities Mr. Advocate (Feature), Miss Arlene, Something Pointless, Barika Rising: Education, Friendship, Creativity, and support for young people.

    $15.00

    +$0.38 ticket service fee

  • Short Film Block II

    Sale ends

    Nov 08, 8:00 PM PST

    PTAFF Competitive Short Film Block II: Hidden Wounds Off-Screen, Trading Cards - trauma, memory, and the need to be heard.

    $15.00

    +$0.38 ticket service fee

  • Short Film Block III

    Sale ends

    Nov 08, 8:00 PM PST

    PTAFF Competitive Short Film Block III: Art That Builds Community Black LP, Minds of Mind, All for the Money, The Sight Unseen - art, history, memory, and connection

    $15.00

    +$0.38 ticket service fee

  • Short Block IV + Say Her

    Sale ends

    Nov 08, 8:00 PM PST

    PTAFF Competitive Short Film Block IV: Care Before Crisis Say Her, Substance Abuse and Addictive Behavior in Teenagers - mentorship, youth mental health, and early support

    $15.00

    +$0.38 ticket service fee

  • Short Film Block V

    Sale ends

    Nov 08, 8:00 PM PST

    Women Life Freedom: Who Get to be themselves Uniformed, Us, Never Merciless - identity and expression under institutional pressure

    $15.00

    +$0.38 ticket service fee

  • Short Film Program VI

    Sale ends

    Nov 08, 8:00 PM PST

    Closing Competitive Film Program Going Off Script Enjoy Your Visit, Adidas Owns the Reality, Misery and Other Choices - artists and activists disrupting accepted narratives

    $15.00

    +$0.38 ticket service fee

  • Breaking Generational Curse

    Sale ends

    Nov 08, 8:00 PM PST

    The Cost of Silence: Breaking the Generational Curse of Silence sexual violence against Black women and girls.

    $15.00

    +$0.38 ticket service fee

  • The Theft

    Sale ends

    Nov 08, 8:00 PM PST

    The Theft" is a feature-length documentary that delves into the messy relationship between museums and conflict, revealing how the preservation of a country’s culture in a museum can often come at the cost of justice.

    $15.00

    +$0.38 ticket service fee

  • Sonography

    Sale ends

    Nov 08, 8:00 PM PST

    Weight of Expectation: Sonography - son preference and its effects on women and families

    $15.00

    +$0.38 ticket service fee

  • Community Panel I

    Sale ends

    Nov 08, 8:00 PM PST

    When Help Is Refused: Autonomy, Family, Crisis & the Ethics of Intervention. Families often watch a loved one deteriorate while struggling to understand when and how the law, clinicians or courts can intervene. This conversation examines the space between doing nothing and coercive hospitalization: voluntary engagement, crisis response, grave disability, Assisted Outpatient Treatment, CARE Court, psychiatric advance directives, conservatorship and the rights of the person receiving care.

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    +Ticket service fee

  • Community Panel II

    Sale ends

    Nov 08, 8:00 PM PST

    Before the Breaking Point: Building Community Mental Health Before Crisis Many people first encounter the mental-health system only after a situation has become an emergency. This community-centered conversation asks what care should look like earlier: culturally responsive services, peer support, family education, youth and transition-age services, community-based care, housing stability, substance-use support, trusted

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  • Entertainment Panel I

    Sale ends

    Nov 08, 8:00 PM PST

    What We Put on Screen: Mental Health Storytelling, Representation & the Duty of Care Mental-health stories can increase empathy and understanding, but they can also reinforce fear, stigma, romanticize suffering or reduce people to diagnoses. Presented in connection with the Voices With Impact film block, this conversation brings writers, directors, actors, producers and mental-health experts together to examine responsibility both in the story and in the process of making it.

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  • Entertainment Panel II

    Sale ends

    Nov 08, 8:00 PM PST

    The Cost of the Spotlight: Mental Health,Suicide Prevention & the Working Artist Artists work inside industries built on rejection, irregular income, public scrutiny, intense schedules, identity investment, physical and emotional exposure, and often little separation between personal wellbeing and professional opportunity.

    $

    +Ticket service fee

  • Activism Dance

    Movement as medicine; company/performers TBD

    $20.00

    +$0.50 ticket service fee

Total

$0.00

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Healing In Community  - Stories Art and Movement for Mental Wellness
Healing In Community  - Stories Art and Movement for Mental Wellness
Fri, Nov 06
The Kult
Join us for three days of courageous films, visual art, dance, youth voices and transformative conversations about mental health, healing and the power of community.
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A NOTE FROM OUR FOUNDER

​PTAFF was created from a simple but powerful belief that stories can change lives.

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What began as a vision has grown into a platform for artists, filmmakers, and communities to come together, be seen, and be heard. This work is deeply personal, and we are committed to building a space where creativity and impact live side by side.

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As we continue to grow, our mission remains the same: to elevate voices, spark dialogue, and create meaningful cultural experiences that inspire change.

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Michelle “Andrea Meshel” Smith
Founder & Executive Director

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