December 7
Los Angeles - Beverly Hills

10:00 AM - PAIRED SCREENING and Q&A followed by lunch reception
Lumiere Cinema - 9036 Wilshire Blvd (Free street parking around the neighborhood on Sundays)

The Life We Have will be screening alongside the feature documentary, Facing War. Join for a paired screening, followed by a moderated Q&A with director Sam Price-Waldman (The Life We Have), producer Greg Balkin (The Life We Have), and TBD from Facing War. We will be hosting a reception at the theater afterwards with free Mulberry Street Pizza and drinks.

FREE - RSVP for the Screening Here

December 7
Los Angeles - Hollywood

7:00 PM - PAIRED SCREENING and Q&A followed by terrace reception
Emerson College - 5960 Sunset Blvd

Join us for a special paired screening of two Mountainfilm Award Winners - The Life We Have (Audience Choice) and Tessitura (Best Doc Short). After the screening, there will be a moderated Q&A with director Sam Price-Waldman (The Life We Have) and co-director Lydia Cornett (Tessitura) and a reception on the terrace from 8:30pm-9:30pm.

* For parking we have a guest parking garage located directly under the building off of Gordon St. The spaces are on a first come first serve basis and there are about 20 spots. Additionally, there are a few street parking spaces along Gordon St. and the closet public parking lot would be Columbia Square Lot (0.2mi away).

FREE - RSVP for the Screening Here

About the Films

The Life We Have - Diagnosed with stage four cancer 20 years ago, Rob Shaver made a pact to run every day until he dies. "The Life We Have" is a quiet reflection on mortality, resilience, and the choice to live with beautiful effort.

Facing War - As Russia’s war in Ukraine rages on, then U.S. President Joe Biden persuades Jens Stoltenberg to extend his tenure as NATO Secretary General for one final year. During a visit to Kyiv, Stoltenberg vows that the Alliance will stand by Ukraine “for as long as it takes.” But as Western support falters and divisions among allies deepen, this promise is increasingly at risk. With NATO decisions requiring unanimous approval, Stoltenberg must navigate conflicts and rally member nations behind him.

With unprecedented access to NATO’s inner sanctum, FACING WAR takes viewers inside the high-stakes power struggles between global leaders like Biden, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. The film chronicles the delicate art of diplomacy in a time when safety and democracy are at stake.

Can Stoltenberg keep his word to Zelensky?

Tessitura - Tessitura explores the entangled ways that voice, character, and gender are continuously reformulated in opera by those who contend with these connections daily. Through the voices of singers Breanna Sinclairé, Lucas Bouk, Katherine Goforth, and musicologist Dr. Naomi André, contemporary narratives weave between opera’s historical conventions around gender, illuminating the traditions and transformations shaping the field today.