ELMA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to showcasing European movies.
It was founded in 2006 by Pascal Ladreyt and is based in Santa Monica, California.
ELMA's mission is to create new avenues for better cultural understanding between the people of Europe and the USA by celebrating alternative cinema.

Supported Events

ELMA supports region-based film festivals in Los Angeles and Santa Monica.
Examples of supported events :

• Cinema Italian Style
  
• COLCOA City of Lights - City of Angels : A Week of French Film Premieres
  
• German Currents – new films from Germany
  
• Greek Film Festival L.A
  
• Irish Film Festival L.A.
  
• New Films from Italy
  
• Polish Film Festival L.A.
  
• Recent Belgian Cinema
  
• Recent Spanish Cinema
  
• Scandinavian Film Festival L.A
  
• South-East European Film Festival