Dances With Films: LA (DWF: LA) has announced the lineup for next month’s return of Los Angeles’ largest indie film festival, which will run June 18-28 at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood. The festival’s 29th edition will highlight movies and television shows not produced by studios or with big budgets.

One of the most anticipated projects in the line-up is the comedy television series, ‘It’s Getting Late with Owen Reed.’ The show is having its World Premiere in Series Block 8 of the Episodic Pilot section.

Ryan Dougall wrote and directed the comedy. Marissa Pistone, Jeremiah Watkins and Mark Schroeder star on the series.

‘It’s Getting Late with Owen Reed’ is a docustyle comedy that follows Alex Teller (Pistone), a first-time showrunner who’s trying to hold together a chaotic, low-budget, digital late-night talk show. With a crew of eclectic personalities and a host who’s seeking redemption, Alex gambles on an untested, riskier vision to save the series from cancellation.

The concept culminates in a fully improvised live episode of the talk show, performed in front of a real audience with actual guests and no script. An unscripted layer woven into the show’s fictional world, blurring the line between reality and performance.

The 44-inute pilot will screen on Saturday, June 27 at 1:45pm PT. For more information on ‘It’s Getting Late with Owen Reed,’ visits its page on DWF: LA’s website.

Another anticipated project at the California-based festival is ‘The Resistance.’ The project will have its World Premiere during the Fusion Shorts Block 7 in the Narrative Short section.

Natalie Schwan penned and helmed, and Jessica Olthof produced, the film. ‘The Resistance’ stars Ella-June Henrard, Felix Meyer and Michel Bauwens.

‘The Resistance,’ which is set in Nazi-occupied Belgium, follows Eva (Henrard) as her sheltered life fractures after a brutal act of violence forces her to confront the cost of willful denial. Drawn into a covert Resistance group championed by her sister Helene (Cielke Bessemans), she finds small ways to help Jewish citizens survive under tightening control.

But as the danger escalates, so does their ambition. Alongside Pierre (Meyer) and Gérard (Bauwens), Eva and Helene prepare for a daring operation targeting a prisoner train bound for Auschwitz. The act could save lives or cost them everything. As night falls, Eva must decide how far she’s willing to go in her newfound defiance.

The 14-minute short was shot in Belgium with a nearly entirely Belgian cast and crew. The movie, which was produced by an American production company, will screen on Thursday, June 25 at 4:00 pm a. For more information on ‘It’s Getting Late with Owen Reed,’ visits its page on DWF: LA’s website.