Dances With Films: Los Angeles is celebrating 25 years of championing innovation, talent and creativity with a 2022 lineup that founders Leslee Scallon and Michael Trent declare is “the most dynamic and diverse we’ve ever seen.” The indie film event will take place at the TCL Chinese Theater from June 9-19.

The festival will kick off opening night on Thursday, June 9 with “The Walk,” directed by Daniel Adams and starring Terrence Howard, Jeremy Piven, Malcolm McDowell and Justin Chatwin. The movie is a story based on true events about Boston’s 1974 deseg­regation busing. Additional films include “The Latin from Manhattan,” which follows the wildlife of adult film icon Vanessa Del Rio, starring Shane West, Jesse Metcalfe, Taryn Manning, Esai Morales, Drea de Matteo and Dita Von Teesel; “Boomerang,” a come­dy short starring SAG Award-win­ner and Emmy-nominee Marin Hinkle (“The Marvelous Miss Maisel”); and “Unbound” a short film inspired by a true story, that follows Dr. Anna Fisher, the NASA Mission Specialist who paved the way as the first mother in space starring Lauren Lapkus (“Good Girls,” “Jurassic World,” “Orange is the New Black”). Closing out the festival on Sunday, June 19 is the thriller “Ghostwritten” starring Jay Duplass.

For showtimes, tickets and infor­mation visit danceswithfilms.com.