Echo Park Film Center is a community film workspace and theater in Los Angeles.

Echo Park Film Center is a small community film workspace and theater located in Los Angeles, run by Paolo Davanzo and Lisa Marr for over a decade. The center focuses on teaching Super 8 and 16mm filmmaking through free classes for teenagers in the multicultural neighborhood, providing all equipment and instruction at no cost. Beyond education, the center hosts social gatherings where families and neighbors share food and watch films together, fostering a sense of community across diverse cultures. The organization also operates a filmmobile to take film activism to new frontiers. In addition to local youth programs, the center hosts an artist-in-residency program that invites international experimental filmmakers to work alongside the community. The center emphasizes a DIY, punk aesthetic and aims to keep film-making accessible and vital for everyone, regardless of background, encouraging both new students and established professionals to engage with the craft.