October 9, 2025
Canva Design without Limits: Panel and Workshop with Patty Jenkins and William Means
DescriptionBiosDescription Join us for an intimate discussion hosted by Canva at AFI FEST, where filmmakers open up about their creative process, collaboration and the evolution of their craft. In this conversation, director, screenwriter and producer William Means and executive producer Patty Jenkins—both AFI Alumni and collaborators on JUNKIE, screening at the Festival—share how they think, work...
October 8, 2025
H IS FOR HAWK
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screening preceded by an introduction by producer Jeremy Kleiner. Writer/director Philippa Lowthorpe (MISBEHAVIOUR; THE CROWN) and co-writer Emma Donoghue (ROOM) adapt Helen Macdonald’s acclaimed, award-winning 2014 memoir “H is for Hawk” for the big screen. Claire Foy stars as Macdonald, a Cambridge academic who, following the sudden death of her beloved father Alisdair (Brendan...
September 30, 2025
FELLINI’S CASANOVA (IL CASANOVA DI FEDERICO FELLINI)
DescriptionDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with Oscar®-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. Federico Fellini's infamous 1976 take on Giacomo Casanova’s tale is a lavish, hallucinatory reimagining of the legendary Venetian seducer’s life — less historical portrait than fever-dream-induced baroque fantasia. Originally envisioned as a major international production with an American star (Marlon Brando,...
September 30, 2025
THE DUELLISTS
DescriptionDescription Screening preceded by an introduction by Oscar®-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. Ridley Scott’s striking Cannes prize-winning debut feature is a visually arresting tale of honor, obsession and pride. Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars, THE DUELLISTS chronicles the 16-year feud between two French officers — cool-headed Armand d’Hubert (Keith Carradine) and hot-blooded...
September 30, 2025
BARRY LYNDON
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with Oscar®-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. Notable for writer and director Stanley Kubrick's painstaking evocation of 18th-century life, including the nighttime scenes illuminated only by candlelight, BARRY LYNDON — which marks its 50th anniversary this year — is a must-see on the big screen. The callow striver...
September 30, 2025
ARCANE SORCERER (L’ARCANO INCANTATORE)
DescriptionDescription Banished from seminary school after a sacrilegious scandal, young student Giacomo (Stefano Dionisi) flees Bologna seeking refuge. He finds favor with an elderly woman who directs him to a remote countryside villa, home to an excommunicated monsignor (Carlo Cecchi) with a penchant for the occult. In need of a new assistant after his last...
September 26, 2025
CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 5
JOE HUNT USA 18 MIN DIRECTOR Matthew Genecov SCREENWRITER Matthew Genecov PRODUCER Muqing Evelyn Tang DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Yoshihisa Toda EDITOR Yiming Wang PRODUCTION DESIGNER Zixi Roey Zhang After his father’s mysterious death, thirteen-year-old William turns to his imaginary hero, Joe Hunt, for guidance. As they search for answers, the line between protector and menace…
September 26, 2025
CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 4
SONG OF SILENCE 2025 USA 15 MIN DIRECTOR Vasilisa Kuzmina SCREENWRITER Vasilisa Kuzmina, Daisy Anderson PRODUCER Qiuping Han DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Dominika Podczaska EDITOR Yuntong Hazel Dai PRODUCTION DESIGNER Elli Kypriadis In a war-torn 2071 America, Greta must protect a deadly secret in a hidden village of women, forcing her to choose between her only…
September 26, 2025
CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 3
MARASCHINO 2025 USA 17 MIN DIRECTOR Alyssa Cody Garcia SCREENWRITER Alyssa Cody Garcia, Simona Galant PRODUCER Simona Galant DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Mads Fridolin Vejlby EDITOR Qiqi Deng PRODUCTION DESIGNER Maui McDonald When a former centerfold suffers a breakdown on her partner’s birthday, she must outwit her smart home device on a blood-soaked path to having…
September 26, 2025
CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 2
DOG SEES GOD USA 16 MIN DIRECTOR Yana Gladkikh SCREENWRITER Alex Bush, Ilias Kyriakidis PRODUCER Andrew Svistunov DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Junxiong Joshua Zhu EDITOR Zheyu Ian Jiang PRODUCTION DESIGNER Shengtao Anakin Li When a meteor lands in his backyard, killing his beloved dog, suburban misfit Atticus channels his grief into his garage-punk band as he…
