October 22, 2019
THE KINGMAKER
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription FREE SCREENING Talent attending: Lauren Greenfield (Director) A fascinating and riveting political documentary that plays like a sprawling television family drama, THE KINGMAKER is both a definitive biography of former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos and an exposé of the Marcos family’s relentless — and surprisingly successful — efforts to achieve a stunning political...
October 22, 2019
KLUTE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription The inaugural film in Alan J. Pakula’s “paranoia trilogy,” KLUTE follows small-town private investigator John Klute (Donald Sutherland) who is led to Manhattan sex worker Bree Daniels (Jane Fonda in an Academy Award®- winning performance) while searching for a missing person. As Bree becomes embroiled in the investigation, they realize that she is being...
October 22, 2019
KNIVES AND SKIN
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Talent attending: Marika Engelhardt (Talent), Brian Hieggelke (Producer), Jan (Producer), Jennifer Reeder (Director), Christopher Rejano (Cinematographer), Raven Whitley (Talent) Returning to AFI FEST with this electric feature debut, writer/director Jennifer Reeder graduates from her amazing short film work (BLOOD BELOW THE SKIN, CRYSTAL LAKE) with absolute aplomb. In the small Midwestern town of Middle...
October 22, 2019
INTERMISSION EXPEDITION
DescriptionBiosContactDescription During a sunny holiday, a flock of tourists struggle to let go of their busy city lives, and the absence of daily tasks leaves them lost in an uncomfortable and frightening place. Once they learn to slow down, they may find some beauty in the here and now. Part of SHORTS PROGRAM 4 Bios...
October 22, 2019
JALLIKATTU
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Like the ferocious beast at the center of JALLIKATTU that eludes capture by an entire village of pursuers, Malayalam filmmaker Lilo Jose Pellissery breaks through the passivity of the movie-going experience with this fresh, totally original vision of contemporary Indian cinema. When a buffalo escapes in a village in the tropical state of Kerala,...
October 22, 2019
IVANA THE TERRIBLE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription North American Premiere Talent attending: Catalin Cristutiu (Editor), Ivana Mladenovic (Director) Ivana Mladenović's charming sophomore feature enlists former lovers, family members and friends to portray semi-fictionalized versions of themselves. As herself, Mladenović is a pleasure to watch hurl insults at her loved ones. Ivana has been living and working in Romania, on the other...
October 22, 2019
IDOL (WOO SANG)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Talent attending: Lee Su-jin (Director) A fatal hit-and-run accident marks one family’s devastating loss and another’s downward moral spiral in Lee Su-Jin’s luridly satisfying revenge thriller set against the backdrop of a corrupt Korean political landscape. The smooth, up-and-coming politician Myung-hui (played to slimy perfection by Han Seok-kyu) makes the quick decision that his...
October 22, 2019
I AM NOT ALONE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Talent attending: Garin Hovannisian (Director), Alec Mouhibian (Producer) In March 2018, Nikol Pashinyan, a former journalist and opposition member of the Armenian parliament, began a protest march from Armenia’s second largest city to the capital; only a couple of dozen supporters joined him. But by the time he reached Yerevan, the crowd had grown...
October 22, 2019
I WAS AT HOME, BUT… (ICH WAR ZUHAUSE, ABER…)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Angela Schanelec’s cryptic, disjointed and enigmatic winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director award at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival takes place two years following the death of Astrid’s (Maren Eggert) husband. As Astrid attempts to maintain a sense of stability, the disappearance of her 13-year-old son Phillip and his sudden return plunge...
October 22, 2019
INDIE CONTENDERS
DescriptionDescription Presented by The Hollywood Reporter and moderated by columnist and blogger Scott Feinberg, this annual panel favorite features a 90-minute discussion with major talent from the AFI FEST 2019 lineup and recent releases. Panelists will include Awkwafina (THE FAREWELL), Sterling K. Brown (WAVES), Cynthia Erivo (HARRIET), Jimmie Fails (THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN...
