October 16, 2019
BODIED
DescriptionBiosDescription A meek white-boy rapper wants to spit fire, but does cultural appropriation outweigh his desire? Whether it’s sci-fi, satire, or race relations, Joseph Kahn’s auteur style defies anticipations. In BODIED, a white boy explores rap battle vernacular, immersed in a subculture that’s simply spectacular. In this film, executive-produced by Eminem, our protagonist discovers the battle rapper...
October 16, 2019
BEAUTY AND THE DOGS
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Kaouther Ben Hania’s sophomore narrative feature follows Mariam, a young Tunisian woman who meets Youssef during a student party and then leaves with him. Hours later, she and Youssef are forced to embark on an infuriating and degrading journey — they need to report Mariam’s sexual assault at the hands of men claiming to...
October 16, 2019
BLOW-UP
DescriptionBiosDescription AFI FEST is proud to present Michelangelo Antonioni’s first film in English. “Swinging London” fashion photographer Thomas (David Hemmings) becomes bored at a shoot and walks off to the park, where he takes pictures of two lovers. Later, when he develops the film, he realizes he might have photographed a murder. Featuring music from...
October 16, 2019
BALLOONFEST
BiosContactBios Nathan Truesdell is a documentary director, producer, cinematographer and editor based in Los Angeles. He produced and shot BIG BIRDING DAY (2010) and DEAR VALUED GUESTS (2013). Truesdell was cinematographer on CAUCUS (AFI FEST 2013) and one of many cinematographers on SPEAKING IS DIFFICULT (AFI FEST 2016). Contact Oscilloscope Laboratories
October 16, 2019
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK
DescriptionBiosDescription This classic romantic comedy pairs Robert Redford and Jane Fonda as a young married couple with absolutely nothing in common. Paul (Redford), a conservative young lawyer, has his hands full with his free-spirited young wife Corie (Fonda), who is determined to transform their tiny, fifth-floor walk-up dump of a studio into a Bohemian paradise....
October 16, 2019
THE BALLAD OF LEFTY BROWN
DescriptionBiosContactDescription The sidekick becomes the leading man in Jared Moshé’s accomplished Western, a loving homage to the classics of the genre that sidesteps tradition to examine this well-travelled cinematic landscape from a different point of view. The inimitable Bill Pullman gives a career-best performance as Lefty, right-hand man to legendary Montana lawman and recently elected Senator...
October 16, 2019
ASCRIBED ACHIEVEMENTS
BiosTrailerBios Samaneh Shojaei received a BA of Fine Arts from the Alzahra University and an MA of Moving Image from the Art University of Tehran, Iran. She is credited as an animator on Elmira Bagherzadeh's 2016 short ROOHANGIZ. Her directorial debut ASCRIBED ACHIEVEMENTS premiered at the 2017 Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Trailer
October 16, 2019
AVA
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Thirteen-year-old Ava is spending the summer on the Atlantic coast when she learns she will go blind in the coming months. While her mother acts as if everything is normal, Ava confronts the problem in her own way — and her world is turned upside down when she steals a large black dog from...
October 16, 2019
APRIL’S DAUGHTER (LAS HIJAS DE ABRIL)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Seventeen-year-old Valeria is pregnant and lives with her sister Clara. She wants to keep her pregnancy a secret from her absent and domineering mother April. When Clara tells April about her sister’s condition, their mother suddenly arrives, full of loving support and promises to help Valeria through this life-changing event. But once the baby...
