September 28, 2020
THE CHICKEN
DescriptionBioContactTrailerDescription Following the program, AFI Festivals Programmer Malin Kan leads a conversation between filmmakers Neo Sora (THE CHICKEN), Claudia Vernis (THERE'S CAKE), Keisha Rae Witherspoon (T), Kathy Esquenazi Mitrani (RUBBED IN PINK), Ariane Boukerche (THEY SALIVATE) and Mitch Mcglocklin (FOREVER), Jacqueline Lentzou (THE END OF SUFFERING). On an unseasonably hot day in November, a Japanese...
September 28, 2020
BLOCKS
DescriptionBioTrailerDescription Following the program, AFI Festivals Programmer Malin Kan leads a conversation between filmmakers Zach Woods (DAVID), Henriette Rietz (POSTPARTUM), Jonatan Etzler (SWIMMER), Bridey Elliot (THE FEELING), Sean Glass (A 1984 PERIOD PIECE IN PRESENT DAY), Jacob Halpren (CLAIRE AT SEVEN MONTHS) and Bridget Moloney (BLOCKS). An existential comedy about the mother of two young...
September 28, 2020
BLACKFEET BOXING: NOT INVISIBLE
DescriptionBioSContactTrailerDescription As the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women epidemic affects tribal communities, a group of Blackfeet women tackle the threat head-on by practicing and training in self-defense. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 2 BioS Kristen Lappas is an Emmy® award-winning producer at ESPN specializing in features and documentaries. Lappas’ work...
September 28, 2020
THE BOY BEHIND THE DOOR
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Following the film, AFI FEST Programmer Eric Moore leads a conversation between filmmakers Justin Powell and David Charbonier and actors Lonnie Chavis and Ezra Dewey. Twelve-year-old Bobby and his best friend Kevin have been kidnapped. Bobby is stuffed in a trunk to suffocate, and Kevin is who knows where. Proving ever-resourceful, Bobby escapes and...
September 28, 2020
BREACH OF TRUST
DescriptionBIOContactDescription BREACH OF TRUST explores the University of Southern California's institutional cover-up involving the sexual misconduct of former full-time gynecologist George Tyndall. The story is anchored by the survivors, who after being wronged by the university continue their fight for institutional change. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 4 BIO Mishal Mahmud is...
September 28, 2020
BELUSHI
DescriptionBiosDescription One audition at the Second City theater in Chicago changed the life of John Belushi — and the world of comedy — forever. In BELUSHI, noted documentary filmmaker R.J. Cutler captures the spirit of an American cultural icon in a portrait as enchanting as its subject. While simultaneously working on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, filming...
September 28, 2020
APPLES
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription USA Premiere Following the film, AFI FEST Lead Screening Committee Member Jesse Knight leads a conversation with filmmaker Christos Nikou. A pandemic is sweeping across Greece, but it’s not COVID-19. Suddenly, thousands of cases of amnesia are spreading. The malady isn’t deadly, but there is no cure, and no one has recovered. Therein lies the...
September 28, 2020
BLACK GOAT
DescriptionBioContactTrailerDescription Following the program, AFI Festivals Programmer Eric Moore leads a conversation between filmmakers Yi Tang (BLACK GOAT), Em Weinstein (IN FRANCE MICHELLE IS A MAN'S NAME), Seungee Kim (TIGER & OX), Erica Tremblay (LITTLE CHIEF), Inès Girihiwe (BREAKING GROUND), Johnson Cheng (LONELY BLUE NIGHT), Kimi Howl Lee (CHILD OF LAND). Pasang is the new...
September 28, 2020
THE BIG SCARY “S” WORD
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Following the film, AFI Festivals Senior Programmer Ken Jacobson leads a conversation between filmmaker Yael Bridge and producer Morgan Spector. Socialism... the big scary S word. From the Red Scare to today, being associated with the term has been considered a criminal offense, un-American, or, at the very least, political suicide. But is this...
September 28, 2020
76 DAYS
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Following the film, film critic Gil Robertson leads a conversation with filmmaker Hao Wu. On January 23, 2020, to combat the COVID-19 outbreak, China put Wuhan, a city of 11 million, on complete lockdown. For the next 76 days, with the city a ghost town, Wuhan’s hospital wards became ground zero in a life-and-death...
