October 22, 2019
THE WHISTLERS
DescriptionBiosContactDescription ROMANIA OFFICIAL INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM OSCAR® SUBMISSION Talent attending: Corneliu Porumboiu (Director) Romanian auteur Corneliu Porumboiu returns to AFI FEST with his latest, a tremendously entertaining and inventive crime thriller. When corrupt police officer Cristi is drawn into an elaborate money laundering scheme, ubiquitous hidden cameras threaten to expose him. At once instigator and...
October 22, 2019
YOUR LAST DAY ON EARTH (TU ÚLTIMO DÍA EN LA TIERRA)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription A man dressed as a fox breaks the spacetime barrier with only one goal: to spend some time with his wife. But below this recreational act, there’s a far more complex and ambitious plan. Part of SHORTS PROGRAM 3 Bios Marc Martínez Jordan is a Spanish writer and film director. His three short films...
October 22, 2019
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE WATER AND THE MOON
DescriptionBiosContactDescription During an abortion, instead of aborting the fetus, a girl gives birth to a live jellyfish. Part of SHORTS PROGRAM 4 Bios Born in the Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, Jian Luo is the recipient of the Ang Lee grant, Hollywood Foreign Press Award and Artist in Residence Program at Palm Springs International ShortFest....
October 22, 2019
YELLOW GIRL & ME
DescriptionDescription Talent attending: Paul V Fishback (Producer), Isabella Issa (Director/Writer) Set in the Jamaican countryside, a young child named Nicole waits for her sister, Yellow Girl, to teach her how to swim. Circumstances escalate when Yellow Girl breaks her promise and Nicole realizes that she is next in line for a life of sexual abuse....
October 22, 2019
VINCENT
DescriptionDescription On his 21st birthday, Vincent is persuaded to follow his friend Bunny to a brothel where he will meet a woman that looks like his mother. Part of SHOWCASE 4
October 22, 2019
UNDER THE FLAG
DescriptionContactDescription A driven and conscientious girl at China's premier dance school gets the lead position in a prestigious performance, but struggles to accept it after she learns that her mother has bribed the teacher to buy her the part. Part of SHOWCASE 4 Contact Jiawei Cheng chengjiawei123@me.com 347-967-7170
October 22, 2019
VARDA BY AGNÈS
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Talent attending: Mathieu Demy (Representative) Concluding a series of insightful personal documentaries by French New Wave pioneer Agnès Varda, this personally guided cinematic tour became a poetic memorial to a colossal career when the 90-year-old artist died one month following its 2019 Berlinale premiere. Finding humor in the unexpected and beauty even in sadness,...
October 22, 2019
WAX PAUL NOW
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Three New Yorkers will stop at nothing to get Paul Giamatti his own wax statue at Madame Tussauds. Part of SHORTS PROGRAM 3 Bios Val Bodurtha is a comedian whose debut novel—written at seventeen—won the 2017 Young Writer’s Publication Contest. She has since transitioned to film and comedy, placing as a finalist in 2019’s...
October 22, 2019
TREE #3
DescriptionContactDescription After he’s been cast (again!) as a background tree in his annual middle school play, an ambitious and imaginative Israeli immigrant boy leads a revolution on stage that his intolerant drama teacher will never forget. Part of SHOWCASE 2 Contact Omer Ben-Shachar omerbenshachar@gmail.com
October 22, 2019
THE TWO POPES
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription After serving as pope for eight years, Pope Benedict XVI summons his ideological rival, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, to the Vatican summer home. Historically, popes are meant to serve the Catholic Church until their final breath, but Benedict tells him he’s decided to abdicate the position, which no pope has done in more than 700 years. ...
