October 16, 2019
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Peck joins us in person for the inaugural World Cinema Masters in Conversation section at AFI FEST. He will sit down for an in-depth discussion with Toronto International Film Festival Artistic Director Cameron Bailey at the festival’s screening of Peck’s thought-provoking documentary I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO. James Baldwin’s unfinished final book “Remember This...
October 16, 2019
HUNTER GATHERER
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Fresh from a three-year prison stint, wiry and high-strung Ashley (Andre Royo) returns to his mother’s South LA home determined to pick up his life where it left off, including a longstanding relationship with Linda, who reveals she’s since taken up with a local garbage man. Ferociously determined to improve his lot in life...
October 16, 2019
HOME
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Flemish filmmaker Fien Troch (KID, AFI FEST 2012) recreates — with a handheld camera and a confined aspect ratio — the fluctuating, heightened emotions of youth and the generational dynamics that render adults oblivious. Just released from a juvenile detention center, 17-year-old Kevin goes to live with his aunt’s family, who agree to provide...
October 16, 2019
HOUNDS
DescriptionBiosDescription On the day of a would-be promotion, a museum worker must deal with an accident involving a prized sculpture. Bios Omer Tobi is a director/writer of Moroccan and Tunisian origin. As part of Arisa, a Tel-Aviv party collective which he founded, Tobi's work was lauded by Haaretz as “one of the most positive and...
October 16, 2019
HENRY
DescriptionTrailerDescription This brilliantly animated delight takes you inside the world of a lonesome but lovable hedgehog. Trailer
October 16, 2019
HIDDEN
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Possessed by sibling rivalry, Parham, must face his role in a series of events that have incapaciated his half-brother. Bios Farzad Ostovarzadeh (AFI Class of 2015) was a directing graduate of the Young Fellow Filmmakers Club from Tehran. He has also participated in workshops with famous Iranian filmmakers such as Bahram Beizaii and Naser...
October 16, 2019
THE HITCH-HIKER
DescriptionBiosContactDescription When two all-American everymen pick up a deranged hitchhiker on the barren highways of the Southwest, the three descend into a gripping nightmare that is pure film noir. The hitchhiker quickly takes his drivers hostage and forces them into the deep badlands of the Mexican-American border, where he pushes them to the brink of...
October 16, 2019
HARMONIUM (FUCHI NI TATSU)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Awarded the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Koji Fukada’s latest film uses themes of Japanese domesticity to investigate the surrounding fissures that expand to collapse a family shaken by tragedy. With his wife Akie, Toshio runs a machinery workshop in the garage attached to their family home. When Toshio...
October 16, 2019
HARD WORLD FOR SMALL THINGS
DescriptionDescription A narrative exploration of the circumstances and lives affected by a single tragedy in Los Angeles.
October 16, 2019
HARBERS STUDIOS SHORT FILM SHOWCASE: WOMEN IN FOCUS
DescriptionDescription Join Harbers Studios for a special screening and conversation on short films, featuring Janicza Bravo’s WOMAN IN DEEP and Academy Award® winner Megan Mylan’s TALLER THAN THE TREES. This screening is part of Harbers Studios’ ongoing Women in Focus series, celebrating women filmmakers and the stories behind their work.
