October 16, 2019
DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription In her iconic feature film directorial debut, filmmaker Julie Dash beautifully weaves lush lyrical imagery and a poetic narrative to transport us into the tapestry of Gullah culture, descendants of slaves off the Georgia coast. Narrated by the voice of an unborn child, DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST introduces three generations of the Peazant family...
October 16, 2019
CROSSCURRENT (长江图)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription In a daze following his father’s sudden death, cargo ship captain Gao Chun falls under the spell of a mysterious book of poetry found hidden in his ship’s engine room, sending the beleaguered captain on an unexpected journey both up the Yangtze River, the very cradle of Chinese civilization, and into the center of...
October 16, 2019
A CONVERSATION WITH DIRECTOR BARRY JENKINS ABOUT MOONLIGHT
DescriptionDescription In this in-depth, moderated discussion, MOONLIGHT director Barry Jenkins and cast members will talk about this landmark lm that traces a young gay African- American man’s coming of age in Miami.
October 16, 2019
CRYSTAL LAKE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription A group of girls takes over the half pipe. There on the ramp, with no boys around, they are thriving and visible. Bios Jennifer Reeder constructs personal films about relationships, trauma and coping. Her award-winning narratives are innovative and borrow from a range of forms including after-school specials, amateur music videos and magical realism....
October 16, 2019
THE COMEDIAN
DescriptionBiosContactDescription An aging comic icon, Jackie (Robert De Niro) has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to know him as the former television character he once played. Already a strain on his younger brother (Danny DeVito) and his wife (Patti LuPone), Jackie is forced...
October 16, 2019
THE COMMUNE (KOLLEKTIVET)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Director Thomas Vinterberg returns to AFI FEST with his most personal film yet. Basking in the warm glow of Denmark in the 1970s, Erik and Anne are young people struggling to get by and raise their new family. When they fall in love with the enormous vintage home where Erik grew up, they hatch...
October 16, 2019
CITIZEN KANE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Ranked at the top of AFI’s list of the greatest films of all time, Orson Welles’ portrait of newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane (a thinly veiled stand-in for William Randolph Hearst) is brilliant, blistering and beautiful. The story moves through the tragedies and triumphs of Kane’s life, from a happy childhood in snowy Colorado...
October 16, 2019
A COAT MADE DARK
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Two burglars strike it rich after stealing a mysterious coat. Bios Since graduating from the National Film School in Ireland, Jack O’Shea has specialized in classical, hand-drawn techniques for design and animation, providing an inventive approach and offbeat imagery for music videos and film. His work has appeared at film festivals worldwide, including the...
October 16, 2019
CATATONIC
DescriptionDescription An immersive journey through an insane asylum in which the audience, bound to a wheelchair, undergoes a sensory-shocking horror thrill ride.
October 16, 2019
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL KA
DescriptionTrailerDescription Designed as an epic VR cirque show, the world of KÀ The Battle Within is an adventure of heroism and martial arts. Trailer
