October 16, 2019
THE BURDEN
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Array Bios Niki Lindroth von Bahr is an artist and animation director based in Stockholm, Sweden. She studied fine art at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm. Lindroth's films TORD AND TORD (2010) and BATH HOUSE (2014) have screened at festivals internationally. THE BURDEN premiered at the 2017 Göteborg International Film Festival. Contact...
October 16, 2019
BUILDING WORLDS WITHIN WORLDS: DESIGNING WITHIN VR
DescriptionDescription Join Apelab CEO and co-founder Emilie Joly and Mindshow's Virtual Experience Designer Jim Toepel to discuss new tools for designing VR experiences within a virtual environment.
October 16, 2019
BRIGHT SUNSHINE IN (UN BEAU SOLEIL INTÉRIEUR)
DescriptionBiosDescription Divorced artist Isabelle (Juliette Binoche) is in a rough patch in her romantic life. Though she has her lovers, including married men and her ex-husband, she fears that true love might be forever out of reach. Master filmmaker Claire Denis returns with this wryly funny, sensual and sophisticated look into the inner world of...
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
THE BREADWINNER
DescriptionBiosDescription THE BREADWINNER tells the story of Parvana, an 11-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is wrongfully arrested, Parvana disguises herself as a boy in order to support her family. With dauntless perseverance, Parvana draws strength from the stories her father told her, and ultimately risks her life...
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....
