October 16, 2019
DER NACHTMAHR
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription The sophomore feature from German filmmaker AKIZ is a sensory experience with a pulsing soundtrack and engrossing visual language that blur the lines between horror and coming-of-age films. Seventeen-year-old Tina falls completely out of her normal reality when she begins to experience severe nightmares and is haunted by a strange creature. The only person...
October 16, 2019
CONCUSSION
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription It’s the most popular sport in the United States. It’s the backbone for millions of jobs and billions of dollars. But what is the deadly side of football? CONCUSSION looks at the life of a brilliant immigrant doctor – perhaps the least likely person to stand up to the NFL and yet he did...
October 16, 2019
COLOR NEUTRAL
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription A color explosion sparkles, bubbles and fractures in this handcrafted 16mm short from film artist Jennifer Reeves. Bios Brooklyn-based Jennifer Reeves has directed more than 20 films since 1990. Her subjective and personal films push the boundaries of film through direct-on-film techniques, first-person cinematography, intricate sound and image montage and optical printing, and have...
October 16, 2019
THE CLAN (EL CLAN)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Director Pablo Trapero returns to AFI FEST for a third time with his most outlandish tale yet. Following the real-life exploits of the notorious Puccios, THE CLAN tells the story of how a normal working-class family concocted a vicious plan to kidnap and heavily ransom select members of Argentina’s upper class. With killer period...
October 16, 2019
THE CLUB (EL CLUB)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription One of the most exciting contemporary voices in world cinema, Chilean iconoclast Pablo Larraín turns his provocative gaze toward the sins of the Catholic Church in this tightly wound, tonally subversive tragicomic parable. A tight-knit group of aging priests live, work and pray together in a small cottage in a seaside town. They spend...
October 16, 2019
CHRONIC
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Tim Roth turns in an understated, beautiful performance as an end-of-life caregiver in this quiet, delicate portrait of those who dedicate themselves to hospice work. Director Michel Franco returns to AFI FEST (AFTER LUCIA, AFI FEST 2012) with a gentle, smartly crafted narrative. The story follows David (Roth), a nurse who develops intense relationships...
October 16, 2019
CHEVALIER
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription While on a fishing trip in the Aegean Sea, six men decide to play “Chevalier,” a game that measures every aspect of who they are. Things will be compared. Blood will be spilled and tested. At the end of the game, one man will emerge as the best and receive a signet ring as...
October 16, 2019
BY THE SEA
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Written, directed and produced by Oscar® winner Angelina Jolie Pitt, BY THE SEA is her directorial follow-up to survival epic UNBROKEN. The film stars Brad Pitt and Jolie Pitt, who are supported by an international ensemble led by Mélanie Laurent, Melvil Poupaud, Niels Arestrup and Richard Bohringer. BY THE SEA follows an American writer...
October 16, 2019
CAROL
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara give luminous performances in Todd Haynes’ adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s influential lesbian novel “The Price of Salt.” Mara stars as shopgirl Therese Belivet, underwhelmed by her life working in a department store and dating a young man whose affections for her far surpass hers for him. When glamorous housewife...
