October 16, 2019
BORIS WITHOUT BEATRICE (BORIS SANS BÉATRICE)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Boris, a proud man of wealth and achievement, is forced to take leave from his work when his wife Beatrice, a minister in the Canadian government, falls ill. At their country home, Beatrice is cared for by a young nurse and in the throes of a melancholic breakdown, unable to speak in a near...
October 16, 2019
A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRINCESS X
DescriptionBiosContactDescription A supercharged history of sculptor Constantin Brancusi’s infamous "Princess X." Bios Born in 1984, Gabriel Abrantes has directed 18 short films over the past eight years, often setting his provocative narratives in diverse contexts such as, Argentina, Brazil, France, Haiti, Portugal and Sri Lanka. His films have premiered at festivals such as Berlin, Toronto...
October 16, 2019
BLOODY BARBARA
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Barbara roams the streets covered in blood, reenacting the scenes from some of her favorite films. Bios Shawn Bannon is an award-winning California filmmaker, commercial director and conservationist. He is a graduate of Cal Arts and Werner Herzog's Rogue Film School. His eye-catching and sometimes controversial films have screened at AFI FEST and the...
October 16, 2019
THE BLOOP
DescriptionBiosContactDescription In 1997, an unusual sound was recorded. It lasted one minute and was never heard again. Bios Cara Cusumano is the director of programming for the Tribeca Film Festival, where she has programmed feature narrative and documentary films since 2008. Prior to Tribeca, she programmed for the Hamptons International Film Festival, including curating HIFF’s...
October 16, 2019
ALWAYS SHINE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Sophia Takal’s sophomore feature follows two friends, Anna and Beth, both actresses with varying degrees of success, as they travel to Big Sur for a weekend getaway in hopes of reconnecting and reestablishing a bond broken by years of competitiveness and jealousy. Once away, tension bubbles to the surface, forcing them to finally confront...
October 16, 2019
ALLUMETTE
DescriptionDescription An intimate tale about the love between a mother and her child as well as the sacrifices people are willing to make for the greater good.
October 16, 2019
ALL THESE VOICES
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription A Nazi soldier in disguise encounters a survivors’ avant-garde theater troupe celebrating the end of the war. Bios David Henry Gerson (AFI Class of 2015) is a filmmaker and actor who grew up in DC. A graduate of Columbia University and the AFI Conservatory, he won a Student Academy Award for his AFI thesis...
October 16, 2019
ALBÜM
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Turkish couple Bahar and Selma are eager to adopt a baby, but they want to keep it a secret in order to give the world the impression that their child is of natural birth. So they create a few fake photo albums, small bits of evidence to back up false memories. Things go awry...
October 16, 2019
ACTOR MARTINEZ
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription AFI FEST alums Mike Ott and Nathan Silver collaborate on a film that follows an actor, Arthur Martinez, as he hires two indie filmmakers (Ott and Silver playing themselves) to make a film with him as the star. Once on set, the filmmakers decide to scrap the movie that Arthur had planned to instead...
