September 24, 2026
BUCKING FASTARD
DescriptionBioDescription October 21 screening to be followed by a conversation with director, screenwriter and producer Werner Herzog and editor Marco Capalbo. October 23 screening to be preceded by an introduction by director, screenwriter and producer Werner Herzog and editor Marco Capalbo. Werner Herzog's singular new film takes inspiration from the extraordinary real-life story of British...
September 24, 2026
THE BOVINE COMEDY
DescriptionBiosContactDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: AFTER DARK In a future where cows have nearly vanished, Phop, a rich farmer, owns Southeast Asia's last bull and relies on Jon’s unique skill to help the bull produce semen. Bios Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke first gained international recognition with his short RED ANINSRI; OR, TIPTOEING...
September 24, 2026
THE BOYS AND THE BEES
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 2 THE BOYS AND THE BEES chronicles the changing seasons in the life of the Ray Family as they pursue their dream of freedom: raising bees on a farm in Georgia. Bios Arielle Knight is filmmaker and creative producer. Through her own filmmaking practice and with like-minded...
September 24, 2026
BLACK MONEY FOR WHITE NIGHTS
DescriptionBiosContactDescription North American Premiere In BLACK MONEY FOR WHITE NIGHTS, Marina and Gosha are a middle-aged Bulgarian couple who have learned how to work the angles in a society where nearly everyone seems to be on the take. But when a dream vacation to Russia takes an unexpected turn, the small-time operators suddenly find themselves...
September 24, 2026
BITTER CHRISTMAS (AMARGA NAVIDAD)
DescriptionBioContactTrailerDescription Eye-popping sweaters and interiors, the dramatic effect of a Chavela Vargas song, the sizzling screen presence of Rossy de Palma. Spanish auteur Pedro Almodóvar plays the hits before smashing his own playbook in this brilliant piece of autofiction, following the parallel stories of two self-obsessed filmmakers who contemplate the limits of inspiration. Bárbara Lennie...
September 24, 2026
BITER
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 5 After being sent to a wilderness therapy program, a troubled teen must confront his aggressive instincts to grow and find some semblance of inner peace. Trailer
September 24, 2026
A BIT OF LIGHT
DescriptionBiosContactDescription October 21 screening to be followed by a conversation with actor Forouzan Jamshidnejad. In his new film, Ali Asgari (TERRESTRIAL VERSES, AFI FEST 2023; DIVINE COMEDY, AFI FEST 2025) maintains a precise and restrained tone from the very first scene, in which Arash (Misagh Zare, THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG, AFI FEST 2024),...
September 24, 2026
THE BEST SUMMER
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director, producer and cinematographer Tamra Davis. After evacuating her home during the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, filmmaker Tamra Davis (the director of scores of music videos, including ‘80s and ‘90s classics from The Smiths, The Bangles, the Indigo Girls, Young MC, Tone Löc and New Kids...
September 24, 2026
BEN’IMANA
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director, screenwriter and producer Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo. Rwanda's Oscar® submission for Best International Feature Set in a rural Rwandan village, eighteen years after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo's exceptional feature debut is a powerful portrait of the complex personal and societal dynamics of a...
September 24, 2026
BEING HEUMANN
DescriptionTrailerDescription They wouldn’t take Judy Heumann's phone calls, so she took their building. In 1977, a young disabled woman (Ruth Madeley) and a scrappy coalition of outsiders decide they've had enough. What begins as one impulsive act becomes the longest occupation of a federal building in American history, as hundreds spontaneously seize government offices and...
