October 16, 2019
TCHOUPITOULAS
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription The Ross brothers’ TCHOUPITOULAS is a dreamlike documentary following three young boys who venture across the mighty Mississippi River into New Orleans’ famous French Quarter for a night of revelry among street performers, drag queens, burlesque dancers and Mardi Gras parades. Following their Independent Spirit Award winning debut film, 45365, Bill and Turner Ross...
October 16, 2019
TEY (AUJOURD’HUI)
DescriptionBiosDescription Alain Gomis’ third film is a lyrical and poetic portrait of modern Senegal. Saül Williams is Satché, a healthy young man who is told by the community’s fortuneteller that he has only one day left to live. Satché accepts his fate and sets out to spend his final day with the people who will...
October 16, 2019
TAPE GENERATIONS
DescriptionDescription A brief experimental animation made with simple rolls of tape, gravity and time.
October 16, 2019
SUNSET BLVD
DescriptionBiosDescription A stunning new restoration of this classic of American cinema is presented in partnership with Technicolor. Bios The brilliant and versatile Billy Wilder (1906-2002) began his film career in the late 1920s. He left Nazi Germany, arriving in Hollywood in1933 where he quickly mastered American slang. Among the classic films he wrote and directed...
October 16, 2019
TABU
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription TABU is a highly stylized dream of a film. The film takes its name from the F.W. Murnau and Robert Flaherty 1931 silent classic TABU: A STORY OF THE SOUTH SEAS and is similarly an epic colonial romance. However, in Miguel Gomes’ TABU, the romantic ideals of colonial history are juxtaposed against a moral...
October 16, 2019
SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS
DescriptionBiosDescription Studio head William Fox offered F. W. Murnau complete artistic freedom when he brought the German director to the United States after the filmmaker’s critical triumphs, THE LAST LAUGH (1924) and FAUST (1926). SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS, which contains few explanatory and dialogue titles, continues Murnau’s experiments in purely visual storytelling, and...
October 16, 2019
SUN DON’T SHINE
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Amy Siemetz’s directorial debut, SUN DON’T SHINE, follows Crystal and her boyfriend Leo as they travel across the Sunshine State to escape Crystal’s haunting past and embark on a new future together. As they travel, we are introduced to their complex relationship and the mystery of what brought them to this point in their...
October 16, 2019
SPOTLIGHT
DescriptionDescription Presented by Entertainment Weekly Entertainment Weekly takes a seat at AFI FEST 2012 to have a conversation with featured actors from some of the year’s most buzzed about films.
October 16, 2019
STARLET
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Sean Baker’s unusual character study follows the improbable friendship that develops between Jane, a rootless 21-year-old porn actress and Sadie, a prickly octogenarian who accidentally sells her a thermos full of cash at a yard sale. Jane’s unspoken attempts to “repay” her debt to Sadie result in a combative yet tender mother-daughter dynamic. Baker...
October 16, 2019
STORAGE
DescriptionDescription A couple's relationship reaches the breaking point when they hunt far treasure in a dead relative's storage unit.
