September 24, 2026
THE BELOVED (EL SER QUERIDO)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription In the latest from Spanish filmmaker Rodrigo Sorogoyen (THE BEASTS), Javier Bardem gives an outstanding and frightening performance as a legendary Spanish filmmaker, Esteban Martínez, who returns to Spain to shoot his next picture in Fuerteventura: a period piece set in 1930s Western Sahara. For the key role of Gabriela, Esteban is keen on...
September 24, 2026
BEDFORD PARK
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director, screenwriter and editor Stephanie Ahn and actor and executive producer Moon Choi. An incredible South Korean cast grounds Stephanie Ahn's deeply affecting feature debut, a nuanced and emotionally layered portrait of two lost souls and a connection that emerges in the most unexpected of places....
September 24, 2026
BEHEMOTH!
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director, screenwriter and producer Tony Gilroy, actors Pedro Pascal and Kaya Ralls, producer and editor John Gilroy and composers Emily Bear, Brandon Roberts and Nami Melumad, moderated by David Canfield, Senior Entertainment Writer, The Hollywood Reporter. With BEHEMOTH!, Tony Gilroy (MICHAEL CLAYTON, ANDOR) makes an expert...
September 24, 2026
AT NIGHT
DescriptionBiosContactDescription At once hypnotic and evocative, British artist and filmmaker Beatrice Gibson’s feature debut, which received the Best Emerging Director Award at this year’s Locarno Film Festival, is a mesmerizing work of autofiction exploring personal malaise and communal dialogue among six women over a single night in Paris. Lensed by cinematographer Ben Rivers (A SPELL...
September 24, 2026
AT THE STAGE WHEN (CI SHI CI KE)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 2 In a Chinese megacity, a young laborer navigates her marriage to a well-off man and finds herself bound to an unintended future. Bios Hao Zhou is a filmmaker from Nanchuan, China, focusing on queer and feminist themes. Zhou's work has been screened at the Berlinale, Locarno,...
September 24, 2026
ALL OF A SUDDEN
DescriptionBiosDescription Japan's Oscar® submission for Best International Feature Academy Award®-winning Japanese auteur Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (DRIVE MY CAR, AFI FEST 2021) decamps to France for this life-affirming tale about the resilience and patience required to truly care for another human being. Co-winners of the Best Actress Award at Cannes, Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto star as...
September 24, 2026
ASHES (CENIZA EN LA BOCA)
DescriptionTrailerDescription Multi-hyphenate director/producer/actor Diego Luna adapts Mexican writer Brenda Navarro’s acclaimed novel for his Cannes-premiered fourth feature, a powerful and unconventional immigration drama about a young Mexican woman who journeys to Spain with her younger brother to join the mother who left them behind as children. At 21, Lucila (Anna Díaz) is already accustomed to...
September 24, 2026
AKTOS
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 2 Twelve-year-old Batyr has been secretly working on a daring project with his loyal dog Aktos by his side. When a sudden crisis threatens his plan, Batyr must race against time to finish it. Bios Madina Yelikbayeva is a self-taught stop-motion animator and director from Almaty, Kazakhstan....
September 24, 2026
9 TEMPLES TO HEAVEN (9 วัด สู่สวรรค์)
DescriptionBioDescription Thailand's Oscar® submission for Best International Feature The narrative feature debut from Thai filmmaker Sompot Chidgasornpongse finds a family wrestling with Buddhist traditions and practices in this meditative travelogue. In Thai Buddhist tradition, there’s magic in the number nine. So, when middle-aged businessman Sakol learns from a fortune teller that his mother has very...
September 24, 2026
An Evening with Phil Lord and Chris Miller: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screening to be preceded by a conversation with AFI FEST Guest Artistic Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller. With his 1968 sci-fi epic, Stanley Kubrick redefined the limits of filmmaking and cemented his legacy as one of the most revolutionary and influential directors of all time. Originally released in 70mm Cinerama roadshow format following...
