September 26, 2024
SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 2
BIRD DRONE 2023 Australia 8 MIN DIRECTOR Radheya Jang Jegatheva A lonely seagull looking for love struggles to accept that his newfound object of affection is a human-operated drone with a limited battery life. MARVELOUS GIFT 2024 Colombia 6 MIN DIRECTOR Danna Galeano, German Acuña Humanity has gained the marvelous gift of eternal life and...
September 26, 2024
SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 1
PERCEBES 2024 France 11 MIN DIRECTOR Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves Set in the sea and the urban Algarve, we follow the complete life cycle of a special shellfish, percebes, from their formation to the dish. FLOWER SHOW 2024 Finland 8 MIN DIRECTOR Elli Vuorinen Three females in different phases of life, confronted with various social...
September 26, 2024
SHORTS PROGRAM: AFTER DARK
RAT! 2024 USA 16 MIN DIRECTOR Neal Suresh Mulani When a disgruntled music journalist accuses a global pop star of queerbaiting, the singer’s devoted fans descend on his remote cabin to wreak havoc and seek retribution. THE SHADOW WRANGLER 2024 USA 13 MIN DIRECTOR Grace Rex An audiobook narrator's attempts to finish recording a western...
October 11, 2023
GREATEST BOOKS ON FILM
DescriptionDescription MEET THE AUTHORS OF THE GREATEST FILM BOOKS OF ALL TIME Saturday, October 28, 4:00 pm, The Historic TCL Chinese Theatre AFI FEST will host a panel celebrating the greatest film books of all time moderated by The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg. Some 300 of the world’s most noted filmmakers, film executives, authors and...
October 10, 2023
WINGS OF DESIRE
DescriptionDescription After an eternity of looking after mortal beings, observing their lives, their loves, their passions and pains, intrigued angel Damiel (Bruno Ganz) decides to join them, crossing over to live life as they do. He discovers love with circus acrobat Marion (Solveig Dommartin), and in the person of "Der Filmstar" (Peter Falk), something like...
October 10, 2023
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
DescriptionDescription Starving artist Jerry Mulligan (Gene Kelly) shares a Parisian garret with unemployed pianist Adam Cook (Oscar Levant). When heiress/patroness Milo Roberts (Nina Foch) takes an interest in Mulligan and his canvasses, it could be their ticket to the big time – although complications ensue when Mulligan falls hard for shopgirl Lise Bouvier (Leslie Caron)....
October 10, 2023
ALL THAT JAZZ
DescriptionDescription In this autobiographical classic from 1979, filmmaker and choreographer Bob Fosse (CABARET) tells the story of his own life through alter ego Joe Gideon, brought to life by the dashing Roy Scheider at the peak of his career. Gideon’s overindulgence in all things heavy (drugs, alcohol and sex), plus an inability to rest, lead...
October 10, 2023
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH (aka STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN)
DescriptionDescription Screening introduced by AFI FEST Guest Artistic Director Greta Gerwig Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's celebrated World War II fantasy A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH — called STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN in the U.S. owing to its most memorable special effect, a celestial escalator transporting souls from Earth to heaven — continues to rank...
October 10, 2023
PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE
DescriptionDescription Screening introduced by AFI FEST Guest Artistic Director Greta Gerwig Paul Reubens made the leap from cabaret theater to major studio movie with his iconic Pee-wee Herman character in this inventive 1985 comedy, along with Pee-wee's toys, gadgets and colorful friends. The theft of his treasured bike sets Pee-wee on a cross-country quest, ending...
October 10, 2023
LEE
DescriptionBioDescription U.S. Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Ellen Kuras, writer Liz Hannah, producer Kate Solomon and Lee Miller's son, Antony Penrose Academy Award®-winning actress Kate Winslet stars as Lee Miller, the war correspondent whose bold photos of the London Blitz, the liberation of Paris, and the concentration camps of Buchenwald...
