October 16, 2019
LIBERTAS
DescriptionDescription The story of a girl who travels to Uluru in the aftermath of a tragedy.
October 16, 2019
LITTLE KITTEN
DescriptionDescription These three ultra-short shorts came from the prolific mind of experimental filmmaker Stephanie Barber.
October 16, 2019
LAW OF DESIRE (LA LEY DEL DESEO)
DescriptionDescription A conversation with Pedro Almodovar and Variety's John Hopewell will precede the screening AFI FEST is honored, to present this 25th anniversary screening of LAW OF DESIRE, a landmark chapter in Pedro Almodovar's storied career Looking back across the decades, Almodovar says of the film, I don't think I'd change a single shot, and...
October 16, 2019
LE CERCLE ROUGE (EL CÍRCULO ROJO)
DescriptionContactDescription The thriller is an almost non-existent genre in Spain. In Europe, at least in the second half of the last century, the only country with a tradition in this genre was France, and its chief exponent was Jean-Pierre Melville, a director who had an enormous impact on contemporary directors throughout the world, from Tarantino...
October 16, 2019
KINYARWANDA
DescriptionDescription Six intimate stories ore interwoven to tell the tragic story of Rwanda's 1994 genocide, when a machete-wielding Hutu militia began targeting and killing their Tutsi countrymen - former friends and neighbors - with impunity Making his feature film debut, director/writer Alrick Brown worked with Rwandan co-writer/producer Ishmael Ntihabose to craft this script from a...
October 16, 2019
THE LADY
DescriptionDescription THE LADY is the extraordinary story of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner at the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her husband, Michael Aris. Michelle Yeah (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON) gives a quietly riveting performance as Suu Kyi Equally impressive is David Thewlis (NAKED), in the dual roles of Michael...
October 16, 2019
THE KILLERS
DescriptionDescription Never have so few pages, six, inspired so much good cinema . The short story "The Killers," written by Ernest Hemingway, gave rise to two thriller masterpieces, the first directed by the eclectic Robert Siodmak, and the second by Don Siegel, another craftsman who transcended the limits of being a simple studio director at...
October 16, 2019
KILL LIST
DescriptionDescription Unemployed for the lost eight months, suburban dad Jay is reluctant to use his natural gifts, but as the bills stock up and the day-to-day pressures mount, he realizes it's time to get back on the horse and kill some people With his partner Gal riding shotgun, Jay works his way down a list...
October 16, 2019
THE KID WITH A BIKE (LE GAMIN AU VÉLO)
DescriptionDescription Two-time winners of the Palme d'Or ot the Cannes Film Festival, Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (L'ENFANT) ore two of the most acclaimed directors working today . Their latest film, a story about a feisty 11-year-old boy who must summon the courage to accept his abandonment by his parents, shared the Grand Prix...
October 16, 2019
JUAN & LA BORREGA (JUAN Y LA BORREGA)
DescriptionDescription Juan's routine is turned upside dawn when La Borrega comes into the store where he works.
