October 16, 2019
LIFE OF PI
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Director Ang Lee (BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN; CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON) presents a groundbreaking movie about a young man who survives a disaster at sea. While marooned on a lifeboat, he forms a stunning and unexpected connection with the ship's only other survivor – a fearsome Bengal tiger. Bios Born in Taiwan in 1954, filmmaker Ang...
October 16, 2019
LIFE AND FREAKY TIMES OF UNCLE LUKE
DescriptionTrailerDescription A modern adaptation of the 1962 French short film LA JETEE starring Luke Skywalker from 2 Live Crew. Trailer
October 16, 2019
LEVIATHAN
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Emerging from inky darkness, we join the writhing life that is nighttime on a commercial fishing boat. With uncanny intimacy, LEVIATHAN propels the viewer into the rhythmic horrors of the sea and the men who live in it. Cameras are flung into the water, mingle with fish guts, and are carried lovingly by the...
October 16, 2019
THE LAST STEP
DescriptionBiosDescription “I always lost track of past events, even before my death,” says the deceased protagonist of Ali Mosaffa’s THE LAST STEP, inviting us down the rabbit hole of this playful puzzle of a film. The narrator is Koshrow (Mosaffa), a depressed architect who has just died in a mysterious fall. Mosaffa peels away the...
October 16, 2019
LAURENCE ANYWAYS
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Prolific Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan returns to AFI FEST with his latest passionate rollercoaster ride of unattainable love. Set in the ‘90s, LAURENCE ANYWAYS narrates the story of Laurence, a handsome high school teacher and writer who is madly in love with his girlfriend, Fred. Their joyful life is turned upside down when Laurence...
October 16, 2019
KUMA
DescriptionBiosDescription “Kuma” is Turkish for “second wife,” referring in this case to an uncommon yet enduring form of polygamy. Director Umut Dag has fashioned a sharply observed drama about a Muslim family caught between an older generation's traditions and their children's modern attitudes. KUMA opens in Turkey with the wedding of 19-year-old Ayse to the...
October 16, 2019
KON-TIKI
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Thor Heyerdahl is alone in his belief that Polynesia was first populated by settlers from South American rather than by men from the East, but he is determined to raise the funds for an expedition to prove his hypothesis. The crew that he ultimately gathers is not made up of the most experienced men...
October 16, 2019
KID-THING
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Childhood is a stage of life that has long fascinated filmmakers. From THE 400 BLOWS to HOME ALONE, directors have explored youth with their own signature style. In their second feature film, writer-director David Zellner and his brother Nathan, the film’s co-star, producer and cinematographer, take us down the rabbit hole of the messy,...
October 16, 2019
KID
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Kid, a boy of seven, lives with his mother and older brother Billy on a farm outside a small town. Abandoned by their father three years earlier, they have been forced to fend for themselves. Gradually, Kid’s mother sells off everything on the farm until nothing is left. When she leaves, the two boys...
