October 16, 2019
THE PRINCESS OF MONTPENSIER
DescriptionDescription When the ravishing Morie de Mezieres is betrothed to the Prince of Montpensier, a fateful chain reaction commences. Whisked away to the Montpensiers' castle, she is entrusted to the Count of Chabonnes, the prince's confidante and a tormented deserter, whose task is to educate her on everything from penmanship to astronomy. But as she...
October 16, 2019
PRECIOUS LIFE (CHAIM YAKARIM)
DescriptionDescription As a tangible document of hope for peace in the Middle East, former war correspondent Shlomi Eldar's PRECIOUS LIFE conveys the need to bypass politics and nationalism in order to protect our children and improve their quality of life. Born without on immune system, the four-month-old Palestinian baby Mohammad Abu Mustoffo will die without...
October 16, 2019
POETRY (SHI)
DescriptionContactDescription Lee Chang-dong returns to AFI FEST after his triumphant 2008 screening of SECRET SUNSHINE with his latest film, POETRY This quietly precarious film opens with an enigmatic scene of a young girl's corpse floating down a river The story then settles in with an elderly woman who cares for her troubled grandson in their...
October 16, 2019
PIXELS
DescriptionDescription The real world undone by retro video game favorites.
October 16, 2019
PINK SARIS
DescriptionDescription With her documentaries DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE (1998), SISTERS IN LAW (2005) and ROUGH AUNTIES (2008), director Kim Longinotto has made a name for herself as a chronicler-without-borders of women's fight for justice. In PINK SARIS, Longinotto follows Sampat Pal Devi, leader of the "Pink Gang," a group of female activists from the Dalit caste....
October 16, 2019
OUTRAGE (AUTOREIJI)
DescriptionDescription In a world where there are no heroes, it's bad guy vs. bad guy in a spiraling explosion of gang warfare. Japanese writer, director and action movie heartthrob "Beat" Tokeshi Kitano is back to deliver one of his most violent films to date. Kita no plays mid-level yakuza boss Otomo, whose family belongs to...
October 16, 2019
ON LEAVE (REGILA)
DescriptionDescription Yotom came back home, but something went wrong on the way.
October 16, 2019
PHOTOGRAPH OF JESUS
DescriptionDescription Real-life archives become the stage where foci and fiction collide, belief runs amok and unruly images hove a life of their own.
October 16, 2019
OKI’S MOVIE (O-KUI-UI YEONG-HWA)
DescriptionDescription Fresh from showings at Venice and Toronto, the second opus from prolific savant Hong Sang·soo this year not only serves as an exhilarating companion piece to its predecessor, but also propels headlong into a formalistic exploration of the auteur's favorite preoccupations. Elegantly separated into four distinct sections, OKl'S MOVIE presents several occurrences in the...
October 16, 2019
NOTHING’S ALL BAD (SMUKKE MENNESKER)
DescriptionDescription In his feature film debut, writer /director Mikkel Munch-Fols delivers an examination of sexuality and desire in the lives of four lonely souls. Ingeborg feels unattractive and longs for a companion after the death of her husband. Young Jonas is so attractive that he makes a living selling himself to anyone. Anno is a...
