September 26, 2024
ZURAWSKI V TEXAS
DescriptionBiosDescription Screening to be presented by producer Jennifer Lawrence and Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath, followed by conversation moderated by filmmaker Amy Ziering with co- director, cinematographer, and producer Maisie Crow; co-director and producer Abbie Perrault; subjects Amanda Zurawski , Samantha Casiano; Dr. Austin Dennard, and Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for...
September 26, 2024
WHO BY FIRE (COMME LE FEU)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director and writer Philippe Lesage and actors Noah Parker and Paul Ahmarani. Philippe Lesage’s eighth feature and latest since his international arthouse hit, GENESIS (AFI FEST 2018), finds him back to his roots exploring messy, complex relationships and the perils of both youthful desire and creative...
September 26, 2024
YOU’RE TOO SENSITIVE
DescriptionBiosDescription World Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 1 After a decade apart, a filmmaker records his immigrant family reuniting for the youngest son’s graduation, documenting their quirks, affections and lifelong resentments. Bios Dan Chen is a director, writer and producer working in LA. His films have been featured on Vimeo Staff Picks,...
September 26, 2024
VIET AND NAM
DescriptionBiosContactDescription In the unfathomable depths of a coal mine, laborers Nam (Pham Thanh Hai) and Viet (Dao Duy Bao Dinh) have found a boundless love. Wrapped in darkness, their bodies intertwine, soaking up their last moments together before they are drawn apart. Dreaming of a better life outside the mine, Nam readies himself for a...
September 26, 2024
WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
DescriptionBiosDescription World Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with co-directors Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham moderated by Peter Debruge from Variety. Aardman’s four-time Academy Award®-winning director Nick Park and Emmy Award®-nominated director Merlin Crossingham return with a brand new epic adventure, WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL. In this next installment, Gromit’s concern that...
September 26, 2024
YUMMY
DescriptionBiosContactDescription USA Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: AFTER DARK Julia works as a dog food taste tester. After a brutal break up, dog food will never taste the same. Bios Martinus Klemet studied fine arts and animation at the Estonian Academy of Arts. His films have screened at numerous international festivals including Fredrikstad,...
September 26, 2024
WALK WITH ME
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with AFI Conservatory Alumna and filmmaker Heidi Levitt and subject Charlie Hess. The directorial debut of veteran casting director Heidi Levitt, WALK WITH ME chronicles Levitt and her husband Charlie Hess’ experience with Alzheimer’s disease, following his early onset diagnosis in 2019 at age 57. In these...
September 26, 2024
UNDER THE VOLCANO
DescriptionBiosDescription U.S. Premiere October 27 screening to be followed by a conversation with producers Mikolaj Lizut and Agnieszka Jastrzębska. Damian Kocur’s follow-up to his acclaimed debut BREAD AND SALT (2022) makes its U.S. premiere at AFI FEST a decade after his short 21 DAYS premiered at AFI DOCS in 2014. In the Polish filmmaker’s sophomore...
September 26, 2024
VERMIGLIO
DescriptionBiosContactDescription October 27 screening to be followed by a conversation with director Maura Delpero. Director Maura Delpero examines the intersection of midcentury gender politics, imposed tradition and religion in this year’s Silver Lion Grand Jury Winner from the Venice Film Festival. It is 1944 in the remote alpine village of Vermiglio, Italy. Removed from the...
September 26, 2024
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE (UNE LANGUE UNIVERSELLE)
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Both screenings to be followed by a conversation with filmmaker Matthew Rankin and writer and producer Ila Firouzabadi. Winner of the first-ever Directors’ Fortnight Audience Award in Cannes, the delightfully offbeat second feature from Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin (THE TWENTIETH CENTURY) imagines a parallel universe somewhere between Winnipeg, Montreal and Tehran, where the dominant...
