September 26, 2024
SPOTLIGHT: ROBERT ZEMECKIS & TOM HANKS
DescriptionDescription AFI will honor Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis with a Directors Spotlight on Thursday, October 24, ahead of AFI FEST’s Centerpiece Screening of Zemeckis’ latest film HERE on Friday, October 25. The event will feature an in-depth conversation between Zemeckis and his frequent collaborator Tom Hanks, discussing the director’s illustrious career and his groundbreaking,...
September 26, 2024
STUD COUNTRY
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 1 In 2023, Stud Country, the largest weekly queer line dancing event in America, which has preserved the little-known LA tradition for over 50 years, is confronted with losing its beloved venue. Bios Alexandra Kern is an award-winning filmmaker. She has produced commercial and acclaimed independent projects...
September 26, 2024
TAKE CARE (CALANTABA)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription World Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 1 Jose, a Mexican in his mid-50’s, dedicates his life to taking care of his 90-year-old mother with late-stage Alzheimer’s. Bios Brenton Oechsle is an American cinematographer and award-winning filmmaker. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Tribeca, Hollyshorts, Nowness...
September 26, 2024
SISTER MIDNIGHT
DescriptionBioContactDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director and writer Karan Kandhari. Karan Kandhari’s audacious horror-comedy boasts an impressive performance from lead Radhika Apte, who dazzles and delights with deadpan affect, dexterous physical comedy bits and a blue streak of creative cursing. Uma (Apte) arrives in Mumbai by train from her home village...
September 26, 2024
THE SHROUDS
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Following the death of his wife (Diane Kruger), businessman Karsh (Vincent Cassel) conceives of a technology that permits video access to monitor the decomposition of loved ones from inside the grave. In staggering 8K resolution detail, Karsh zooms in on his wife’s decaying remains to discover strange growths on her bones. Disturbed and confused,...
September 26, 2024
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director and writer Johan Grimonprez. Jazz and colonial politics collide in a forgotten chapter of Cold War history in Johan Grimonprez’s electrifying essay film. The music of Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Nina Simone and other jazz legends infuse the soundscape of decolonization movements rippling through the...
September 26, 2024
SILENT PANORAMA
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 1 Two campers cross a deserted landscape, intrigued by the cracking, trickling and other sounds that give life to this place. Originally drawn and animated on a single sheet of paper as a performance. Bios Nicolas Piret is a Belgian artist and filmmaker who graduated from the...
September 26, 2024
SONGS FROM THE HOLE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director and producer Contessa Gayles, subject, writer and producer JJ'88, producer and music producer richie reseda moderated by filmmaker D'Lo Louis. Documentary filmmaker and Emmy®-nominated producer Contessa Gayles (THE FEMINIST ON CELLBLOCK Y) peers inside the creative mind and emotional world of James “JJ‘88” Jacobs, a...
September 26, 2024
SHEEP OUT
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 1 A story about an animator living a routine life, moving only between home and work. Slowly sinking into apathy, she begins separating herself from the outside world. Bios Born in Radom, Poland in 1998, Zofia Klamka graduated from the animation studio led by Dr. Przemysław Adamski...
September 26, 2024
SHEEP AND WOLVES (OVEJAS Y LOBOS)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: LIVE ACTION 1 Set in the height of the Peruvian armed conflict, a mother’s world is shattered when her son vanishes. She searches for him across a perilous, vast and unforgiving landscape. Bios Alex Fischman Cárdenas is a Peruvian filmmaker, passionate about telling unheard, honest...
