September 25, 2025
JIA
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1 Jia loves her bestie Nina more than anything, but when Nina tells Jia she wants to attend the school dance with a boy and not with Jia as planned, a choice is made that changes their friendship forever. Trailer
September 25, 2025
JUNKIE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription World Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with AFI Alumnus, director, screenwriter and producer William Means, AFI Alumna and executive producer Patty Jenkins, AFI Alumna and producer Rachel Weise, AFI Alumnus and editor Noam Klement, AFI Alumna and production designer Kato Lawton and actors Rocky Shay, Rett Keeter, Jessica Risco, Kian Morr...
September 25, 2025
JOE HUNT
DescriptionDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 5 After his father’s mysterious death, thirteen-year-old William turns to his imaginary hero, Joe Hunt, for guidance. As they search for answers, the line between protector and menace blurs, forcing William to question who he can truly trust.
September 25, 2025
THE KING OF COLOR
DescriptionBiosDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with AFI Alumus, director and screenwriter Patrick Creadon and subject Sean Adams, Dean, Division of Visual Art and Communication, ArtCenter. A compelling tribute to a visionary mind, THE KING OF COLOR tells the remarkable story of Lawrence Herbert, the man who forever changed the way the world...
September 25, 2025
IRON LAKE
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 4 On a '90s scouting trip, a volatile teenager expresses secret feelings for another boy. When he’s rejected, he must decide: risk his secret getting out to the troop or go to dark lengths to keep it hidden. Trailer
September 25, 2025
I WAS BORN THIS WAY
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director and producer Daniel Junge, producer Wellington Love, executive producer Cori Robinson and subject Beatitude Bishop Zachary Jones. The late Motown/disco/gospel singer Carl Bean was a human being impossible to categorize or confine to a single genre. His widespread impact intersects Black and LGBTQ+ history, as...
September 25, 2025
HOW TO SHOOT A GHOST
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Charlie Kaufman and screenwriter Eva H.D. Visionary director Charlie Kaufman reteams with actress Jessie Buckley for an impressionistic short that exhumes spectral traces of the personal and the political from the city of Athens. Buckley, in her second collaboration with Kaufman after 2020’s I’M THINKING...
September 25, 2025
IS THIS THING ON?
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with screenwriter, producer and actor Will Arnett and actor Laura Dern moderated by writer and film critic, Scott Mantz. Bradley Cooper’s beautifully affecting dramedy stars Will Arnett and Laura Dern in standout performances as a New York couple whose separation leads to major midlife self-reckoning and reinvention....
September 25, 2025
HONEYJOON
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director, screenwriter and producer Lilian T. Mehrel moderated by Bryce Norbitz, Vice President, Tribeca Studios, Artist Development. On the lush volcanic shores of the Azores, June (Ayden Mayeri) travels with her Persian-Kurdish mother, Lela (Amira Casar), one year after the loss of her father. What begins...
September 25, 2025
HOLDING LIAT
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Brandon Kramer and producer Lance Kramer. Brandon Kramer’s profile of an Israeli family seeking the return of their kidnapped loved ones who were abducted during the October 7 Hamas attack won the award for Best Documentary at the Berlin Film Festival. Beginning shortly after the...
