September 26, 2024
HERETIC
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Starring Hugh Grant, HERETIC follows two young missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) who are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed, becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse. The film is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods and...
September 26, 2024
HUMANTIS
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription World Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 1 When one "Humantis" unexpectedly goes through a physical transformation, it struggles to adapt and grow into its new self. Bios Paris Baillie is an artist and animator from Los Angeles. Her childhood dreams of being a Broadway star, teenage years of experimenting with photography...
September 26, 2024
HUSH, MY DEAR (拥抱)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: LIVE ACTION 2 In the midst of divorce and a custody battle, Xu Rui attends a kindergarten event, witnessing her son being bullied. Her impulsive reaction ripples throughout her life, forcing her to face repercussions. Bios Xiaoman Yang received her MFA in Directing from the...
September 26, 2024
I’M STILL HERE
DescriptionBiosDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Walter Salles and actors Fernanda Torres and Selton Mello. Based on true events and the bestselling memoir by Marcelo Rubens Paiva about his family, I’M STILL HERE – directed by Walter Salles – explores early 1970s Brazil, where the military dictatorship is tightening its grip...
September 26, 2024
HARD TRUTHS
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription October 27 screening to be followed by a conversation with AFI DWW Alumna and actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste moderated by AAFCA co-founder and president, Gil Robertson. Reuniting with British filmmaker Mike Leigh, Marianne Jean-Baptiste (SECRETS & LIES) portrays Pansy, the hardened matriarch of a middle-class Black family living in London. Her defenses are attuned with...
September 26, 2024
HARVEST
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director, producer and writer Athina Rachel Tsangari and actor Caleb Landry Jones. In the bucolic British countryside, a hard-scrabble community of medieval farmers are fiercely protective of their own and intensely wary of outsiders. But one such outsider has become a vital part of their village,...
September 26, 2024
HERE
DescriptionBiosDescription World Premiere Reuniting the director, writer and stars of FORREST GUMP – a modern classic that celebrates its 30th anniversary this year – HERE is an original film about multiple families and a special place they inhabit. The story travels through generations, capturing the most relatable of human experiences. Zemeckis directs from a screenplay...
September 26, 2024
HANAMI
DescriptionBiosDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director and writer Denise Fernandes and actress Alice da Luz. Dreams and reality are seamlessly interwoven to create a lyrical rumination on familial, geographical longing and belonging in this breakout debut feature by Denise Fernandes. On the volcanic island of Fogo, Cape Verde, with a landscape...
September 26, 2024
GROUP THERAPY
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with comedian London Hughes and executive producer Luke Kelly Clyne. Featuring an absolutely stacked cast of comedians including Mike Birbiglia, Nicole Byer, Atsuko Okatsuka and Tig Notaro, this candidly charming documentary explores the interconnectedness between the nature of comedy and mental health. Alternating between dedicated sit-down interviews...
September 26, 2024
GLORIA!
DescriptionBiosDescription Tradition and the nouveau clash in this poppy feminist romp about a quartet of renegade musicians. It is late 18th century in a deteriorating Catholic music institute for girls, and a silent, downtrodden young lady Teresa (jeeringly nicknamed “The Mute”) works as the ground’s maid. As whispers of excitement at the imminent visit of...
