September 26, 2024
GIRLS ARE MADE TO MAKE LOVE (LES FILLES C’EST FAIT POUR FAIRE L’AMOUR)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription World Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 2 Following women aged 25 through 45, this sociological investigation into couples’ sexuality tackles experiences of desire and love, norms in heterosexual relationships and paths to emancipation. Bios Jeanne Paturle, Cécile Rousset and Jeanne Drouet are also the directors behind ESPERANÇA, which played at the...
September 26, 2024
GAUCHO GAUCHO
DescriptionBiosDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director, producer and cinematographer Michael Dweck. After exploring the lives of elderly Italian villagers hunting rare truffles with their canine companions in the award-winning THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS, acclaimed documentarians Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw train their cameras on a rural Argentine community of gauchos — skilled...
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...
September 26, 2024
GIGI
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 1 From the tormented little mermaid to the fulfilled woman she is today, Gigi tells us about her gender transition with humor and sensitivity. Bios After studying at EMCA in Angoulême, where she directed her first animated documentary, Cynthia Calvi joined the En sortant...
September 26, 2024
EEPHUS
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Both screenings to be followed by a conversation with filmmaker Carson Lund and writers Michael Basta and Nate Fisher. Set in the crisp New England fall just before Halloween, the feature directorial debut of Carson Lund (also the cinematographer of CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER’S POINT at this year's AFI FEST) captures the wistful atmosphere...
September 26, 2024
DUCK
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: LIVE ACTION 2 The touching tale of an immigrant father's hard work and the fragility of being in a new country, told over the course of a single day. Bios Paola Contreras was born in Mexico and is now based in Canada, working as a cinematographer and director....
September 26, 2024
FAMILIAR TOUCH
DescriptionBiosDescription Both screening to be followed by a conversation with director, producer and writer Sarah Friedland. Billed as a “coming-of-old-age” story, filmmaker Sarah Friedland considers the fears and desires of those who are often relegated to the periphery in cinema and society in her poignant feature debut. Ruth (played by a magnificent Kathleen Chalfant), an...
September 26, 2024
FAVOURS
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: LIVE ACTION 2 On a packed train platform, Sonja struggles to comfort a wailing baby. But the baby isn’t hers: Sonja has agreed to watch a stranger’s child, and now, the mother is gone. Bios Born in Stockholm, Agnes Skonare has spent a great part of her adult...
September 26, 2024
FLOWER SHOW
DescriptionBiosDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 1 Three females in different phases of life, confronted with various social expectations, address how society has cultivated women like flowers for generations. Bios Elli Vuorinen is an animation artist who lives and works in rural Finland. Her works often strike a balance between...
September 26, 2024
THE FIRE INSIDE
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription U.S. Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with AFI Alumna, director and executive producer Rachel Morrison and actor Ryan Destiny moderated by filmmaker Ryan Coogler. Acclaimed cinematographer Rachel Morrison (AFI Class of 2006) makes her directorial debut with this engrossing drama about professional boxer Claressa Shields and her meteoric journey from Flint,...
