October 16, 2019
PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE.
DescriptionBiosDescription In an effort to improve feminine hygiene, a machine that creates low-cost biodegradable sanitary pads is installed in a rural village in Northern India. Bios Rayka Zehtabchi is an Iranian-American film director based in Los Angeles. Her directorial debut, MADARAN, qualified for the 89th Academy Awards® and screened at festivals worldwide. Zehtabchi’s senior thesis...
October 16, 2019
PIERCING
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Reed (Christopher Abbott) is a seemingly normal guy struggling to channel some dark urges involving an ice pick. To keep his family out of harm's way, he checks himself into a hotel and orders a prostitute, with the secret intention of taking his methodical violence out on her. But when call girl Jackie (Mia...
October 16, 2019
SIDELINED
DescriptionBiosContactDescription In 1978, several NFL cheerleaders posed in Playboy magazine after receiving approval from team management. But when the issue hit newstands, cheerleaders were fired, the San Diego Chargettes were disbanded, and the story made it to newspaper headlines, talk shows, and TV news around the country. Bios Galen Summer is a founding member of...
October 16, 2019
A SIEGE (OSTROM)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription A lonely woman in war-torn Sarajevo embarks on a journey to find water, and neither her neighbors nor sniper fire can stop her. Bios Filmmaker István Kovács’s film THE SOUND OF CONCRETE screened at more than 30 international film festivals, winning several awards. He studied in the MA directing class at SZFE, with Ildikó...
October 16, 2019
THE ORPHAN (O ÓRFÃO)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Jonathas is adopted but then returned due to his "different" way. Inspired by true events. Bios Carolina Markowicz is a screenwriter and director based in São Paulo, Brazil. She was one of the 10 emerging international filmmakers invited to be part of the Toronto International Film Festival 2015 Talent Lab, and was selected for...
October 16, 2019
OUR TIME (NUESTRO TIEMPO)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Two-time AFI FEST alum Carlos Reygadas returns with an intensely personal project. OUR TIME tells the story of an upper-middle-class rancher (Reygadas) whose wife (played by Reygadas' real-life spouse) draws him into a cuckolding fetish. As the emotional stakes rise, life on the idyllic landscape becomes threatened. Bios Carlos Reygadas studied law in Mexico and...
October 16, 2019
PEREZ – “LES VACANCES CONTINUENT”
DescriptionBiosDescription A music video that embraces the bloody, neon soul of KNIFE+HEART. Bios Yann Gonzalez was born in 1977 in Nice. He directed primarily short films before his feature debut, YOU AND THE NIGHT (2013). KNIFE + HEART is his sophomore feature. Both films premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. His short film, ISLANDS, played...
October 16, 2019
RELAXER
DescriptionBiosContactDescription AFI FEST alum Joel Potrykus takes us back to the halcyon days of Y2K for his latest study in broken men and thwarted ambitions – and it all takes place on a couch. Longtime collaborator and frequent muse Joshua Burge reunites with Potrykus, with Burge playing Abbie, a young man whose permanently pained face...
October 16, 2019
THE RETURN
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Karoline — a woman raised in Denmark by adoptive parents — travels to South Korea seeking more information about her birth mother. She takes up residence at KoRoot, a real-life guesthouse in Seoul for transnational adoptees. It's there that the formal daring and seamless blend of documentary and fiction in Malene Choi's debut feature...
October 16, 2019
ON THE BASIS OF SEX
DescriptionBiosContactDescription ON THE BASIS OF SEX follows the inspiring and spirited true story of young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Academy Award® nominee Felicity Jones) as she teams with her husband Marty (Armie Hammer) to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of gender discrimination. Directed by AFI Conservatory...
