October 16, 2019
THE WILD PEAR TREE (AHLAT AGACI)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Palme d’Or winner Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s THE WILD PEAR TREE is an achingly beautiful portrait of an ambitious young writer returning home after college. Hoping to enjoy momentary solace in the company of nature’s calming indifference and with parents whose lives are already settled, Sinan finds only guilt in confrontations with the too-early failures...
October 16, 2019
WHERE THE WATER RUNS
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription During the most drastic and prolonged drought in California history, a water truck delivery driver uses his resources to return water to the communities that need it most. An AFI Conservatory thesis film. Bios DuBois Ashong (AFI Class of 2017) focuses on telling stories centering on under-represented communities around the world. Largely self-taught DuBois'...
October 16, 2019
WHILE I YET LIVE
DescriptionBiosDescription Five acclaimed African-American quilters from Gee's Bend, Alabama, talk about love, religion and the fight for civil rights as they continue the tradition of quilting that originally brought them together. Bios Maris Curran's films have shown at Berlinale, TIFF, Sheffield Doc/Fest and MoMA, among 50 other prestigious festivals and institutions. Her debut narrative feature,...
October 16, 2019
THE WATER SLIDE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Tragedy strikes the world's tallest water slide. Bios Nathan Truesdell recently directed BALLOONFEST, THE WATER SLIDE and THE ART OF MAKING MONEY. Truesdell was the lead cinematographer of SPEAKING IS DIFFICULT. He produced WE ALWAYS LIE TO STRANGERS, CONVENTION and CAUCUS. He was a cinematographer and editor on KILLING THEM SAFELY and was the...
October 16, 2019
THE WEEKEND
DescriptionBiosDescription Despite remaining friends, stand-up comedian Zadie is “extremely single” ever since her breakup with Bradford. When she invites him to her mother’s bed and breakfast for the weekend, Bradford invites his girlfriend. What begins as a fun weekend getaway quickly becomes riddled with baggage, jealousy and desire. Tension between the guests build as secrets...
October 16, 2019
VISION
DescriptionBiosContactDescription In the lush mountains of Nara, Japan, thoughtful and withdrawn Tomo has taken refuge from the madness of the world, sharing a quiet life alongside mysterious herbalist Aki, a blind seer who possesses an otherworldly understanding of the ways of the forest. Yet their peaceful life is about to change with the arrival of...
October 16, 2019
VOX LUX
DescriptionBiosDescription As a teenager in 1999, Celeste (Raffey Cassidy) survived a brutal school shooting in Staten Island. To process her grief, young Celeste wrote and performed a song that unexpectedly catapulted her into the national spotlight; and so a country's trauma created a teen girl's career as a pop star. Starting with this brilliantly cynical...
October 16, 2019
WAR PAINT
DescriptionBiosContactDescription A young, South LA black girl experiences a series of events that intersect racism and sexism during the Fourth of July holiday. An AFI Directing Workshop for Women film. Bios Katrelle N. Kindred (AFI Directing Workshop for Women, Class of 2018) is a native of South Los Angeles and an award-winning director, writer and...
October 16, 2019
UMBRA (TARIKI)
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription A few minutes after midnight, a young woman realizes that her partner has disappeared after sex. Worried, she goes out to find him in the dark streets. Bios After graduating from Azad University Tehran in Electronics Engineering in 2006, Saeed Jafarian made his first short docudrama, PD 150, about filmmaking. To date, he has...
October 16, 2019
UNDER THE SILVER LAKE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Hidden beneath the surface of the lives of the young and beautiful in Los Angeles lurks a sinister code to unlocking everything. Sam (Andrew Garfield) is just another failed artist living in Silver Lake, perpetually buzzed on too much pot. When a young ingénue (Riley Keough) moves in downstairs, only to promptly vanish the...
