October 16, 2019
GREEN BOOK
DescriptionBiosDescription Frank Anthony Vallelonga, aka Tony Lip (Academy Award® nominee Viggo Mortensen), a New York City bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in The Bronx, is hired to drive and protect Dr. Don Shirley (Academy Award® winner Mahershala Ali), a world-class black pianist, on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South. It's 1962, during...
October 16, 2019
FAUVE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Set in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer. Bios Driven by a passion for Skateboarding, Jeremy Comte directed his first short documentary FEEL THE HILL at 18 years old, and was included in the Banff Mountain Film Festival’s tour. His latest...
October 16, 2019
THE FAVOURITE
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription In THE FAVOURITE, director Yorgos Lanthimos showcases his uniquely dark humor with a story of royal intrigue, jealousy and betrayal. Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) sits on the English throne in the early 18th century while her close friend, Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz), governs the war with the French and tends to Her Majesty's every...
October 16, 2019
FUGUE (FUGA)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription After a two-year disappearance, free-spirited Alicja is reunited with her parents, husband and young son despite having no memory of them. Suddenly thrust back into a domestic life she has no recollection of choosing, Alicja struggles to reconcile her new and unfamiliar roles of dependability with the unshackled independence sprung by her recent mental...
October 16, 2019
GENESIS (GENÈSE)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Guillaume is an outwardly confident teenager in a posh boarding school. Intelligent and brash, he veers between likable and overbearing both in the faculty's and his fellow student's eyes. When surprising new feelings of love and alienation consume him, his veneer of composure begins to crack. Meanwhile, his older sister Charlotte has just wriggled...
October 16, 2019
GINGERBREAD
DescriptionBiosDescription In 1862, during the bloodiest days of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln reluctantly agrees to join Mary Todd in a séance to contact their recently departed son. Bios Kendell Courtney Klein (AFI Class of 2014) is drawn to biopics that explore misunderstood and forgotten figures. Since graduating from AFI, her screenplays have won the...
October 16, 2019
GOOD PEOPLE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Overwhelmed by guilt after an intense affair, Emma returns home to her family hoping to reconnect with her husband. An AFI Conservatory thesis film. Bios Gregory Kohn's (AFI Class of 2017) first two features, NORTHEAST and COME DOWN MOLLY, both premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and were distributed domestically. Kohn is currently developing...
October 16, 2019
THE GRAND BIZARRE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Rich, multicolored tapestries dance in and out of the snapping jaws of suitcases, along the decks of ships and along far-flung shorelines as the clatter of industrial soundscapes morphs into irresistible pop confections. Alive with color, gesture, sound and truly bravura editing, this debut feature from acclaimed experimental animator Jodie Mack uses stop-motion animation...
October 16, 2019
FAMILY
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Kate Stone (Taylor Schilling) is career-focused, and enjoys her life that way. Her brash attitude keeps relationships at arm's length, making her an outcast in her own right. When her estranged brother calls asking her to babysit her tween niece Maddie, Kate reluctantly agrees to help. But babysitting overnight unexpectedly turns into a week,...
October 16, 2019
GINGERBREAD
DescriptionBiosDescription In 1862, during the bloodiest days of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln reluctantly agrees to join Mary Todd in a séance to contact their recently departed son. Bios Kendell Courtney Klein (AFI Class of 2014) is drawn to biopics that explore misunderstood and forgotten figures. Since graduating from AFI, her screenplays have won the...
