October 16, 2019
NICOTINE
DescriptionDescription Madrid, 2016. Smoking is forbidden. Two old friends meet up again and neither will emerge unhurt from this encounter.
October 16, 2019
KEEP IN A DRY PLACE AND AWAY FROM CHILDREN
DescriptionDescription Chris Padilla, who presented last year's popular FEATS OF CLAY for AFI Fest, hosts a high caliber program of the latest imaginative, bold efforts pushing the envelope in animation. This series includes several films that make for perfect viewing during the Halloween season plus the rarely seen otherworldly animations of Ian Emes and more....
October 16, 2019
THE LAST CONTRACT
DescriptionDescription In February of 1986, the controversial Swedish Prime Minster Olaf Palme was gunned down in downtown Stockholm. This taut and compelling thriller in the vein of THE DAY OF THE JACKAL follows Roger Nyman, a young police officer who is tracking a man wanted by Interpol for the murder of a black South African...
October 16, 2019
THE LAST DAYS OF MAY
DescriptionDescription An engaging and original film about a divorced mother, Pat and her loving and protective relationship with her mentally ill daughter, May. May was once a brilliant mathematics major in college when something inside of her snapped, bringing about her hospitalization. The film begins after May's release, living with her mother, swallowing her medications...
October 16, 2019
MUCH ADO ABOUT PUBERTY
DescriptionDescription A 16th century Elizabethan family of three finds themselves living in suburban America.
October 16, 2019
MY BEAUTIFUL ME
DescriptionDescription The AFI Fest is proud to spotlight Filmmakers Alliance, the cutting-edge Los Angeles filmmaking collective, by screening its latest collection of short films under the title of "Love and Death" -four darkly comic takes on love, crime, relationships, birth, death and socks. The four films will be preceeded by a PSA on domestic abuse...
October 16, 2019
ISN’T IT ROMANTIC
DescriptionDescription After celebrating a buddy's birthday at a strip bar, Alan, thinking he's helping a stranded motorist, picks up the wrong girl at the wrong time on the wrong stretch of Hollywood Boulevard and ends up busted by the cops a la Hugh Grant. Now, a week later, Alan's wife Laura has kicked him out...
October 16, 2019
JEROME
DescriptionDescription In this nine-to-five, work-oriented world - who hasn't thought of escaping their everyday responsibilities? JEROME is a day-inthe- life story of one such dreamer, Wade Hampton, who has been trapped for the last 15 years in an unfulfilling existence at an assembly-line factory in Bakersfield, CA. One day, Wade walks away from his job,...
October 16, 2019
JUGOFILM
DescriptionDescription Many films have brought home the tragedy of war by focusing on the plight of those fighting on the front lines. Young Milan and his family have managed to avoid the holocaust consuming those trapped in Yugoslavia, but they are concerned for the safety of Milan's grandmother, who still dwells in the war-torn country....
October 16, 2019
MOVIN’ TO MONTANA
DescriptionDescription The thoughtful tale of a fatherless boy, Jesse, who runs away from home believing that football great Joe Montana is his father.
