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.
October 16, 2019
MR. ZHAO
DescriptionDescription Stories of adultery always transcend cultural boundaries, and "Mr. Zhao" is no exception. When the title character, a teacher, begins an affair with one of his former students, his wife follows him and discovers the infidelity. Complicating matters, his mistress reveals that she's carrying his child. Not wanting to sever responsibility completely for the...
October 16, 2019
HYDE
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
I WOKE UP EARLY THE DAY I DIED
DescriptionDescription A cross-dressing thief escapes from a sanitarium, wearing his nurse's uniform. The reason for his residence in Casa de la Loco? Random noises trigger a cerebral frenzy, driving him to kill. He embarks on a homicidal larceny bender. .. Clearly a sign from the old Gods of Hollywood that Tinseltown's first century is coming...
October 16, 2019
IN THE NAVEL OF THE SEA
DescriptionDescription In a remote fishing island in the 1950s, Pepito grows up learning the trade of his mother, the only midwife capable of delivering the newborn babies of the comm'unity. At first, the young son doesn't mind the unusual arrangement, but as he grows older, he begins to resist the role traditionally meant only for...
October 16, 2019
MEETING DADDY
DescriptionDescription In the role of his lifetime, Lloyd Bridges is "Daddy," the South's (and possibly the world's) most wily and manipulative father. Peter is a transplanted New Yorker who is having a hard time loving Los Angeles -- that is, until he meets Melanie, the girl of his dreams. Peter is Jewish. Melanie is southern....
October 16, 2019
MITZI AND JOE
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
HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT
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
LOVE WITHOUT SOCKS
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...
