October 16, 2019
GREEN FISH
DescriptionDescription Fresh from finishing his military service, Mak-Dong rescues Mi-Ae, a damsel in distress on a train, who only leaves behind her scarf as a memento. Smitten, MakDong returns home to a fragmented family whose remaining members, except for his polio-stricken brother, are indifferent to him. Yearning to earn enough money to open a restaurant...
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...
October 16, 2019
MANUEL OCAMPO: GOD IS MY CO-PILOT
DescriptionDescription Philippine-born contemporary artist Manuel Ocampo and his unforgettably provocative paintings have been a staple of the Los Angeles art scene and galleries throughout the world for the past decade, mixing religious iconography with debasing images of regal cockroaches and rats shooting heroin, and in turn delivering a jolting re-appropriation of anti-colonial, multicultural themes through...
October 16, 2019
GEORGICA
DescriptionDescription This Estonian film ravishes you with the simplicity of its story and the competence of its imagery. Jakub is an old preacher who lives alone on an island, until one day a young mute boy comes to live with him. The film slowly unfolds its riches, sensuously detailing Jakub's routines for staying sane and...
October 16, 2019
GERI’S GAME
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
GOD SAID, HA!
DescriptionDescription Filmed before a live audience, GOD SAID HA! brings SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE alum Julia Sweeney's critically-acclaimed stage production (that had its world debut in San Francisco) to the screen. Shortly after Sweeney moves into her dream Hollywood bungalow or, as she likes to call it, her "symbol of independence," her life begins to spin...
October 16, 2019
THE LESSER EVIL
DescriptionDescription Twenty-two years is a long time. Almost long enough for the Father Ivan Williams, Officer Frank O'Brien, attorney George Masseli, and mild-mannered businessman Derek Eastman to forget the darkest secret of their past. Almost. On a cold afternoon twenty-two years ago, the four friends sat at the edge of a quarry in their hometown,...
October 16, 2019
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (LA VITA È BELLA)
DescriptionDescription LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (La Vitae Bella) is a Chaplinesque fable about the power of imagination set against the stark reality of World War II Europe. The film combines satire, physical comedy, social commentary and a touch of the surreal into a uniquely moving story of love. Italy 1938: Guido is in love with Dora...
October 16, 2019
THE LITTLE GIRL WHO FELL FROM A TREE
DescriptionDescription SINGLE WHITE FEMALE meets FATAL ATIRACTION in this exciting psycho-thriller set in Berlin. A troubled young couple unable to have children find their lives infiltrated by a seductive young woman who moves into the adjacent flat. Flashes of a little girl's past reveal an abusive father, a magnificent tree, and the little girl hiding...
