UNREST (UNRUEH)

DescriptionBiosDescription It is the 1870s and nestled in the lush Swiss Jura Mountains is the watchmaking town of St. Imier. When Russian traveler Pyotr Kropotkin (Alexei Evstratov) arrives, intent on drawing a more accurate map of the region, he meets Josephine (Clara Gostynski), a worker at a wristwatch factory that has become a hub for...

UNDER THE ROSES

DescriptionTrailerDescription A lawyer getting a divorce goes to see an old girlfriend for what he hopes is a date, only to learn that she wants him to convince her son to forgo his dream. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 8 Trailer

TIAN HEI HEI

DescriptionTrailerDescription A young girl growing up in a Shanghainese gambling den must protect her friend and survive the violent world of petty gangsters by relying on her wits. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 7 Trailer

TURN EVERY PAGE – THE ADVENTURES OF ROBERT CARO AND ROBERT GOTTLIEB

DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Lizzie Gottlieb. In 2020, when the media landscape was overtaken by Zoom, providing a privileged peek inside pundit and celebrity homes, perched atop book piles, carefully situated within the frame, invariably, there was Robert Caro's name. Though these heavy tomes have become status symbols of...

TRENQUE LAUQUEN

DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription TRENQUE LAUQUEN will be screening in two parts with a 20-minute intermission. The newest output of the El Pampero Collective (which has produced some of Argentinian cinema’s most exciting recent discoveries, including the colossal LA FLOR), TRENQUE LAUQUEN takes us on a mystifying journey centered on an inquisitive academic and radio show presenter, Laura (Laura Paredes). When she...

TO THE DUST

DescriptionDescription Living in the expanse of the Wild West, a disabled woman is forced to fight not only the elements but also her own grief when confronted with an unexpected loss. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1

SUCK HARD

DescriptionTrailerDescription Reeling from an earth-shattering break up, 17-year-old Zoe must confront all that is left of her first love: a cardboard box of “stuff.” Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 8 Trailer

THIS HOUSE (CETTE MAISON)

DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Miryam Charles and actors Schelby Jean-Baptiste and Florence Blain Mbaye. On a wintery day in Bridgeport, Connecticut, 2008, a teenage girl named Tessa was mysteriously murdered in her own home. Ten years later, Canadian filmmaker and Tessa’s cousin, Miryam Charles, reopens the cold case in...

THE SWARMERS (SCHWARMTIERE)

DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Los Angeles premiere Karla is new at a highly traditional boarding school. Because she breaks the nose of popular classmate Pombert on her very first day, her social decline becomes inevitable. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 2 Bios Alison Kuhn was born in Germany and studies Directing at Film University Babelsberg. Her film...

SUBJECT

DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with co-director Jennifer Tiexiera and co-producers and participants Ahmed Hassan, Margie Ratliff and Mukunda Angulo. From award-winning filmmakers Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla Hall, SUBJECT considers the ethical complications inherent in documentary filmmaking and leads an in-depth investigation into the documentarian and subject relationship. In revisiting notable works,...

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