October 1, 2022
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...
October 1, 2022
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...
October 1, 2022
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
October 1, 2022
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
October 1, 2022
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...
October 1, 2022
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
October 1, 2022
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...
October 1, 2022
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...
October 1, 2022
THE SPIRAL
DescriptionBiosContactDescription US Premiere A WhatsApp audio begins, and with it, a downward spiral unfolds. The voice of a woman sinking into a health anxiety attack quickly entangles a complex labyrinth of fears and emotions. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 3 Bios María Silvia Esteve is an Argentine film director. Her debut documentary film SILVIA...
October 1, 2022
“SR.”
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Chris Smith and producers Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey and Kevin Ford. A tender, career-spanning chronicle of the irreverent, underground filmmaker Robert Downey Sr., who directed films for nearly 50 years, including the iconoclastic works of PUTNEY SWOPE (1969), GREASER’S PALACE (1972) and CHAFED ELBOWS...
