October 16, 2019
THE BIG MAMBO
DescriptionDescription Martin, a not-so busy actor, is resolutely determined not to grow up. Walking about Berlin, he dreams of making a film about his own youth and the good old days of rock'n'roll. Sadly he is the only one interested in such a film. As luck would have it, Maria, the actress he used to...
October 16, 2019
THE BEARD
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 APPLE
DescriptionDescription An astonishing re-enactment of a tragic true story: eleven-year old twin daughters are kept locked away at home their entire lives as possessive parents deny them the sort cif freedom and friendships that other children take for granted. When a concerned neighbor finally calls a social service worker and the girls are released, their...
October 16, 2019
THE BAND
DescriptionDescription Filmmaker David Zeiger spends one year filming his 18 year old son Danny and fellow members of the Decatur High School Marching Band. Surprisingly at ease and unselfconscious in front of the camera, the students philosophize, clown and give unflinchingly earnest accounts of their lives in progress. Against a backdrop of personal tragedy (the...
October 16, 2019
BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
DescriptionDescription Eisenstein, the AFI Film Festival presents the recently restored version of BATILESHIP POTEMKIN, featuring formerly excised footage. Undeniably one of the greatest films in cinematic history, BATILESHIP POTEMKIN effectively portrays the horrors of the failed Russian Revolution of 1905. Besides its social significance, this film is arguably the seminal film for modern film editing...
October 16, 2019
ANGELMAKER
DescriptionDescription A dark and atmospheric folk tale wherein a young girl confronts a series of moral choices in a rough turn-of-the-century Appalachia.
October 16, 2019
AMERICAN MASTERS – LEONARD BERNSTEIN: REACH FOR THE NOTE
DescriptionDescription One night in 1943, twenty-five year old Leonard Bernstein stepped in to guest conduct for the New York Philharmonic's ailing Bruno Walter and became an overnight sensation. Two years later, he was appointed symphony director - the first American director of a major orchestra in the world. Bernstein kept this post for 11 years,...
October 16, 2019
AMY
DescriptionDescription A little girl (played by a luminous 8-yearold Alana De Roma) rendered speechless after witnessing a harrowing event years prior is taken by her mother from the country to the city to get their lives back together. Her mother's attempts to find a cure for her daughter's seemingly impenetrable ailment takes her to the...
October 16, 2019
ACCIDENT
DescriptionDescription An accide nt involving a little boy is not what it seems.
October 16, 2019
AIRBAG
DescriptionDescription AIRBAG sets out to be frenzied, fun, and daring .. .Th1s third, long awaited feature from 30-year-old helmer Juanma Baja Ullos is a $6 million postmodern comedy thriller that shows equal traces of John Woo and Quentin Tarantino ...w ithout neglecting the quirky kitsch of Pedro Almodovar...With a speaking cast of more than 50,...
