October 16, 2019
PALJAS
DescriptionDescription In an unusual mix of realism and whimsy, this masterful South African drama takes an inspired approach to the question of prejudice in small town communities. The once-normal McDonald family is now isolated and nine-year-old Willem has stopped talking. When a circus train full of animals is left behind at the town railway station,...
October 16, 2019
PECULIAR PATIENTS PRANKS
DescriptionDescription Film preservation also means exhibition to AFI. This extraordinary program of rare films saved and/or restored by AFI includes the long lost first OUR GANG movie, the oldest surviving AfricanAmerican feature, a lost Harold Lloyd comedy and a lost Edison color film. The OUR GANG/UTILE RASCALS movie titled OUR GANG ( 1922, 8 min)...
October 16, 2019
MY BEAUTIFUL ME
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
MY MOTHER DREAMS THE SATAN DISCIPLES IN NEW YORK
DescriptionDescription A mother/daughter/biker comedy about a Midwestern housewife who travels to Manhattan for the first time and begins to spin a fantasy about the Satan Disciples motorcycle club across the street from her daughter's apartment.
October 16, 2019
MY SON THE FANATIC
DescriptionDescription Parvez, a taxi driver in Britain, can't break out of his working class status and afford a better life for his wife, Minoa and son, Farid. Working into the night to earn his keep, Parvez endures condescension from people like Schultz, a private client he chauffeurs around town and matches up with local prostitute...
October 16, 2019
OUR GANG
DescriptionDescription Film preservation also means exhibition to AFI. This extraordinary program of rare films saved and/or restored by AFI includes the long lost first OUR GANG movie, the oldest surviving AfricanAmerican feature, a lost Harold Lloyd comedy and a lost Edison color film. The OUR GANG/UTILE RASCALS movie titled OUR GANG ( 1922, 8 min)...
October 16, 2019
PAIN CHAIN
DescriptionDescription Three characters' lives are overturned by the arrival of an enchanted amulet that has the power to transfer pain from one person to another.
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
MUCH ADO ABOUT PUBERTY
DescriptionDescription A 16th century Elizabethan family of three finds themselves living in suburban America.
October 16, 2019
THE ORIGINS OF BEETHOVEN’S MOONLIGHT SONATA
DescriptionDescription Film preservation also means exhibition to AFI. This extraordinary program of rare films saved and/or restored by AFI includes the long lost first OUR GANG movie, the oldest surviving AfricanAmerican feature, a lost Harold Lloyd comedy and a lost Edison color film. The OUR GANG/UTILE RASCALS movie titled OUR GANG ( 1922, 8 min)...
