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...
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
THE SON
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with Florian Zeller, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Ben Smithard and Iain Canning. Florian Zeller follows up his previous feature THE FATHER (AFI FEST 2020) with an affecting spiritual sequel adapted from his own stage play. Peter (Hugh Jackman) has a fraught relationship with his teenage son Nicholas (Zen McGrath)...
October 1, 2022
SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING (FUMER FAIT TOUSSER)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux (DEERSKIN, AFI FEST 2019) returns with another delightfully absurdist comedy, featuring a band of spandex-clad vigilante superheroes called the Tobacco Force - Benzene, Nicotine, Methanol, Mercury and Ammonia – who channel the negative effects of smoking to combat the enemy. When it becomes clear that their group cohesion is faltering,...
October 1, 2022
SIERRA
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription A father and his son are losing the folk race. In order to win, the boy turns himself into a car tire. Loosely inspired by the director's childhood, SIERRA pulls us into the surreal car racing world. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 5 Bios Sander Joon uses animation to create surreal worlds with...
October 1, 2022
SOREDIA
DescriptionTrailerDescription During an improvised trip to the California mountains, a self-conscious French girl studying in the U.S. finds herself lost and, desperate for a sense of belonging, decides to act on her growing obsession towards her charismatic new friend. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 8 Trailer
October 1, 2022
SHEDDING ANGELS
DescriptionTrailerDescription In search of an outfit for a costume party, a young man steals war uniforms from an elderly woman’s yard sale...but pays the price in the most unexpected way. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 9 Trailer
October 1, 2022
SHE SAID
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan star as New York Times investigative reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, who together broke the generation-defining story that helped propel the #Metoo movement, shattering decades of silence surrounding the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood and forever altered American culture. Based on the groundbreaking New York Times investigation...
October 1, 2022
SELENA GOMEZ: MY MIND AND ME
DescriptionBiosDescription World Premiere In this deeply personal documentary, Grammy-nominated singer, Emmy®-nominated producer and award-winning actress Selena Gomez, who’s been in the public eye since childhood, takes audiences on an illuminating and harrowing journey as she navigates the pressures of stardom and seeks to prioritize and destigmatize conversations surrounding mental health. Directed by Alek Keshishian (MADONNA:...
October 1, 2022
RINGING ROCKS
DescriptionTrailerDescription A young man supporting his boyfriend's recovery from paranoid delusions takes him on a romantic getaway to an isolated desert resort, only to start questioning his own grip on reality. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 5 Trailer
