October 16, 2019
IN THE NAVEL OF THE SEA
DescriptionDescription In a remote fishing island in the 1950s, Pepito grows up learning the trade of his mother, the only midwife capable of delivering the newborn babies of the comm'unity. At first, the young son doesn't mind the unusual arrangement, but as he grows older, he begins to resist the role traditionally meant only for...
October 16, 2019
MEETING DADDY
DescriptionDescription In the role of his lifetime, Lloyd Bridges is "Daddy," the South's (and possibly the world's) most wily and manipulative father. Peter is a transplanted New Yorker who is having a hard time loving Los Angeles -- that is, until he meets Melanie, the girl of his dreams. Peter is Jewish. Melanie is southern....
October 16, 2019
MITZI AND JOE
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
GODS AND MONSTERS
DescriptionDescription On May 29, 1957, the lifeless body of retired film director James Whale, director of the FRANKENSTEIN movies, was found, sportily attired in his favorite suit, at the bottom of his swimming pool. In this fictional account, Whale has recently suffered a mild stroke, and is attended to by his housekeeper. Now retired, he...
October 16, 2019
GOING TO KANSAS CITY
DescriptionDescription Finnish exchange student Mikko is going to Kansas City, but instead of landing in a hot-spot of jazz and blues, he finds himself stranded in a tiny farming community light years from his dreams. Here he's introduced to the best and worst of rural America as his youthful passion clashes with suspicious minds. This...
October 16, 2019
GREEN FISH
DescriptionDescription Fresh from finishing his military service, Mak-Dong rescues Mi-Ae, a damsel in distress on a train, who only leaves behind her scarf as a memento. Smitten, MakDong returns home to a fragmented family whose remaining members, except for his polio-stricken brother, are indifferent to him. Yearning to earn enough money to open a restaurant...
October 16, 2019
HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT
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
LOVE WITHOUT SOCKS
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
MANUEL OCAMPO: GOD IS MY CO-PILOT
DescriptionDescription Philippine-born contemporary artist Manuel Ocampo and his unforgettably provocative paintings have been a staple of the Los Angeles art scene and galleries throughout the world for the past decade, mixing religious iconography with debasing images of regal cockroaches and rats shooting heroin, and in turn delivering a jolting re-appropriation of anti-colonial, multicultural themes through...
October 16, 2019
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (LA VITA È BELLA)
DescriptionDescription LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (La Vitae Bella) is a Chaplinesque fable about the power of imagination set against the stark reality of World War II Europe. The film combines satire, physical comedy, social commentary and a touch of the surreal into a uniquely moving story of love. Italy 1938: Guido is in love with Dora...
