October 16, 2019
THE BOOK OF GREAT WISHES
DescriptionDescription The authorities of a sanitarium for elderly and bedridden patients decide to offer shelter to some small girls who have lost their home when their orphanage catches fire. Seven year old Marysia tries to befriend Adam, a man at the end of his life. Although the children have changed the atmosphere of the home,...
October 16, 2019
THE BOXER TRAILER
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
BINGO
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
BENEATH THE SURFACE
DescriptionDescription While her younger sister Jannika is a well-adjusted girl at peace with her family, rebellious 23-year-old Sandra is sinking rapidly into the quicksand of drugs and prostitution. Her pusher roommate Roffe forces her to turn tricks to pay for the narcotics he sells her. After nearly dying from an overdose, Sandra realizes that her...
October 16, 2019
BEYOND PARADISE
DescriptionDescription A traumatic event forces a young Californian to move to the big island of Hawaii. There he discovers a strange, violent place that exists beneath the postcard image of this tropical paradise. At his new high school, Mark encounters a hostile world which sees him as an outcast. After proving himself, he earns the...
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...
