September 26, 2024
DADDA
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 4 Amidst his wife's flourishing career, a once hotshot director turned stay-at-home dad becomes convinced his hands are inexplicably shrinking. In a desperate search to re-enlarge his hands, he risks his family and sanity. Trailer
September 26, 2024
DO US PART
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 2 Tyler starts to spiral further into his eating disorder when Patrick, the first guy he's been in treatment with, makes him work for his approval. Trailer
September 26, 2024
DEEP INTO THE FOREST
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 4 Zijian, an orienteering athlete from a small city in southern China, bears the physical pain of a recent injury as well as the weight of hope from everyone in the town. Trailer
September 26, 2024
BAJO LA TIERRA
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1 After tragically losing her mother while busy at work, an obsessed pottery maker goes to unhealthy measures to bury her grief with more work, a task that becomes difficult when her own home becomes mysteriously consumed by dirt. Trailer
September 26, 2024
BEHOLD A LADY
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1 When a studious tomboy's boyfriend dumps her on the eve of her Latin Quiz Bowl tryout, she struggles to balance her heartbreak and studies as she transforms her appearance to win him back. Trailer
September 26, 2024
ZURAWSKI V TEXAS
DescriptionBiosDescription Screening to be presented by producer Jennifer Lawrence and Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath, followed by conversation moderated by filmmaker Amy Ziering with co- director, cinematographer, and producer Maisie Crow; co-director and producer Abbie Perrault; subjects Amanda Zurawski , Samantha Casiano; Dr. Austin Dennard, and Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for...
September 26, 2024
WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL
DescriptionBiosDescription World Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with co-directors Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham moderated by Peter Debruge from Variety. Aardman’s four-time Academy Award®-winning director Nick Park and Emmy Award®-nominated director Merlin Crossingham return with a brand new epic adventure, WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL. In this next installment, Gromit’s concern that...
September 26, 2024
VIET AND NAM
DescriptionBiosContactDescription In the unfathomable depths of a coal mine, laborers Nam (Pham Thanh Hai) and Viet (Dao Duy Bao Dinh) have found a boundless love. Wrapped in darkness, their bodies intertwine, soaking up their last moments together before they are drawn apart. Dreaming of a better life outside the mine, Nam readies himself for a...
September 26, 2024
WHO BY FIRE (COMME LE FEU)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director and writer Philippe Lesage and actors Noah Parker and Paul Ahmarani. Philippe Lesage’s eighth feature and latest since his international arthouse hit, GENESIS (AFI FEST 2018), finds him back to his roots exploring messy, complex relationships and the perils of both youthful desire and creative...
September 26, 2024
YUMMY
DescriptionBiosContactDescription USA Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: AFTER DARK Julia works as a dog food taste tester. After a brutal break up, dog food will never taste the same. Bios Martinus Klemet studied fine arts and animation at the Estonian Academy of Arts. His films have screened at numerous international festivals including Fredrikstad,...
