October 1, 2022
NEST
DescriptionBiosContactDescription US Premiere A story of siblings building a treehouse together over the course of a year. We experience the beauty and brutality of the seasons, as we follow them through their struggles and moments of joy. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 4 Bios Hlynur Paìlmason is an artist and filmmaker, born in Iceland....
October 1, 2022
NICE TO MEET YOU ALL
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Los Angeles premiere NICE TO MEET YOU ALL is a celebration of a woman with Dissociative Identity Disorder who has survived human trafficking rings in the U.S. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 2 Bios Guen Murroni is an Irish-Italian writer/director and domestic violence activist. She is developing long-form projects and her shorts have...
October 1, 2022
NO BEARS
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Though banned from filmmaking and from leaving the country since 2010, Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi has employed docufiction techniques to evade further sanctions, winning awards internationally at film festivals that he is unable to attend. In his latest, Panahi – as himself – relocates to a small town along the Turkish border to direct...
October 1, 2022
MY LIFE STOPPED AT 15
DescriptionDescription A visit to a skating rink triggers Sofia into a world where she must confront her pain in order to break free from her past. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1
October 1, 2022
NEIGHBOUR ABDI (BUURMAN ABDI)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Somali-born Abdi reenacts his life, marked by war and criminality, with the help of his neighbor and filmmaker, Douwe. They embark on a candid journey through a painful history. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 4 Bios Douwe Dijkstra is a Dutch filmmaker and visual artist. He studied Illustration Design at the ArtEZ University...
October 1, 2022
NANNY
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Nikyatu Jusu, actor Anna Diop, producer Nikkia Moulterie and costume designer Charlese Antoinette Jones. Intertwining folklore, magical realism and a quiet dread, this ominous feature debut from director Nikyatu Jusu is a visceral psychological thriller imbued with nightmares. To support herself in New York City...
October 1, 2022
MOSQUITA Y MARI (2012)
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Aurora Guerrero, actors Venecia Troncoso, Fenessa Pineda, and Laura Patalano. When Yolanda Olveros meets her new neighbor Mari Rodriguez, all they see in each other are their differences. A sheltered only child, Yolanda's sole concern is fulfilling her parents' dream of a college-bound future. With...
October 1, 2022
MOXIE
DescriptionTrailerDescription An exclusive orgy in Los Angeles doesn’t go as planned. AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 9 Trailer
October 1, 2022
MONICA
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Andrea Pallaoro, producer Christina Dow and actors Trace Lysette and Patricia Clarkson. Trace Lysette (TRANSPARENT) stars as the titular Monica, a self-reliant masseuse who has been estranged from her family since she was a teenager. She returns home upon learning that her mother, Eugenia (Patricia...
October 1, 2022
MARIUPOLIS 2
DescriptionBiosDescription US Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with producer Omar El Kadi. Following up on his 2016 documentary MARIUPOLIS, Mantas Kvedaravičius returned to the besieged city of Mariupol to document life under Russia-occupied Ukraine. On April 2, 2022, while attempting to leave, he was captured and murdered by Russian soldiers. His partner,...
