September 27, 2023
ARO’S WORLD
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 3 After losing his father, Adi, a grief-stricken preteen boy, befriends sock-puppet ARO who mysteriously operates from his hand while his older brother Marcus becomes his caretaker. Trailer
September 26, 2023
SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (LA SOCIEDAD DE LA NIEVE)
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Spain’s Oscar® submission for Best International Feature Screening to be followed by a conversation with director J.A. Bayona. Returning to Spanish language cinema for the first time since his acclaimed debut THE ORPHANAGE, J.A. Bayona (THE IMPOSSIBLE, JURASSIC WORLD: FALLEN KINGDOM) brings breathless thrills and emotional gravitas to the tragic, true story of Uruguayan Flight 571. A chartered flight filled...
September 26, 2023
THE END WE START FROM
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription U.S. Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Mahalia Belo. Postpartum meets post apocalypse in BAFTA award-winning British director Mahalia Belo’s (ELLEN, THE LONG SONG) trope-busting feature debut, a tense survival thriller that doubles as an astute meditation on the life-changing – sometimes bitterly lonely – experience of birth and new...
September 26, 2023
THE BIKERIDERS
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Jeff Nichols. The rise and fall of a Chicago motorcycle gang is given epic treatment in Jeff Nichols’ magnificent THE BIKERIDERS, which confirms the writer/director of LOVING, MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, MUD and TAKE SHELTER as one of the most distinctive artists in American cinema today. Inspired by Marlon Brando’s iconic turn in...
September 26, 2023
ALBERT BROOKS: DEFENDING MY LIFE
DescriptionBiosDescription World Premiere Rob Reiner profiles Albert Brooks, comedic legend, acclaimed filmmaker, talented character actor and a lifelong friend, who Reiner first met in their high school drama club. Brooks began his comedy career while still a teenager, and was soon booking spots on THE TONIGHT SHOW and virtually every other variety program on the...
September 26, 2023
MAESTRO
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription MAESTRO is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein (Carey Mulligan). A love letter to life and art, MAESTRO at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love. The film reunites Cooper with Oscar®-nominated cinematographer Matthew Libatique (AFI...
September 26, 2023
ALL OF US STRANGERS
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Andrew Haigh. One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam (Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry (Paul Mescal), which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between the pair, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds...
September 26, 2023
MAXINE’S BABY: THE TYLER PERRY STORY
DescriptionBiosDescription World Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with directors Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz. MAXINE’S BABY: THE TYLER PERRY STORY, directed by Gelila Bekele and Armani Ortiz, grants the audience unfettered access to the inner world of Tyler Perry, whose story has never fully been told, as he becomes a father and...
September 26, 2023
QUIZ LADY
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screening introduced by director Jessica Yu Humdrum homebody Annie (Awkwafina) loves only two things, her pug Mr. Linguini and her favorite game show, CAN’T STOP THE QUIZ. In fact, she’s never missed an episode, turning into a trivia savant over the years. But when her gambling addicted mother absconds to Macau, a vengeful bookie...
September 26, 2023
FINGERNAILS
DescriptionBiosDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Christos Nikou. Greek director Christos Nikou (APPLES, AFI FEST 2020) makes a bold English-language debut with this charming lo-fi sci-fi about the clash between our over-reliance on technology and the primal drive to find true love. Anna (Academy Award® nominee Jessie Buckley, WOMEN TALKING, AFI FEST 2022) and her partner Ryan...
