October 1, 2022
MAGDALENA
DescriptionTrailerDescription Czechoslovakia, 1971. A Slovakian woman cannot shake the demons of her horrific past as they come back to haunt her and threaten to destroy the life she's tirelessly trying to build. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 3 Trailer
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,...
October 1, 2022
LOVE, BARBARA
DescriptionBiosContactDescription A short documentary about the iconic legacy of pioneering lesbian experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer, through the lens and love of her partner of over 30 years, Florrie Burke. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 1 Bios Brydie O’Connor is a Kansas-bred, New York-based filmmaker. Her work focuses on queer stories and has screened at...
October 1, 2022
LE PUPILLE
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by an extended conversation with director Alice Rohrwacher. Inspired by a letter Italian novelist Elsa Morante sent to her friend, LE PUPILLE is a magical fable about a group of mischievous young Catholic schoolgirls during an imaginary wartime. Unfolding over the Christmas holiday, the orphaned girls find themselves blessed with...
October 1, 2022
LUCIENNE IN A WORLD WITHOUT SOLITUDE (LUCIENNE DANS UN MONDE SANS SOLITUDE)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Los Angeles premiere In a world without solitude, where everyone shares their life with their double, Lucienne has a relationship with Paul, a former lover who has lost his twin. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 1 Bios In 2018, Geordy Couturiau directed his first short film, LUCIENNE EATS A CAR, with Stéphane Caillard....
October 1, 2022
LIVING
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with Bill Nighy, director Oliver Hermanus and writer Kazuo Ishiguro. Set in post-World War II London, Mr. Williams, played by a gentlemanly Bill Nighy at his career best, leads a mundane existence living with his detached son and cold daughter-in-law. He promptly takes the train to his...
October 1, 2022
LANE FIVE
DescriptionTrailerDescription A young woman struggles to care for her father with Alzheimer's, only to have him suddenly vanish from the house when her back is turned. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 4 Trailer
October 1, 2022
LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER
DescriptionBiosContactDescription LA Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. Adapted from D. H. Lawrence’s novel of the same name which was banned for obscenity, LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER is a sensual account of Lady Constance Chatterley (Emma Corrin) falling out of love with her upper-class husband, Sir Clifford Chatterley (Matthew...
October 1, 2022
JOYLAND
DescriptionBiosDescription U.S. Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Saim Sadiq and producer Apoorva Guru Charan. In his ravishing feature debut, Pakistani filmmaker Saim Sadiq astutely observes a patriarchal, lower-middle-class family’s hesitant explorations of desire and intimacy. When Haider (Ali Junejo), the affable but directionless second son, lands a gig as a...
October 1, 2022
KYLIE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription A ballerina from Los Angeles speaks her truth about passion and pain in the dance industry. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 5 Bios Sterling Hampton (Master Sterling) is a director, photographer and editor from Riverside, CA. Amongst music videos for artists like The Black Eyed Peas, G-Eazy and others, he has directed commercial...
