October 16, 2019
MAMMO
DescriptionDescription Director Shyam Benegal, whose roots are in documentary filmmaking, has created a sensitive portrait of Mammo, an Indian woman who must use all her resources to survive after the death of her Pakistani husband. When her in-laws oust her from her own house, she obtains a visitor's visa for Bombay to live with a...
October 16, 2019
MAKING A FILM FOR ME IS LIVING
DescriptionDescription During the filming of Beyond the Clouds, Michelangelo Antonioni's wife Enrica shot this fascinating "making of" documentary. The AFI Fest is honored to screen this unique close-up of a master artist at work. "For the first time in his career, Michelangelo Antonioni agreed to have a camera on his set shooting himself at work....
October 16, 2019
MAIRI MHOR: HER LIFE AND SONGS
DescriptionDescription Mary McPherson wrote the first of her great songs, "The Speakers of English" when she was fifty-one. From that moment until she died twenty-five years later, she poured out some of the most eloquent, lyrical and best-loved songs in the Gaelic language, and many indeed consider her to be'the greatest Gaelic poet of the...
October 16, 2019
LISBON STORY
DescriptionDescription Originally commissioned to do a documentary portrait of the city of Lisbon, director Wim· Wenders found his creative expression unfettered when plans changed and he was able to use his distinctive style to create a charming comedy about a film director in Lisbon to shoot a documentary. The story centers on Phillip, a German...
October 16, 2019
THE MAESTRO: KING OF THE COWBOY ARTISTS
DescriptionDescription SWORN TO THE DRUM: A TRIBUTE TO FRANCISCO AGUABELLA, depicts the Afro-Cuban drummer and composer, a fixture on the U.S. Latin music scene since the 1950s, honored with the National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Award in 1992. Known for his vital cinematic portrayals of roots music and musicians ( The Blues Accordin'...
October 16, 2019
LIKE TWO CROCODILES (COME DU COCCODRILLI)
DescriptionDescription Seamlessly blending past and present into a haunting story of a man trying to resolve the trauma of his youth, this moving drama revolves around Gabriele, a middle-aged art dealer living in Paris, and his search for answers to questions he is only starting to discover. An invitation to an auction in his home...
October 16, 2019
A LIGHT-SENSITIVE STORY
DescriptionDescription A touching portrayal of a young woman's struggle to survive in a hostile environment. Juli is a single parent, former photojournalist now reduced to taking school portraits. Her personar'tife is in shambles as she tries to find work, get a new flat, and deal with minor deceits and betrayals. Luck refuses to shine on...
October 16, 2019
LEMONADE JOE (LIMONÁDOVY JOE ANEB KONSKÁ OPERA)
DescriptionDescription At the Trigger Whiskey Saloon, bad girl Tornado Lou (Kveta Fialova) sings, and temperance crusader Olga Schoberova (a Playboy cover girl) is menaced by the hard-drinking baddies, when to the rescue rides white-hatted Karel Fiala as Lemonade Joe! Hilarious parody of the Western (the last hall of the Czech title means "or horse opera"),...
October 16, 2019
LAND OF DARKNESS
DescriptionDescription As the closing event of the Tribute to Contemporary Mexican Cinema, the AFI Fest is proud to present this extraordinary debut film. Shot in the San Gabriel mountain range near Los Angeles with Mexican funds, this film cost less than $20,000. During the violent chaos of the Mexican Revolution, 'a young, idealistic priest becomes...
October 16, 2019
LAST SUMMER IN THE HAMPTONS
DescriptionDescription A FI Fest is proud to present the West Coast premiere of the eleventh film from acclaimed writer-director Henry Jaglom. Filmed entirely on location in East Hampton, Long Island, Last Summer in the Hamptons concerns three generations of a large theatrical family spending the last weekend of their last summer together at the decades-old...
