October 1, 2022
HELLION (2014)
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Kat Candler and actor Josh Wiggins. Featuring remarkably nuanced, heart-wrenching performances, this vérité-style drama set in southeastern Texas follows motocross-obsessed 13-year-old Jacob Wilson, in a breakout performance from Josh Wiggins, whose behavior becomes increasingly delinquent after the death of his mother. When Child Protective Services...
October 1, 2022
HAULOUT
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription North American Premiere Off the Russian Arctic coast in a wind-battered hut, a lonely man waits to witness an ancient gathering. But warming seas and rising temperatures bring an unexpected change, and he soon finds himself overwhelmed. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 5 Bios Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev are sister and brother,...
October 1, 2022
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription US Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Christoph Waltz, Gregory Mann, Alexandre Desplat, Patrick McHale, Finn Wolfhard and Georgina Hayn. Academy Award®-winning director Guillermo del Toro and Emmy Award®-winning stop-motion legend Mark Gustafson reimagine the classic Carlo Collodi tale of the fabled wooden boy against the...
October 1, 2022
HALLELUJAH
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription After being stuck with the guardianship of their annoying, bookworm nephew, two brothers in Compton, CA, must decide if they are willing to take on the responsibility of being caretakers. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 1 Bios Victor Gabriel is a recent MFA graduate of the AFI Conservatory, who uses filmmaking to wrestle...
October 1, 2022
GORDITX
DescriptionDescription Kung-fu-obsessed Ursula discovers she’s not the only outcast at an exclusive country club summer camp. With a golf tournament looming, Ursula hopes to prove her worth with the help of Chef Cormac. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 2
October 1, 2022
GODLAND (VANSKABTE LAND / VOLAÐA LAND)
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Hlynur Pálmason (WINTER BROTHERS, AFI FEST 2017) delivers his most brutal and unsparing film yet with his third feature, GODLAND. Set in the late 1800s, Danish priest Lucas (Elliott Crosset Hove) embarks on an arduous voyage to a remote village in Iceland. His mission: build a church before the brutal winter strikes, photograph the...
October 1, 2022
GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Jacquelyn Mills. On the remote Sable Island off the coast of Nova Scotia lives conservationist Zoe Lucas. After first falling in love with the island as a bright-eyed art student in the ‘70s, Lucas became a self-taught naturalist and stayed as one of the few...
October 1, 2022
THE FLYING SAILOR
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription US Premiere Two ships collide in a harbor, an explosion shatters a city and a sailor is blasted skyward. THE FLYING SAILOR is a contemplation of the wonder and fragility of existence. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 3 Bios Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis joined forces to direct WHEN THE DAY BREAKS (1999),...
October 1, 2022
FINDING VEGA
DescriptionTrailerDescription A coming-of-age story of a rebellious Chinese American girl named Xing who has a passionate love for the starry sky and discovers the complexities of her ill mother's love and spirit. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 6 Trailer
October 1, 2022
THE FIVE DEVILS
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription In this darkly enthralling tale, a strange little girl named Vicky (Sally Dramé) possesses an exceptional gift for scent. Adoringly attached to her mother Joanne (Adèle Exarchopoulos), who is a swimming coach, Vicky secretly collects and reproduces concoctions of various scents in jars. When her father’s estranged sister, Julia (Swala Emati), unexpectedly returns to...
