October 1, 2022
FIRE BORN
DescriptionTrailerDescription Ruby, who lost her mother at birth to gun violence, works as a cop in Los Angeles. Drawing her gun to stop a robbery, she finds herself in the same situation as when she was born. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 8 Trailer
October 1, 2022
FIVE
DescriptionDescription After spending seven years in prison, Malcolm seeks to mend his relationship with his mother while devoting himself as a consistent and faithful new convert to Islam. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1
October 1, 2022
THE ERL KING
DescriptionTrailerDescription When a young woman from a strict, religious family suddenly finds herself seduced by an ancient woodland god, she falls into a romance that threatens to consume her on the 1800s frontier. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 6 Trailer
October 1, 2022
THE ETERNAL DAUGHTER
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription On the heels of her twofold memoir THE SOUVENIR, Joanna Hogg once again turns her lens to the tightly-wound, minute yet nebulous magnetism of mother-daughter relationships in this spiritual third installment. Starring the chameleonic Tilda Swinton as both Julie and her aging mother Rosalind, the two return to a former family manor that now functions...
October 1, 2022
EVERYTHING WRONG AND NOWHERE TO GO
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Los Angeles Premiere Plagued by overwhelming anxiety about climate change, a filmmaker starts seeing a climate psychologist in hopes that she can find some peace of mind about the end of the world. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 2 Bios Sindha Agha is an Emmy®-nominated director, writer and visual artist. Agha kicked off...
October 1, 2022
THE FABELMANS
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription US Premiere A film that has been 75 years in the making, Steven Spielberg’s THE FABELMANS is a soul-bearing and spellbinding movie memoir for the ages. Set in the late 1950s and early ‘60s, this semi-autobiographical coming-of-age epic is told through the lens of Sammy Fabelman, who falls in love with moviemaking and grapples...
October 1, 2022
EO
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription In Polish auteur Jerzy Skolimowski’s playful tribute to Robert Bresson’s 1966 AU HASARD BALTHAZAR, we experience the kindness and the cruelty of the human world through the melancholic eyes of a donkey. A carnival donkey bonds with a young performer (Sandra Dryzmalska), but is separated from her, when animal rights legislation delivers the braying...
October 1, 2022
END OF DAY
DescriptionTrailerDescription When a corporate worker decides to chase his dream of being a stand-up comedian, the office transforms into a surreal nightmare that tries to convince him to stay by using his insecurities against him. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 2 Trailer
October 1, 2022
THE EMISSARIES
DescriptionDescription Three emissaries from a new wave cult seeking land to settle on are tasked with acquiring a ranch at all costs from an old couple who refuse to sell. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 9
October 1, 2022
THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription North American Premiere In THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS, based on the award-winning novel of the same name by Paolo Cognetti, two friends navigate a lifelong friendship. Twelve-year-old Pietro (Luca Marinelli) is vacationing with his family in a remote alpine village when he meets Bruno (Alessandro Borghi), one of its 14 inhabitants. Throughout the next three...
