October 1, 2022
CLOSE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Lukas Dhont. In the second feature from Belgian filmmaker Lukas Dhont (GIRL), the friendship between two sensitive and affectionate 13-year-old boys, Léo and Rémi, is abruptly torn apart when they enter a new school. Accustomed to lying on top of one another in the grass...
October 1, 2022
THE CORRIDORS OF POWER
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Dror Moreh. In an insightful examination of the complexities surrounding military interventionism, Oscar®-nominated documentarian Dror Moreh (THE GATEKEEPERS) interviews an astounding cadre of powerful decisionmakers in American politics and diplomacy including Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, James Baker, Antony Blinken, Hillary Clinton and Samantha Power. In...
October 1, 2022
CHILDREN OF CHANGE
DescriptionDescription In a last desperate environmental plea, a teen girl will do to her own body what we're doing to the earth. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 7
October 1, 2022
CHORUS
DescriptionTrailerDescription After missing his wife's phone call goodbye on the morning of September 11th, a now listless and brokenhearted music teacher must harmonize with his increasingly reckless 14-year-old son. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1 Trailer
October 1, 2022
BRUISER
DescriptionBiosContactDescription US Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Miles Warren. Away from his private school friends and having to spend the summer break at home with his mother and stern father (Shamier Anderson), 14-year-old Darious (Jalyn Hall) strikes up an unexpected friendship with the mysterious and charismatic drifter Porter (Trevante Rhodes),...
October 1, 2022
CARRION
DescriptionTrailerDescription In an isolated desert motel, a young girl digs up a rotting carcass — and later that night, something long-buried is unearthed in her mother. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 2 Trailer
October 1, 2022
CHERUBS
DescriptionTrailerDescription A reserved teenager feels seen for the first time when an older counselor at an arts camp takes her under his wing. As boundaries blur, she reckons with the consequences of self-discovery. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 9 Trailer
October 1, 2022
BODY PARTS
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Kristy Guevara-Flanagan, producer Helen Hood Scheer and intimacy coordinator Sarah Scott. Kristy Guevara-Flanagan (ÁGUILAS/EAGLES, AFI FEST 2021) tackles the exploitation of women in the entertainment industry by dissecting sex scenes in well-known films. From manipulation and coercion to downright harassment, this deep dive into the...
October 1, 2022
BLUE ROOM
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription In the Pacific Northwest, incarcerated men and women watch nature videos on loop. BLUE ROOM is a meditation, and a provocation, on the human condition in prison and outside of it. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 3 Bios Merete Mueller is a documentary director based in Brooklyn, New York. Her work explores relationships...
October 1, 2022
BLACK WHOLE
DescriptionTrailerDescription When a haunting black hole appears in their yard, a pregnant couple must face their fears of miscarriage, to eliminate the phenomenon before it consumes them. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 7 Trailer
