October 1, 2022
AVA DUVERNAY PANEL
DescriptionDescription Amplifying the voices and vision of women directors, AFI FEST Guest Artistic Director Ava DuVernay moderates this in-depth discussion with the directors whose films are screening in the Guest Artistic Director section. Panelists include Kat Candler, director of HELLION; Aurora Guerrero, director of MOSQUITA Y MARI; and Victoria Mahoney, director of YELLING TO THE...
October 1, 2022
AND I MISS YOU LIKE A LITTLE KID
DescriptionDescription When a lonely depressive falls for an older punk during the early days of the pandemic, he soon finds himself trapped in his apartment with her abuse. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 6
October 1, 2022
AMERICAN SCAR
DescriptionBiosContactDescription When a wedding photographer mistakenly captures a dynamite blast at the U.S.-Mexico border, he discovers a wide-ranging environmental catastrophe that could threaten the future of animal life in North America. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 3 Bios Daniel Lombroso is a filmmaker at The New Yorker. His debut feature, WHITE NOISE, based on...
October 1, 2022
32 SOUNDS
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with sound designer Mark Mangini. Certain to forever alter the way that you listen, this profound sensory experience from Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Sam Green (THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND) features an immersive, sonic tour through the history of sound science and experimental music, with original music by JD Samson,...
October 1, 2022
ALCARRÀS
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Carla Simón. In Spain’s official Oscar® submission and the second feature from Carla Simón (SUMMER 1993, AFI FEST 2017), the close-knit Solé family, nestled in the rural village of Alcarràs, experiences an eventful summer when the livelihood of their peach orchard is threatened. Quimet (Jordi...
October 20, 2021
SING 2
DescriptionBioTrailerDescription World Premiere The ever-optimistic Buster Moon and his all-star cast of performers prepare to launch their most dazzling stage show yet…all in the glamorous entertainment capital of the world, Redshore City. There’s just one hitch: they first have to persuade the world’s most reclusive rock star – played by global music icon Bono –...
October 19, 2021
THE POWER OF THE DOG
DescriptionBIOSTrailerDescription There will be a post-screening conversation with: Jane Campion (Director), Benedict Cumberbatch (Actor), Kirsten Dunst (Actor), Kodi Smit-McPhee (Actor), Ari Wegner (Cinematographer), Peter Sciberras (Editor), moderated by actress and comedian Kathryn Hahn. The year is 1925. The Burbank brothers are wealthy ranchers in Montana. Severe, pale-eyed, handsome, Phil Burbank is brutally beguiling. All of...
October 19, 2021
COMPARTMENT NO. 6
DescriptionBioDescription Finland Official International Feature Film Oscar® Submission A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger-than-life Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment No. 6...
October 13, 2021
SHORTS PROGRAM 5
In-person Q&A to follow screening. Following the virtual program, AFI Festivals Shorts Programmer Eric Moore leads a conversation between filmmakers Elizabeth Lo (MISTRESS DISPELLER), Urška Djukićz (GRANNY'S SEXUAL LIFE), Karolina Kajetanowicz (GREEN), Suzannah Mirghani (AL-SIT), Mitch Kalisa (PLAY IT SAFE). PLAYTIME (GIOCHI) MISTRESS DISPELLER GRANNY'S SEXUAL LIFE (BABIČINO SEKSUALNO ŽIVLJENJE) GREEN (ZIELEŃ) AL-SIT PLAY IT...
October 13, 2021
SHORTS PROGRAM 4
In-person Q&A to follow screening. Following the virtual program, AFI FEST Programmer Julia Kipnis leads a conversation between filmmakers Zahida Pirani (EL CARRITO), Claudrena N. Harold (PRIDE), Eliane Esther Bots (IN FLOW OF WORDS), Stephanie Camacho Castillas (MANO SANTA), Nash Edgerton (SHARK), Siyou Tan (STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE). EL CARRITO PRIDE ANXIOUS BODY IN FLOW OF WORDS...
