October 1, 2022
AFI Conservatory Showcase 3
COWBOY PECAN PIE HEAD OF A WOMAN / HEAD OF A MAN WHY DON'T YOU LIKE ME? MAGDALENA
October 1, 2022
AFI Conservatory Showcase 2
GORDITX WE WERE MEANT TO CARRION END OF DAY AVES
October 1, 2022
AFI Conservatory Showcase 1
CHORUS FIVE MY LIFE STOPPED AT 15 TO THE DUST
October 1, 2022
ZENAIDA
DescriptionTrailerDescription An undocumented Filipino-Muslim caregiver who works for an aging diva suffering from dementia, secretly borrows her glamorous wardrobe for his new drag act. Complications arise when the diva mistakes him for a thief. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 4 Trailer
October 1, 2022
ZOON
DescriptionBiosTrailerContactDescription Small shimmering animals are in heat. A two-legged forest dweller encounters the lustful group. He and his companions snack on the little creatures and soon a feast begins.Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 4 Bios Born in Germany, Jonatan Schwenk is an independent animation filmmaker and sound designer currently based in Berlin. As a...
October 1, 2022
WILDCAT
DescriptionBiosDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with co-directors Melissa Lesh and Trevor Beck Frost and participant Samantha Zwicker. Former British soldier Harry Turner, who is suffering from depression and PTSD after a tour in Afghanistan, volunteers to help American scientist Samantha Zwicker with her wildlife rescue shelter in the Peruvian Amazon. Turner and...
October 1, 2022
YELLING TO THE SKY (2011)
DescriptionBiosDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Victoria Mahoney. As her family falls apart, 17-year-old Sweetness O’Hara (Zoë Kravitz) is left to fend for herself in a neighborhood where her survival is uncertain. After suffering abuse from bully Latonya (Gabourey Sidibe) and her father’s violent behavior causes her mother and sister to...
October 1, 2022
WOMEN TALKING
DescriptionBiosDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with writer and director Sarah Polley, producer Dede Gardner, cinematographer Luc Montpellier, costume designer Quita Alfred, production designer Peter Cosco and editor Christopher Donaldson. Adapted from Miriam Toews’ acclaimed novel and based on real events, Academy Award®-nominated director Sarah Polley (STORIES WE TELL) tells the riveting story...
October 1, 2022
YOKELAN, 66
DescriptionBiosContactDescription In Manhattan's Chinatown, 66-year-old widowed Yokelan goes to dance class. She wants to find love again. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 3 Bios Yi Tang is the winner of the 2021 Cannes Short Film Palme d'Or for ALL THE CROWS IN THE WORLD. Yi likes to tell stories about women, underrepresented groups and...
October 1, 2022
WAITING FOR SPRING
DescriptionTrailerDescription A sci-fi love story about a woman on Mars trapped by grief. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 5 Trailer
