WHY DON’T YOU LIKE ME?

DescriptionTrailerDescription A ride-share driver's five-star rating starts to suddenly go down. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 3 Trailer

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

WE WERE MEANT TO

DescriptionTrailerDescription Akil, an African American teen, has wings and one goal: to take his first flight. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 2 Trailer

UNDER THE ROSES

DescriptionTrailerDescription A lawyer getting a divorce goes to see an old girlfriend for what he hopes is a date, only to learn that she wants him to convince her son to forgo his dream. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 8 Trailer

UNREST (UNRUEH)

DescriptionBiosDescription It is the 1870s and nestled in the lush Swiss Jura Mountains is the watchmaking town of St. Imier. When Russian traveler Pyotr Kropotkin (Alexei Evstratov) arrives, intent on drawing a more accurate map of the region, he meets Josephine (Clara Gostynski), a worker at a wristwatch factory that has become a hub for...

THE VOLCANO: RESCUE FROM WHAKAARI

DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Rory Kennedy, producer and co-writer Mark Bailey and producer Sara Bernstein. In 2019, a volcano erupted on Whakaari in New Zealand without warning, raining down rocks and debris, and enveloping the island in a quiet, dark cloud of burning-hot steam. As the debris settled and...

TIAN HEI HEI

DescriptionTrailerDescription A young girl growing up in a Shanghainese gambling den must protect her friend and survive the violent world of petty gangsters by relying on her wits. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 7 Trailer

TURN EVERY PAGE – THE ADVENTURES OF ROBERT CARO AND ROBERT GOTTLIEB

DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Lizzie Gottlieb. In 2020, when the media landscape was overtaken by Zoom, providing a privileged peek inside pundit and celebrity homes, perched atop book piles, carefully situated within the frame, invariably, there was Robert Caro's name. Though these heavy tomes have become status symbols of...

TRENQUE LAUQUEN

DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription TRENQUE LAUQUEN will be screening in two parts with a 20-minute intermission. The newest output of the El Pampero Collective (which has produced some of Argentinian cinema’s most exciting recent discoveries, including the colossal LA FLOR), TRENQUE LAUQUEN takes us on a mystifying journey centered on an inquisitive academic and radio show presenter, Laura (Laura Paredes). When she...

TO THE DUST

DescriptionDescription Living in the expanse of the Wild West, a disabled woman is forced to fight not only the elements but also her own grief when confronted with an unexpected loss. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1

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