SHEDDING ANGELS

DescriptionTrailerDescription In search of an outfit for a costume party, a young man steals war uniforms from an elderly woman’s yard sale...but pays the price in the most unexpected way. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 9 Trailer

SELENA GOMEZ: MY MIND AND ME

DescriptionBiosDescription World Premiere In this deeply personal documentary, Grammy-nominated singer, Emmy®-nominated producer and award-winning actress Selena Gomez, who’s been in the public eye since childhood, takes audiences on an illuminating and harrowing journey as she navigates the pressures of stardom and seeks to prioritize and destigmatize conversations surrounding mental health. Directed by Alek Keshishian (MADONNA:...

SHE SAID

DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan star as New York Times investigative reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, who together broke the generation-defining story that helped propel the #Metoo movement, shattering decades of silence surrounding the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood and forever altered American culture. Based on the groundbreaking New York Times investigation...

SAINT OMER

DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Alice Diop. It’s a haunting scenario that keeps her awake at night: a young woman gently laying down her 15-month-old daughter upon the shoreline and allowing the sea to claim her. For novelist Rama, the very thought is shattering, both as a newly expectant parent...

RITMO

DescriptionTrailerDescription Just as young love begins to blossom for a high-school boy, he is faced with an important decision: to live out his Abuela’s dream, or create his own. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 7 Trailer

SAN GABRIEL VALLEY

DescriptionTrailerDescription Ten months after she moved to the United States with her husband Qinyi, Supin learns her favorite student at the Chinese piano shop is about to leave the country. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 5 Trailer

RINGING ROCKS

DescriptionTrailerDescription A young man supporting his boyfriend's recovery from paranoid delusions takes him on a romantic getaway to an isolated desert resort, only to start questioning his own grip on reality. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 5 Trailer

REWIND & PLAY

DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screening to be preceded by a special introduction from historian Robin D. G. Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original. French-Senegalese filmmaker Alain Gomis exhumes and reedits raw footage from an excruciating, never-aired 1969 interview with legendary jazz pianist Thelonious Monk. Intended for French television and conducted in...

THE PORTRAIT

DescriptionTrailerDescription Celebrating the five-year anniversary of his clothing line, fashion designer Dorian Gray must decide whether or not to sell his company to accomplished designer Cornelius Black. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 8 Trailer

PIAFFE

DescriptionBiosDescription In a playful exploration of gender, eroticism and control, the introverted Eva (Simone Bucio) is tasked with completing her sibling Zara’s work as a foley artist after Zara is admitted into a psychiatric hospital. Struggling through the sessions for a commercial for a mood-stabilizing drug curiously featuring dressage imagery, Eva finds herself growing a...

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