October 1, 2022
PACIFICTION
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Albert Serra. Turning his lens to the tropical landscapes of Tahiti, Albert Serra’s latest marks a departure from his usual subject of historical aristocratic decay, which culminated with the debaucherous LIBERTÉ (AFI FEST 2019). A dreamy, hypnotic political thriller, PACIFICTION observes the uneasy relationships on...
October 1, 2022
ONE MAN BAND
DescriptionDescription A depressed organ recipient embarks on a life-changing journey to fulfill the last wish of his donor by forming an amateur band with the donor’s other two organ recipients. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 7
October 1, 2022
ON XERXES’ THRONE (ΣΤΟΝ ΘΡΟΝΟ ΤΟΥ ΞΕΡΞΗ)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription US Premiere At the Perama shipyard, a ban on physical contact has turned human interaction into otherworldly simulations. The suppression of touch has transformed the boatyard into a charged landscape of repressed sensuality. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 5 Bios Evi Kalogiropoulou is a filmmaker and visual artist working in Athens and London,...
October 1, 2022
ONE FINE MORNING (UN BEAU MATIN)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Following two travel films in a row - the India-set MAYA (AFI FEST 2018) and the metatextual BERGMAN ISLAND - Mia Hansen-Løve returns to her Parisian roots with another intricately melancholic work of auto-fiction. Léa Seydoux illuminates the screen as Sandra, a translator and single mother balancing raising her daughter and caring for her...
October 1, 2022
NO BEARS
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Though banned from filmmaking and from leaving the country since 2010, Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi has employed docufiction techniques to evade further sanctions, winning awards internationally at film festivals that he is unable to attend. In his latest, Panahi – as himself – relocates to a small town along the Turkish border to direct...
October 1, 2022
NICE TO MEET YOU ALL
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Los Angeles premiere NICE TO MEET YOU ALL is a celebration of a woman with Dissociative Identity Disorder who has survived human trafficking rings in the U.S. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 2 Bios Guen Murroni is an Irish-Italian writer/director and domestic violence activist. She is developing long-form projects and her shorts have...
October 1, 2022
NEST
DescriptionBiosContactDescription US Premiere A story of siblings building a treehouse together over the course of a year. We experience the beauty and brutality of the seasons, as we follow them through their struggles and moments of joy. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 4 Bios Hlynur Paìlmason is an artist and filmmaker, born in Iceland....
October 1, 2022
NOT EVEN FOR A MOMENT DO THINGS STAND STILL
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Visitors from across the nation gather at a sea of white flags to honor loved ones lost to COVID-19. As they mourn en masse, we witness their many expressions of loss and humanity. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 2 Bios Jamie Meltzer is a documentary filmmaker whose films have been broadcast nationally on...
October 1, 2022
NEIGHBOUR ABDI (BUURMAN ABDI)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Somali-born Abdi reenacts his life, marked by war and criminality, with the help of his neighbor and filmmaker, Douwe. They embark on a candid journey through a painful history. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 4 Bios Douwe Dijkstra is a Dutch filmmaker and visual artist. He studied Illustration Design at the ArtEZ University...
October 1, 2022
MY LIFE STOPPED AT 15
DescriptionDescription A visit to a skating rink triggers Sofia into a world where she must confront her pain in order to break free from her past. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1
