October 11, 2021
H.A.G.S.
DescriptionBiosContactDescription World Premiere Feeling anxious about adulthood, Sean Wang found comfort in the innocence of middle school through his old yearbooks. Curious about how his old friends were handling adulthood, he called them. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 2 Bios Sean Wang is a filmmaker from Fremont, California and a 2020 Sundance Ignite Fellow....
October 11, 2021
GREEN (ZIELEŃ)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Roadside greenery is created to be driven past, not to be in. Geometrical, artificial and overgrown by weeds. Your body is the same, dragged through life instead of living it. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 5 Bios Karolina Kajetanowicz graduated from the Polish National Film School in Lodz with a thesis on animal...
October 11, 2021
GUIDE ON
DescriptionContactTrailerDescription On her first day of basic training, an army recruit stands out as she defiantly fights to be the first female guidon bearer. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 2 Contact Susan Dretzka AFI Conservatory sdretzka@afi.com Trailer
October 11, 2021
GRANNY’S SEXUAL LIFE (BABIČINO SEKSUALNO ŽIVLJENJE)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription USA Premiere A trip into grandmother’s youth and the memories of her intimate life illustrate the status of Slovenian women in the first half of the 20th century. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 5 Bios Urška Djukić (1986) studied at the Academy of Arts in Nova Gorica. By combining live-action, animation and various...
October 11, 2021
GREAT FREEDOM (GROSSE FREIHEIT)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Austria Official International Feature Film Oscar® Submission Winner of the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and nominated for the Queer Palm, Franz Rogowski [who starred in the AFI FEST films HAPPY END (2017) and I WAS AT HOME, BUT…(2019)] captivates as the lovesick Hans in Sebastian Meise’s second...
October 11, 2021
GOOD MADAM (MLUNGU WAM)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Following the theatrical screening, watch a special conversation with director Jenna Cato Bass, producer Babalwa Baartman and actor Chumisa Cosa moderated by AFI FEST Programmer Julia Kipnis. South African auteur and AFI FEST alum Jenna Cato Bass (HIGH FANTASY) delivers a haunting, psychological thriller steeped in remnants of postcolonialism and apartheid. Tsidi (Chumisa Cosa)...
October 11, 2021
GOLDEN AGE KARATE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Teen karate pro Jeff Wall teaches senior citizens self-defense at a local nursing home, giving them the tools to feel in control, connected and cared for. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 1 Bios Sindha Agha is an Emmy®-nominated filmmaker who creates pieces with distinct, vibrant visuals. Agha began her career by...
October 11, 2021
ENVIAR Y RECIBIR
DescriptionBiosContactDescription A warehouse worker at a fast fashion company forms an attachment to a piece of damaged inventory. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 2 Bios Cosmo Collins Salovaara is a filmmaker from New York, currently based in Los Angeles. His work is primarily concerned with the retooling of gender and genre tropes. Contact Cosmo...
October 11, 2021
THE FACILITY
DescriptionBiosContactDescription A group of immigrants, detained inside an infamous American detention center as the pandemic spreads, organize in protest to demand protections and their release. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 2 Bios Seth Freed Wessler is an award-winning investigative journalist, currently with ProPublica. Seth has reported for The New York Times, Reveal,...
October 11, 2021
EUREKA
DescriptionContactDescription A young indentured Chinese prostitute must overcome her toxic dependency on the brothel madam on the eve of the 1885 anti-Chinese riot in Eureka, California. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1 Contact Susan Dretzka AFI Conservatory sdretzka@afi.com
