October 11, 2021
THE FIRST WAVE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Talent attending in-person screening: Matthew Heineman (director/producer), Jenna Millman (producer), Leslie Norville (producer), Dr. Nathalie Dougé (subject), Ahmed Ellis (subject), Alexis Ellis (subject), Karl Arabian (subject), Brussels Jabon (subject), Naph Jabon (subject). “Every day we look death right in its eye. And the scary part is it looks right back at you.” In early 2020,...
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
October 11, 2021
COW
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Luma, branded “1129,” is a distinctive dairy cow living on a cattle farm in the English countryside. AFI Conservatory Alumna Andrea Arnold’s first-ever documentary depicts the daily life and routine of Luma and her calf in captivity: being led this way and that and probed constantly. They are singular pawns in a much larger...
October 11, 2021
COSTA BRAVA, LEBANON
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Following the theatrical screening, watch a special conversation with director Mounia Akl moderated by AFI FEST Programmer Julia Kipnis. Lebanese filmmaker Mounia Akl makes a compelling feature debut with this whimsical family drama. Set in the near future, a close-knit family seeks refuge from the overlapping crises in Beirut of pollution, garbage pileups and...
October 11, 2021
THE DEATH CLEANER (EL LIMPIADOR)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription For a forensic cleaner in Mexico City, healing is at the core of his service. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 1 Bios Louise Monlaü is a filmmaker based in Paris. Contact Yvonne Ashley Kouadjo The New York Times Op-Docs yvonneashley.kouadjo@nytimes.com
October 11, 2021
DRIVE MY CAR (DORAIBU MAI KÂ)
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Japan Official International Feature Film Oscar® Submission Following the theatrical screening, watch a special conversation with director Ryusuke Hamaguchi moderated by AFI Festivals Programmer Malin Kan. Expanding on the eponymous Haruki Murakami short story, this epic examination of loss from Japanese auteur Ryusuke Hamaguchi (ASAKO I & II), which won Best Screenplay at Cannes,...
October 11, 2021
CODED: THE HIDDEN LOVE OF J.C. LEYENDECKER
DescriptionBiosContactDescription The coded advertisements of legendary early-20th century gay illustrator J.C. Leyendecker quietly, but directly, acknowledged a community that was forced to live in the closet. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 1 Bios Ryan White is the director of ASSASSINS (Greenwich Entertainment), VISIBLE: OUT ON TELEVISION (Apple TV+), ASK DR. RUTH (Hulu),...
October 11, 2021
COLD WALL
DescriptionContactDescription After a video of a miscarriage suffered by a student goes viral, a shocked 16-year-old Chinese girl, Katie, attempts to solve a personal crisis in unfamiliar territory. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 3 Contact Susan Dretzka AFI Conservatory sdretzka@afi.com
October 11, 2021
CITIZEN ASHE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Following the virtual and theatrical screenings, watch a special conversation with director-producer Rex Miller and director Sam Pollard moderated by AFI FEST Programmer Julia Kipnis. Born and raised in a segregated Virginia, Arthur Ashe rose to the top of the overwhelmingly white world of tennis in the 1960s to achieve many firsts as the...
October 11, 2021
CINEMA SABAYA
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Talent attending in-person screening: Orit Fouks Rotem (Director). Rona is teaching a film class to a diverse group of eight women. The class becomes the catalyst for deeper discovery as these women bond over their shared experience. While completing the exercises and assignments, the issues of modern-day Israel and Palestine are exposed, leaving the...
