October 1, 2022
LUCIENNE IN A WORLD WITHOUT SOLITUDE (LUCIENNE DANS UN MONDE SANS SOLITUDE)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Los Angeles premiere In a world without solitude, where everyone shares their life with their double, Lucienne has a relationship with Paul, a former lover who has lost his twin. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 1 Bios In 2018, Geordy Couturiau directed his first short film, LUCIENNE EATS A CAR, with Stéphane Caillard....
October 1, 2022
LANE FIVE
DescriptionTrailerDescription A young woman struggles to care for her father with Alzheimer's, only to have him suddenly vanish from the house when her back is turned. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 4 Trailer
October 1, 2022
LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER
DescriptionBiosContactDescription LA Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre. Adapted from D. H. Lawrence’s novel of the same name which was banned for obscenity, LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER is a sensual account of Lady Constance Chatterley (Emma Corrin) falling out of love with her upper-class husband, Sir Clifford Chatterley (Matthew...
October 1, 2022
JOYLAND
DescriptionBiosDescription U.S. Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Saim Sadiq and producer Apoorva Guru Charan. In his ravishing feature debut, Pakistani filmmaker Saim Sadiq astutely observes a patriarchal, lower-middle-class family’s hesitant explorations of desire and intimacy. When Haider (Ali Junejo), the affable but directionless second son, lands a gig as a...
October 1, 2022
KISSY & THE SHARK
DescriptionTrailerDescription In a polluted world, Kissy (11) attempts to save a beached shark by taking it home. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 4 Trailer
October 1, 2022
KYLIE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription A ballerina from Los Angeles speaks her truth about passion and pain in the dance industry. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 5 Bios Sterling Hampton (Master Sterling) is a director, photographer and editor from Riverside, CA. Amongst music videos for artists like The Black Eyed Peas, G-Eazy and others, he has directed commercial...
October 1, 2022
IT’S RAINING FROGS OUTSIDE (AMPANGABAGAT NIN TALAKBA HA LIKOL)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Los Angeles premiere The world is about to end. Maya is forced to go home to the province of Zambales. There, she confronts her childhood house that terrorizes her as frogs rain outside. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 2 Bios Maria Estela Paiso has worked in post-production since 2016, editing several features and...
October 1, 2022
I THOUGHT THE EARTH REMEMBERED ME
DescriptionTrailerDescription A terminally ill woman journeys back to the place where she once lived with the love of her life over thirty years ago. The place where she chooses to live out her last days and die on her own terms. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 5 Trailer
October 1, 2022
IS THAT BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU?!?
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Elvis Mitchell and moderator David Fincher. With candor and a vital, unapologetic insight, film critic Elvis Mitchell takes us on a journey through the films that shaped him, those Hollywood-produced depictions of the Black experience that have always had an inordinate power to shape perception...
October 1, 2022
HUMANS ARE DUMBER WHEN CRAMMED UP TOGETHER (LES HUMAINS SONT CONS QUAND ILS S’EMPILENT)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription US Premiere Locked up in their own apartments, some neighbors tell the camera about the little troubles of life in a community. Little by little, when everything piles up, it's enough to drive one mad. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 2 Bios First interested in drawing, Laurène Fernandez completed a year of Applied...