September 26, 2024
TENNIS, ORANGES
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 2 A robotic vacuum suffering from burnout quits its job and sets out to find community and purpose on a quiet street where two lonely rabbits are stuck in perpetual loops. Bios Sean Pecknold is a film director based in Los Angeles. He has created films for...
September 26, 2024
SPOTLIGHT: ROBERT ZEMECKIS & TOM HANKS
DescriptionDescription AFI will honor Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis with a Directors Spotlight on Thursday, October 24, ahead of AFI FEST’s Centerpiece Screening of Zemeckis’ latest film HERE on Friday, October 25. The event will feature an in-depth conversation between Zemeckis and his frequent collaborator Tom Hanks, discussing the director’s illustrious career and his groundbreaking,...
September 26, 2024
SUPER HAPPY FOREVER
DescriptionBiosTrailerContactDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with actors Hiroki Sano and Yoshinori Miyata. Kohei Igarashi’s Venice Days opening film is a gentle, unassuming love story told in retrospect. The recently widowed 20-something Sano and his best friend Miyata return to the onsen resort town of Atami in the Izu Peninsula of Japan, where...
September 26, 2024
STUD COUNTRY
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 1 In 2023, Stud Country, the largest weekly queer line dancing event in America, which has preserved the little-known LA tradition for over 50 years, is confronted with losing its beloved venue. Bios Alexandra Kern is an award-winning filmmaker. She has produced commercial and acclaimed independent projects...
September 26, 2024
TAKE CARE (CALANTABA)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription World Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 1 Jose, a Mexican in his mid-50’s, dedicates his life to taking care of his 90-year-old mother with late-stage Alzheimer’s. Bios Brenton Oechsle is an American cinematographer and award-winning filmmaker. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Tribeca, Hollyshorts, Nowness...
September 26, 2024
SUJO
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with filmmaker Fernanda Valadez. Nature and nurture clash in this lyrical coming-of-age tale from directors Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez (IDENTIFYING FEATURES), which won the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. When his father is branded a traitor and murdered by the very cartel he...
September 26, 2024
THE SUMMER BOOK
DescriptionBiosContactDescription North American Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with AFI Alumnus, director and producer Charlie McDowell, and actors Glenn Close and Anders Danielsen Lie. Snatching her crown as the reigning queen of sweater vests, Glenn Close is both hardened and endearing as a grandmother and seasoned Finnish artist in Charlie McDowell’s adaptation...
September 26, 2024
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director and writer Johan Grimonprez. Jazz and colonial politics collide in a forgotten chapter of Cold War history in Johan Grimonprez’s electrifying essay film. The music of Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Nina Simone and other jazz legends infuse the soundscape of decolonization movements rippling through the...
September 26, 2024
THE SHROUDS
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Following the death of his wife (Diane Kruger), businessman Karsh (Vincent Cassel) conceives of a technology that permits video access to monitor the decomposition of loved ones from inside the grave. In staggering 8K resolution detail, Karsh zooms in on his wife’s decaying remains to discover strange growths on her bones. Disturbed and confused,...
September 26, 2024
SILENT PANORAMA
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 1 Two campers cross a deserted landscape, intrigued by the cracking, trickling and other sounds that give life to this place. Originally drawn and animated on a single sheet of paper as a performance. Bios Nicolas Piret is a Belgian artist and filmmaker who graduated from the...
