October 1, 2022
HUMAN FLOWERS OF FLESH
DescriptionBiosDescription Ida (Angeliki Papoulia of DOGTOOTH) leads a crew of five men on a sailing yacht. After becoming fascinated with the French Foreign Legion at a port in Marseille, she sets sail for Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria – the Legion’s historical headquarters – on a mystical journey across the Mediterranean Sea. In its most enchanting,...
October 1, 2022
A HUNDRED FLOWERS (HYAKKA)
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription North American Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Genki Kawamura. In this delicate feature debut from director Genki Kawamura, adapted from his own novel, Izumi finds his mother Yuriko wandering in the freezing cold on New Year’s Eve. The aging piano teacher is soon diagnosed with dementia, causing a rift...
October 1, 2022
HOW TO BE A PERSON: HOW TO GET AN ABORTION
DescriptionBiosContactDescription If Alfie hadn’t dumped her, Sanam would never have booty-called Jawad. Now Sanam needs to get an abortion. How does she even do that and what will her Baba say if he finds out? Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 1 Bios Sindha Agha is an Emmy®-nominated director, writer and visual artist. Agha kicked...
October 1, 2022
HELLION (2014)
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Kat Candler and actor Josh Wiggins. Featuring remarkably nuanced, heart-wrenching performances, this vérité-style drama set in southeastern Texas follows motocross-obsessed 13-year-old Jacob Wilson, in a breakout performance from Josh Wiggins, whose behavior becomes increasingly delinquent after the death of his mother. When Child Protective Services...
October 1, 2022
HEAD OF A WOMAN / HEAD OF A MAN
DescriptionTrailerDescription A lost young man, struggling with his sense of self, encounters St. Francis of Assisi in the woods. The two share an intimate connection that forges an unwavering love. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 3 Trailer
October 1, 2022
HAULOUT
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription North American Premiere Off the Russian Arctic coast in a wind-battered hut, a lonely man waits to witness an ancient gathering. But warming seas and rising temperatures bring an unexpected change, and he soon finds himself overwhelmed. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 5 Bios Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev are sister and brother,...
October 1, 2022
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription US Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Christoph Waltz, Gregory Mann, Alexandre Desplat, Patrick McHale, Finn Wolfhard and Georgina Hayn. Academy Award®-winning director Guillermo del Toro and Emmy Award®-winning stop-motion legend Mark Gustafson reimagine the classic Carlo Collodi tale of the fabled wooden boy against the...
October 1, 2022
HALLELUJAH
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription After being stuck with the guardianship of their annoying, bookworm nephew, two brothers in Compton, CA, must decide if they are willing to take on the responsibility of being caretakers. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 1 Bios Victor Gabriel is a recent MFA graduate of the AFI Conservatory, who uses filmmaking to wrestle...
October 1, 2022
GODLAND (VANSKABTE LAND / VOLAÐA LAND)
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Hlynur Pálmason (WINTER BROTHERS, AFI FEST 2017) delivers his most brutal and unsparing film yet with his third feature, GODLAND. Set in the late 1800s, Danish priest Lucas (Elliott Crosset Hove) embarks on an arduous voyage to a remote village in Iceland. His mission: build a church before the brutal winter strikes, photograph the...
October 1, 2022
GORDITX
DescriptionDescription Kung-fu-obsessed Ursula discovers she’s not the only outcast at an exclusive country club summer camp. With a golf tournament looming, Ursula hopes to prove her worth with the help of Chef Cormac. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 2
