October 11, 2021
APART, TOGETHER
DescriptionContactDescription Yiru is a Chinese teenager traveling to the U.S. as a translator for her mom, who is searching for her first daughter she gave up for adoption under the one-child policy. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 3 Contact Susan Dretzka AFI Conservatory sdretzka@afi.com
October 11, 2021
BERNSTEIN’S WALL
DescriptionBiosDescription Talent attending in-person screening: Douglas Tirola (Director). For the better part of the 20th century, composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein was a household name due to his music in WEST SIDE STORY (for which he won an Academy Award®), his role as Musical Director of the New York Philharmonic and his work on television...
October 11, 2021
ARE YOU STILL THERE?
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription On a hot day, Safa's car battery dies, leaving her stranded in a strip mall parking lot. When her mom arrives, the two struggle to jump-start a car. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 3 Bios The Oscar®-winning team behind the short film PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE., Rayka Zehtabchi and Sam Davis have also...
October 11, 2021
ANXIOUS BODY
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Living things, artificial things, geometry shapes and lines. When these different things encounter, a new direction is born. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 4 Bios Born in 1984, Yoriko Mizushiri is a freelance film director who graduated from the Joshibi University of Art and Design in Japan. The serene rhythm of Mizushiri’s works...
October 11, 2021
AL-SIT
DescriptionBiosContactDescription In a cotton farming village in Sudan, Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman. Can Nafisa choose for herself? Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 5 Bios Suzannah Mirghani is a writer, researcher and independent filmmaker. She is mixed-race Sudanese and Russian...
October 11, 2021
ALI & AVA
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Ali and Ava each live lonely lives in North Britain. Ali, a British Pakistani, is a former DJ turned compassionate landlord who meets Ava, an Irish-born schoolteacher and single mother of five, while picking up one of his tenant’s children from school. Despite their differences, sparks start to fly. As Ali and Ava’s relationship...
October 11, 2021
AHED’S KNEE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Following the theatrical screening, watch a special pre-recorded conversation with director Nadav Lapid moderated by AFI Festivals Programmer Malin Kan. Filmmaker Y, widely known for his insufferable arrogance and self-righteousness, has just arrived in the remote Arava Valley to introduce his film at the local library when Yahalom, a librarian under the Minister of...
October 15, 2020
HILLBILLY ELEGY: A Conversation with Director and Cast
An exclusive conversation with the director and cast of HILLBILLY ELEGY presented by Netflix. Based on the bestselling memoir by J.D. Vance, HILLBILLY ELEGY is a modern exploration of the American Dream and three generations of an Appalachian family as told by its youngest member, a Yale Law student forced to return to his hometown....
October 15, 2020
THE WHITE TIGER: A Conversation with the Director
An exclusive conversation with the director and cast of THE WHITE TIGER presented by Netflix. THE WHITE TIGER is the epic journey of a poor Indian driver who must use his wit and cunning to break free from servitude to his rich masters and rise to the top of the heap. Based on the New...
October 15, 2020
THE WITCHES: A Conversation with Director and Cast
An exclusive conversation with the director and cast of THE WITCHES presented by HBO Max. Reimagining Roald Dahl’s beloved story for a modern audience, THE WITCHES is a visually innovative film telling the darkly humorous and heartwarming tale of a young orphaned boy who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma in...
