October 1, 2022
THE BASICS OF LOVE
DescriptionTrailerDescription After getting caught amidst a robbery on New Year's Eve, Liz and Lefty, co-workers in the city sanitation department, are caught off-guard by feelings for one another that they didn't know they had. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 4 Trailer
October 1, 2022
AN AVOCADO PIT (UM CAROÇO DE ABACATE)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription North American Premiere Larissa, a transgender woman, and Cláudio, a cisgender man, meet one night in the streets of Lisbon. Two people, two realities, who dance their differences away till morning light. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 5 Bios Ary Zara has a degree in Cinema and Multimedia Communication from Universidade Lusófona in...
October 1, 2022
BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with Alejandro González Iñárritu, Íker Solano, Ximena Lamadrid, Griselda Siciliani, Daniel Giménez Cacho and Stacy Perskie. Directed by five-time Academy Award®-winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu, BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS is an epic, visually stunning and immersive experience. After being named the recipient of a...
October 1, 2022
AVES
DescriptionTrailerDescription After a sudden encounter with a mysterious student, a tenured ornithologist and war veteran is forced to remember the realities of his past. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 2 Trailer
October 1, 2022
AVA DUVERNAY PANEL
DescriptionDescription Amplifying the voices and vision of women directors, AFI FEST Guest Artistic Director Ava DuVernay moderates this in-depth discussion with the directors whose films are screening in the Guest Artistic Director section. Panelists include Kat Candler, director of HELLION; Aurora Guerrero, director of MOSQUITA Y MARI; and Victoria Mahoney, director of YELLING TO THE...
October 1, 2022
AMERICAN SCAR
DescriptionBiosContactDescription When a wedding photographer mistakenly captures a dynamite blast at the U.S.-Mexico border, he discovers a wide-ranging environmental catastrophe that could threaten the future of animal life in North America. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 3 Bios Daniel Lombroso is a filmmaker at The New Yorker. His debut feature, WHITE NOISE, based on...
October 1, 2022
AND I MISS YOU LIKE A LITTLE KID
DescriptionDescription When a lonely depressive falls for an older punk during the early days of the pandemic, he soon finds himself trapped in his apartment with her abuse. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 6
October 1, 2022
ALCARRÀS
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Carla Simón. In Spain’s official Oscar® submission and the second feature from Carla Simón (SUMMER 1993, AFI FEST 2017), the close-knit Solé family, nestled in the rural village of Alcarràs, experiences an eventful summer when the livelihood of their peach orchard is threatened. Quimet (Jordi...
October 1, 2022
32 SOUNDS
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with sound designer Mark Mangini. Certain to forever alter the way that you listen, this profound sensory experience from Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Sam Green (THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND) features an immersive, sonic tour through the history of sound science and experimental music, with original music by JD Samson,...
October 20, 2021
SING 2
DescriptionBioTrailerDescription World Premiere The ever-optimistic Buster Moon and his all-star cast of performers prepare to launch their most dazzling stage show yet…all in the glamorous entertainment capital of the world, Redshore City. There’s just one hitch: they first have to persuade the world’s most reclusive rock star – played by global music icon Bono –...
