September 28, 2020
UMBILICAL
DescriptionBioContactTrailerDescription Following the program, AFI Festivals Programmer Eric Moore leads a conversation between filmmakers Yuan Yuan (HEADING SOUTH), Azadeh Moussavi (THE VISIT), Rim Nakhli (NOUR), Tayler Montague (IN SUDDEN DARKNESS), Danski Tang (UMBILICAL) and Naïla Guiguet (DUSTIN). An animated documentary exploring how the filmmaker’s mother’s abusive relationship with her father shaped her own experiences in...
September 28, 2020
THERE’S CAKE (SENSE POSTRE)
DescriptionBioContactTrailerDescription World Premiere Following the program, AFI Festivals Programmer Malin Kan leads a conversation between filmmakers Neo Sora (THE CHICKEN), Claudia Vernis (THERE'S CAKE), Keisha Rae Witherspoon (T), Kathy Esquenazi Mitrani (RUBBED IN PINK), Ariane Boukerche (THEY SALIVATE) and Mitch Mcglocklin (FOREVER), Jacqueline Lentzou (THE END OF SUFFERING). Marina is surrounded by food, which occupies...
September 28, 2020
THE TORTURE LETTERS
DescriptionBIODescription North America Premiere One of Laurence Ralph's first memories of the police is when a plainclothes officer harassed his family. Now a Princeton anthropology professor, Ralph traces his story to the entrenched practices of torture by the Chicago Police. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 5 BIO Laurence Ralph is an anthropologist...
September 28, 2020
TIL LIFE DO US PART
DescriptionTrailerDescription Two 70-year-old best friends with a pact to kill themselves by their 71st birthday learn that life is worth living with a great friend. Trailer
September 28, 2020
TIGER AND OX (호랑이와 소)
DescriptionBioContactTrailerDescription North America Premiere Following the program, AFI Festivals Programmer Eric Moore leads a conversation between filmmakers Yi Tang (BLACK GOAT), Em Weinstein (IN FRANCE MICHELLE IS A MAN'S NAME), Seungee Kim (TIGER & OX), Erica Tremblay (LITTLE CHIEF), Inès Girihiwe (BREAKING GROUND), Johnson Cheng (LONELY BLUE NIGHT), Kimi Howl Lee (CHILD OF LAND). What...
September 28, 2020
THEY SALIVATE (ILS SALIVENT)
DescriptionBioContactTrailerDescription Following the program, AFI Festivals Programmer Malin Kan leads a conversation between filmmakers Neo Sora (THE CHICKEN), Claudia Vernis (THERE'S CAKE), Keisha Rae Witherspoon (T), Kathy Esquenazi Mitrani (RUBBED IN PINK), Ariane Boukerche (THEY SALIVATE) and Mitch Mcglocklin (FOREVER), Jacqueline Lentzou (THE END OF SUFFERING). In this the story of a kiss, a couple...
September 28, 2020
THERE IS NO EVIL (SHEYTAN VOJUD NADARAD)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Following the film, AFI Festivals Programmer Malin Kan leads a conversation with filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof. Banned from making films since 2017, Iranian auteur Mohammad Rasoulof’s Golden Bear-winning four-part anthology is an epic examination of morality under an oppressive regime. Family man Heshmat goes to work every day performing unimaginable tasks. Pouya, serving his mandatory...
September 28, 2020
TANGLED ROOTS
DescriptionBIOContactDescription TANGLED ROOTS follows Kentucky State Representative Attica Scott as she fights to pass a bill that would dismantle a system of discrimination against black people who are penalized for something seemingly innocuous — their hair. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 3 BIO Samantha Knowles is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker. Her recent film,...
September 28, 2020
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DescriptionBioContactTrailerDescription Following the program, AFI Festivals Programmer Malin Kan leads a conversation between filmmakers Neo Sora (THE CHICKEN), Claudia Vernis (THERE'S CAKE), Keisha Rae Witherspoon (T), Kathy Esquenazi Mitrani (RUBBED IN PINK), Ariane Boukerche (THEY SALIVATE) and Mitch Mcglocklin (FOREVER), Jacqueline Lentzou (THE END OF SUFFERING). A film crew follows three grieving participants of Miami's...
September 28, 2020
TALL TALES WITH TRUE QUEENS
DescriptionBIOSContactDescription Drag Queen Story Hour features drag queens reading stories to kids in libraries and schools. Amidst a building controversy, we learn that kids and drag queens have more in common than you might think. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 6 BIOS Kristina Budelis is an LA-based documentary filmmaker, content and growth...
