September 28, 2020
RIVAL (RIVALE)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription North America Premiere Following the film, film critic Tyra Martin leads a conversation between filmmakers Marcus Lenz and Gunter Hanfgarn and co-writer Lars Hubrich. From the opening scenes of a little boy brandishing a huge gun, the audience is immediately drawn in. Bolstered by beautiful cinematography and an evocative score, nothing is predictable about...
September 28, 2020
SHE PARADISE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription World Premiere Following the film, AFI FEST Senior Programmer Claudia Puig leads a conversation between filmmaker Maya Cozier, writer Melina Brown and actor Onessa Nestor. A film about sisterhood and dance that celebrates the sheer joy of movement, SHE PARADISE is an engaging coming-of-age tale. Audiences get a potent sense of life in Trinidad...
September 28, 2020
RUBBED IN PINK
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). The daughters of a fashion photographer are beginning to...
September 28, 2020
SHADOW IN THE CLOUD
DescriptionBiosDescription Following the film, AFI Festivals Director of Programming Sarah Harris leads a conversation between filmmaker Roseanne Liang and actor Chloë Grace Moretz. On a stormy night during World War II, a female pilot with top secret cargo talks her way on board a bomber plane about to take-off. The crass all-male crew reluctantly agrees,...
September 28, 2020
A TRIBUTE TO RITA MORENO
DescriptionDescription Rita Moreno’s career began with a Broadway debut at 13 years old. Since then she has won all four of the most prestigious awards in show business - an Oscar®, a Tony®, two Emmys®, and a Grammy® - as well as a Peabody Award and a Kennedy Center Honor. Moreno has also been recognized...
September 28, 2020
POSTPARTUM (WOCHENBETT)
DescriptionBioContactTrailerDescription Following the program, AFI Festivals Programmer Malin Kan leads a conversation between filmmakers Zach Woods (DAVID), Henriette Rietz (POSTPARTUM), Jonatan Etzler (SWIMMER), Bridey Elliot (THE FEELING), Sean Glass (A 1984 PERIOD PIECE IN PRESENT DAY), Jacob Halpren (CLAIRE AT SEVEN MONTHS) and Bridget Moloney (BLOCKS). A chaotic phase in the life of a new...
September 28, 2020
THE REAGANS
DescriptionBiosDescription World Premiere Following the film, NBC News Political Director and Moderator of "Meet the Press,” Chuck Todd leads a conversation with director Matt Tyrnauer. Directed by Matt Tyrnauer, this fascinating new four-part Showtime series focuses on the rise and reign of America’s ultimate power couple: Ronald and Nancy Reagan. AFI FEST is pleased to...
September 28, 2020
A PRAYER FOR JOSHUA JACKSON
DescriptionBIOSContactDescription What do you do when someone says your dream is over? Race car driver Joshua Jackson went through something that would break even the toughest of souls, but Jackson managed to come out even more determined. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 6 BIOS When they're not shooting commercials, Talweg Creative directing...
September 28, 2020
REALLY LOVE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription World Premiere Following the film at 8:45 p.m. PDT, Academy Award® Winner Barry Jenkins leads a conversation with filmmaker Angel Kristi Williams and actors Kofi Siriboe, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing. Set in a gentrifying Washington, DC, a rising Black artist, Isaiah (Kofi Siriboe), spends most of his days pouring his heart into his paintings but still...
September 28, 2020
PIEDRA SOLA
DescriptionBiosContactDescription USA Premiere Following the film, AFI FEST Lead Screening Committee Member Cedar Sherbert leads a conversation between filmmaker Alejandro Telémaco Tarraf and cinematographer Alberto Balazs. Nestled deep in the remote Argentinian mountainside lives a llama herder with his family. He regularly travels the arduous route over the rugged terrain with his son to sell...
