September 28, 2020
NEW ORDER (NUEVO ORDEN)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Following the film, AFI FEST Senior Programmer Claudia Puig leads a conversation with filmmaker Michel Franco. This unflinching, provocative and riveting sociopolitical thriller depicts society at a terrifying breaking point. Class warfare has erupted into widespread chaotic violence in this essential story of an attempted overthrow of the privileged ruling class in contemporary Mexico...
September 28, 2020
NINE DAYS
DescriptionBiosDescription Following the film, AFI FEST Senior Programmer Claudia Puig leads a conversation between filmmaker Edson Oda and actors Zazie Beetz and Winston Duke. What if you had just a little over a week to persuade an enigmatic gatekeeper to allow you to be born? How would you proceed? Winston Duke plays the cryptic and somber...
September 28, 2020
NO ORDINARY MAN
DescriptionBiosDescription USA Premiere Following the film, AFI Festivals Programmer Eric Moore leads a conversation between filmmakers Chase Joynt and Aisling Chin-Yee, co-writer Amos Mac and subject Marquise Vilson. Jazz musician Billy Tipton’s name was splashed all over the tabloids and talk shows in 1989 when upon his death his family discovered that Tipton was a...
September 28, 2020
THE NEW CORPORATION: THE UNFORTUNATELY NECESSARY SEQUEL
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription USA Premiere Following the film, AFI Festivals Senior Programmer Ken Jacobson leads a conversation with filmmakers Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan. In 2003, Canadian filmmakers Jennifer Abbott and Mark Achbar teamed up with writer Joel Bakan on the penetrating and popular documentary THE CORPORATION, which posed the provocative question, “If the corporation is legally...
September 28, 2020
MY LITTLE SISTER
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription USA Premiere Switzerland Official International Feature Film Oscar® Submission Following the film, AFI Festivals Director of Programming Sarah Harris leads a conversation between filmmakers Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond and actor Nina Hoss. Dramas exploring adult brother-sister relationships are rare in cinema. And when told well, they resonate in powerful ways. Such is the...
September 28, 2020
MY PSYCHEDELIC LOVE STORY
DescriptionBiosDescription Closing Night World Premiere Following the film, Indiewire Editor-at-Large Anne Thompson leads a conversation with filmmaker Errol Morris. A psychedelic head trip crossed with a possible CIA conspiracy and wrapped in a fascinating love story, Errol Morris’ latest documentary takes us on an Alice in Wonderland adventure deep inside a largely forgotten episode of...
September 28, 2020
MY BROTHER’S KEEPER
DescriptionBIOContactTrailerDescription MY BROTHER'S KEEPER is about the remarkable friendship between former Guantánamo detainee, Mohamedou Ould Salahi, and his one-time American prison guard, Steve Wood, who gradually became convinced of his innocence. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 5 BIO Laurence Topham is an award-winning documentary filmmaker for the Guardian. He has filmed and...
September 28, 2020
NASIR
DescriptionBiosContactDescription AFI FEST Lead Screening Committee Member Julia Kipnis leads a conversation with filmmaker Arun Karthick. For textile salesman Nasir, the minor setbacks of the day to day are surmountable. Despite his meager pay, he is grateful to be able to support his wife and adopted son Iqbal, who is disabled. But Nasir is Muslim...
September 28, 2020
MY DONKEY, MY LOVER AND I
DescriptionBiosDescription Following the film, AFI Festivals Programmer Malin Kan leads a conversation with filmmaker Caroline Vignal. Antoinette, a schoolteacher, has a secret. She is having an affair with Vladimir, the father of one of her students. When Vladimir cancels their romantic getaway for a hiking vacation planned with his wife and daughter, Antoinette impulsively decides...
September 28, 2020
A TRIBUTE TO MIRA NAIR
DescriptionDescription After the conversation with Mira Nair, watch A SUITABLE BOY starting at 6:00 p.m. PDT Mira Nair’s accomplished filmmaking has earned her accolades around the world. With her directorial debut, SALAAM BOMBAY! (1988), Nair won the Caméra d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and later went on to earn an Academy Award® nomination for...
