September 25, 2025
A POET (UN POETA)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director, screenwriter and producer Simón Mesa Soto. Winner of the Un Certain Regard Jury Prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival, Colombian director Simón Mesa Soto's (AMPARO) delightfully deadpan sophomore feature is an unexpectedly absurdist tragicomedy that explores the challenges of pursuing an artistic life and...
September 25, 2025
PETER HUJAR’S DAY
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription In a sun-dappled apartment in New York’s West Village, legendary queer photographer Peter Hujar (Ben Whishaw) spends a quiet afternoon with longtime friend and non-fiction writer Linda Rosenkrantz (Rebecca Hall). Ripping cigarettes, Hujar recounts the events of the day prior, no detail too small to share, no name too big to drop: a fraught...
September 25, 2025
PATAKHA
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1 Radha, an 11-year-old girl in rural India, loses her backpack on her first day of work at a factory. She journeys to retrieve the school bag and with it, her dreams for the future. Trailer
September 25, 2025
PHANTOMS OF JULY (SEHNSUCHT IN SANGERHAUSEN)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription North American Premiere An ethereal, intoxicating comedy, Julian Radlmaier’s fifth feature is as light as a summer breeze, but its simple pleasures hide profound truths about the ghosts of the past and the mysteries of the present. In the sleepy East German village of Sangerhausen, Ursula (Clara Schwinning) toils away at a café, selling...
September 25, 2025
PETRA AND THE SUN (PETRA Y EL SOL)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 1 During a heavy snowmelt in the Andes, Petra discovers the perfectly preserved corpse of a lost mountaineer — bringing him to her wooden chalet and sparking an unexpected romantic story. Bios Malu Furche is a Chilean writer and screenwriter who holds an MFA in Creative Writing...
September 25, 2025
PAVILHÃO
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: DOCUMENTARY 2 Set in Rio de Janeiro, Aleksia wanders on a journey through time — unveiling the origins of samba and its emergence from resilience, joy, spirituality and resistance of her Afro-Brazilian community. Bios Victoria Fiore is a film director based in Brazil. Her debut feature NASCONDINO was...
September 25, 2025
OSTRICH
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: ANIMATION 1 A sparrow sees images of ostriches everywhere. In awe of the ostriches with their long necks, dazzling eyes and muscular legs, the little bird wants to be just like them. Bios Marie Kenov works in the fields of graphic design, illustration and animation. She holds degrees...
September 25, 2025
THE OZU DIARIES
DescriptionBiosContactDescription North American Premiere Screening to be followed by a conversation with AFI Alumnus, director, screenwriter and producer Daniel Raim. THE OZU DIARIES, from Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim (AFI Class of 1999), offers both an intimate biography and revelatory portrait of prolific Japanese master Yasujiro Ozu, one of cinema’s most original and enduring auteurs....
September 25, 2025
PALESTINE 36 (فلسطين ٣٦)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director, screenwriter and executive producer Annemarie Jacir. Annemarie Jacir’s sweeping, timely and deeply affecting historical epic brings to life a pivotal period in Palestinian history that has rarely been represented on film. Set during the British Mandate for Palestine in the months leading up to the...
September 25, 2025
PAPER BOY
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 5 An artist escapes into a fragile paper world. As his imagination grows into vast cities and impossible creatures, fantasy blurs with reality. As it collapses, he must face the truths he’s hidden and the weight they carry. Trailer
