October 11, 2021
ONE SECOND
DescriptionBiosDescription Master filmmaker Zhang Yimou returns to the big screen with this year’s most charming celebration of cinema. During the Cultural Revolution in China, the film’s nameless hero is sent to a remote labor camp in the desert. After escaping several years later, he has one goal – to watch a newsreel screening in which...
October 11, 2021
THE MONKEY KING
DescriptionContactDescription Bao, a small-time Chinese opera performer, finally gets a chance to perform for the city's V.I.P.s. However, his son's departure brings conflict between their relationship and a potential break. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1 Contact Susan Dretzka AFI Conservatory sdretzka@afi.com
October 11, 2021
MON AMI QUI BRILLE DANS LA NUIT
DescriptionBiosContactDescription A ghost loses their memory after being struck by lightning. They meet Arthur, who tries to help them. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 2 Bios Former students of Gobelins in Paris, Grégoire de Bernouis, Jawed Boudaoud, Simon Cadilhac and Hélène Ledevi graduated with their film MON AMI QUI BRILLE DANS LA NUIT. Contact...
October 11, 2021
NALUJUK NIGHT
DescriptionBiosContactDescription USA Premiere Every January 6th, families in the Inuit community of Nain, Canada, celebrate Nalujuk Night, when eerie figures in tattered fur clothing arrive to reward the good and punish the bad. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 1 Bios Jennie Williams is a self-taught Inuk photographer and filmmaker, born and raised in Labrador,...
October 11, 2021
MOTORCYCLIST’S HAPPINESS WON’T FIT INTO HIS SUIT (AL MOTOCICLISTA NO LE CABE LA FELICIDAD EN EL TRAJE)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription He sits proudly on his motorbike, encompassed in majestic red and the dazzling admiration of others. A playful re-enactment with reversed roles that targets the hubris of colonial conquerors. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 3 Bios Gabriel Herrera is a filmmaker and video artist born in Mexico. He studied film at the Escuela...
October 11, 2021
MISERY LOVES COMPANY
DescriptionBiosContactDescription One night, Seolgi is lying on a grass field with friends. A shooting star falls, and dark and intrusive thoughts hits her and her melancholy blooms into "flower people." Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 1 Bios Sasha Lee is an animator based in South Korea and graduate of RISD. In the name of...
October 11, 2021
MISTRESS DISPELLER
DescriptionBiosContactDescription World Premiere A professional “mistress dispeller” works with a married couple struggling with infidelity in contemporary China. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 5 Bios Elizabeth Lo is an award-winning filmmaker featured on Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film” and DOC NYC’s “40 Under 40 List,” and has presented her work at...
October 11, 2021
MISSION: HEBRON
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Israeli soldiers are recruited at age 18 and, only months later, are already overseeing Palestinian civil life. Former soldiers describe their time in Hebron, the most troubled city in the West Bank. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 5 Bios Rona Segal is an Israeli filmmaker and writer of the feature film...
October 11, 2021
MASS AVE
DescriptionContactDescription Over a day of landscaping work, a first generation African American and his immigrant father have their relationship and outlooks on life transformed irreversibly when racially profiled by police. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1 Contact Susan Dretzka AFI Conservatory sdretzka@afi.com
October 11, 2021
MELTDOWN IN DIXIE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription A film exploring the broader role of Confederate symbolism in the 21st century and the lingering racial oppression which these symbols help maintain. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 4 Bios Emily Harrold is a documentary filmmaker from Orangeburg, South Carolina. Her films have screened at festivals including the Tribeca Film Festival,...
