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,...
October 11, 2021
MEMORIA
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Colombia Official International Feature Film Oscar® Submission While visiting Bogotá, Colombia, Jessica (Tilda Swinton), a Scottish orchid farmer grappling with deep existential unease, becomes tormented by a sound only she can hear: the heavy thud of a falling metal ball. But when a sound engineer recreates the noise, Jessica finds that communicating the unplaceable...
October 11, 2021
MANO SANTA
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription A grandfather harbors his runaway grandson after fleeing the constraints of home. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 4 Bios Steph Camacho is a filmmaker and photographer from Puerto Rico. They are known for writing and directing the multi-award-winning LGBTQ+ shorts SAM (2017) and MANO SANTA (2020). Other short format works include NIHILO (2021),...
October 11, 2021
LOVE, DAD (MILÝ TATI)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription She finds letters full of love her dad wrote her years ago. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 1 Bios Diana Cam Van Nguyen is a Czech-Vietnamese director based in Prague. In her works, she focuses on personal topics through the means of animated documentary. Contact Luce Grosjean Miyu Distribution festival@miyu.fr
October 11, 2021
LUX NOCTIS
DescriptionContactDescription In an isolated matriarchal community, Lina creates an unprecedented amount of light. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1 Contact Susan Dretzka AFI Conservatory sdretzka@afi.com
October 11, 2021
LYNCHING POSTCARDS: 'TOKEN OF A GREAT DAY'
DescriptionBiosContactDescription From 1880–1968 over 4,000 African Americans were lynched at the hands of white mobs. These lynchings were commemorated through souvenir postcards that would ultimately be subverted by Black activists to expose racist violence in the U.S. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 4 Bios Christine Turner is a filmmaker whose work has...
October 11, 2021
LINGUI, THE SACRED BONDS (LINGUI)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Following the theatrical screening, watch a special conversation with director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun moderated by AFI FEST Programmer Julia Kipnis. In a complex story of generational struggle, Amina is exiled from her family for being an unwed single mother. She lives on the outskirts of N’Djamena with her now teenage daughter, Maria. When history repeats...
October 11, 2021
KUSH: A BUBBLEGUM WESTERN
DescriptionContactDescription Brent and Perry, a broke and in-love couple, run into trouble when they decide to transport weed across the country. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1 Contact Susan Dretzka AFI Conservatory sdretzka@afi.com
October 11, 2021
LEAD ME HOME
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription A short presenting the epidemic of homelessness in America with candid testimonials from the unhoused. A poetic portrait of our culture's fraying edges and the people who inhabit them. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 1 Bios Pedro Kos is an award-winning documentary filmmaker whose credits include directing REBEL HEARTS and BENDING...
October 11, 2021
LI
DescriptionContactDescription Li, a recent immigrant, hopes for a better education for her son while dealing with potentially losing her career, and learns how to do what's best for her son. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1 Contact Susan Dretzka AFI Conservatory sdretzka@afi.com
