September 28, 2020
DOC ROUNDTABLE
DescriptionDescription Leading directors behind some of the most talked about and acclaimed documentaries of the year discuss the art of documentary and the creative challenges faced in bringing these extraordinary stories to light. Moderated by producer and film festival curator Caroline Libresco, panelists include: Ramona S. Diaz (A THOUSAND CUTS), David France (WELCOME TO CHECHNYA),...
September 28, 2020
DUSTIN
DescriptionBioContactDescription North America Premiere Following the program, AFI Festivals Programmer Eric Moore leads a conversation between filmmakers Yuan Yuan (HEADING SOUTH), Azadeh Moussavi (THE VISIT), Rim Nakhli (NOUR), Tayler Montague (IN SUDDEN DARKNESS), Danski Tang (UMBILICAL) and Naïla Guiguet (DUSTIN). At a nightclub we meet Dustin, a young transgender woman and her friends. As the...
September 28, 2020
DO NOT SPLIT
DescriptionBIOContactDescription During the 2019 protests in Hong Kong, a series of evening demonstrations escalate into conflict when heavily armed police appear on the scene. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 7 BIO Anders Hammer is a Norwegian documentarian and journalist. He moved to Kabul, Afghanistan, in June 2007 to cover the ongoing war....
September 28, 2020
CORRESPONDENCIA
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Following the program, AFI Festivals Programmer Eric Moore leads a conversation between filmmakers Jamil McGinnis and Pat Heywood (GRAMERCY), Helki Frantzen (L.A. ROLL), Carla Simón and Dominga Sotomayor (CORRESPONDENCIA), Santiago Barzi (CHINESE WALL). Two young filmmakers discuss the present and past, family, heritage, maternity and cinema. Their personal and profound reflections are suddenly echoed...
September 28, 2020
DAVID
DescriptionBioContactTrailerDescription USA Premiere 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). David needs help. Screens as part of...
September 28, 2020
DEAD PRESIDENTS
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Following the film, film scholar and Cinema's Legacy guest curator Racquel Gates leads a conversation with Michael B. Gillespie, Hannah Giorgis and Terri Francis. Vietnam veteran Anthony (Larenz Tate) tries to adjust to life back home in the Bronx after a grim tour of duty that began when he was 18. But roadblocks abound...
September 28, 2020
DIA DE LAS CARPAS
DescriptionTrailerDescription A group of boys help an undocumented girl get to the beach to reunite with her family, unaware of her magical secret that will change their lives forever. Trailer
September 28, 2020
CHURCH AND THE FOURTH ESTATE
DescriptionBIOContactDescription A reporter uncovers a file that reveals a shocking series of child-abuse allegations in Idaho's Boy Scouts, which rattles the community and implicates the Mormon church. The story reveals long-running crimes that threaten to bankrupt the Boy Scouts. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 4 BIO Brian Knappenberger is an American documentary...
September 28, 2020
CLAIRE AT SEVEN MONTHS
DescriptionBioContactDescription 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 pregnant woman visits her family’s beach condo in...
September 28, 2020
COLLECTIVE (COLLECTIV)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Following the film, AFI Festivals Senior Programmer Ken Jacobson leads a conversation between filmmaker Alexander Nanau and subject Cătălin Tolontan. In 2015, a fire roared through the Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest, Romania, killing 27 people and leaving over 100 injured. Following the tragedy, the Romanian Health Minister declared that the burn victims would receive...
