September 28, 2020
CHINESE WALL
DescriptionBioContactDescription 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). Fernando receives some baffling news which upsets him profoundly, but when he shares it with his loved ones, their reactions are not...
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
BREAKING GROUND
DescriptionBioContactDescription World Premiere Following the program, AFI Festivals Programmer Eric Moore leads a conversation between filmmakers Yi Tang (BLACK GOAT), Em Weinstein (IN FRANCE MICHELLE IS A MAN'S NAME), Seungee Kim (TIGER & OX), Erica Tremblay (LITTLE CHIEF), Inès Girihiwe (BREAKING GROUND), Johnson Cheng (LONELY BLUE NIGHT), Kimi Howl Lee (CHILD OF LAND). Mistreated in...
September 28, 2020
THE CHICKEN
DescriptionBioContactTrailerDescription Following the program, AFI Festivals Programmer Malin Kan leads a conversation between filmmakers Neo Sora (THE CHICKEN), Claudia Vernis (THERE'S CAKE), Keisha Rae Witherspoon (T), Kathy Esquenazi Mitrani (RUBBED IN PINK), Ariane Boukerche (THEY SALIVATE) and Mitch Mcglocklin (FOREVER), Jacqueline Lentzou (THE END OF SUFFERING). On an unseasonably hot day in November, a Japanese...
September 28, 2020
CENTERING CHARACTERS WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS IN FILM AND TELEVISION
DescriptionDescription Before this AFI Summit session, watch PINK SKIES AHEAD, available beginning October 18, 7:00 p.m. PDT until 11:59 p.m. PDT All too often in Hollywood movies or television programs, characters with mental health conditions are portrayed disparagingly, stereotypically or erased from the screen entirely. Dr. Stacy L. Smith of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, who...
September 28, 2020
CHILD OF THE LAND (KAMA’ĀINA)
DescriptionBioDescription Following the program, AFI Festivals Programmer Eric Moore leads a conversation between filmmakers Yi Tang (BLACK GOAT), Em Weinstein (IN FRANCE MICHELLE IS A MAN'S NAME), Seungee Kim (TIGER & OX), Erica Tremblay (LITTLE CHIEF), Inès Girihiwe (BREAKING GROUND), Johnson Cheng (LONELY BLUE NIGHT), Kimi Howl Lee (CHILD OF LAND). After suffering abuse from...
September 28, 2020
BLACKFEET BOXING: NOT INVISIBLE
DescriptionBioSContactTrailerDescription As the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women epidemic affects tribal communities, a group of Blackfeet women tackle the threat head-on by practicing and training in self-defense. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 2 BioS Kristen Lappas is an Emmy® award-winning producer at ESPN specializing in features and documentaries. Lappas’ work...
September 28, 2020
BREACH OF TRUST
DescriptionBIOContactDescription BREACH OF TRUST explores the University of Southern California's institutional cover-up involving the sexual misconduct of former full-time gynecologist George Tyndall. The story is anchored by the survivors, who after being wronged by the university continue their fight for institutional change. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 4 BIO Mishal Mahmud is...
September 28, 2020
BLOCKS
DescriptionBioTrailerDescription 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). An existential comedy about the mother of two young...
September 28, 2020
THE BOY BEHIND THE DOOR
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Following the film, AFI FEST Programmer Eric Moore leads a conversation between filmmakers Justin Powell and David Charbonier and actors Lonnie Chavis and Ezra Dewey. Twelve-year-old Bobby and his best friend Kevin have been kidnapped. Bobby is stuffed in a trunk to suffocate, and Kevin is who knows where. Proving ever-resourceful, Bobby escapes and...
