September 28, 2020
APPLES
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription USA Premiere Following the film, AFI FEST Lead Screening Committee Member Jesse Knight leads a conversation with filmmaker Christos Nikou. A pandemic is sweeping across Greece, but it’s not COVID-19. Suddenly, thousands of cases of amnesia are spreading. The malady isn’t deadly, but there is no cure, and no one has recovered. Therein lies the...
September 28, 2020
BLACK GOAT
DescriptionBioContactTrailerDescription 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). Pasang is the new...
September 28, 2020
BELUSHI
DescriptionBiosDescription One audition at the Second City theater in Chicago changed the life of John Belushi — and the world of comedy — forever. In BELUSHI, noted documentary filmmaker R.J. Cutler captures the spirit of an American cultural icon in a portrait as enchanting as its subject. While simultaneously working on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, filming...
September 28, 2020
THE BIG SCARY “S” WORD
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Following the film, AFI Festivals Senior Programmer Ken Jacobson leads a conversation between filmmaker Yael Bridge and producer Morgan Spector. Socialism... the big scary S word. From the Red Scare to today, being associated with the term has been considered a criminal offense, un-American, or, at the very least, political suicide. But is this...
September 28, 2020
A L’ABORDAGE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription USA Premiere Following the film, AFI Festivals Programmer Malin Kan leads a conversation between filmmaker Guillaume Brac and actor Salif Cissé. Left lovelorn after the whirlwind one-night romance he shared with the beautiful Alma, Felix must do something bold if he wants to hold onto her. Knowing she is leaving the next morning to...
September 28, 2020
THE AMERICAN SECTOR
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Following the film, AFI Festivals Senior Programmer Ken Jacobson leads a conversation between filmmakers Courtney Stephens and Pacho Velez. When the Berlin Wall started to come down in November 1989, it marked a powerful turning point in the history of the Cold War and the prospects for a reunified Germany. It also began a...
September 28, 2020
76 DAYS
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Following the film, film critic Gil Robertson leads a conversation with filmmaker Hao Wu. On January 23, 2020, to combat the COVID-19 outbreak, China put Wuhan, a city of 11 million, on complete lockdown. For the next 76 days, with the city a ghost town, Wuhan’s hospital wards became ground zero in a life-and-death...
September 28, 2020
A 1984 PERIOD PIECE IN PRESENT DAY
DescriptionBioContactDescription World 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). A couple stop at a motel in...
September 28, 2020
40 YEARS A PRISONER
DescriptionBiosDescription USA Premiere Following the film, Film critic Gil Robertson leads a conversation with filmmaker Tommy Oliver. On August 8, 1978, after a 15-month standoff, the confrontation between the Black liberation group MOVE and the Philadelphia Police Department exploded in gunshots. Police officer James J. Ramp lay dead. Nine MOVE members, including the couple Michael...
November 20, 2019
MARRIAGE STORY
DescriptionDescription Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Noah Baumbach directs this incisive and compassionate look at a marriage coming apart and a family staying together. We would like to offer you the opportunity to attend the screening of MARRIAGE STORY for free through our Gala Screening Vouchers program. You can secure a Gala Screening Voucher by clicking on...
