October 11, 2021
DRIVE MY CAR (DORAIBU MAI KÂ)
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Japan Official International Feature Film Oscar® Submission Following the theatrical screening, watch a special conversation with director Ryusuke Hamaguchi moderated by AFI Festivals Programmer Malin Kan. Expanding on the eponymous Haruki Murakami short story, this epic examination of loss from Japanese auteur Ryusuke Hamaguchi (ASAKO I & II), which won Best Screenplay at Cannes,...
October 11, 2021
CITIZEN ASHE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Following the virtual and theatrical screenings, watch a special conversation with director-producer Rex Miller and director Sam Pollard moderated by AFI FEST Programmer Julia Kipnis. Born and raised in a segregated Virginia, Arthur Ashe rose to the top of the overwhelmingly white world of tennis in the 1960s to achieve many firsts as the...
October 11, 2021
CINEMA SABAYA
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Talent attending in-person screening: Orit Fouks Rotem (Director). Rona is teaching a film class to a diverse group of eight women. The class becomes the catalyst for deeper discovery as these women bond over their shared experience. While completing the exercises and assignments, the issues of modern-day Israel and Palestine are exposed, leaving the...
October 11, 2021
CODED: THE HIDDEN LOVE OF J.C. LEYENDECKER
DescriptionBiosContactDescription The coded advertisements of legendary early-20th century gay illustrator J.C. Leyendecker quietly, but directly, acknowledged a community that was forced to live in the closet. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 1 Bios Ryan White is the director of ASSASSINS (Greenwich Entertainment), VISIBLE: OUT ON TELEVISION (Apple TV+), ASK DR. RUTH (Hulu),...
October 11, 2021
COLD WALL
DescriptionContactDescription After a video of a miscarriage suffered by a student goes viral, a shocked 16-year-old Chinese girl, Katie, attempts to solve a personal crisis in unfamiliar territory. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 3 Contact Susan Dretzka AFI Conservatory sdretzka@afi.com
October 11, 2021
CAMP CONFIDENTIAL: AMERICA’S SECRET NAZIS
DescriptionBiosDescription During WWII, a group of young Jewish refugees are sent to a secret POW camp near Washington, DC, and they soon discover that the prisoners are Hitler's top scientists. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 5 Bios Mor Loushy is an award-winning Israeli director and a member of the Academy of Motion...
October 11, 2021
EL CARRITO
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription World Premiere Nelly slogs through another unsuccessful day of street vending in Queens, New York. Determined to improve her circumstances, she makes a risky business decision that ends in misfortune. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 4 Bios Zahida Pirani is a writer-director based in Los Angeles and New York City. She is the...
October 11, 2021
CASABLANCA BEATS (HAUT ET FORT)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription North American Premiere Morocco Official International Feature Film Oscar® Submission Talent attending in-person screening: Nabil Ayouch (Director). Based on director Nabil Ayouch’s own experiences opening a cultural center for young people in Casablanca, his new film depicts a group of Moroccan students trying their hand at rap with the guidance of a former rapper...
October 11, 2021
A BUTTERFLY VANISHES
DescriptionContactDescription The peace between Leo and his grieving father is disrupted when the young boy finds a butterfly that he believes to be his deceased mother. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 3 Contact Susan Dretzka AFI Conservatory sdretzka@afi.com
October 11, 2021
BRUISED
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription World Premiere There will be a post-screening conversation with Halle Berry (Director/Actor) moderated by filmmaker Ava DuVernay. Jackie Justice (Halle Berry) is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after her fight, she’s coaxed into a brutal underground fight...
