October 11, 2021
THE BRIGHT SIDE OF THINGS
DescriptionContactDescription During the hottest heat wave in Southern California, Bobby wakes up to find his AC stolen from his window. Soon, a journey for revenge becomes one of self-discovery. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 2 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...
October 11, 2021
BREE WAYY: PROMISE WITNESS REMEMBRANCE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription A film by award-winning director and 2021 AFI DOCS Charles Guggenheim Symposium honoree Dawn Porter that looks at how the art world responded to the death of Breonna Taylor by using art not only as a form of protest but as a space to heal. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 2...
October 11, 2021
BERNSTEIN’S WALL
DescriptionBiosDescription Talent attending in-person screening: Douglas Tirola (Director). For the better part of the 20th century, composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein was a household name due to his music in WEST SIDE STORY (for which he won an Academy Award®), his role as Musical Director of the New York Philharmonic and his work on television...
October 11, 2021
BABYBANGZ
DescriptionBiosContactDescription BABYBANGZ visualizes the story of Anastasia Ebel, owner of a natural hair salon in Mid-city, and her mission to foster opportunities for intentional reflection, for herself and her community. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 1 Bios Juliana Kasumu is an artist, working across documentary, narrative, experimental film, photography and installation. Kasumu's work has...
October 11, 2021
APART, TOGETHER
DescriptionContactDescription Yiru is a Chinese teenager traveling to the U.S. as a translator for her mom, who is searching for her first daughter she gave up for adoption under the one-child policy. Screens as part of AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 3 Contact Susan Dretzka AFI Conservatory sdretzka@afi.com
October 11, 2021
ARE YOU STILL THERE?
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription On a hot day, Safa's car battery dies, leaving her stranded in a strip mall parking lot. When her mom arrives, the two struggle to jump-start a car. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 3 Bios The Oscar®-winning team behind the short film PERIOD. END OF SENTENCE., Rayka Zehtabchi and Sam Davis have also...
October 11, 2021
ANXIOUS BODY
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Living things, artificial things, geometry shapes and lines. When these different things encounter, a new direction is born. Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 4 Bios Born in 1984, Yoriko Mizushiri is a freelance film director who graduated from the Joshibi University of Art and Design in Japan. The serene rhythm of Mizushiri’s works...
October 11, 2021
AL-SIT
DescriptionBiosContactDescription In a cotton farming village in Sudan, Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman. Can Nafisa choose for herself? Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM 5 Bios Suzannah Mirghani is a writer, researcher and independent filmmaker. She is mixed-race Sudanese and Russian...
October 11, 2021
ALI & AVA
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Ali and Ava each live lonely lives in North Britain. Ali, a British Pakistani, is a former DJ turned compassionate landlord who meets Ava, an Irish-born schoolteacher and single mother of five, while picking up one of his tenant’s children from school. Despite their differences, sparks start to fly. As Ali and Ava’s relationship...
