September 24, 2026
NOWHERE TO LAY MY EYES
DescriptionBiosContactDescription This film screens with THE DAY SHE RETURNS as a double feature of Hong Sang-soo’s latest works. Estranged from her mother for nearly a decade, Sanghee (Kim Min-hee) takes a rare trip to a blustery Jeju Island for a long-awaited visit. A snack importer and experimental filmmaker, Sanghee is something of a disappointment to...
September 24, 2026
NORTH
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 1 In 1960s rural Appalachia, a determined mother refuses to accept the death of her coal mining town as she struggles to put together a birthday party for her son. Trailer
September 24, 2026
NOBODY SAID ANYTHING (NIKO NIŠTA NIJE REKAO)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: LIVE ACTION 1 Katarina is called to her daughter’s friend’s home to confront the consequences of a seemingly innocent game that has spiraled out of control. Bios Tamara Todorović studied Film and Television Directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. Her student films...
September 24, 2026
NINA ROZA
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Canada's Oscar® submission for Best International Feature Screening to be followed by a conversation with director and screenwriter Geneviève Dulude-De Celles and producers Sarah Mannering and Fanny Drew. Set between Canada and Bulgaria, Quebecois writer-director Geneviève Dulude-de Celles’ (THE CUT, AFI FEST 2014) sophomore narrative feature is a poetic contemplation on fatherhood, heritage and...
September 24, 2026
NO COWBOYS
DescriptionTrailerDescription Screens as part of CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE 2 A horse trainer who’s overcome his troubled past by pouring himself into training a wild horse is tested when a fading movie star tries to buy it from under him. Trailer
September 24, 2026
MUTRION
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription North American Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: LIVE ACTION 2 Marco returns to the lagoon community he once fled and reconnects with his childhood friend. Their encounter stirs old ghosts and memories, revealing how deeply the lagoon still lives inside him. Bios Marco Cavazzin is an Italian director and writer. A Cinema...
September 24, 2026
MY BROTHER’S KILLER
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Screening to be preceded by an introduction by executive producer Penelope Spheeris. Screening to be followed by a conversation with director, screenwriter and producer Rachel Mason, editor, screenwriter and producer Dion Labriola and AFI Alumnus and cinematographer Michael Pessah. Documentarian Rachel Mason, whose film CIRCUS OF BOOKS (AFI FEST 2019) told the story of...
September 24, 2026
THE MUPPET MOVIE
DescriptionDescription In their first foray onto the silver screen, Kermit the Frog and his Muppet cohort — Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Miss Piggy and the gang — sing their way to Hollywood, hoping to make it big. But Charles Durning’s evil Doc Hopper, a frog-leg restaurant magnate, has other plans for Kermit. Tremendously funny — as...
September 24, 2026
MUKBANG
DescriptionBiosDescription World Premiere Screens as part of SHORTS PROGRAM: AFTER DARK In a near-future dystopia, an underground mukbang factory turns human appetite into entertainment, forcing participants to gorge themselves for an insatiable online audience. Bios Joe Grode is a Los Angeles-based writer, director and producer whose work blends genre spectacle with emotional complexity. A graduate...
September 24, 2026
MOUSE
DescriptionBioContactTrailerDescription Screening to be followed by a conversation with director and screenwriter Kelly O’Sullivan, director and producer Alex Thompson and actors Sophie Okonedo, Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Tara Mallen and Chloe Coleman. The third feature from filmmaking duo Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson (GHOSTLIGHT; SAINT FRANCES) is their most affecting and fully realized drama yet. Set...
