September 28, 2020
SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS
DescriptionBiosContactDescription World Premiere Following the film, AFI Festivals Programmer Malin Kan leads a conversation with filmmaker Lisa Rovner. Theremins, synthesizers and feedback machines abound in this glorious ode to the women who helped shape, not just electronic music but the contemporary soundscape as we know it. Poetic narration delivered in the soothing tonalities of avant-garde...
September 28, 2020
SHOULD THE WIND DROP (SI LE VENT TOMBE)
DescriptionBiosDescription USA Premiere Following the film, AFI FEST Director of Programming Sarah Harris leads a conversation between filmmaker Nora Martirosyan and actor Grégoire Colin. In the Southern Caucasus there is the small breakaway country of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, but you can't get there by air. There is, however, an airport, with full facilities, employees and...
September 28, 2020
A TRIBUTE TO SOFIA COPPOLA
DescriptionDescription Sofia Coppola exploded onto the festival scene with her directorial debut, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES (1999) which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. With her second film, LOST IN TRANSLATION, Coppola earned more accolades, including the Academy Award® for Best Original Screenplay and nominations for Best Director and Best Picture. In 2017, she made history...
September 28, 2020
SOUND OF METAL
DescriptionBiosDescription Following the film, Variety’s Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis leads a conversation with filmmaker Darius Marder and actors Riz Ahmed, Paul Raci, Chelsea Lee and Shaheem Sanchez. After watching SOUND OF METAL, join us for a live AFI Summit session live on October 18, 11:00 a.m. PDT: FINDING YOUR VOICE: SOUND OF METAL STRIKES...
September 28, 2020
THE SPEECH
DescriptionTrailerDescription May 2003, Beijing, China. Under pressure from the WHO, the Chinese government announced the SARS outbreak is real. During the ensuing lockdown, three eight-year-old girls have to find a way to make sense of the world. Trailer
September 28, 2020
RIVAL (RIVALE)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription North America Premiere Following the film, film critic Tyra Martin leads a conversation between filmmakers Marcus Lenz and Gunter Hanfgarn and co-writer Lars Hubrich. From the opening scenes of a little boy brandishing a huge gun, the audience is immediately drawn in. Bolstered by beautiful cinematography and an evocative score, nothing is predictable about...
September 28, 2020
RUBBED IN PINK
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). The daughters of a fashion photographer are beginning to...
September 28, 2020
SHE PARADISE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription World Premiere Following the film, AFI FEST Senior Programmer Claudia Puig leads a conversation between filmmaker Maya Cozier, writer Melina Brown and actor Onessa Nestor. A film about sisterhood and dance that celebrates the sheer joy of movement, SHE PARADISE is an engaging coming-of-age tale. Audiences get a potent sense of life in Trinidad...
September 28, 2020
SHADOW IN THE CLOUD
DescriptionBiosDescription Following the film, AFI Festivals Director of Programming Sarah Harris leads a conversation between filmmaker Roseanne Liang and actor Chloë Grace Moretz. On a stormy night during World War II, a female pilot with top secret cargo talks her way on board a bomber plane about to take-off. The crass all-male crew reluctantly agrees,...
September 28, 2020
POSTPARTUM (WOCHENBETT)
DescriptionBioContactTrailerDescription 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 chaotic phase in the life of a new...
