September 28, 2020
THE REAGANS
DescriptionBiosDescription World Premiere Following the film, NBC News Political Director and Moderator of "Meet the Press,” Chuck Todd leads a conversation with director Matt Tyrnauer. Directed by Matt Tyrnauer, this fascinating new four-part Showtime series focuses on the rise and reign of America’s ultimate power couple: Ronald and Nancy Reagan. AFI FEST is pleased to...
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...
September 28, 2020
REALLY LOVE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription World Premiere Following the film at 8:45 p.m. PDT, Academy Award® Winner Barry Jenkins leads a conversation with filmmaker Angel Kristi Williams and actors Kofi Siriboe, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing. Set in a gentrifying Washington, DC, a rising Black artist, Isaiah (Kofi Siriboe), spends most of his days pouring his heart into his paintings but still...
September 28, 2020
A TRIBUTE TO RITA MORENO
DescriptionDescription Rita Moreno’s career began with a Broadway debut at 13 years old. Since then she has won all four of the most prestigious awards in show business - an Oscar®, a Tony®, two Emmys®, and a Grammy® - as well as a Peabody Award and a Kennedy Center Honor. Moreno has also been recognized...
September 28, 2020
PILLARS
DescriptionBioContactTrailerDescription Following the program, AFI Festivals Programmer Eric Moore leads a conversation between filmmakers Yuan Yuan (HEADING SOUTH), Azadeh Moussavi (THE VISIT), Rim Nakhli (NOUR), Tayler Montague (IN SUDDEN DARKNESS), Danski Tang (UMBILICAL) and Naïla Guiguet (DUSTIN). One Sunday at church, 12-year-old Amber experiences her first kiss, a moment of innocence that triggers a series...
September 28, 2020
OUT OF THE BLUE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription USA Premiere Following the film, AFI Festivals Programmer Malin Kan leads a conversation with restoration producers John Alan Simon and Elizabeth Karr. Commemorating the 40th anniversary of director Dennis Hopper’s too-long unavailable OUT OF THE BLUE, this punk-rock masterpiece can now be seen digitally restored in immaculate 4K, which lends a magnificent lushness to...
September 28, 2020
PIEDRA SOLA
DescriptionBiosContactDescription USA Premiere Following the film, AFI FEST Lead Screening Committee Member Cedar Sherbert leads a conversation between filmmaker Alejandro Telémaco Tarraf and cinematographer Alberto Balazs. Nestled deep in the remote Argentinian mountainside lives a llama herder with his family. He regularly travels the arduous route over the rugged terrain with his son to sell...
September 28, 2020
PINK SKIES AHEAD
DescriptionBiosContactDescription World Premiere Following the film at 8:45 p.m. PDT, AFI Festivals Director of Programming Sarah Harris leads a conversation between filmmaker Kelly Oxford and actors Jessica Barden, Odeya Rush and Devon Bostick. After watching this Special Presentation, join us for a live AFI Summit session on October 19 at 1:00 p.m. PDT: CENTERING CHARACTERS...
September 28, 2020
POSSE
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Following the film, film scholar and Cinema's Legacy guest curator Racquel Gates leads a conversation with Michael B. Gillespie, Hannah Giorgis and Terri Francis. A band of Buffalo Soldiers are sent on a suicide mission to Cuba in 1898 to intercept a shipment of gold during the Spanish-American War. The African American unit is...
September 28, 2020
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI…
DescriptionBiosEvent InformationEvent FAQsDescription ONE NIGHT ONLY DRIVE-IN EVENT $40 per vehicle with a max of 4 people per car. In February 1964, friends Cassius Clay, Jim Brown, Sam Cooke and Malcolm X gather in a hotel room to celebrate Clay’s heavyweight championship win. Reveling in the night, they match wits and stories. As their banter...
