October 22, 2019
JALLIKATTU
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Like the ferocious beast at the center of JALLIKATTU that eludes capture by an entire village of pursuers, Malayalam filmmaker Lilo Jose Pellissery breaks through the passivity of the movie-going experience with this fresh, totally original vision of contemporary Indian cinema. When a buffalo escapes in a village in the tropical state of Kerala,...
October 22, 2019
IDOL (WOO SANG)
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Talent attending: Lee Su-jin (Director) A fatal hit-and-run accident marks one family’s devastating loss and another’s downward moral spiral in Lee Su-Jin’s luridly satisfying revenge thriller set against the backdrop of a corrupt Korean political landscape. The smooth, up-and-coming politician Myung-hui (played to slimy perfection by Han Seok-kyu) makes the quick decision that his...
October 22, 2019
I AM NOT ALONE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Talent attending: Garin Hovannisian (Director), Alec Mouhibian (Producer) In March 2018, Nikol Pashinyan, a former journalist and opposition member of the Armenian parliament, began a protest march from Armenia’s second largest city to the capital; only a couple of dozen supporters joined him. But by the time he reached Yerevan, the crowd had grown...
October 22, 2019
INDIE CONTENDERS
DescriptionDescription Presented by The Hollywood Reporter and moderated by columnist and blogger Scott Feinberg, this annual panel favorite features a 90-minute discussion with major talent from the AFI FEST 2019 lineup and recent releases. Panelists will include Awkwafina (THE FAREWELL), Sterling K. Brown (WAVES), Cynthia Erivo (HARRIET), Jimmie Fails (THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN...
October 22, 2019
I WAS AT HOME, BUT… (ICH WAR ZUHAUSE, ABER…)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Angela Schanelec’s cryptic, disjointed and enigmatic winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director award at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival takes place two years following the death of Astrid’s (Maren Eggert) husband. As Astrid attempts to maintain a sense of stability, the disappearance of her 13-year-old son Phillip and his sudden return plunge...
October 22, 2019
THE HUMAN FACTOR
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Behind the scenes, American diplomatic envoys and experts have borne witness to — and shaped — some of the most intense and tenuous negotiations of the Middle East peace process. THE HUMAN FACTOR presents a unique perspective on decades of high stakes peace talks by focusing on the recollections of these key, but mostly hidden, government officials. Some surprising stories surface: closed...
October 22, 2019
HELLO AHMA
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Unable to return home to attend Grandma’s funeral because of immigration bureaucracy, a young Singaporean girl new to America searches for Grandma’s reincarnation in a pet store turtle. Part of SHORTS PROGRAM 2 Bios Siyou Tan is an LA-based filmmaker originally from Singapore. Her short HELLO AHMA premiered in competition at the 2019 Toronto...
October 22, 2019
A HIDDEN LIFE
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Talent attending: Elizabeth Bently (Producer), Dario Bergesio (Producer), Valerie Pachner (Talent) Terrence Malick returns with this harrowing true-life tale of conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter (August Diehl), eliciting comparisons in scope to his Academy Award-nominated TREE OF LIFE. The rise of the Third Reich in Austria shatters the peaceful illusion that is Franz’s daily life...
October 22, 2019
THE HISTORY OF MONSTERS
DescriptionDescription Talent attending: Juan Pablo Arias Muñoz (Director/Writer) Evelyn lives isolated in a cabin in the woods haunted every night by monsters of unknown origin. One day she finds a man in the forest and decides to help him. She becomes entranced by the stranger and struggles between her safety and her sexual desires. Part...
October 22, 2019
HE DREAMS OF GIANTS
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Talent attending: Lucy Darwin (Producer), Keith Fulton (Print Source), Lou Pepe (Director) In Keith Fulton and Lou Pepe’s irresistibly entertaining 2002 documentary LOST IN LA MANCHA, celebrated director Terry Gilliam attempted to complete a film adaptation of Cervantes’ masterpiece DON QUIXOTE. A string of impossibly unfortunate events — raging floods, a lead actor struck...
