September 28, 2020
NOUR
DescriptionBioContactTrailerDescription USA Premiere 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). Nour and Adem set off in search of their father, who they have not seen for a...
September 28, 2020
ON THE RECORD
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription Screens as part of A Tribute to Kirby Dick In association with AFI FEST’s tribute to Kirby Dick, we are very pleased to be able to present this free showing of ON THE RECORD, directed and produced by Dick and his longtime collaborator Amy Ziering. First reported by The New York Times, the documentary...
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...
September 28, 2020
THE NEW CORPORATION: THE UNFORTUNATELY NECESSARY SEQUEL
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription USA Premiere Following the film, AFI Festivals Senior Programmer Ken Jacobson leads a conversation with filmmakers Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan. In 2003, Canadian filmmakers Jennifer Abbott and Mark Achbar teamed up with writer Joel Bakan on the penetrating and popular documentary THE CORPORATION, which posed the provocative question, “If the corporation is legally...
September 28, 2020
NO ORDINARY MAN
DescriptionBiosDescription USA Premiere Following the film, AFI Festivals Programmer Eric Moore leads a conversation between filmmakers Chase Joynt and Aisling Chin-Yee, co-writer Amos Mac and subject Marquise Vilson. Jazz musician Billy Tipton’s name was splashed all over the tabloids and talk shows in 1989 when upon his death his family discovered that Tipton was a...
September 28, 2020
NEW ORDER (NUEVO ORDEN)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Following the film, AFI FEST Senior Programmer Claudia Puig leads a conversation with filmmaker Michel Franco. This unflinching, provocative and riveting sociopolitical thriller depicts society at a terrifying breaking point. Class warfare has erupted into widespread chaotic violence in this essential story of an attempted overthrow of the privileged ruling class in contemporary Mexico...
September 28, 2020
NOTTURNO
DescriptionBiosDescription AFI Programmer Ken Jacobson leads a conversation with director Gianfranco Rosi. Racked by war, the bordering areas of Iraq, Kurdistan, Syria and Lebanon have, in recent years, seen untold human suffering and devastation. But, even as a return to normal remains elusive, if not unattainable, life goes on. With this beautiful assemblage of arresting...
September 28, 2020
NINE DAYS
DescriptionBiosDescription Following the film, AFI FEST Senior Programmer Claudia Puig leads a conversation between filmmaker Edson Oda and actors Zazie Beetz and Winston Duke. What if you had just a little over a week to persuade an enigmatic gatekeeper to allow you to be born? How would you proceed? Winston Duke plays the cryptic and somber...
September 28, 2020
MY DONKEY, MY LOVER AND I
DescriptionBiosDescription Following the film, AFI Festivals Programmer Malin Kan leads a conversation with filmmaker Caroline Vignal. Antoinette, a schoolteacher, has a secret. She is having an affair with Vladimir, the father of one of her students. When Vladimir cancels their romantic getaway for a hiking vacation planned with his wife and daughter, Antoinette impulsively decides...
September 28, 2020
MY LITTLE SISTER
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription USA Premiere Switzerland Official International Feature Film Oscar® Submission Following the film, AFI Festivals Director of Programming Sarah Harris leads a conversation between filmmakers Stéphanie Chuat and Véronique Reymond and actor Nina Hoss. Dramas exploring adult brother-sister relationships are rare in cinema. And when told well, they resonate in powerful ways. Such is the...
