October 22, 2019
FAMILY MEMBERS (LOS MIEMBROS DE LA FAMILIA)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Talent attending: Mateo Bendesky (Director) After the death of their mother, siblings Gilda and Lucas reluctantly return to their quiet coastal hometown to scatter her remains in the ocean. After the announcement of a nationwide bus strike, they are unable to make the quick retreat they had hoped for. The two occupy a space...
October 22, 2019
FIRE IN PARADISE
DescriptionBiosContactDescription FREE SCREENING On the morning of November 8, 2018, a seemingly small fire broke out in Butte County, California. Over the course of a few short hours, the camp fire grew into the country’s deadliest wildfire in over a century, killing 85 people and destroying Paradise. Followed by Q&A with Chuck Todd, NBC News...
October 22, 2019
EXIT 12
DescriptionBiosDescription After two tours in the Iraq War, U.S. Marine Roman Baca came home a different person. Now, as the founder and artistic director of the Exit12 Dance Company in New York City, Roman, with other veterans and military families, uses dance to tell stories about the effects of war. Part of SHORTS PROGRAM 5...
October 22, 2019
EXAM
DescriptionBiosContactDescription A teenage girl delivers a package of cocaine to a client and gets caught in a weird cycle of events. Part of SHORTS PROGRAM 4 Bios Sonia K. Hadad is an Iranian Filmmaker. She was born in 1989 in Tehran. She completed her B.A in Theatre from the University of Art and Architecture in Tehran...
October 22, 2019
EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SUDDEN BIRTH* (*BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK)
DescriptionBiosDescription The true story of how the Berkeley police department, the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands, an Academy Award® winner and Spock of STAR TREK fame are all connected by 1966’s SUDDEN BIRTH, one of the most unintentionally hilarious and disturbing educational films ever created. Part of SHORTS PROGRAM 5 Bios From an abandoned World...
October 22, 2019
EVA LONGORIA AND STACY SMITH ON THE ERASURE OF LATINX IN FILM
DescriptionDescription Founder of the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative Dr. Stacy Smith and producer, director, actress and activist Eva Longoria delve into the latest findings from the Initiative that show an alarming lack of representation of Latinx individuals in film, both behind and in front of the camera — and address a solutions-driven path forward.
October 22, 2019
EXECUTIVES OF THE CULTURE: SENIOR AND EMERGING ENTERTAINMENT EXECS OF COLOR ON HOLLYWOOD
DescriptionDescription Join senior and emerging Hollywood executives as they discuss their career paths, current work/creative partnerships and the future of diverse content across entertainment platforms with moderator Brickson Diamond, CEO of Big Answers, LLC; founding board member and chair of The Blackhouse Foundation. Panelists include: Deniese Davis, Producer at Issa Rae Productions and COO of...
October 22, 2019
DOCKING
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Trevor reflects on his fear of dating. Part of SHORTS PROGRAM 3 Bios Trevor Anderson is a writer-director whose most recent film DOCKING premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. His film THE LITTLE DEPUTY premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was included in Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival. THE MAN THAT...
October 22, 2019
THE DEVIL’S HARMONY
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Kiera is being bullied at school. She’s the nerdish captain of the a cappella club and an easy target. Or so it seems. In fact, her a cappella club possess a secret, supernatural power: when they sing the ‘Devil’s Harmony’, listeners are sent into a state of catatonic, never-ending sleep. Using this power, she...
October 22, 2019
DOC ROUNDTABLE
DescriptionDescription Join AFI and the Los Angeles Times as we bring together the leading directors behind some of the most talked-about and acclaimed documentaries of the year. Moderated by Amy Kaufman from the Los Angeles Times, panelists will include Waad al-Kateab (FOR SAMA), Steven Bognar (AMERICAN FACTORY), Feras Fayyad (THE CAVE), Alex Gibney (CITIZEN K),...
