September 28, 2020
LONELY BLUE NIGHT
DescriptionBioContactTrailerDescription World Premiere Following the program, AFI Festivals Programmer Eric Moore leads a conversation between filmmakers Yi Tang (BLACK GOAT), Em Weinstein (IN FRANCE MICHELLE IS A MAN'S NAME), Seungee Kim (TIGER & OX), Erica Tremblay (LITTLE CHIEF), Inès Girihiwe (BREAKING GROUND), Johnson Cheng (LONELY BLUE NIGHT), Kimi Howl Lee (CHILD OF LAND). The consequences...
September 28, 2020
THE LOST ASTRONAUT
DescriptionBIODescription In 1963, Ed Dwight Jr. was poised to be NASA’s first African-American astronaut, until suddenly he wasn’t. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 3 BIO Ben Proudfoot is a filmmaker and the founder and CEO of Breakwater Studios.
September 28, 2020
LIONS IN THE CORNER
DescriptionBIOContactTrailerDescription In Virginia, Scarface started Streetbeefs in his backyard to combat gun and knife violence in the area. Soon, it turned into something much more. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 5 BIO Paul Hairston is a New York City-based commercial and film director. Raised in rural Virginia, he now lives and...
September 28, 2020
JUST ANOTHER GIRL ON THE I.R.T.
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. Chantal is confident, thoughtful and driven. Her working class Brooklyn family lives paycheck-to-paycheck, so she puts in hours at an upper-class grocery store to help out. For 17-year-old Chantal, who...
September 28, 2020
JULIET
DescriptionTrailerDescription A transgender teenager battles prejudice and her own self-doubt to audition for the female lead in her high school’s play. Trailer
September 28, 2020
JUMBO
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Following the film, AFI FEST Senior Programmer Claudia Puig leads a discussion of the film JUMBO with filmmaker Zoe Wittock and actress Noémie Merlant. Forbidden love is not a new theme to cinema. But Jeanne's love is like no other. When the new amusement park “attraction,” The Move It, arrives at the local carnival...
September 28, 2020
A TRIBUTE TO KIRBY DICK
DescriptionDescription Watch ON THE RECORD before A TRIBUTE TO KIRBY DICK, beginning October 18,12:00 p.m. PDT Kirby Dick (AFI Conservatory Class of 1983) is a two-time Academy Award® nominated and Emmy® award-winning investigative filmmaker behind some of the most groundbreaking documentaries today with his creative partner Amy Ziering. His most recent projects directly impacted American...
September 28, 2020
THE INTRUDER
DescriptionBiosContactDescription USA Premiere Following the film, AFI FEST Senior Programmer Claudia Puig leads a conversation between filmmaker Natalia Meta and actor Érica Rivas. A would-be relaxing holiday for overworked voice actor Inés is cut short by an unexpected horror. As she attempts to readjust to her former routine, her sense of reality becomes increasingly precarious....
September 28, 2020
INDUSTRY
DescriptionBiosTrailerDescription North America Premiere Following the film, AFI Festivals Director of Programming Sarah Harris leads a conversation between filmmakers Mickey Down, Konrad Kay and David P. Davis and actors Myha'la Herrold and Marisa Abela. In the latest series from HBO, an ambitious group of graduates compete for a permanent role at Piedmont, a top London...
September 28, 2020
IN SUDDEN DARKNESS
DescriptionBioContactDescription 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). A slice of life film set in the Bronx, New York. A working-class family tries to stay afloat...
