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...
September 28, 2020
IN FRANCE MICHELLE IS A MAN’S NAME
DescriptionBioContactTrailerDescription 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). Michael, a young trans...
September 28, 2020
I’M YOUR WOMAN Encore Screening
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Before the film, Variety's Angelique Jackson leads a conversation with director/co-writer Julia Hart, producer/co-writer Jordan Horowitz, producer/actor Rachel Brosnahan and actors Marsha Stephanie Blake and Arinzé Kene. Suburban housewife Jean (Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) lives a seemingly easy life, supported by husband Eddie’s (Bill Heck) career as a thief. But when Eddie...
September 28, 2020
HEADING SOUTH (雁南飞)
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). Eight-year-old Chasuna travels from her home on the grasslands to visit her father in the big city. At...
September 28, 2020
HOPPER/WELLES
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Following the film, AFI Festivals Programmer Malin Kan leads a conversation between producer Filip Jan Rymsza and editor Bob Murawski. Found in 2017 amid 1,083 reels of production footage from Orson Welles’ THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND, this monumental extended conversation between Welles and Dennis Hopper pits Classic Hollywood against New Hollywood in...
September 28, 2020
I CARRY YOU WITH ME
DescriptionBiosDescription Following the film, AFI FEST Senior Programmer Claudia Puig leads a conversation between filmmaker Heidi Ewing and actor Armando Espitia. Realism and romanticism come together artfully in this poignant, decades-long story. Ivan (Armando Espitia) and Gerardo (Christian Vazquez) fall in love and must face homophobia, racism and injustice, while weathering the perils of undocumented...
September 28, 2020
GLOVES OFF
DescriptionBIOSContactDescription GLOVES OFF follows the story of Tiara Brown, a young police officer who forges new ways to serve her community by day, then laces up and fights to make a name for herself in the boxing ring by night. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 6 BIOS Nadine Natour was the associate...
September 28, 2020
GAMES OF SURVIVAL: A CULTURE PRESERVED IN ICE
DescriptionBIOContactTrailerDescription The events at the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics — like the Four Man Carry and the Knuckle Hop — won’t be familiar to most Americans in the Lower 48, but they are rooted in traditional Eskimo culture and pure Americana. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 2 BIO Armed with a master’s degree...
September 28, 2020
FURTHEST FROM
DescriptionTrailerDescription In 1999, Novato, California, Jessie is enjoying what little time she has left with her best friend, Lucas. The trailer park they live in will be forced to evacuate as a result of MTBE water contamination. Trailer
