September 28, 2020
EYIMOFE (THIS IS MY DESIRE)
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription USA Premiere Following the film, AFI FEST Senior Programmer Claudia Puig leads a conversation between filmmakers Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri. Stories of dreamers seeking a better life are a cinematic staple. Yet this Nigerian immigration drama tells the engaging tale of two families in Lagos in a particularly inventive and strikingly compassionate fashion....
September 28, 2020
FAREWELL AMOR
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Following the film, film critic KJ Matthews leads a conversation between filmmakers Ekwa Msangi and actors Zainab Jah, Jayme Lawson and Ntare Mwine. Walter and Esther were once deeply in love, but when Walter left Angola for the states to build a more stable life for their family in Brooklyn, neither could have anticipated...
September 28, 2020
DOC ROUNDTABLE
DescriptionDescription Leading directors behind some of the most talked about and acclaimed documentaries of the year discuss the art of documentary and the creative challenges faced in bringing these extraordinary stories to light. Moderated by producer and film festival curator Caroline Libresco, panelists include: Ramona S. Diaz (A THOUSAND CUTS), David France (WELCOME TO CHECHNYA),...
September 28, 2020
DOWNSTREAM TO KINSHASA
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription USA Premiere Following the film, AFI Festivals Senior Programmer Ken Jacobson leads a conversation with filmmaker Dieudo Hamadi. In June 2000, the brutal Six-Day War between Uganda and Rwanda swept through the city of Kisangani, Congo, leaving 1,000 Congolese dead and 3,000 injured. Filmmaker Dieudo Hamadi (KINSHASA MAKAMBO, NATIONAL DIPLOMA) follows a group of...
September 28, 2020
DO NOT SPLIT
DescriptionBIOContactDescription During the 2019 protests in Hong Kong, a series of evening demonstrations escalate into conflict when heavily armed police appear on the scene. Screens as part of MEET THE PRESS SHORTS 7 BIO Anders Hammer is a Norwegian documentarian and journalist. He moved to Kabul, Afghanistan, in June 2007 to cover the ongoing war....
September 28, 2020
DUSTIN
DescriptionBioContactDescription North America 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). At a nightclub we meet Dustin, a young transgender woman and her friends. As the...
September 28, 2020
ELEVATING BIPOC FILMMAKERS: A CONVERSATION WITH ARRAY
DescriptionDescription When Ava DuVernay founded the collective that would become ARRAY in 2011, she and company president Tilane Jones set out to boldly, proudly and courageously set their endeavor apart from other distributors. Their commitment to amplify and advocate for independent films by Black artists, filmmakers of color and women directors of all kinds was...
September 28, 2020
DIA DE LAS CARPAS
DescriptionTrailerDescription A group of boys help an undocumented girl get to the beach to reunite with her family, unaware of her magical secret that will change their lives forever. Trailer
September 28, 2020
CORRESPONDENCIA
DescriptionBiosContactTrailerDescription Following the program, AFI Festivals Programmer Eric Moore leads a conversation between filmmakers Jamil McGinnis and Pat Heywood (GRAMERCY), Helki Frantzen (L.A. ROLL), Carla Simón and Dominga Sotomayor (CORRESPONDENCIA), Santiago Barzi (CHINESE WALL). Two young filmmakers discuss the present and past, family, heritage, maternity and cinema. Their personal and profound reflections are suddenly echoed...
September 28, 2020
DAVID
DescriptionBioContactTrailerDescription USA Premiere Following the program, AFI Festivals Programmer Malin Kan leads a conversation between filmmakers Zach Woods (DAVID), Henriette Rietz (POSTPARTUM), Jonatan Etzler (SWIMMER), Bridey Elliot (THE FEELING), Sean Glass (A 1984 PERIOD PIECE IN PRESENT DAY), Jacob Halpren (CLAIRE AT SEVEN MONTHS) and Bridget Moloney (BLOCKS). David needs help. Screens as part of...
