September 28, 2020
THE AMERICAN SECTOR
DescriptionBiosContactDescription Following the film, AFI Festivals Senior Programmer Ken Jacobson leads a conversation between filmmakers Courtney Stephens and Pacho Velez. When the Berlin Wall started to come down in November 1989, it marked a powerful turning point in the history of the Cold War and the prospects for a reunified Germany. It also began a...
September 28, 2020
40 YEARS A PRISONER
DescriptionBiosDescription USA Premiere Following the film, Film critic Gil Robertson leads a conversation with filmmaker Tommy Oliver. On August 8, 1978, after a 15-month standoff, the confrontation between the Black liberation group MOVE and the Philadelphia Police Department exploded in gunshots. Police officer James J. Ramp lay dead. Nine MOVE members, including the couple Michael...
September 28, 2020
A 1984 PERIOD PIECE IN PRESENT DAY
DescriptionBioContactDescription World 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). A couple stop at a motel in...
November 20, 2019
MARRIAGE STORY
DescriptionDescription Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Noah Baumbach directs this incisive and compassionate look at a marriage coming apart and a family staying together. We would like to offer you the opportunity to attend the screening of MARRIAGE STORY for free through our Gala Screening Vouchers program. You can secure a Gala Screening Voucher by clicking on...
November 12, 2019
I AM WOMAN
DescriptionBioContactDescription 1966. Helen Reddy arrives in New York with her three-year-old daughter, a suitcase and $230 in her pocket. Helen had been told she had won a recording contract, but the record company promptly dashes her hopes by telling her it has enough female stars and suggests she has fun in New York before returning...
November 5, 2019
AN EVENING WITH MARTIN SCORSESE AND THE IRISHMAN
DescriptionDescription FREE SCREENING The evening will celebrate the AFI Life Achievement Award recipient and Academy Award® winner's indelible impact on culture as one cinema's most acclaimed filmmakers. Following a conversation with Scorsese, AFI FEST will present his most recent film, Netflix's THE IRISHMAN, an epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the...
October 24, 2019
SHOWCASE 3
YELLOW GIRL & ME FORT IRWIN THE HISTORY OF MONSTERS MISS BOUNDLESS (弄璋记) THEY WON'T LAST