AFI Fest is ready and ready to launch.
The American Film Institute has announced the full lineup for this month’s film festival, which is scheduled to take place in Los Angeles from October 23 to 27. Tim Fehlbaum’s film will join previously announced slate of films September 5Payal Kapadia Everything we imagine is lightSamir Olivero The luckiest man in AmericaMesclaw and Abby Perot’s abortion rights documentary Zulawski v. Texas (executive produced by Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence) and Paul Schrader’s Oh Canadaetc.
The lineup includes 6 red carpet premieres, 12 special screenings, 13 luminary selections, 15 discovery films, 12 world cinema, 14 documentaries, 4 late-night films, 54 shorts competition films and 28 AFI Music Academy screening videos are produced by AMC Networks. Other notable works include Durga Chew Bose’s you are so sade with Chloë Sevigny; Mike Leigh’s The cruel truth, Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste; Paolo Sorrentino Partenope;David Cronenberg’s shroudstarring Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger; Mohammad Rasoulof Sacred Fig Seeds; Errol Morris separate;Julie Delpy’s Meet the savages;Alain Girardi mercy; Lungano Nyoni become a guinea fowl; Maura Delperro’s red;etc.
Other upcoming documentaries include Chris Smith’s Devo;Victor Korsakovsky architecture;David Bushell’s Cheech & Chong’s last movie About the iconic comedy duo; Mati Diop’s dahomey; Neil Berkeley’s group therapy Neil Patrick Harris, Tig Notaro, Mike Birbiglia and more talk mental health in comedy; Oksana Karpovich intercepted; no other land Produced by the Palestinian-Israeli collective in response to the progressive destruction of the Masafer Yatta area of the West Bank; by Alex Ross Perry sidewalk;etc.
“We are proud to bring the best films from around the world to the city of Los Angeles,” said Todd Hitchcock, Director of AFI FEST and AFI Silver Theater and Cultural Center. “It’s a celebration of storytelling in all its forms, with diverse voices and unique perspectives expected to inspire audiences of all ages.”
As previously announced, the AFI Fest lineup includes Laurent Bouzereau’s Doctors music of john williams; Robert Zemeckis herestarring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright; Nick Park and Merlyn Crossingham Wallace & Gromit: The Most Revenge; Clint Eastwood’s Juror No. 2; Marielle Heller’s night bitchstarring Amy Adams; Justin Kurzel’s order With Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan and Jurnee Smollett; Jesse Eisenberg real pain With Kieran Culkin; Pedro Almodóvar Venice Film Festival Winner next door room With Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton; Charlie McDowell summer bookstarring Anders Danielson Leigh and Glenn Close; William Goldenberg unstoppable With Jarrell Jerome, Jennifer Lopez, Don Cheadle, Michael Pena and Bobby Cannavale; Scott Baker and Brian Woods paganstarring Hugh Grant; and Pablo Larrain Mariastarring Angelina Jolie.
AFI will pay tribute to Zemeckis on October 24, a free public event that will feature Zemeckis and Hanks in conversation about his career. Passes are now available in bundles on October 4th, followed by individual tickets on October 7th. envelope made of Los Angeles Times is the primary media partner, along with a range of other media partners including “Wall Street Journal”, “Hollywood Reporter”, “Variety” and ABC7’s on the red carpet.
