AFI FEST 2021 — HOLY EMY
AFI Fest 2021 comes to an intriguing close with a Sunday evening screening of HOLY EMY, directed and co-written by Araceli Lemos, and inspired by her feelings of disconnection when she moved from Greece to Los Angeles. Cryptic and compelling,
AFI FEST 2021 — WILDHOOD
The Mi'kmaq approach is more holistic than separate labels and separated-out parts of an identity. Two-Spirit identity is an intersection of the relationship to land, gender, sexuality, ceremony, and culture. It's hard in English to summarize or speak about those
AFI FEST 2021 — PETITE MAMAN
Two years after her international breakout feature Portrait of a Lady on Fire, writer-director Céline Sciamma returns with PETITE MAMAN, a story of companionship bent by longing and the circular turn of time. This weekend, the AFI Fest presents an early
AFI FEST 2021 — PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT
Co-written with Léa Mysius and Céline Sciamma and based on “Amber Sweet,” “Kill and Die,” and “Hawaiian Getaway”—three stories from Adrian Tomine’s acclaimed Optic Nerve series and transposed in monochrome to Paris—Jacques Audiard’s latest PARIS, 13TH DISTRICT / LES OLYMPIADES will
AFI FEST 2021 — JEFFERY ROBINSON, EMILY KUNSTLER, AND SARAH KUNSTLER
George Orwell warned us that “Who controls the past controls the future.” Knowledge is power. A false narrative about the role of white supremacy and anti-Black racism in America has led to our failure to make significant, lasting progress on