This year's American Film Institute's annual celebration of new cinema will be taking place starting this week on November 10th and through the 14th. This film festival, considerably shortened than previous years, will be a hybrid of virtual and in-person screenings with them being held at the TCL Chinese theatres in Hollywood. All festival-goers will be required to be fully vaccinated in order to attend in person screenings and events.
The Opening Night film will be the world premiere of "Tick, Tick... Boom!", Lin-Manuel Miranda's cinematic debut as a director with the adaptation of the first musical by Jonathan Larson, the creator of "Rent". This semi-autobiographical story stars Andrew Garfield as an aspiring theatre composer who suffers from a life crisis as he approaches thirty and he hasn't accomplished what he had hoped by this point. "Tick, Tick... Boom!" is scheduled to be released in theaters on November 12th before streaming on Netflix on November 19th.
Other red carpet premieres will include Pedro Almodóvar's latest colorful melodrama, "Madres Paralelas (Parallel Mothers)" with Penelope Cruz; "Swan Song", a drama by Benjamin Cleary with two-time Oscar winner, Mahershala Ali staring as a man diagnosed with terminal cancer and is offered a radical alterative solution for treatment by his doctor, played by Glenn Close; "Sing 2", the sequel to the 2016 film "Sing", continues the story of Buster Moon (Matthew McConaughey) with his new cast who have their sights set on putting on a new show at the Crystal Tower Theater in Redshore City. This animinated film also features the voices of Scarlett Johansson, Reese Witherspoon, Taron Egerton and Nick Kroll. And there is the world premiere of Halle Berry's first film as director with "Bruised". The Academy Award winner also stars as an aging mixed martial arts fighter who seeks redemption by accepting an offer to fight the top fighter in an unsanctioned bout while also dealing with the unexpected return of the child she gave up for adoption.
And the Closing Night film will be "King Richard". Will Smith plays Richard Williams, a determined father who sets out to help make his young, talented daughters, Venus and Serena, two of the greatest athletes of all-time. Reinaldo Marcus Green directs. "King Richard" will be released theatrically and streaming on HBO Max on November 19th.
The rest of the fest will feature new works of world cinema, documentaries, short film competition, "Meet The Press" film festival which will spotlight compelling short documentaries involving issues facing society and AFI Conservatory Showcase that will feature the short films by recent graduates of AFI.
For the complete list of films and to purchase tickets and passes, please click below:
AFI 2021
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