The American Film Institute will be bringing their brief yet robust annual film fest to the heart of Hollywood at the TCL Chinese Theatres on November 2nd to 6th. The Opening Night Film selected will be "Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me", a documentary by Alek Keshishian on the actress and pop singer which chronicles the pressures of stardom while she has open and honest conversation around her own mental health.
The other Red Carpet Premieres are "Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths", Alejandro G. Iñárritu's latest feature about a Mexican journalist (Daniel Gimenez Cacho) who also creates films living in Los Angeles who takes a jounrey back to his home country, grappling with indentity, success and familial bonds; "She Said", a feature film by Maria Schrader, details two New York Times reporters (Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan) investigating the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood and the determination to shatter the years of silence, propelling the #Metoo movement; "The Son", Florian Zeller's follow-up to his Oscar-winning film, "The Father", has Hugh Jackman as a divorced man recently remarried and the complicated relationship with his troubled teenage son from his previous marriage; Guillermo del Toro is delivering his version of "Pinnochio" with a whimsical, stop-motion animated film set in 1930's Italy; and "Living" is a British reimaging of Akira Kurosawa’s masterwork "Ikiru" now set in in post-World War II London with Bill Nighy as civil servant who discovers he has an uncurable illness and decides to make a final change to his mundane life before departing this world.
Some of the Special Screenings will include actor, Sarah Polley's first feature film as a director in ten years, "Women Talking" which details eight women living in an isolated religious community struggling with reconciling their reality with their faith. Rooney Mara, Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy, Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand star; "Nanny", a creepy, horror drama from first-time writer/director, Nikyatu Jusu, follows an undocumented Senegalese woman (Anna Diop) working as a nanny for a wealthy Manhattan family, hoping to eventually be able to bring her child over she was forced to leave behind, while suffering horrific nightmares that threatens her sanity. Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Spector and Leslie Uggams co-star; The latest from director, Alice Rohrwacher ("Happy as Lazzaro") is "Le Pupille", a magical fable about a group of rebellious, young girls at a boarding school who are blessed with good fortune during wartime; "Is That Black Enough For You?!?", the film critic Elvis Mitchell's first time as a director which he constructs a warm and joyous history of African-American life represented throughout cinema.
This year's Guest Artistic Director will be Ava DuVernay, the celebrated filmmaker behind "Middle of Nowhere", "Selma" and "A Wrinkle in Time". She will present three noteworthy, independent feature films: "Hellion" (2014) by Kat Candler, "Mosquita y Mari" (2012) by Aurora Guerrero and "Yelling To The Sky" (2011) from Victoria Mahoney, which will put a spotlight on female directors who were able to creative outstanding works with limited resources.
And the Closing Night film will be the US premiere of "The Fabelmans", Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical, coming-of-age drama involving Sammy Fabelman (Gabriel LaBelle), a young boy who falls in love with cinema while coping with family conflict which will ultimately shape him as a filmmaker. Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, and Judd Hirsch also star.
The rest of the AFI Film Fest will include new works of world cinema, documentaries, short film competition 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 2022
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