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AFI Conservatory Showcase at This Year’s AFI FEST Presented by Audi
The AFI Conservatory Showcase features new and emerging voices from the most recent graduating class of the world-renowned filmmaker training program. This collection of 15 short fictional narratives highlights the diverse and distinct perspectives of the next generation of storytellers.
Variety is the Media Partner of the AFI Conservatory Showcase. Free screenings are available beginning October 16, 12 p.m. PDT until October 22, 11:59 p.m. PDT with 48 hours to view upon unlock.
Don’t miss out on these incredible stories! Reserve your tickets at FEST.AFI.com.
AFI CONSERVATORY SHOWCASE AT AFI FEST 2020 PRESENTED BY AUDI
DIA DE LAS CARPAS
Director: João Dall’Stella
Screenwriter: Marina Kato Hoag
Producer: Jervis Li
Cinematographer: Bethany Michalski
Editor: Skylar Yufei Zhang
A group of boys help an undocumented girl get to the beach to reunite with her family, unaware of her magical secret that will change their lives forever. BUY TICKET
ELLE
Director: Nicole Vanden Broeck
Screenwriters: Asher Jelinsky, Nicole Vanden Broeck
Producer: Gabrielle Cordero
Cinematographer: Guido Raimondo
Editor: Chris Tenzis
Production Designer: Evan Welch
In the midst of her sexual awakening, 16-year-old Elle finds herself in love with her best girlfriend who is about to move out of town. BUY TICKET
FLECK
Director: Jing Ai Ng
Screenwriter: Jing Ai Ng
Producer: Miguel Lozano
Cinematographer: Jan Rischbieth Cordoba
Editor: Briana Chmielewski
An Asian-American teenager at a traditional prep school longing to fit in is forced to choose between her morality or belonging to the school’s elite. BUY TICKET
FURTHEST FROM
Director: Kyung Sok Kim
Screenwriter: Rex Reyes II
Producer: Rex Reyes II
Cinematographer: Teck Siang Lim
Editor: Arndt Werling
In 1999, Novato, California, Jessie is enjoying what little time she has left with her best friend, Lucas. The trailer park they live in will be forced to evacuate as a result of MTBE water contamination. BUY TICKET
JULIET
Director: Ira Storozhenko
Screenwriter: Wilandrea Blair
Producer: Katherine D. May
Cinematographer: Sarah Anne Pierpont
Editor: Anna Khusnutdinova
A transgender teenager battles prejudice and her own self-doubt to audition for the female lead in her high school’s play. BUY TICKET
LUCE
Director: Ciro Apicella
Screenwriter: Ciro Apicella
Producer: Alec Mahon
Cinematographer: Gemma Doll-Grossman
Editor: Charles H. Carter
In a synesthesia of classical music, death and sex, Adriano finds love in a time of grief. BUY TICKET
MI AMIGO
Director: Darius Dawson
Screenwriter: Veronica Felicity Johnson
Producer: Veronica Felicity Johnson
Cinematographer: Leonel Escobar
Editors: Farzad Kiyafar, Travis Stuart
A hitman attends the funeral of the crime associate and best friend he executed as he searches for forgiveness. After being taunted by his corpse victim in a living room death tableau, he instead finds street justice. BUY TICKET
THE SPEECH
Director: Haohao Yan
Screenwriter: Haohao Yan
Producer: Xiaoxiao Li
Cinematographer: Anton Shavlik
Editor: Luqi Zhao
May 2003, Beijing, China. Under pressure from the WHO, the Chinese government announced the SARS outbreak is real. During the ensuing lockdown, three eight-year-old girls have to find a way to make sense of the world. BUY TICKET
A STRANGE CALM
Director: Austin Rourke
Screenwriter: Austin Rourke
Producer: Jai Pellerin
Cinematographer: Joel E. Schaeffer
Editor: Maria Freire
When 12-year-old Rosie and Miles encounter a strange man on the 4th of July in 1974, their journey to watch the fireworks on the outskirts of town becomes an unexpected fight for survival. BUY TICKET
TAPE
Director: Jojo Erholtz
Screenwriter: Shuhan Fan
Producer: Amanda Freedman
Cinematographer: Vaughn Greve
Editor: Qing Shao
A 16-year-old ice hockey player on an all girls’ high school team tries to repair her relationship with her teammate, while preparing for the team’s pre-qualifying game. BUY TICKET
TIL LIFE DO US PART
Director: Aaron Goldenberg
Screenwriters: Ariane Hahusseau, Aaron Goldenberg
Producers: Erin Jones Wesley, Alexis Anderson
Cinematographer: Azariah Bjorvig
Editor: Mario Fierro
Production Designer: Minolae Jain
Two 70-year-old best friends with a pact to kill themselves by their 71st birthday learn that life is worth living with a great friend. BUY TICKET
VEIL
Director: Zahra Golafshani
Screenwriter: Zahra Golafshani
Producers: Daniel Leighton, Mil Alcain
Cinematographer: Mathieu Séguin
Editor: Krishna Sanchez
When Leila, a Muslim teenager, shows up to her senior prom in a conservative and modest dress, her beliefs, culture and sense of identity gets tested. BUY TICKET
WITCHIN
Director: Christina Diamantara
Screenwriter: Christina Diamantara
Producer: Gregory M. Schroeder
Cinematographer: Lucia Rinaldi
Editor: Lea Vrabelova
Ridiculed in the witch world and sent to the human world to find the elusive BDE, a young witch confronts her biggest tormentor – her kind spirit. BUY TICKET
THE WORLD AS SHE KNOWS IT
Screenwriter: Chris Kingsleigh
Cinematographer: András Roder
Editors: Benjamin Tolentino, Guonan Liu
Mia’s father is having an affair. She does not know whether to confront her father, tell her mother, or keep the secret to herself. BUY TICKET
YOUR ONE AND ONLY
Director: Alice Biletska
Screenwriter: Alice Biletska
Producer: Thomas Hartmann
Cinematographer: Indeana Underhill
Editor: Krishna Sanchez
Returning home after an abortion, Sophie finds her husband cheating on her. Overwhelmed, she invites his mistress to lunch in order to take her revenge. BUY TICKET
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