BONES AND ALL

Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Luca Guadagnino and actor Taylor Russell.

Luca Guadagnino’s latest film, BONES AND ALL, is a story of first love between Maren, a young woman learning how to survive on the margins of society, and Lee, an intense and disenfranchised drifter; a liberating road odyssey of two young people coming into their own, searching for identity and chasing beauty in a perilous world that cannot abide who they are.

Screening Nov. 5 at 8:00 p.m. LEARN MORE

CREATURES OF THE NIGHT (ΟΛΑ ΤΑ ΠΛΆΣΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΝΎΧΤΑΣ)

Director Memi Koupa will be in attendance at the post-screening Q&A

Athens 2022. Angst and insomnia persist for months now. Amidst all this, a charitable robber and anarchist, the Pink Bunny, is roaming the dark, empty city streets.

Screening Nov. 5 at 7:00 p.m. as part of Shorts Program 4. BUY TICKETS

THE DEBUTANTE

U.S. Premiere

A spirited young woman persuades a hyena from the London Zoo to take her place at a dinner dance held in her honor. Their plan requires a surprising amount of artistry and violence.

Screening Nov. 5 at 9:45 a.m. as part of Shorts Program 1. BUY TICKETS

LUCIENNE IN A WORLD WITHOUT SOLITUDE (LUCIENNE DANS UN MONDE SANS SOLITUDE)

Los Angeles premiere

In a world without solitude, where everyone shares their life with their double, Lucienne has a relationship with Paul, a former lover who has lost his twin.

Screening Nov. 5 at 9:45 a.m. as part of Shorts Program 1. BUY TICKETS

NANNY 

Screening to be followed by a conversation with director Nikyatu Jusu.

Imbued with magical realism, African folklore and a creeping sense of dread, NANNY follows Senegalese mother Aisha, displaced in New York City and cursed by horrific nightmares that threaten her sanity.

Screening Nov. 3 at 8:30 p.m. BUY TICKETS

ON XERXES’ THRONE (ΣΤΟΝ ΘΡΟΝΟ ΤΟΥ ΞΕΡΞΗ)

U.S. Premiere

At the Perama shipyard, a ban on physical contact has turned human interaction into otherworldly simulations. The suppression of touch has transformed the boatyard into a charged landscape of repressed sensuality.

Screening Nov. 5 at 9:45 p.m. as part of Shorts Program 5. BUY TICKETS

THE SPIRAL

U.S. Premiere

A WhatsApp audio begins, and with it, a downward spiral unfolds. The voice of a woman sinking into a health anxiety attack quickly entangles a complex labyrinth of fears and emotions.

Screening Nov. 5 at 4:00 p.m. as part of Shorts Program 3. BUY TICKETS

View the full lineup of films at FEST.AFI.com.