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New Projects for October 2021
BURIED
– Maor Azran (AFI Class of 2018), Executive Producer
– Synopsis: Follows the story of Eileen Franklin who suddenly remembered witnessing the rape and murder of her childhood best friend, and reveals the repercussions of that fateful assertion of the subconscious and the infinite questions it sparked.
– Where to watch: Will be released on Showtime on October 10
DUNE
– Mary Lukasiewicz (AFI Class of 2012), First Assistant Editor
– Maricel Pagulayan (AFI Class of 1991), Visual Effects Producer
– Where to watch: in theaters on October 22
HIGHTOWN
– Rachel Morrison (AFI Class of 2006), director
– Where to watch: streaming October 17 on Starz
LAMB
– Eli Arenson (AFI Class of 2015), cinematographer
– Sara Nassim (AFI Class of 2015), producer
– Where to watch: streaming October 17 on Starz
MASS
– Ryan Jackson-Healy (AFI Class of 2018), cinematographer
– Where to watch: will be released in theaters on October 8
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
– Lisa Gold (DWW Class of 2009), Director
– Jeremy Lerman (Class of 2013), Editor
– Elizabeth Saltzman (Class of 2017), Assistant Editor
– David Kabisch (Class of 2017), Assistant Editor
– Franzeska Dickson (Class of 2017), Assistant Editor
– Maria Fernanda Freire (Class of 2019), Assistant Editor
– Vickie Sampson (DWW Class of 1987), Sound Editor
– Christine Douglas (Class of 2019), Title
– Where to watch: screening at the Port Townsend Film Festival through Oct. 3 as part of the “Reflections on Humanity” shorts program.
V/H/S/94
– Chloe Okuno (AFI Class of 2014), director
– Ryan Prows (AFI Class of 2011), director
– Ben Kitchens (AFI Class of 2011), cinematographer
– Brett Bachman (AFI Class of 2011), editor
– Where to watch: in theaters October 6
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
– Affonso Gonçalves (AFI Class of 1993), editor
– Where to watch: scheduled to be released theatrically and on Apple TV+ on October 15, 2021
VENOM: LET THERE BE CARNAGE
– Robert Richardson (AFI Class of 1979), cinematographer
– Where to watch: in theaters October 1
