July 10, 2026
TRAIN DREAMS (2025) – AFI Movie Club
A delicately bound collection of images that show, in the end, that every little thing’s important and worth holding onto, Clint Bentley’s TRAIN DREAMS (2025) earned an AFI AWARD, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official rationale, “TRAIN DREAMS weaves together memory, time and place to create an art piece worthy...
March 8, 2025
ON THE BASIS OF SEX (2018) – AFI Movie Club
A legal drama and biography chronicling the early cases of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, ON THE BASIS OF SEX (2018) stars Felicity Jones as the iconic figure – and is directed by AFI Alum Mimi Leder (AFI Class of 1973), with cinematography by another alum, Michael Grady (AFI Class of 1993). The film...
January 11, 2025
ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (2016) – AFI Movie Club
The first standalone STAR WARS installment outside of the vaunted Skywalker saga, ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY (2016) expanded the beloved lore first created by AFI Life Achievement Award honoree George Lucas, and was produced by AFI Board of Trustees Chair Kathleen Kennedy. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about ROGUE ONE: A...
September 25, 2018
ON THE BASIS OF SEX World Premiere to Open AFI FEST 2018
The 32nd edition of AFI FEST presented by Audi will open with the World Premiere of Participant Media's ON THE BASIS OF SEX, in association with Alibaba Pictures and distributed by Focus Features. Directed by AFI Conservatory alumna Mimi Leder (AFI Class of 1973), the inspiring drama tells the story of young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg...
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