AFI Fest is primed and ready to roll out.
The American Film Institute revealed the full lineup for this month’s festival, scheduled to take place in Los Angeles from Oct. 23-27. Joining the previously announced roster of films will be Tim Fehlbaum’s September 5, Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light, Samir Oliveros’ The Luckiest Man in America, Maise Crow and Abbie Perrault’s abortion rights documentary Zurawski v Texas (executive produced by Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence), and Paul Schrader’s Oh Canada, among many others.
The lineup includes six red carpet premieres, 12 special screenings, 13 luminaries picks, 15 discovery films, 12 world cinema films, 14 documentaries, four after-dark titles, 54 films in the short film competition, and 28 films from the AFI Conservatory Showcase presented by AMC Networks. Other notable titles include Durga Chew Bose’s Bonjour Tristesse with Chloë Sevigny; Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths, starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste; Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope; David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds, starring Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger; Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig; Errol Morris’ Separated; Julie Delpy’s Meet the Barbarians; Alain Guiraudie’s Misericordia; Rungano Nyoni’s On Becoming a Guinea Fowl; Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio; and more.
Other documentaries set to screen include Chris Smith’s Devo; Victor Kossakovsky’s Architecton; David Bushell’s Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie about the iconic comedy duo; Mati Diop’s Dahomey; Neil Berkeley’s Group Therapy about mental health in comedy with Neil Patrick Harris, Tig Notaro, Mike Birbiglia and others; Oksana Karpovych’s Intercepted; No Other Land made by a Palestinian-Israel collective about the gradual destruction of the West Bank region of Masafer Yatta; Alex Ross Perry’s Pavements; and more.
“We are proud to bring the best in film from around the world to the city of Los Angeles,” said Todd Hitchcock, director of AFI FEST and the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center. “It’s a celebration of storytelling in all its forms, where diverse voices and unique perspectives promise to inspire audiences of all ages.”
As previously announced, AFI Fest’s lineup includes Laurent Bouzereau’s doc Music by John Williams; Robert Zemeckis’ Here, starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright; Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham’s Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl; Clint Eastwood‘s Juror No. 2; Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch, starring Amy Adams; Justin Kurzel’s The Order with Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan and Jurnee Smollett; Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain with Kieran Culkin; Pedro Almodóvar‘s Venice Film Festival winner The Room Next Door with Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton; Charlie McDowell’s The Summer Book, starring Anders Danielsen Lie and Glenn Close; William Goldenberg’s Unstoppable with Jharrel Jerome, Jennifer Lopez, Don Cheadle, Michael Peña and Bobby Cannavale; Scott Beck and Bryan Woods’ Heretic, starring Hugh Grant; and Pablo Larraín’s Maria, starring Angelina Jolie.
AFI will honor Zemeckis with a tribute on Oct. 24, a free public event that will feature a conversation between Zemeckis and Hanks about his career. Passes are now available with bundles rolling out Oct. 4 followed by individual tickets on Oct. 7. Fiji Water serves as the fest’s official water sponsor with Canva serving as presenting sponsor. The Envelope by The Los Angeles Times is a primary media partner with a roster of additional media partners, including The Wall Street Journal, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and ABC7’s On the Red Carpet.
