This year's AFI FEST will be held from November 10 through 17 in Los Angeles, in the heart of Hollywood. This film festival is organized by the American Film Institute, in partnership with the American Film Market.
AFI FEST is one of the few major festivals held in the United States that offers free film screenings to the public. Devoted to international auteur cinema, AFI FEST is accredited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as qualifying for the Oscars. It functions in partnership with the AFM, which is one of the world's biggest film markets, held in nearby Santa Monica, November 2-9, 2016.
Several film selections will offer audiences the possibility of seeing a large number of French (co-)productions, which will be accompanied by a delegation of French artists that includes Bertrand Bonello, Houda Benyamina, Gaspard Ulliel, Philippe Grandrieux, and Raoul Peck. Raoul Peck will also lead a master class as part of the World Cinema Masters in Conversation event.
Isabelle Huppert: guest of honor
The French actress is one of the festival's special guests this year, with a Tribute organized in her honor and a meeting with audiences, as well as a gala presentation of Elle, which is the film submitted by France for the 2017 Oscars.
The festival will also host a world premiere of Miss Sloane, the latest EuropaCorp production starring Jessica Chastain.
French films at the 2016 AFI FEST
Gala:
Special Screenings:
World Cinema:
- Nocturama by Bertrand Bonello
- Things to Come by Mia Hansen-Løve
- Malgré la nuit by Philippe Grandrieux
- Death in Sarajevo by Danis Tanovic
- The Salesman by Asghar Farhadi
- The Red Turtle by Michael Dudok De Wit
- Wùlu by Daouda Coulibaly
- The Wounded Angel by Emir Baigazin
- Album by Mehmet Can Mertoglu (minority-French co-production)
- Harmonium by Koji Fukada (minority co-production)
- It's Only the End of the World by Xavier Dolan (minority co-production)
- After Love by Joachim Lafosse (minority co-production)
- The Ornithologist by João Pedro Rodrigues (minority co-production)
- The Untamed by Amat Escalante (minority co-production)
- I, Daniel Blake by Ken Loach (minority co-production)
- Neruda by Pablo Larraín (minority-French co-production)
New Auteurs:
Masters:
- I Am Not Your Negro by Raoul Peck
- Fire at Sea by Gianfranco Rosi (minority co-production)
Short Films:
- A Brief History of Princess X by Gabriel Abrantes
- Dreaming of Baltimore by Lola Quivoron
- Limbo by Konstantina Kotzamani
- Love by Réka Bucsi
- Decorado by Alberto Vázquez
- Univitellin by Terence Nance
Visit the festival's official website for all further information.
