AFI FEST
OCTOBER 25 – 29, 2023
AN AVOCADO PIT (UM CAROÇO DE ABACATE)
Larissa, a transgender woman, and Cláudio, a cisgender man, meet one night in the streets of Lisbon. Two people, two realities, who dance their differences away till morning light.
AND I MISS YOU LIKE A LITTLE KID
When a lonely depressive falls for an older punk during the early days of the pandemic, he soon finds himself trapped in his apartment with her abuse.
BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS
Directed by five-time Academy Award®-winner Alejandro G. Iñárritu, BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS is an epic, visually stunning and immersive experience. After being named the recipient of a prestigious international award, Silverio (Daniel Gimenez Cacho), a renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in LA, is compelled to return to his native country, unaware that this would-be simple trip will push him to an existential limit.
BEFORE YOU
An African American police officer, who is seven months pregnant, patrols South Mississippi on a graveyard shift that she will never forget.
BLACK WHOLE
When a haunting black hole appears in their yard, a pregnant couple must face their fears of miscarriage, to eliminate the phenomenon before it consumes them.
THE BASICS OF LOVE
After getting caught amidst a robbery on New Year’s Eve, Liz and Lefty, co-workers in the city sanitation department, are caught off-guard by feelings for one another that they didn’t know they had.