BEING HEUMANN Screening October 25, 7:30 p.m.

-Siân Heder (AFI DWW+ Class of 2005), Director/Producer

Directed by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Siân Heder (AFI DWW+ Class of 2005) and based on true events, BEING HEUMANN is the revolutionary, irreverent and deeply human story of the least likely people trying to pull off the impossible and change the lives of millions.

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RAY GUNN Screening October 25, 1:00 p.m.

-Matthew Robbins (AFI Class of 1969), Writer

A decades-in-the-making passion project from Oscar® winner and visionary Brad Bird, RAY GUNN is a retro-futuristic neo-noir mystery, featuring the voice talents of Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson and Tom Waits.

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WILDWOOD Screening October 21, 7:30 p.m.

-Caleb Deschanel (AFI Class of 1969), Cinematographer

From Oscar®-nominated and BAFTA-winning studio LAIKA (CORALINE), WILDWOOD is a sweeping adventure about love, sacrifice and the magic that reveals itself when we dare to look beyond the familiar.

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JOSEPHINE Screening October 24, 2:00 p.m.

-Beth de Araújo (AFI Class of 2013), Writer/Producer/Director

-Joshua Beirne-Golden (AFI Class of 2011), Producer

-Marina Stabile (AFI Class of 2009), Producer

-Anisha Acharya (AFI Class of 2014), Editor

-Oliver Harwood (AFI Class of 2013), Editor

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award in the 2026 Sundance U.S. Dramatic Competition, Beth de Araújo’s remarkable sophomore feature is a profound examination of childhood innocence lost, the cascading effects of violence and the limits of parental protection.

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THE MAN I LOVE Screening October 23, 9:30 p.m.

-Christopher Taylor (AFI Class of 1988), Cinematographer

-Affonso Gonçalves (AFI Class of 1993), Editor

In Ira Sachs’ 1980s NYC musical drama, self-proclaimed “theater artist” Jimmy George (Rami Malek) draws lovers, friends and family into his orbit but leaves them spinning as his larger-than-life personality diminishes before their eyes.

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MOUSE Screening October 23, 6:15 p.m.

-Nate Hurtsellers (AFI Class of 2014), Cinematographer

When her world is turned upside down, high-school senior Minnie (Katherine Mallen Kupferer) forms a complicated relationship with her best friend’s mother (Sophie Okonedo), who presents a stark and dreamy contrast to Minnie’s own working-class, single-parent household.

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BEDFORD PARK Screening October 22, 9:15 p.m.

-Bryan Hwang (AFI Class of 2013), Executive Producer

-​​Javiera Varas (AFI Class of 2006), Production Designer

An incredible South Korean cast grounds Stephanie Ahn’s deeply affecting Sundance award-winning feature debut, a nuanced and emotionally layered portrait of two lost souls and a connection that emerges in the most unexpected of places.

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IVÁN & HADOUM Screening October 21, 9:00 p.m.

-Hubert Toint (AFI Class of 1979), Co-Producer

Winner of the Teddy Award at the Berlinale, IVÁN & HADOUM offers a positive and complex story on queer love set in a fruit packing facility in Almería. Ian de la Rosa’s feature debut is an exploration of the transformative power of desire and love as a path toward self-acceptance.

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MY BROTHER’S KILLER Screening October 24, 7:00 p.m.

-Michael Marius Pessah (AFI Class of 2004), Cinematographer

Documentarian Rachel Mason (CIRCUS OF BOOKS, AFI FEST 2019) investigates the gruesome and long-unsolved 1990 murder of William Arnold Newton, whose mutilated body was found in a dumpster near La Brea Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard. Mason’s efforts help lead to the case being solved more than 30 years later.

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STEALING MAGIC Screening October 23, 6:00 p.m.

-Diane Becker (AFI Class of 2006), Producer

-Matthew Testa (AFI Class of 2004), Executive Producer

-Gabriela Gonzalez (AFI Class of 2010), Co-Producer

When a group of professional magicians discover their original tricks are being stolen and sold online, they launch a globe-spanning investigation into the shadowy world of cybercrime and extortion. This riveting documentary reveals the extraordinary lengths artists will go to defend their life’s work.

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POSSIBLE LOVE Screening October 21, 5:15 p.m. and October 22, 2:30 p.m.

-Kim Ji-Yong (AFI Class of 2003), Cinematographer

Two couples cross paths while making a documentary about recent layoffs at a South Korean industrial complex. Lee Chang-dong’s first film in eight years is a sophisticated examination of social and gender inequality, labor, trauma and the ethics of filmmaking that unfolds through engaging storytelling, powerful performances and intense cinematic atmospheres.

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A LONG WINTER Screening October 25, 11:00 a.m.

-Jonathan Alberts (AFI Class of 2001), Editor

Award-winning British filmmaker Andrew Haigh (45 YEARS, AFI FEST 2015; ALL OF US STRANGERS, AFI FEST 2023) adapts Irish writer Colm Tóibín’s eponymous novella for this mysterious and beguiling film about grief, desire, queer awakening, self-discovery and the elusive structures that hold a family together.

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