AFIFest2014: 3 Films in Focus

Free tickets are still being distributed until the start of the Festival on November 3. You may consider below three films when selecting what movies to watch. The subjects are diverse and the screening schedules are not in conflict.

To get your free tickets courtesy of Audi, go to this link: http://afi.com/AFIFEST/freetickets.aspx

REALITY (RÉALITÉ)

Belgium, France. 

North American Premiere.

Director: Quentin Dupieux (RUBBER)
Screenplay: Quentin Dupieux
Cast: Alain Chabat, Jonathan Lambert, Elodie Bouchez, Kyla Kenedy, John Glover, Eric Wareheim, Jon Heder

Synopsis: 
A cameraman for a TV show is offered a chance to direct in this tapestry of dream logic that slides from one brilliantly bizarre situation to the next.

Festival screenings: Saturday, November 8, 9:30 PM and Sunday, November 9, 4:00 PM. 

THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY
United Kingdom

Director: Peter Strickland (BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO)
Screenplay: Peter Strickland (BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO)
Cast:Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D'anna

Synopsis:
An amateur butterfly collector and her housekeeper can’t get enough of their sadomasochistic games in this phantasmic tale.

Festival screenings: Tuesday, November 11, 10:00pm and Wednesday, November 12, 6:30pm.

GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE AMSALEM 
Israel
Official Israel selection for the 87th Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Director: Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz
Screenplay: Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz
Cast: Ronit Elkabetz, Menashe Noy, Simon Abkarian, Sasson Gabay , Eli Gorstein, Rami Danon, Roberto Pollack.

Synopsis:

Unfolding entirely in a small courtroom, this edge-of-your-seat film follows Viviane Amsalem’s tense battle for a divorce in Israel’s strict rabbinical court. 

Festival screenings: Saturday, November 8, 2:00pm and Wednesday, November 12, 7:45pm.

See you at the festival!

xxx
Raymond Lo