AFI FEST 2012 Announces Rest of Lineup, Including ‘Amour,’ ‘The Hunt,’ ‘ABCs of Death,’ and Many More
After weeks of anticipation, next month’s AFI FEST has today released the final listing of titles that will appear at Los Angeles’ own festival. This time around, we’re treated to World Cinema, Breakthrough, Midnight, and Shorts picks, and they’re just as wonderful as the last few rounds of announcements we’ve gotten from the fest. Seriously, if you live in LA and you’ve missed some of the year’s other great festivals, AFI FEST is crammed with best-of titles from the like of Cannes, Venice, and Toronto.
And while the festival has already filled their schedule with a number of solid picks that have made their mark on the year’s festival circuit, and this final listing of titles only continues AFI FEST’s trend of being scarily on point when it comes to their picks. Notable titles announced today include Michael Haneke’s Amour, Ken Loach’s The Angels’ Share, Thomas Vinterberg’s The Hunt, Xavier Dolan’s Laurence Anyways, Wayne Blair’s The Sapphires, and The ABCs of Death. After the break, check out all of the newly-announced selections, along with info on how to get your very own tickets for the festival.
WORLD CINEMA SELECTIONS
A ROYAL AFFAIR: DIR Nikolaj Arcel. SCR Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel. Denmark/Sweden/Czech Republic/Germany.
AMOUR: DIR/SCR Michael Haneke. Austria/France/Germany.
THE ANGELS’ SHARE: DIR Ken Loach. SCR Paul Laverty. UK/France/Belgium/Italy. U.S. Premiere.
BARBARA: DIR/SCR Christian Petzold. Germany.
BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO: DIR/SCR Peter Strickland. UK.
BEYOND THE HILLS (DUPÃ DELAURI): DIR/SCR Cristian Mungiu. Romania/France/Belgium.
BLOOD OF MY BLOOD (SANGUE DO MEU SANGUE): DIR/SCR João Canijo. Portugal.
CAESAR MUST DIE (CESARE DEVE MORIRE): DIR Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani. SCR Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, Fabio Cavalli. Italy.
EVERYBODY IN OUR FAMILY (TOATA LUMEA DIN FAMILIA NOASTRA): DIR Radu Jude. SCR Radu Jude, Corina Sabau. Romania/The Netherlands.
GREATEST HITS (LOS MEJORES TEMAS): DIR/SCR Nicolás Pereda. Canada/Mexico/The Netherlands. U.S. Premiere.
THE HUNT (JAGTEN): DIR Thomas Vinterberg. SCR Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg. Denmark.
IN ANOTHER COUNTRY (DA-REUN NA-RA-E-SUH): DIR/SCR Hong Sang-soo. South Korea.
KON-TIKI: DIR Joachim Roenning, Espen Sandberg. SCR Petter Skavlan. Norway/Denmark/United Kingdom.
KUMA: DIR Umut Dag. SCR Petra Ladinigg, Umut Dag. Austria.
LAURENCE ANYWAYS: DIR/SCR Xavier Dolan. Canada/France. U.S. Premiere.
LEVIATHAN: DIR Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Véréna Paravel. UK/USA/France.
LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE: DIR/SCR Abbas Kiarostami. France/Japan.
OUR CHILDREN (A PERDRE LA RAISON): DIR Joachim Lafosse. SCR Joachim Lafosse, Mathieu Reynaert, Thomas Bidegain. Belgium/France/Switzerland.
PARADISE: FAITH: DIR Ulrich Seidl. SCR Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz. Austria/France/Germany.
PARADISE: LOVE: DIR Ulrich Seidl. SCR Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz. Austria/Germany/France.
PIETA: DIR/SCR Kim Ki-duk. South Korea. U.S. Premiere.
POST TENEBRAS LUX: DIR/SCR Carlos Reygadas. Mexico/France/Germany/The Netherlands.
REALITY: DIR Matteo Garrone. Italy/France.
THE SAPPHIRES: DIR Wayne Blair. SCR Keith Thompson, Tony Briggs. Australia.
SOMETHING IN THE AIR (APRÈS MAI): DIR/SCR Olivier Assayas. France.
TABU: DIR Miguel Gomes. SCR Miguel Gomes, Mariana Ricardo. Portugal/Germany/Brazil/France.
TEY (AUJOURD’HUI): DIR/SCR Alain Gomis. Senegal.
WAR WITCH (REBELLE): DIR/SCR Kim Nguyen. Canada.
WHITE ELEPHANT: DIR Pablo Trapero. SCR Alejandro Fadel, Martín Mauregui, Santiago Mitre, Pablo Trapero. Argentina/Spain/France. U.S. Premiere.
WRONG: DIR/SCR Quentin Dupieux. France/USA.
ZAYTOUN: DIR Eran Riklis. SCR Nader Rizq. UK/Israel. U.S. Premiere.
BREAKTHROUGH SELECTIONS
EVERYBODY’S GOT SOMEBODY…NOT ME (TODO EL MUNDO TIENE ALGUIENE MENOS YO): DIR/SCR Raúl Fuentes. Mexico.
KID: DIR/SCR Fien Troch. Belgium. North American Premiere.
THE LAST STEP: DIR/SCR Ali Mosaffa. Iran.
THE MOST FUN I’VE EVER HAD WITH MY PANTS ON: DIR/SCR Drew Denny. USA.
NAIROBI HALF LIFE: DIR David Tosh Gitonga. SCR Serah Mwihaki, Charles ”Potash” Matathia, Samuel Munene, Billy Kahora. Kenya/Germany. North American Premiere.
OH BOY: DIR/SCR Jan Ole Gerster. Germany. North American Premiere.
MIDNIGHT SELECTIONS
ABCS OF DEATH: DIR Kaare Andrews, Angela Bettis, Adrián García Bogliano, Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet, Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Jason Eisener, Xavier Gens, Jorge Michel Grau, Lee Hardcastle, Noboru Iguchi, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Anders Morgenthaler, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Simon Rumley, Marcel Sarmiento, Jon Schnepp, Srdjan Spasojevic, Timo Tjahjanto, Andrew Traucki, Nacho Vigalondo, Jake West, Ti West, Ben Wheatley, Adam Wingard, Yudai Yamaguchi. USA/New Zealand.
COME OUT AND PLAY: DIR/SCR Makinov. Mexico.
HERE COMES THE DEVIL (AHI VA EL DIABLO): DIR/SCR Adrián García Bogliano. Mexico/Argentina.
JOHN DIES AT THE END: DIR/SCR Don Coscarelli. USA.
SHORTS SELECTIONS
38–39°C: DIR/SCR Kangmin Kim. USA/South Korea.
88:88: DIR Joey Ciccoline. SCR Sean Wilson, Joey Ciccoline. USA.
’92 SKYBOX ALONZO MOURNING ROOKIE CARD: DIR Todd Sklar. SCR Todd Sklar, Alex Rennie. USA.
ADELE 1: DIR/SCR Kurdwin Ayub. Austria.
ALASKA IS A DRAG: DIR/SCR Shaz Bennett. USA.
AUDACITY (AASHPORDHA): DIR/SCR Anirban Roy, Robert Little. India.
THE BANQUET OF THE CONCUBINE (LE BANQUET DE LA CONCUBINE): DIR/SCR Hefang Wei. Canada/France.
BELLY: DIR/SCR Julia Pott. UK.
BOBBY YEAH: DIR/SCR Robert Morgan. UK.
BRADLEY MANNING HAD SECRETS: DIR/SCR Adam Butcher. UK.
CATNIP: EGRESS TO OBLIVION?: DIR/SCR Jason Willis. USA.
CENTURY: DIR Kevin Jerome Everson. USA.
CHILLY: DIR/SCR Dylan Kohler. USA.
CITY PARKING: DIR Alexander Georges. USA.
CREEPER: DIR/SCR Shawn Bannon. USA.
DOGS ARE SAID TO SEE THINGS (DIZEM QUE OS CÃES VEEM COISAS): DIR/SCR Guto Parente. Brazil.
ELEPHANT FEET: DIR Dan Geesin. The Netherlands.
ELKO: DIR/SCR Alexander Yan. USA.
FAMILY NIGHTMARE: DIR/SCR: Dustin Guy Defa. USA.
THE FORT: DIR/SCR Andrew F. Renzi. USA.
FORTUNE FADED: DIR Alexander Heringer. Germany.
THE GLOBE COLLECTOR: DIR Summer DeRoche. Australia.
HERD LEADER (CHEF DE MEUTE): DIR/SCR Chloé Robichaud. Canada.
HOPSCOTCH: DIR/SCR Sheena McCann. USA.
HORIZON (ORIZONT): DIR/SCR Paul Negoescu. Romania.
HOWARDCANTOUR.COM: DIR/SCR Shia LaBeouf. USA.
INTRODUCING: BOBBY.: DIR/SCR Roger Hayn. USA.
IT’S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL DAY: DIR/SCR Don Hertzfeldt. USA.
IZZY & SALVADOR: DIR Jean-Pierre Caner. SCR Shaz Bennett. USA.
JUST ANCIENT LOOPS: DIR Bill Morrison. SCR Bill Morrison, Michael Harrison. USA.
LIFE AND FREAKY TIMES OF UNCLE LUKE: DIR Jillian Mayer, Lucas Leyva. SCR Lucas Leyva. USA.
LIFE DOESN’T FRIGHTEN ME: DIR/SCR Stephen Dunn. Canada.
LOVE DRAIN (AMORES PASSAGEIROS): DIR/SCR Augusto Canani. Brazil.
MAGNETIC RECONNECTION: DIR Kyle Armstrong. Canada.
MATRIARCHE: DIR/Guillaume Pierret. SCR Guillaume Pierret, Yvan Georgs-Dit-Soudril. France.
MEN OF THE EARTH: DIR/SCR Andrew Kavanagh. Australia.
MOVING STORIES: DIR/SCR Nicolas Provost. Belgium.
MOXIE: DIR/SCR Stephen Irwin. UK.
NANI: DIR Justin Tipping. SCR Joshua Beirne-Golden, Justin Tipping. USA.
NANO SCIFI TALES ‐ BABY: DIR Nacho Vigalondo. Spain.
NANO SCIFI TALES ‐ CLOCK: DIR Nacho Vigalondo. Spain.
NANO SCIFI TALES ‐ UFO: DIR Nacho Vigalondo. Spain.
NARCOCORRIDO: DIR/SCR Ryan Prows. USA.
OH WILLY…: DIR Emma De Swaef, Marc James Roels. Belgium/France/The Netherlands.
THE PACK (LA MANADA): DIR Mario Fernández Alonso. Spain.
THE PIRATE OF LOVE: DIR Sara Gunnarsdóttir. USA.
REINDEER: DIR/SCR Eva Weber. UK.
RUNAWAYS: DIR/SCR Jordan Dodson. New Zealand.
SEE YOU THEN, THEN: DIR Trevor Byrne. USA.
SOMETHING STRANGELY FAMILIAR: DIR Aaron Munson. Canada.
STORAGE: DIR Clay Tweel. SCR Mac Marshall. USA.
TAPE GENERATIONS: DIR Johan Rijpm. The Netherlands.
THANK YOU NOTE FROM A DEAD MAN: DIR/SCR Chris Merrill. USA.
TOO MUCH WATER (DEMASIADA AGUA): DIR Nicolas Botana, Gonzalo Torrens. Uruguay.
VOICE OVER: DIR Martin Rosete. SCR Luiso Bergejo. Spain.
WHATEVEREST: DIR/SCR Kristoffer Borgli. Norway.
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This year’s AFI FEST will open with Hitchcock and close with Lincoln. The festival also recently announced the lineup for their Young Americans and New Auteurs sections, along with Centerpiece Galas and Special Screenings.
AFI FEST 2012 presented by Audi will take place November 1st through November 8th in Hollywood, California, with events and screenings taking place at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, the Chinese 6 Theatres, the Egyptian Theatre, and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. As ever, the intrepid Ms. Allison Loring and myself will again be on the ground at the festival, all the better to cover one of our favorite hometown festivals. Catch up on last year RIGHT HERE.
AFI FEST, quite notably, features free ticketing for all attendees. While paid packages are available now (and often provide the best tickets), free tickets for all films (including Hitchcock, though those nifty packages provide snazzy reserved seating for buyers) will be made available on October 25th, though audiences can register from now until the 18th for time slots to make film selections and reservations. [Press Release]