AFI FEST 2017: New Auteurs
by IMDb-Editors | created - 02 Nov 2017 | updated - 02 Nov 2017 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Ava (II) (2017)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Romance
13-year-old Ava learns that she will lose her sight sooner than expected, and she confronts the problem in her own way.
Director: Léa Mysius | Stars: Noée Abita, Laure Calamy, Juan Cano, Tamara Cano
Votes: 3,314
2. Closeness (2017)
118 min | Drama
In the late-1990s squalid town of Nalchik, a poor young Jewish couple is kidnapped and a grievous ransom is demanded, as bitter resentments and cruel dilemmas come to light, magnifying the small community's grave predicament.
Director: Kantemir Balagov | Stars: Darya Zhovner, Atrem Cipin, Nazir Zhukov, Veniamin Kac
Votes: 3,290
3. Hannah (I) (2017)
TV-MA | 93 min | Drama
Intimate portrait of a woman drifting between reality and denial when she is left alone to grapple with the consequences of her husband's imprisonment.
Director: Andrea Pallaoro | Stars: Charlotte Rampling, André Wilms, Stéphanie Van Vyve, Simon Bisschop
Votes: 1,411 | Gross: $0.01M
4. Have a Nice Day (2017)
77 min | Animation, Comedy, Crime
A city in southern China and a bag containing a million yuan draw several people from diverse backgrounds with different personal motives into a bloody conflict.
Director: Jian Liu | Stars: Changlong Zhu, Kai Cao, Jian Liu, Siming Yang
Votes: 2,228 | Gross: $0.08M
5. High Fantasy (2017)
PG-13 | 71 min | Comedy, Drama
4 young South Africans go on a camping trip to the white girl's family farm. When they wake up next day, they've magically switched bodies. Later, when they've switched back, they're interviewed documentary style.
Director: Jenna Cato Bass | Stars: Qondiswa James, Nala Khumalo, Francesca Varrie Michel, Liza Scholtz
Votes: 277
6. I Am Not a Witch (2017)
93 min | Comedy, Drama
In a remote Zambian community a girl is denounced as a witch and sent on a trajectory of exploitation, as a tethered member of a witches' camp, a witch for hire and a tourist exhibit.
Director: Rungano Nyoni | Stars: Maggie Mulubwa, Henry B.J. Phiri, Nancy Murilo, Margaret Spinella
Votes: 4,187 | Gross: $0.05M
7. Milla (2017)
128 min | Drama
A young woman struggles to overcome lost love, unplanned motherhood and ghostly apparitions.
Director: Valérie Massadian | Stars: Severine Jonckeere, Luc Chessel, Ethan Jonckeere, Elisabeth Cabart
Votes: 291
8. Pendular (2017)
108 min | Drama, Romance
The loving relationship between a sculptor and a dancer.
Director: Júlia Murat | Stars: Raquel Karro, Rodrigo Bolzan, Neto Machado, Marcio Vito
Votes: 541
9. Summer 1993 (2017)
97 min | Drama, Family
After her mother's death, six-year-old Frida is sent to her uncle's family to live with them in the countryside. But Frida finds it hard to forget her mother and adapt to her new life.
Director: Carla Simón | Stars: Laia Artigas, Paula Robles, Bruna Cusí, David Verdaguer
Votes: 8,450 | Gross: $0.18M
10. What Will People Say (2017)
106 min | Drama
The story of Nisha, daughter of a Pakistani-Norwegian family, who is kidnapped to Pakistan by her parents when her father finds her in bed with a man.
Director: Iram Haq | Stars: Maria Mozhdah, Adil Hussain, Ekavali Khanna, Rohit Saraf
Votes: 5,937 | Gross: $0.04M
11. Winter Brothers (2017)
TV-14 | 94 min | Drama
A brother odyssey set in a worker environment during a cold winter. We follow two brothers, their routines, habits, rituals and a violent feud that erupts between them and another family.
Director: Hlynur Pálmason | Stars: Elliott Crosset Hove, Simon Sears, Vic Carmen Sonne, Lars Mikkelsen
Votes: 1,768
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