Update: Love, Barbara will screen on November 5th at 9:45am PT as part of Shorts Program 1.

AFI FEST 2022 full lineup is here! This year’s program features 125 titles including a Special Screenings section featuring BONES AND ALL directed by Academy Award^®-nominee Luca Guadagnino, LE PUPILLE directed by Alice Rohrwacher, NANNY directed by Nikyatu Jusu, “SR.” directed by Chris Smith, and WOMEN TALKING by Academy Award^®-nominated writer and director Sarah Polley. Of the official selections, 53% are directed by women, 32% are directed by BIPOC filmmakers and 11% are directed by LGBTQIA+ filmmakers. This year’s program represents 31 countries and includes six International Feature Oscar^® submissions, ALCARRÀS (Spain), BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS (Mexico), CLOSE (Belgium), EO (Poland), JOYLAND (Pakistan) and SAINT OMER (France).

Passes available at FEST.AFI.com

The World Premiere of SELENA GOMEZ: MY MIND AND ME will open the festival and the U.S. premiere of THE FABELMANS, directed by AFI Life Achievement Award recipient and Academy Award^®-winning director Steven Spielberg, will close AFI FEST 2022. Additional Red Carpet Premieres include BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS, directed by Academy Award^®-winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu; the U.S. Premiere of GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO, directed by Academy Award^®-winning director Guillermo del Toro and Emmy Award^® winner Mark Gustafson; LIVING, directed by Oliver Hermanus; SHE SAID, directed by Emmy Award^®-winning director Maria Schrader; and THE SON, directed by Academy Award^® winner Florian Zeller. Academy Award^®-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay will serve as Guest Artistic Director at AFI FEST 2022 and will be showcasing three independent films amplifying the voices of women directors including HELLION (2014), directed by Kat Candler and starring Academy Award^®-nominee Juliette Lewis and Aaron Paul; MOSQUITA Y MARI (2012) directed by Aurora Guerrero and YELLING TO THE SKY (2011), directed by Victoria Mahoney and starring Academy Award^®-nominee Gabourey Sidibe and Zoë Kravitz.

AFI FEST 2022 will take place exclusively in person in Los Angeles from November 2-6.  Individual tickets for all screenings will be available to AFI members on October 11 and to the general public on October 12.

Click here to view the full lineup, including Brydie O’Connor’s Love, Barbara, a short documentary about the iconic legacy of pioneering lesbian experimental filmmaker Barbara Hammer, through the lens and love of her partner of over 30 years, Florrie Burke.