AFI Fest 2025 Film Guide
Here are the feature films screening at AFI Fest 2025 in Los Angeles, CA.
AFI FEST showcases films from across the globe to captivated audiences. With a diverse and innovative slate of programming, the film festival presents a robust lineup of fiction and nonfiction features presented in established AFI FEST sections, along with panels and conversations featuring both master filmmakers and new cinematic voices.
AFI FEST showcases films from across the globe to captivated audiences. With a diverse and innovative slate of programming, the film festival presents a robust lineup of fiction and nonfiction features presented in established AFI FEST sections, along with panels and conversations featuring both master filmmakers and new cinematic voices.
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- DirectorDavid MichôdStarsSydney SweeneyColeman PedigoMerritt WeverTells the story of Christy Martin, the most successful female boxer of the 90s.Category: Red Carpet Premieres
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsBill SkarsgårdColman DomingoAl PacinoOn February 8, 1977, Tony Kiritsis entered the office of Richard Hall, president of the Meridian Mortgage Company, and took him hostage with a sawed-off shotgun wired with a "dead man's wire" from the trigger to Tony's own neck.Category: Red Carpet Premieres
- DirectorNoah BaumbachStarsAdam SandlerLouis PartridgeJamie DemetriouFamous movie actor Jay Kelly embarks on a journey of self-discovery, confronting his past and present with his devoted manager Ron. Poignant and humor-filled, pitched at the intersection of regrets and glories.Category: Red Carpet Premieres
- DirectorJames VanderbiltStarsCarl AchleitnerMark O'BrienFleur BremmerA WWII psychiatrist evaluates Nazi leaders before the Nuremberg trials, growing increasingly obsessed with understanding evil as he forms a disturbing bond with Hermann Göring.Category: Red Carpet Premieres
- DirectorCraig BrewerStarsHugh JackmanKate HudsonMichael ImperioliLightning and Thunder, a Milwaukee husband and wife Neil Diamond tribute act, experience soaring success and devastating heartbreak in their musical journey together.Category: Red Carpet Premieres
- DirectorDerek DrymonStarsRegina HallClancy BrownMark HamillSpongeBob journeys to the ocean's depths to face the Flying Dutchman's ghost, encountering challenges and uncovering marine mysteries.Category: Red Carpet Premieres
- DirectorScott CooperStarsJeremy Allen WhiteJeremy StrongPaul Walter HauserBruce Springsteen's journey crafting his 1982 album Nebraska, which emerged as he recorded Born in the USA with the E Street Band. Based on Warren Zanes' book.Category: Red Carpet Premieres
- DirectorKent SekiWhen a mysterious toy company exploits the Turtles' newfound fame, the brothers follow the clues to New Jersey where they stumble upon a shocking discovery.Category: Red Carpet Premieres
- DirectorJonatan EtzlerStarsEddie WallerSean GilderHarvey IpA struggling primary school teacher begins to make some questionable decisions after one of her students is injured.Category: Special Screenings
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsJesse PlemonsAidan DelbisEmma StoneTwo conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.Category: Special Screenings
- DirectorNicholas HytnerStarsTaylor UttleyRalph FiennesEmily FairnA choral society's male members enlist in World War I, leaving the demanding Dr. Guthrie to recruit teenagers. Together, they experience the joy of singing while the young boys grapple with their impending conscription into the army.Category: Special Screenings
- DirectorKristen StewartStarsImogen PootsThora BirchJim BelushiA scholarship swimmer reconciles her turbulent upbringing and resurfacing trauma by finding solace in the art of literature.Category: Special Screenings
- DirectorPhilippa LowthorpeStarsClaire FoyBrendan GleesonLindsay DuncanAfter losing her beloved father, Helen finds herself saved by an unlikely friendship with a stubborn hawk named Mabel.Category: Special Screenings
- DirectorBradley CooperStarsWill ArnettDylan BickelLaila BoccellaAs their marriage unravels, Alex faces middle age and divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene. Meanwhile, his wife Tess confronts sacrifices made for their family, forcing them to navigate co-parenting and identities.Category: Special Screenings
- DirectorSylvain ChometStarsLaurent LafitteGéraldine PailhasThierry GarciaIt follows the life of Pagnol, a playwright, novelist, and filmmaker who grew up in a middle-class household in Marseille and became one of the world's most inventive and prolific artists from the 1930's to the 1950's.Category: Special Screenings
- DirectorMaria FriedmanStarsNatalie WachenKrystal Joy BrownKatie Rose ClarkeSpanning three decades, the turbulent relationship between a composer and his two lifelong friends, a writer and a lyricist and playwright.Category: Special Screenings
- DirectorMax Walker-SilvermanStarsJosh O'ConnorEli MalouffMeghann FahyAfter wildfires take his ranch, a cowboy named Dusty winds up in a FEMA camp, finding community with others who lost homes, including his daughter and ex-wife.Category: Special Screenings
- DirectorHikariStarsBrendan FraserTakehiro HiraMari YamamotoAn American actor in Tokyo struggling to find purpose lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese "rental family" agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. He rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the beauty of human connection.Category: Special Screenings
- DirectorMona FastvoldStarsAmanda SeyfriedLewis PullmanThomasin McKenzieAnn Lee, the founding leader of the Shaker Movement, proclaimed as the female Christ by her followers. Depicts her establishment of a utopian society and the Shakers' worship through song and dance, based on real events.Category: Special Screenings
- DirectorClint BentleyStarsJoel EdgertonClifton Collins Jr.Felicity JonesBased on Denis Johnson's beloved novella, Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly-changing America of the early 20th Century.Category: Special Screenings
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsDiane KrugerMatthias SchweighöferHark BohmIn 1945 Amrum Island, 12-year-old Nanning hunts seals, fishes at night, and farms to help feed his family. Life feels idyllic on this windswept isle until peace reveals an unexpected danger closer to home.Category: Luminaries
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsTom WaitsAdam DriverMayim BialikEstranged siblings reunite after years apart, forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parentsCategory: Luminaries
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsSteve BoyesKerllen CostaWerner HerzogFollows a mysterious herd of ghost elephants in the jungles of Angola.Category: Luminaries
- DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsToni ServilloAnna FerzettiOrlando CinqueA widowed Italian president faces moral crises over euthanasia legislation and pardoning killers while grappling with his late wife's infidelity during his final months in office.Category: Luminaries
- DirectorCharlie KaufmanStarsJosef AkikiJessie BuckleyEva H.D.Category: Luminaries
