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AFI FEST Live!  Day 9

AFI FEST DAILY NEWS, DAY 9

It’s the final day of AFI FEST, and we have a full slate of films at the American Film Market’s Laemmle Monica 4-Plex (1332 Second St. in Santa Monica).

Note: We’ve released more tickets! Reserve your tickets online and bring the printout confirmation to the theater.

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Sartorial Images: A SINGLE MAN

Tom Ford’s film makes a poignant illustration of the climate of cinema at the moment; it is a work by a leading figure of an industry whose imprint transfers into the medium of cinema almost naturally.

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POLICE, ADJECTIVE: The Labyrinth of Language

Virtually every conversation in Corneliu Porumboiu’s film, be it about sports or popular music, is built on the slippery shoals of communication.

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Perseverance, Faith and Futility Abound in PETITION

More than ten years in the making, this documentary highlights ordinary people seeking justice while living in limbo.

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Practice Makes Performance

Three of this year’s films highlight the effort and creativity of rehearsals: are they preparation . . . or are they performance?

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Report from the AFI FEST Viggo Mortensen Tribute

In front of a packed house on Wednesday at Grauman’s Chinese Theare, AFI FEST paid tribute to actor Viggo Mortensen before a gala screening of THE ROAD.

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When we caught up with AFI FEST sponsor LazBro, Inc., two of its executives were on the road, traveling together from Northern California back to their headquarters in Los Angeles.