José, a young man desperate to find cheap rent, moves into a flat at a very good price. It is then that he realises that in it, to his surprise, lives Domingo, the ghost of the older lodger, who makes his life impossible. Fed up, he complains about his situation on the Internet, creating a massive movement by making young people realise that ghosts don't pay rent.
Adapted from a 2014 novel by Atticus Lish, Preparation for the Next Life is the feature film debut of documentary filmmaker Bing Liu. With the help of screenwriter Martyna Majok, he paints a realistic and somber portrayal of Aishe, a Uyghur immigrant, as she struggles to make a living while undocumented in the United States.
The relationship between the characters is what makes this film stand out, and it’s just all-around fun.
This animated kids' movie shows viewers two different species--jungle animals and aliens--and how both species coexist.
Another uneven "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" redux that says nothing novel about its subject matter.
Adrian Chiarella’s Leviticus is a beautiful, poignant, enraging, gut-wrenching, and heartbreaking film about the trauma and harm conversion therapy inflicts on young queer people. Even though its classification as horror holds, the emotional bond between the two main characters, Naim and Ryan, elevates the story into a realistic romantic drama on par with Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
