Mother screens at AFI FEST in Los Angeles

11 September 17, 2009December 10, 2009

by javabeans

Good news for Los Angeles fans of Won Bin (Taegukgi), Kim Hye-ja (Mom’s Dead Upset), and/or director Bong Joon-ho (The Host): Their latest film, the thriller Mother, is getting a screening at this year’s AFI FEST 2009 in Hollywood.

The film has already been licensed for North American theater release, but that will not occur until early next year. AFI FEST runs from October 30 through November 7, and has just announced its first twelve official titles to screen at this year’s event, of which Mother is one. (Others include Lee Daniels’ Precious — which looks heartbreaking and awesome — and Warner Herzog’s The Bad Lieutenant.)

Mother also screens this week at Toronto International Film Festival and at New York Film Festival on October 9.

Usually, I write about these film festival screenings without firsthand experience, but I’ve been to AFI FEST many times when I lived in LA and it’s a really great film festival, with a broad, eclectic range of films selected from all around the world. If you’re in the area, I’d highly encourage you check it out. (Not sure if the cast will be there for the Q&A session afterward, but you never know.)

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1 all4movies

September 17, 2009 at 1:24 PM

I love flim fests too. Mother is also screening at the Vancouver film fest in October, but I am foregoing this one because there are so many other interesting korean and japanese films like eatrip, castaway on the moon, air doll and kimjongilia, to mention a few.

I figure Mother will probably be up on the net in the future, so I want to catch the ones that won't be.

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2 melica

September 17, 2009 at 3:33 PM

Not to be a snooty cinephile but it is Werner Herzog. I loved him and his movies in my late teens and early twenties. "Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe", when he loses a bet with a film making friend (Errol Morris) and eats his desert boot. Not to be missed. Haha...

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3 jindesu

September 17, 2009 at 4:32 PM

can you watch the movies even you are not considered as a patron of AFI?

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4 Abdul

September 17, 2009 at 5:14 PM

I'm hoping to see it here at the Toronto Film Festival...
I missed the premiere but hoping to see it still...

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5 Javabeans

September 17, 2009 at 6:39 PM

@jindesu, if I recall correctly you can buy individual tickets for screenings like a regular movie, just as long as it's not sold out.

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6 jindesu

September 17, 2009 at 10:32 PM

@javabeans where do you buy those tickets? do you buy them at the venue? I'm sorry if I'm asking a lot of questions it's just that film festivals, such as this, is new to me.

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7 rita

September 18, 2009 at 1:40 AM

Thank you javabeans for the report!

http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/other-festivals/festival-news/the-last-station-a-prophet-among-initial-dozen-in-afi-fest-line-up/5005815.article

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i813900b0f9f5febd91eb196bf0fe36fc

Quoted from the news:

The festival will also debut its "See a Film on Us" initiative, with free tickets to all films including a limited number of seats at the "gala" presentations.

Pics will unspool at the Chinese Theater and Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel between Oct. 30 and Nov. 5 and then move to Santa Monica for the final two days of screenings in association with the American Film Market.

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8 rita

September 18, 2009 at 1:42 AM

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118008713.html?categoryid=13&cs=1

quoted from the report:

The festival will also debut its "See a Film on Us" initiative, with free tickets to all films including a limited number of seats at the "gala" presentations.

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9 rita

September 18, 2009 at 1:47 AM

http://www.afi.com/Docs/about/press/2009/AFIFest2009FirstTitles.pdf

From the above News Release of Sep 16 about free ticket.

Free tickets are available to all festival screenings - in advance at AFI.com, at the Mann Theatres (6925 Hollywood Blvd.) on October 26, or on the day of scheduled screenings via rush lines. Reserved seating can be secured by becoming a patron of the film festival and purchasing an AFI FEST Patron Pass. For more details, visit AFI.com.

http://www.afi.com/onscreen/afifest/2009/

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10 whatsupalisa

September 19, 2009 at 7:01 PM

i haven't seen this movie yet but i want to!
i love won bin
he is really gorgeous

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11 whOOsH

October 6, 2009 at 1:42 PM

@9 rita,
do you know how to reserve the tickets online? i checked the site but i can't find anything on how to reserve tickets other than that one paragraph.
the event sounds exciting!! :P