The 2022 AFI Festival kicks off next week, and I can’t wait to share all my coverage from the festival. Today, I list the movies that I am most excited to check out from the festival.

The 2022 AFI Festival runs from November 2, 2022, through November 6, 2022, and will take place at the TCL Chinese Theater in Los Angeles.

Bones and All

Maren, a young woman, learns how to survive on the margins of society.

She Said

New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.

Women Talking

In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling their reality with their faith. Based on the novel by Miriam Toews.

The Fabelmans

Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, a young man named Sammy Fabelman discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.

IS THAT BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU?!?

Tracks the history of Black cinema, focused mainly on the ’70s, with archival and new interviews with many of the key players from the era.