Antonio Campos, After School

Born, raised and inspired by his life in New York City, Antonio
Campos's feature writing and directing debut
Afterschool was selected for a prestigious Cannes world
premiere last May as well as a NYFF berth. Campos influences may
range from Gus Van Sant, Robert Bresson and Frederick Wiseman, but
clearly this is a filmmaker whose style is uniquely his own. After
all, he's been making award-winning short films since he was
13. Afterschool chronicles the aftermath of a tragedy at
an elite Connecticut coed boarding school that developed partly by
his own experiences at Manhattan's private, elite Dwight School
after 9/11.

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