Editor

BOBBY is the Opening Night Gala presentation for AFI FEST, November 1 - 12, 2006.

The film's US premiere is AFI FEST Opening Night, Wednesday, November 1, 2006 at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

Written and directed by Emilio Estevez, BOBBY revisits the night Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles in 1968.

The film's ensemble cast includes Harry Belafonte, Joy Bryant, Nick Cannon, Emilio Estevez, Laurence Fishburne, Brian Geraghty, Heather Graham, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Hunt, Joshua Jackson, David Krumholtz, Ashton Kutcher, Shia LaBeouf, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Svetlana Metkina, Demi Moore, Freddy Rodriguez, Martin Sheen, Christian Slater, Sharon Stone, Jacob Vargas, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Elijah Wood.

AFI FEST 2006 Announces First Round of World Premieres: 13 Films

The following thirteen films mark their World Premieres at AFI FEST, November 1 - 12, 2006.

AFTER (USA) Director: David Cunningham
BACK HOME (USA/Rwanda) Director: J.B. Rutagarama
BEAUTIFUL OHIO (USA) Director: Chad Lowe
BIG DREAMS LITTLE TOKYO (USA) Director: David Boyle
BROKEN (USA) Director: Alan White
COMIC EVANGELISTS (USA/Canada) Director: Daniel Jones, Dann Sytsma
FISSURES / ECOUTE LE TEMPS (France) Director: Alante Kavaite
GIRL 27 (USA) Director: David Stenn
HOLLYWOOD DREAMS (USA) Director: Henry Jaglom
MEMORIES OF TOMORROW (Japan) Director: Yokihiko Tsutsumi
MOTHERLAND AFGHANISTAN (USA/Afghanistan) Director: Sedika Mojadidi
NO SWEAT (USA) Director: Arnie Williams
SCREAMERS (UK) Director: Carla Garapedian