Quentin Tarantino & ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ Special Event Set For AFI Fest

The American Film Institute said Tuesday that Quentin Tarantino will appear in conversation in a special event at this month’s AFI Fest, which will also screen his 2019 film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

The talk and screening will take place October 23 at the TCL Chinese Theatre, the Hollywood venue where the film had its world-premiere screening. The Sony pic went on to gross $409.4 million at the global box office and nab 10 Oscar nominations including Best Picture, Directing and Original Screenplay.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie starred in the film, which tells a Tarantino-ified tale of Hollywood set during the time of the Manson family.

Pitt won the Supporting Actor Oscar for playing Cliff Booth, a character he is reviving for David Fincher’s The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, from a script from Tarantino. The Netflix sequel is prepping for bow in Imax theaters November 25, where it will stay for two weeks before making its way to the streamer beginning December 23.

“As the world awaits The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, AFI is proud to celebrate where it all began,” AFI President and CEO Bob Gazzale said in a release announcing the Tarantino event. “And to do so with one of the greatest storytellers of our generation is a gift to all who love the movies.”

The 40th AFI Fest runs October 21-25 in Hollywood, kicking off with the U.S. premiere of Laika’s Wildwood among a lineup of 158 films. Red Carpet Premieres will include the world bow of The Mosquito Bowl, I Play Rocky and Ray Gunn, with special screenings set for 14th, Ashes, Behemoth!, Bitter Christmas, Bunker, Clarissa, Elsinore, Josephine, The Man I Love, Mouse, Tangles and Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine.