The Circuit

Joel Hopkins' "Last Chance Harvey" has been added to the AFI FEST 2008 lineup.  The Dustin Hoffman/Emma Thompson romance will unspool as a Centerpiece screening.  Hopkins, Hoffman, and Thompson are expected to attend.

In addition, the fest has slotted five other films.  From their press release:

BOYFRIEND FOR MY WIFE (Argentina)
Director: Juan Taratuto
From the producers of THE SON OF THE BRIDE, LA ANTENA and XXY, the film is a black comedy about ‘El Tenso’ - a man who doesn’t know how to deal with his wife, ‘La Tana.’ Wanting a divorce, El Tenso recruits ‘The Raven Flores’, an old fashioned Latino lothario to seduce her until she falls in love with him so she will divorce El Tenso.

DIM SUM FUNERAL (USA)
Director: Anna Chi
Drama follows the resulting fireworks when a group of estranged Chinese-American siblings reunite after the death of their “Dragon Lady” mother for a traditional Chinese funeral.

PATRIK 1.5 (Sweden)
Director: Ella Lemhagen
A married gay couple relocates to a village to realize their dream of adopting a child. This smart, sensitive, textured and amusing exploration of the rifts in contemporary gay life also explores how our expectations imprison us and separate us from one another.

TOKYO SONATA (Japan)
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Drama follows the effects on a family after the father loses his job, his sons spin into alienation and his wife tries to hold it all together. Kurosawa, the master of Japanese genre turns his sights on a mundane, yet (in his hands) thrilling, disturbing subject: the secret lives of an ordinary Japanese family.

YELLOW SUBMARINE (1968)
Director: George Dunning
Courtesy of Apple Redcords, the animated Beatles classic will be screened in the ArcLight Hollywood Cinerama Dome as AFI FEST celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the film’s release. Parents and their children can all go to “Pepperland” once again as AFI FEST offers another family friendly event.