At the end of October every year, it’s basically last in line among fall film festivals in major metropolitan areas that still regularly program big-ticket red-carpet premieres. Some years, those premieres are for future Best Picture nominees like “The Fabelmans” or “Maestro.” And now and then, the festival even hosts the world premiere for last-minute dark horses like “Juror #2” or “Tick, Tick… Boom!”
But overall, as this year’s lineup conveys, AFI Fest’s red carpet premieres section positions it as a festival for the underdogs. Those films that one looks back on and says, “Right, this did have Oscar buzz.”
The 2025 festival kicked off on Wednesday, October 22, with “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,” arguably the red carpet premiere most likely to score Oscar success, given the…
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