The Loneliest Planet Poster Debut: Gael García Bernal Navigates Rough Terrain In Julia Loktev's AFI Prize Winning Thriller

Rising filmmaker Julia Loktev won the Prix Regards Jeune at Cannes in her first feature, 2006's Day Night Day Night, and nabbed the AFI Grand Jury Prize with her sophomore follow-up, the thriller The Loneliest Planet (in theaters October 26 via Sundance Selects). After the jump, check out Movieline's exclusive debut of the poster for The Loneliest Planet, about a couple (Gael García Bernal and Hani Furstenberg) touring the wilds of the former Soviet Union who find their relationship tested by a random, irrevocable incident.
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AFI Fest Awards Grand Jury Prize to The Loneliest Planet

AFI Fest closes up shop today (with a very climactic showing of The Adventures of Tintin), but before we say so long to the parking garage at Hollywood & Highland, we have one piece of business left to deal with: the awards. AFI awarded its Grand Jury Prize to Julia Loktev's The Loneliest Planet "for its bold exploration of societal structures and gender roles, set against a landscape that conveys both profound beauty and profound alienation." And because Gael Garcia Bernal is adorbz. Click through for the rest of prizes and announcements.

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