In a special Spotlight section, AFI FEST honors Oscar®-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro — who most recently wrote and directed his spectacular re-imagining of Mary Shelley’s gothic horror story Frankenstein — and who has selected four of his favorite films to present to AFI FEST audiences: Barry Lyndon, Fellini's Casanova, The Duellists and Arcane Sorcerer. For tickets and more details, visit https://fest.afi.com/2025/guest-artistic-director-2025/.