The AFI Festival which runs from 5 to 12 November 2015 in LA, unleashed it’s special screenings section today and Queen of the Desert will have its North American premiere.  More information will be released on Wednesday, but for now from AFI:

“AFI FEST has also revealed today its Special Screenings section, which will feature 45 YEARS (DIR Andrew Haigh); ANOMALISA (DIR Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson, AFI Class of 2006); CAROL (DIR Todd Haynes); LAST DAYS IN THE DESERT (DIR Rodrigo García); THE LOBSTER (DIR Yorgos Lanthimos); MACBETH (DIR Justin Kurzel); and QUEEN OF THE DESERT (DIR Werner Herzog).

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The full festival lineup and schedule will be unveiled on Wednesday, October 21. The 29th edition of AFI FEST will take place November 5–12, 2015, in the heart of Hollywood.”

Will update this post when date and ticket information becomes available in a few days.

Thanks to Variety for the tip.

UPDATED 23 OCT 2015:

AFI have released the schedule and “Queen of the Desert” will have it’s premiere at 8.45 pm on 8 November 2015 at the Egyptian Theatre (how fitting) 8.30 pm on 8 November 2015 at Dolby Theatre:

 

Information about tickets here.  Apparently “free tickets” will be available to the Festival from 26 October 2015 – click here

According to AFI the screening is a ‘brand new cut’ – I wonder if there’s more Rob in this version