Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023

Barbenheimer is continuing into awards season. Both "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" are among the 10 films that will receive an AFI Award in January, the American Film Institute said Thursday.

The organization is recognizing a wide swath of the year's best films, with blockbusters, an animated...

Thursday, Sep. 28, 2023

The American Film Institute (AFI) has unveiled the lineup for this year’s AFI Fest, taking place in Los Angeles from October 25 to October 29. Highlights include the world premiere of Albert Brooks: Defending My Life directed by Academy Award® nominee Rob Reiner, All of Us Strangers...

Friday, Dec. 9, 2022

The American Film Institute (AFI) has unveiled the recipients of AFI Awards 2022, naming 10 outstanding feature films and 10 outstanding TV programs deemed culturally and artistically representative of this year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image. An additional...

Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022

Nicole Kidman will be the recipient of the 49th American Film Institute (AFI) Life Achievement Award, celebrating her career achievements thus far. The award will be presented to Kidman at a Gala Tribute at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 10, 2023. She is the first Australian...

Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022

Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay will serve as guest artistic director at AFI Fest 2022. DuVernay has selected three independent films amplifying the voices and vision of women directors to showcase: Hellion (2014), directed by Kat Candler and starring Academy Award...

Tuesday, Jun. 14, 2022

Julie Andrews was honored by the American Film Institute last week for a Hollywood career that couldn't have started more supercalifragilisticexpialidocious-ly — with an Oscar-winning performance in a film that would become an instant classic: "Mary Poppins."

Before the AFI Life...

Friday, Mar. 11, 2022

The American Film Institute (AFI) celebrated the 2021 AFI Awards honorees with a star-studded invite-only luncheon in Beverly Hills on Friday (3/11). AFI also revealed its official rationales (below) for all 23 honorees, providing the cultural and artistic context to mark these outstanding...

Wednesday, May. 26, 2021

The American Film Institute has revealed its full slate of films being presented for the hybrid AFI Docs 2021 festival. The lineup features 77 films from 23 countries and 4 world premieres, with 52% of the films directed by women, 40% by BIPOC directors and 18% by LGBTQ directors. 

The...

Thursday, May. 20, 2021

AFI Docs, the American Film Institute’s documentary film festival, will celebrate Dawn Porter as the 2021 Charles Guggenheim Symposium honoree.  

Each year, the AFI Docs Charles Guggenheim Symposium honors a master of the nonfiction art form. This year’s virtual Symposium--slated for June...

Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020

The American Film Institute (AFI) unveiled the films that will play in the World Cinema, New Auteurs, Documentary, Cinema’s Legacy, Short Film Competition, Meet the Press Film Festival at AFI Fest and the AFI Conservatory Showcase sections at AFI Fest 2020. 

The complete AFI Fest program...

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