AFI Fest
Universal Pictures’ and Amblin Entertainment’s The Fabelmans, directed by American Film Institute (AFI) Life Achievement Award recipient and Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg, will close AFI Fest 2022. The film is co-written by Spielberg and Academy Award-nominated...
For Caitriona Balfe, being afforded the opportunity to join the cast of Belfast was “a gift from the post-lockdown gods.” She described director Kenneth Branagh’s script, based on his childhood, as a beautiful story which gave her the good fortune to act opposite the likes of Jamie...
AFI Fest 2021’s Jury and Audience Award winners were revealed today (11/15) with Jockey directed by Clint Bentley taking the top Narrative Feature honor in the Audience tally--with the Documentary Feature Audience accolade going to Juice Wrld from director Tommy Oliver.
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The American Film Institute (AFI) unveiled the full lineup for this year’s festival including Sony Pictures Classics’ Parallel Mothers, written and directed by Academy Award® winner Pedro Almodóvar, which will screen as a Red Carpet Premiere at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre on...
AFI Fest 2021--which is set to take place November 10-14, 2021--will open with the world premiere of Netflix’s tick, tick...Boom! Directed by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award® winner Lin-Manuel Miranda in his feature directorial debut, the film is based on the autobiographical musical by “...
AFI Fest 2020 award winners were revealed today (10/23). Among the films honored were Wolfwalkers, the documentary 76 Days, and the shorts Pillars and Tiger and Ox.
Wolfwalkers, an adventurous animated tale, won the Audience Award for narrative...
Though having to go virtual in the face of a pandemic, AFI Fest this past week (10/15-22) remained steadfast as a cornucopia of content with high-profile debuts as well as some under-the-radar films gaining exposure and prominence. Where the fest came up different this time around was in stepped...
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...
The American Film Institute has set the lineup for its AFI Summit that will take place at AFI Fest (Oct. 15-22). The menu includes a conversation with Academy Award® nominee, producer, director and writer Ava DuVernay in a conversation about elevating and supporting BIPOC filmmakers through her...
AFI Fest will present four Tributes this year as Sofia Coppola, Kirby Dick, Rita Moreno and Mira Nair will each be honored with an evening of conversation celebrating their distinguished careers.
“Artists of this caliber are essential players in our global culture,” said Bob Gazzale, AFI...