December 2010
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AFI Awards 2010: Official Selections Announced →
AFI Honors Top Ten Most Outstanding
Motion Pictures and Television Programs of the Year
New Special Awards Added
LOS ANGELES, December 12, 2010 – American Film…
AFI Alumni 2011 Sundance Film Festival →
Congratulations to the following AFI Alumni who have films in the 2011 Sundance Film Festival:
SUNDANCE LINEUP OF AFI ALUMNI 2011
U.S. DRAMATIC…
THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES THE LORD OF... →
THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING AS ITS FIRST-EVER LIMITED EDITION FILM POSTER
POSTER IS A COLLECTABLE AFI MEMBER…
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John Lasseter On The Heart Of TOY STORY
Director John Lasseter talks about the heart of TOY STORY.
November 2010
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Billy Crystal On The Marx Brothers
AFI Fest 2010 Presented By Audi: Audience and Jury... →
AFI FEST 2010 presented by Audi announced today the four feature and two short films that are the recipients of this year’s Audience and Jury Awards. The films will screen again today…
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AFI Fest 2010 Presented By Audi: YouTube Playlist
HP Powers New Generation of Filmmakers at AFI... →
LOS ANGELES, Nov 04, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — At the AFI Conservatory, the Master of Fine Arts program of the American Film Institute, a new generation of storytellers is…
SILVERDOCS 2011 Annouces Festival Dates And Call... →
Silverdocs will run June 20 – 26, 2011, and will begin accepting submissions for its ninth annual Festival on November 12!
Submission deadlines:
Early: January 7
Regular:…
October 2010
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Eight Nights of Red Carpet Galas at AFI Fest... →
AFI FEST 2010 presented by Audi today announced its Centerpiece Galas, featuring ABEL (DIR Diego Luna), BARNEY’S VERSION (DIR Richard J. Lewis), BLUE VALENTINE (DIR Derek…
Morgan Freeman To Receive 39th AFI Life... →
MORGAN FREEMAN TO RECEIVE
39th AFI LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
America’s Highest Honor for a Career in Film to be Presented June 9, 2011
LOS ANGELES, CA, October 11, 2010 –…
September 2010
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Filmmakers Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden Talk To AFI... →
Filmmakers Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden visited the AFI Los Angeles campus this week to screen their film IT’S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY to the AFI Conservatory Fellows….
World Premiere Of LOVE & OTHER DRUGS As Opening... →
AFI FEST 2010 presented by Audi announced today that it will host the world premiere of Edward Zwick’s LOVE & OTHER DRUGS as the festival’s Opening Night Gala on November…
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Dustin Hoffman On Humphrey Bogart
Five AFI Alums Collaborate On LOVE AND OTHER... →
Alumni Ed Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Steve Rosenblum, Steve Fierberg and Pieter Jan Brugge
AFI Alumni Ed Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, Steve Rosenblum, Steve Fierberg…
AFI Alum & AFI Faculty Team Up For Emmy →
Congratulations to Dante Di Loreto (Producing, ‘91) and Director Mick Jackson for their contributions to the Emmy-winning HBO Film TEMPLE GRANDIN. Jackson recently…
August 2010
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David Lynch Announced As First-Ever Guest Artistic... →
Lynch Creates Art for the Festival to Serve as the Official Image and will Program Films that Influence and Inspire Him
LOS ANGELES, CA, August 24, 2010 – AFI FEST…
Robert F. Boyle, Hitchcock’s Art Director &... →
Bob Boyle passed away on Sunday, August 1, 2010. He was 100.
Boyle received an Honorable Academy Award in 2008 “in recognition of one of the great careers in art direction.” A…
July 2010
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AFI Alumni Selected To Variety’s Up Next: Masters... →
Congratulations to the following AFI Alums who have been selected to Variety’s UP NEXT: MASTERS OF THEIR CRAFT:
Petra Korner (C ‘02), Cinematographer
Edd Lukas (C ‘08),…
American Airlines: The Official Airline of the... →
AFI would like to take this opportunity to thank our generous sponsor, and official Airline of the American Film Institute, American Airlines.
Follow American Airlines on…
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Sigourney Weaver On The Classical Music In...
Sigourney Weaver talks about the impact of the classical music from Disney’s FANTASIA on her when she was a child.
AFI Alumni Film Win Top Awards at Short Shorts... →
Congratulations to Ken Ochiai (D ‘08), Producer/Writer/Director and Nodoka Kato (E ‘09), Editor for taking home two top awards at the largest film festival in Asia, the …
AFI Alumni Nominated For Emmy Awards →
Congratulations to the following AFI Alumni who have been nominated for the 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards!
Uta Briesewitz (C ’94), Director of Photography, Outstanding…
AFI VIDEO: Speeches From the 38th AFI Life... →
25 clips of speeches from Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Spacey, Robin Williams, Jack Nicholson, and more at the 38th AFI Life…
AFI Conservatory Extends Application Deadline For... →
The AFI Conservatory has been educating professional filmmakers for more than 40 years. Today the AFI Conservatory announced that it is extending the application deadline…
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Elaine May Salutes Albert Einstein's Cousin - Mike...
Elaine May gives a hilarious salute to Mike Nichols and points out the fact that he is actually a cousin of famed physicist Albert Einstein at the 38th AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute To Mike Nichols.
June 2010
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Nick DeMartino To Retire After 20 Year Tour As AFI... →
LOS ANGELES, CA — (June 22, 2010). Nick DeMartino is retiring from his post as Senior Vice President for Media & Technology at the American Film Institute (AFI) on June 30,…
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François Truffaut On Learning From Alfred...
François Truffaut gives and example on how Alfred Hitchcock influenced his own work at an AFI Harold Lloyd Master Seminar.
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Breaking Bad Creator Vince Gilligan at AFI
Mike Nichols: 38th Recipient Of The AFI Life... →
When AFI was founded in 1967, one of its purposes was to ensure that “great accomplishments of the past are recognized to the end that the masters of film may take their…
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Sigourney Weaver On Pixar & Disney's FANTASIA
Sigourney Weaver explains why she think Pixar is making the best animated Hollywood films today and also recalls her experience watching Walt Disney’s FANTASIA.
May 2010
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Dennis Hopper On HOOSIERS
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Alfred Hitchcock: Exposition Is A Pill That Must...
Alfred Hitchcock at an AFI Seminar, 1971
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John Wayne Salutes James Cagney at AFI Life...
John Wayne, 1974.
AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary... →
The AFI-Discovery Channel Silverdocs Documentary Festival will take place June 21-27 at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring, MD. In past years the festival has enjoyed…
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AFI's Top 10 Animated Movies →
AFI’s list of the Top Ten Animated Feature Films from the 2007 TV Broadcast, AFI’s 10 Top 10.
Sundance Comedy From AFI Alumni Picked Up By Red... →
Congratulations to AFI Alumni Lindsay Stidham (W ‘05) and Drake Doreumus (D ‘05). Their comedy feature DOUCHEBAG, which was in competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival,…
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William Friedkin on the Car Chase Scene In THE...
William Friedkin talks about shooting the gripping car chase scene from THE FRENCH CONNECTION.
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Eddie Izzard Salutes Sean Connery at AFI Life...
AFI Alums Nominated For Student Academy Awards →
Congratulations to AFI Alums Zeke Hawkins & John Ford, each of whom have been nominated for Student Academy Awards. Both are nominated in the Narrative category,…
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William Shatner Sings To George Lucas at AFI Life...
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Select Clips from AFI Life Achievement Award: A...
May the 4th be with you. Happy Star Wars Day:
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AFI's Top 10 Sports Movies →
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Lynn Redgrave on Sophia Loren
Oscar-nominated Actress Lynn Redgrave talks about, and even impersonates, Sophia Loren.
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Sean Astin On The Core Human Values Of THE LORD OF...
Sean Astin talks about the timing of the theatrical release of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING and how audiences reacted in the midst of the worldwide grieving process after 9/11. He also touches on how the lengthy filmmaking process provided perspective and a learning process for the filmmakers.
April 2010
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Quentin Tarantino: The Inspiration For Pulp...
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J.J. Abrams Speaks at TED About Mysteries
AFI Fest Presented By Audi – Festival Dates & Call... →
AFI FEST 2010 presented by Audi
ANNOUNCES 2010 FESTIVAL DATES AND CALL FOR ENTRIES
AFI FEST Renews Commitment to Community with Free Tickets
Los Angeles’ Longest…
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