Alumni Benefits

Complimentary AFI Alumni Membership

As a registered AFI alumni member, alumni are entitled to enjoy a host of benefits at no membership cost. This is a lifetime membership.* If you do not currently have an alumni membership card, please e-mail alumni@AFI.com, or click here. Below are many of the benefits that come with being an AFI alumni!

Exclusive Benefits

  • AFI ALUMNI CONNECTION, your weekly alumni e-newsletter: includes invitations, news from your fellow alumni and the UTA joblist. To register, click here.

  • AFI LIBRARY PRIVILEGES: access and privileges you had as a Fellow are extended to you free for one year, after which you can pay a renewable $25 for three years. Renew in person at the front desk at the Louis B. Mayer Library.

  • AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS ONLINE: the definitive online resource for film history. Contains detailed information on films produced from 1893-1970, the AFI Catalog has been called "an unequalled guide to the film sources of our history." Research on 1970 decade currently under construction. Search for information on films, actors, filmmakers, subject matter, historical information, film music and literary sources. To access, click here.

  • BASELINE STUDIOSYSTEMS INFOSOURCE DATABASE: complimentary access for six-month period. Thereafter, a 20% discount for InfoSource or a 30% discount for the flagship database. New graduates with current e-mail address on file will automatically receive an e-mail from the Studio System within two to three weeks of receipt of AFI alumni membership card. All others, to register click here.

Discounts & Priority Registration

  • ANNUAL AFI LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY AUDI (AFI FEST): you will automatically receive your priority registration including advance ticket purchase, pass and ticket discounts and two (2) free daytime screening tickets in the mail. To update your address and ensure you receive your AFI FEST package, click here.

  • AFI AT ARCLIGHT HOLLYWOOD: ticket discounts to international film series, mini-festivals and retrospectives at the state-of-the-art ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood. Show your AFI alumni membership card at the box office.

  • CINEMA'S LEGACY AT THE SKIRBALL CULTURAL CENTER: ticket discounts to a series of conversations with film's greatest producers, directors, writers, actors, and other movie artists. Acclaimed guests screen work they credit with inspiring their art and discuss the great films and film artists who have influenced their careers. Show your AFI alumni membership card at the box office.

  • FILMMAKER MAGAZINE: AFI members receive 22% off the regular subscription price and $41 off the newsstand price-one year is just $10 and 2 years are $19. Call 212.563.0211, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. EST Monday-Friday and give promo code AFIMEM08.

  • VARIETY: AFI alumni receive 40% off new subscriptions and 15% off subsequent year subscriptions. You must mention you are an AFI member at time of renewal to receive your 15% discount. The subscription includes six issues of V Life and free access to Variety.com. Call 1.888.797.9926, 5:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. PST Monday-Friday or 8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon PST on Sunday.

  • THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: AFI alumni receive $50 off annual subscriptions. You can either subscribe online at http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/subscriptions.jsp or call 866.525.2150 or 323.525.2150.

  • TED ASHLEY AND MARK GOODSON SCREENING ROOMS: to inquire about discounted alumni rates and availability, call campus operations at 323.856.7681.

  • AFI GIFT MEMBERSHIPS: receive 50% discount by calling the Membership Hotline at 800.774.4234.

  • AND, SHOW YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARD FOR DISCOUNTS AT: AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center and SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival in Silver Spring, Maryland; Bing Theatre at LACMA; Alex Film Society at the Alex Theatre; and LA Conservancy-Last Remaining Seats film series in Los Angeles, CA.

*Alumni benefits are subject to change without advance notice.