May 17, 2022
AFI Alumni Projects at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival
The 2022 Tribeca Film Festival is right around the corner. Taking place from June 8-19, the 21st edition of the acclaimed festival – which will have both in-person and online screenings this year– will feature a diverse mix of narrative, documentary and animated films. Congratulations to all of the AFI Alumni with projects showcased at...
May 13, 2022
AFI Cinematography Intensive for Women Applications Open on May 20
We are thrilled to announce that this year's AFI Cinematography Intensive for Women (CIW) presented by Panavision will be held Friday, July 15 through Monday, July 18 on the AFI Campus located in Los Angeles. CIW is a tuition-free, four-day workshop designed for aspiring cinematographers committed to their journey toward a professional career as cinematographers,...
May 13, 2022
PARASITE (2019) – AFI Movie Club
Directed by Bong Joon Ho, PARASITE (2019) was honored with an AFI AWARDS Special Award, recognizing it as one of the year’s most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official AFI AWARDS rationale, “PARASITE embeds itself in the collective consciousness and proves the power of cinema to assert universal...
May 12, 2022
STAND AND DELIVER (1988) – AFI Movie Club
Based on the remarkable true story of an East Los Angeles math class that beat the odds to conquer the AP calculus exam, STAND AND DELIVER (1988) stars AFI Trustee Edward James Olmos as Garfield High School teacher Jaime Escalante – whose trials and triumphs in nurturing his students earned a place on AFI’s 100...
May 11, 2022
Siân Heder to Receive AFI’s 30th Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Apple AFI announced today that Academy Award® winner Siân Heder (AFI DWW Class of 2005), writer and director of CODA, this year’s Best Picture Oscar® winner, will receive the 2022 Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal, which will be presented at the upcoming AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to Julie Andrews....
May 10, 2022
MARTY (1955) – AFI Movie Club
A tender drama about a lonely Bronx butcher looking for love, MARTY (1955) stars Ernest Borgnine in the title role and Betsy Blair as the schoolteacher with whom he forms an emotional connection – against the advisement of his family and friends. This gentle romance earned a place on AFI’s 100 YEARS…100 PASSIONS, the American...
May 7, 2022
I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING (1945) – AFI Movie Club
A classic romantic drama from directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING (1945) is set on the windswept Isle of Mull in the Scottish Hebrides – the stormy archipelago weather bringing together two souls who might otherwise never have found each other. A special presentation of the film marked the launch...
May 6, 2022
Bill Dill Named AFI Conservatory’s First-Ever Dean’s Chair of Visual Storytelling
This week, the AFI Conservatory named Bill Dill, ASC, the first-ever Dean’s Chair of Visual Storytelling. Dill has taught at the AFI Conservatory for over 20 years. During his tenure, he has served as Senior Lecturer and head of the AFI Conservatory Cinematography department. In his new role as the Dean’s Chair of Visual Storytelling,...
May 3, 2022
AFI Somos Nosotros Latinx Scholarship Announced
We’re thrilled to announce that AFI and Somos Nosotros have partnered to establish a scholarship for Latinx Screenwriting Fellows in the AFI Conservatory program. The scholarship is part of the newly launched Somos Nosotros Fund (Spanish for “This Is Us”) created by the art advocacy group Nosotros and THIS IS US actor Jon Huertas and his...
May 3, 2022
CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981) – AFI Movie Club
The final feature from AFI Honorary Degree recipient Ray Harryhausen, CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981) is an appropriately Olympian entry in the career of the legendary animator and special effects innovator. A masterpiece of stop-motion effects that include Medusa, Pegasus, the Kraken and more, the film also features Laurence Olivier (named by AFI among cinema’s...
May 2, 2022
AFI Alumni Projects Selected for the 75th Cannes Film Festival!
The Cannes Film Festival kicks off its 75th anniversary edition this spring, showcasing new films from veteran filmmakers and emerging voices alike. The prestigious event will take place May 17-28 and resume in-person festivities for its second year in a row. The 2022 jury consists of actor Vincent Lindon as president, alongside filmmakers Rebecca Hall,...
May 2, 2022
AFI Spotlight Interview: PACHINKO Writer Franklin Rho
Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, writer/director Franklin Rho (AFI Class of 2004) grew up with a passion for auteur-driven arthouse cinema which ultimately led him to the Directing Program at the AFI Conservatory. His thesis film THE MONSTER AND THE PEANUT, which played at myriad film festivals, was the recipient of a grant from the Alfred...
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