February 23, 2024
AFI Alumni Winners and Nominees for 2024 Hollywood Guild Awards
With the 96th Academy Awards® right around the corner, there is no better time to take a look at the projects that the major Hollywood Guilds have recognized with their nominations for the year’s best achievements in film and television. These nominations are often prognosticators of the Oscars® race. Congratulations to the remarkable graduates of the AFI Conservatory who were honored by their peers...
February 1, 2024
AFI Spotlight on THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY’s Vanara Taing (AFI Class of 2012)
Ahead of the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards which highlights the best in independent cinema, we spoke to AFI Conservatory Alum Vanara Taing (AFI Class of 2012) whose new docudrama THE UNKNOWN COUNTRY is nominated for the distinguished John Cassavetes Award. Starring Academy Award® nominee Lily Gladstone, the film centers on an Indigenous woman named...
February 1, 2024
What to Watch: February 2024 | AFI Alumni Projects
Looking for a new film or TV series to watch? Check out these projects by Alumni from the AFI Conservatory film school. Ranked the #1 film school in the nation, the AFI Conservatory has over 50 years of history training filmmakers who have gone on to create award-winning and critically acclaimed films and television shows....
February 1, 2024
AFI Conservatory Alum Ed Zwick Set to Publish New Memoir and Launch Book Tour
Mark your calendars! This month, readers will be treated to the upcoming memoir “Hits, Flops and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood,” written by Academy® and Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker and AFI Conservatory Alum Ed Zwick (AFI Class of 1975). This new imprint will be published on February 13, 2024, offering an exclusive, behind-the-scenes glimpse...
January 23, 2024
AFI Conservatory Alumni Honored with 2024 Oscar® Nominations
Congratulations to the AFI Conservatory Alumni and their projects nominated for an Oscar®! The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominations on January 23 in a live event hosted by Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid. The 96th Academy Awards ceremony, which will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, will air on ABC on...
January 22, 2024
AFI Announces Participants for Prestigious AFI DWW+ Program and Names Hanelle M. Culpepper Guest Artistic Director
Photo: Top Row (L-R): Julia Bales, Jahmil Eady, MG Evangelista, Marissa High; Bottom Row (L-R): Jasmine J. Johnson, Natasha Mynhier, Karina Lomelin Ripper, Ezra Rose Today, AFI announced the participants selected for the AFI DWW+ Class of 2025. AFI DWW+ is a year-long directing program that supports women and traditionally underrepresented narrative filmmakers through the...
January 18, 2024
AFI Alumni Projects Win at the Emmys
A big round of applause is in order! On January 15, 2024, the Emmy Awards ceremony honored the best from the past year's primetime television programming. Join us in celebrating all the incredible AFI Conservatory film school Alums whose projects were nominated and won at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards! To learn more AFI's film...
January 9, 2024
Oscar®-Nominated Cinematographer Matthew Libatique to Receive AFI’s 31st Annual Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal
AFI is pleased to announce that two-time Academy Award® nominee Matthew Libatique, ASC (AFI Class of 1992) will receive the Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal, which will be presented at the upcoming AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to Nicole Kidman on April 27, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The Schaffner Alumni...
January 1, 2024
What to Watch: January 2024 | AFI Alumni Projects
Looking for a new film or TV series to watch? Check out these projects by Alumni from the AFI Conservatory. Ranked the #1 film school in the nation, the AFI Conservatory has over 50 years of history training filmmakers who have gone on to create award-winning and critically acclaimed films and television shows. THE BROTHERS...
December 13, 2023
For Your Consideration: Oscar®-qualifying Short Films by AFI Alumni
Awards season is upon us – the time of year when creatives are honored for their work by film critics, the Hollywood guilds and notably the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. We are excited to announce that over a dozen short films by AFI Conservatory Alumni have achieved Oscar®-qualifying status for the 96th...
December 6, 2023
Congratulations to all the AFI Conservatory Alums Headed to Sundance 2024
The Sundance Film Festival, renowned for celebrating some of the best independent filmmaking from around the country, has announced its 2024 festival lineup. Join us in celebrating the following AFI Conservatory Alumni and their projects that were showcased in 2024, and learn more about which AFI Alumni took home Sundance Jury and Audience Awards this...
December 6, 2023
AFI Alumni Honored With 2024 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations
Film Independent revealed the nominees and winners of the 2024 Independent Spirit Awards, which recognize outstanding achievement in film and television. The 39th annual Spirit Awards took place Sunday, February 25, 2024, with SNL alum Aidy Bryant hosting the official ceremony. Congratulations to the following graduates of the AFI Conservatory who were recognized this year!...
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