November 1, 2023
What to Watch: November 2023 | AFI Alumni Projects
Looking for a new film or TV series to watch? Check out these projects by Alumni from the AFI Conservatory. About AFI: 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....
November 1, 2023
Spotlight on ALL OF US STRANGERS Editor Jonathan Alberts (AFI Class of 2001)
On the heels of AFI FEST 2023, we are spotlighting editor and AFI Alum Jonathan Alberts (AFI Class of 2001) whose new film ALL OF US STRANGERS, starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy and Jamie Bell, premiered as part of this year’s official selection and is set to be released in theaters on December...
November 1, 2023
Dorothy Dandridge – AFI CATALOG SPOTLIGHT
This November, the AFI Catalog shines a spotlight on actress, singer and dancer Dorothy Dandridge, who would have turned 101 this month. Starring in the seminal musical with an all-Black cast, CARMEN JONES (1954), Dandridge became the first African American performer to be nominated for a leading role with a Best Actress Oscar® nomination, and...
November 1, 2023
NATIONAL VELVET (1945) – AFI Movie Club
The timeless story of a young girl and her beloved horse in preparation for the Grand National Sweepstakes, NATIONAL VELVET (1945) earned a place among the AFI’s most inspiring films of all time – and stars AFI Life Achievement Award honoree Elizabeth Taylor in an early role, alongside Mickey Rooney and AFI Honorary Degree recipient...
October 31, 2023
E.T.: THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) – AFI Movie Club
A beloved family classic that finds a diminutive alien hiding in the suburbs with the help of some children – which includes a foray out into the neighborhood for Halloween trick-or-treating, and a passing meeting with a green screen icon from another galaxy – E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL appears on six of the American Film Institute’s...
October 30, 2023
AFI FEST 2023 Announces Grand Jury Award Winners
AFI FEST 2023 has wrapped! The festival opened with the world premiere of LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND, written and directed by Sam Esmail (AFI Class of 2004) and starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke and Mahershala Ali, opened AFI FEST, and Bradley Cooper’s MAESTRO, a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard...
October 30, 2023
THE EXORCIST (1973) – AFI Movie Club
Starring Ellen Burstyn (who was part of the inaugural AFI Directing Workshop for Women class) as a mother whose young daughter is possessed by the demon Pazuzu, THE EXORCIST (1973) is director William Friedkin’s terrifying adaptation of the bestselling novel by William Peter Blatty and appears on the American Film Institute’s list of cinema’s most...
October 29, 2023
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984) – AFI Movie Club
From master of horror Wes Craven, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984) featured the film debut of Robert Englund’s terrifying horror icon, Freddy Krueger – named by the American Film Institute among the art form’s most diabolical villains. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. Have Get The Picture...
October 28, 2023
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) – AFI Movie Club
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974) is ranked by AFI as one of the funniest films in the art form’s history. Directed by AFI Life Achievement Award recipient Mel Brooks, this iconic comedy features an unforgettable sequence in which Gene Wilder and Peter Boyle perform the duet “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” which AFI ranked as #89 on the...
October 27, 2023
AFI Alumni Recognized as 2023 Gotham Award Nominees and Winners
Each year, the Gotham Film & Media Institute honors the best in independent film and media. The winners were announced at the 2023 Gotham Awards which took place on November 27, 2023, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. At the ceremony, the Gotham Awards honored AIR with the Gotham Visionary Icon & Creator...
October 27, 2023
MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944) – AFI Movie Club
A bittersweet story told in seasonal vignettes – including a Halloween-set story with Margaret O’Brien’s “Tootie” trick-or-treating with other children of the community – director Vincente Minnelli’s MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1945) stars the incomparable Judy Garland, who was named by AFI among the greatest screen legends of all time. The film had two...
October 26, 2023
AFI Alumni Projects Featured at AFI FEST 2023
We are extraordinarily proud to feature the latest projects of AFI Conservatory graduates at AFI FEST 2023, which takes place October 25-29 in Los Angeles. In addition to recent graduates sharing their innovative thesis films at the AFI Conservatory Showcase presented by AMC Networks, this year’s festival exemplifies the breadth and depth of Alumni work....
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