September 13, 2021
AFI Alumni Projects Win 2021 Emmy Awards
The 73rd Annual Emmy® Award winners were announced on September 19, with the Creative Arts Emmy® Award winners celebrated on September 11 and 12. Congratulations to all the talented AFI Alumni who worked on these Emmy® Award-winning TV shows! THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series - WINNER Scott Frank (AFI Class of...
September 2, 2021
Catching up with Director and AFI Alum San-San Onglatco
Born in California and raised in the Philippines, San-San Onglatco (AFI Class of 2020) spent over ten years as a producer before deciding to apply to the AFI Conservatory where she became the first Filipina accepted into the Conservatory’s Directing program. On the cusp of graduating from AFI, Onglatco has shown determination, resourcefulness and tenacity...
September 1, 2021
Emmy Contenders: AFI Alumni Projects Nominated
AFI is celebrating our remarkable Alumni whose innovative work has been nominated by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences this year. Hover over the projects below to see the AFI Alumni who created some of the year's best television series and movies, and visit Reelgood to check out their work. Stay tuned for the...
August 27, 2021
Celebrating the AFI Class of 2020 and Honorary Degree Recipient Lily Tomlin
On Saturday, August 21, 2021, the AFI community celebrated the commencement of the AFI Conservatory Class of 2020 with the graduates and their families and friends – some near and some far. With the ceremony streaming live from the historic TCL Chinese Theatre, many watched in places as far as Italy, India, Brazil and Kyrgyzstan....
August 20, 2021
Lily Tomlin and Angela Bassett to Receive Honorary Degrees at AFI Conservatory Commencements
AFI is proud to announce it will confer Doctorate of Fine Arts degrees honoris causa upon Emmy® and Tony Award® winner Lily Tomlin and Academy Award®- and Emmy®-nominated actress Angela Bassett. Tomlin will be recognized for her contributions to the art of the moving image during the AFI Conservatory’s commencement ceremony celebrating the Class of…
August 16, 2021
AFI Among Top Film Schools Launching The Green Film School Alliance
AFI is proud to celebrate today’s launch of the The Green Film School Alliance (GFSA). The AFI Conservatory is among the eleven founding film schools from across the nation that are uniting to integrate industry-level sustainable production practices into their programs and committing to bringing common language, standards and tools to their educational institutions. GFSA…
August 3, 2021
Catching Up with Editor and AFI Alum Varun Viswanath
Editor and AFI alum Varun Viswanath (AFI Class of 2012), ACE, has steadily built an enviable list of credits since graduating from the AFI Conservatory. His editing work includes the coming-of-age black comedy I AM NOT OK WITH THIS, the supernatural comedy series WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS – for which he was nominated…
August 2, 2021
“Now Playing”: Projects by AFI Filmmakers Available to Watch Online in August 2021
Looking for a new film or TV series to watch online? Support AFI alumni by checking out our Now Playing section, which we update regularly each month. Whether it’s a theatrical release now premiering on VOD or a scheduled digital launch, we want to get the word out. New Projects for August 2021 …
July 20, 2021
AFI Names Karen Schwartzman as Senior Director of Innovative Programs
AFI has appointed Karen Schwartzman as its Senior Director, Innovative Programs for the AFI Conservatory. Building upon AFI’s foundation of both educating and celebrating great storytelling, the new Innovative Programs at the Conservatory will create a dynamic space where technologists, innovators, storytellers and social justice change makers, among others, will come together to collaborate, create…
July 14, 2021
Congratulations to the AFI Conservatory Alumni and Their Projects Nominated for This Year’s Emmy Awards
AFI is proud to celebrate all of the talented AFI Conservatory Alumni and their projects honored by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences this week. Announced by Ron Cephas Jones (THIS IS US) and Jasmine Cephas Jones (BLINDSPOTTING) who made history in 2020 as the first father-daughter duo to win Emmy® Awards in the…
July 12, 2021
AFI and AGBO Announce Christina Kelly Holmes as the 2021 Development Grant Recipient
Congratulations to this year’s recipient of the AGBO/AFI Conservatory Development Grant, Christina Kelly Holmes (Screenwriting, AFI Class of 2020). Now in its third year, the program awards $25,000 to a recent AFI Conservatory film school graduate to develop at least one project with a year-long mentorship from AGBO. Christina Kelly Holmes will receive the grant…
July 9, 2021
Catching Up With Alumni Sara Nassim and Eli Arenson on Their Cannes Film LAMB
This month we are catching up with filmmakers Sara Nassim and Eli Arenson (both AFI Class of 2015) about their film LAMB which is screening at this year’s Cannes film festival. Produced by Sara with cinematography by Eli – and directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson and written by Jóhannsson and Icelandic author Sjón – the supernatural…
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