August 28, 2019
QUEEN & SLIM World Premiere To Open AFI FEST 2019
AFI Alumna Melina Matsoukas’s Feature Film Directorial Debut to Launch 33rd Edition of Festival on Thursday, November 14 The 33rd edition of AFI FEST presented by Audi will open with the world premiere of Makeready and Universal Pictures’ QUEEN & SLIM. Directed by two-time Grammy® winner Melina Matsoukas (AFI Class of 2005) and written by...
July 10, 2019
AFI FEST 2019 Call for Entries Closes Friday, July 12
The final deadline for submitting films to AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi is Friday, July 12. Filmmakers are invited to submit feature, documentary, experimental, animated and short films at AFI.com/AFIFEST or through FilmFreeway until 11:59 P.M. PST on Friday. Films can be fiction shorts (under 30 minutes), nonfiction shorts (under 40 minutes) and feature…
March 4, 2019
AFI FEST 2019 Announces Key Dates and Call for Entries
AFI FEST 2019 presented by Audi will take place in Hollywood, CA, from November 14–21, 2019. Entries are now being accepted and filmmakers are invited to submit feature, documentary, experimental, animated and short films at FEST.AFI.com or through FilmFreeway. AFI FEST will have submission deadlines — early, official and final — for fiction shorts (under 30...
November 16, 2018
Announcing AFI FEST 2018 Audience and Jury Award Winners
AFI FEST 2018 presented by Audi has announced the films that received this year’s Jury and Audience awards.
November 8, 2018
See Audi’s #DriveProgress Installation Celebrating Female Filmmakers at AFI FEST 2018
Long before the world woke to the imperative of more women filmmakers, Audi’s message was about igniting the development and mentoring of the next generation of female leaders, working across industries and age groups to ensure everyone has a fair shot. AFI and Audi celebrate, embrace and recognize the change happening within the industry —…
November 5, 2018
AFI FEST 2018 Announces Additional Conversations
AFI announced today additional Conversations that will take place at AFI FEST 2018 presented by Audi.
November 1, 2018
AFI and Audi Partner to Support Female Filmmakers
Watch this new video — featuring alumnae of the AFI Conservatory and the AFI Directing Workshop for Women — to learn how Audi and AFI have collaborated to celebrate diversity and drive progress. The clip talks about women in film and spotlights the Audi Fellowship for Women, which Audi created in 2017 to support one…
October 26, 2018
Natalie Portman Conversation Added to AFI FEST 2018
A Conversation with Natalie Portman has been added to AFI FEST 2018 presented by Audi. Honoring the actor’s career, the Conversation will take place on Friday, November 9, at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, following a previously announced Special Screening of VOX LUX, in which she stars.
October 18, 2018
AFI FEST Announces Cinema’s Legacy and Midnight Lineups
The AFI FEST 2018 presented by Audi Cinema’s Legacy and Midnight lineups have been revealed.
October 18, 2018
AFI FEST Announces Special Screenings Lineup
The AFI FEST 2018 presented by Audi Special Screenings lineup has been revealed.
October 16, 2018
AFI FEST 2018 Reveals World Cinema Lineup
Here are the films that will play in the World Cinema section of AFI FEST 2018 presented by Audi.
October 9, 2018
AFI FEST 2018 Announces an Evening With Nicole Kidman
AFI FEST 2018 presented by Audi will host An Evening With Nicole Kidman. The event will include a conversation with the Academy Award®-winning actor in tribute to her illustrious career, followed by a Gala screening of her latest film, Annapurna Pictures' DESTROYER (DIR Karyn Kusama), on Tuesday, November 13, at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre....
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