June 10, 2020
AFI Alumni Win Peabody Awards
Congratulations to the AFI alumni whose projects won Peabody Awards – Miguel Arteta, Diane Becker, Michael Dinner, Susannah Grant, Anna Hauger and Christal Henry. Their projects were among 30 programs deemed the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and digital media during 2019. Additionally, this week, DWW alumna Cicely Tyson (DWW Class of…
June 10, 2020
AFI DOCS 2020 Announces Forum Events
AFI DOCS, supported by Presenting Sponsor AT&T, is proud to announce its 2020 Forum. The Forum will feature sessions in response to rapidly changing world events, filmmaker panels, networking opportunities and more. Open to all AFI DOCS passholders and festival filmmakers, the five-day Forum will take place June 17-21, with live sessions streaming online. Passes…
June 10, 2020
AFI Conservatory Films to be Featured on ShortsTV
AFI films will join the world’s largest catalog of short form video entertainment and soon be available in over 100 million households across all ShortsTV channels, including ShortsTV India and TVCortos in Latin America. The newly signed deal grants ShortsTV the rights to 100 short films from the AFI Conservatory, including the Academy Award®-winning MY…
June 10, 2020
AFI Movie Club: MILK
MILK celebrates the life and legacy of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man elected to public office in California. The film was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2008, recognizing it as one of the 10 outstanding films deemed culturally and artistically representative of the year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image. …
June 7, 2020
AFI Movie Club: JUST MERCY
Warner Bros. has made JUST MERCY free to rent on streaming platforms for all of June 2020 in response to the police brutality charges and ongoing protests surrounding the death of George Floyd and to educate viewers about systemic racism. FIND OUT WHERE TO WATCH FOR FREE. JUST MERCY was showcased at the 2019 AFI…
June 6, 2020
AFI Movie Club: ANTWONE FISHER
ANTWONE FISHER was the directorial debut of AFI Life Achievement Award recipient Denzel Washington, who also co-starred in the movie. In 2002, the film was honored with an AFI AWARD for providing “a clarion call for all films that strive to bring unspoken topics into the national conversation.” Movie Trivia about ANTWONE FISHER -DID YOU KNOW Antwone…
June 5, 2020
AFI Movie Club: BLACK PANTHER
BLACK PANTHER “shatters and reshapes cultural mythology.” Ryan Coogler’s super-heroic vision was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2018 – recognizing it as one of the 10 outstanding films deemed culturally and artistically representative of the year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image. Movie Trivia about BLACK PANTHER -DID YOU KNOW that BLACK PANTHER…
June 4, 2020
Cinematographer Daniella Nowitz on Her Time at AFI and Filming the Award-Winning ASIA
While the feature film ASIA was not able to have its World Premiere at Tribeca as originally planned, it earned rave reviews with Variety praising cinematographer Daniella Nowitz (AFI Class of 2014) for her camerawork which made the film “quietly moving, bringing dignity and compassionate humanism.” Tribeca took notice as well, awarding Nowitz Best Cinematography…
June 4, 2020
AFI Movie Club: SELMA
SELMA was honored with an AFI AWARD in 2014 – recognizing it as one of the 10 outstanding films deemed culturally and artistically representative of the year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image. Ava DuVernay’s visionary film invited audiences “to rise above the breathless shame of our nation’s past and come…
June 3, 2020
AFI Movie Club: DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST
DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST was directed by AFI alum Julie Dash (Class of 1974) – an influential member of the LA Rebellion movement which reinvented Black Cinema. The New York Times’ A.O. Scott called her “a true American original who dared to fill an empty space in the American imagination.” With the release of the…
June 2, 2020
HOLLYWOOD Reimagines a More Inclusive Industry
With the recent release of Ryan Murphy’s fantastical new miniseries HOLLYWOOD, audiences have been treated to a revisionist look at what the film industry would have been like if it had it become more equitable in the ’40s. The show revolves around the fictional production of MEG, a twist on the tragic tale of 24-year-old…
June 2, 2020
AFI Alumni Win College TV Awards
At 40th College Television Awards, AFI projects took home two competitive awards, as well as the Loreen Arbus Focus on Disability Scholarship and the Seymour Bricker Humanitarian Award. Congratulations to all the AFI Alumni who were honored at the 40th College TV Awards! Best Drama Series BALLOON Christina Cha, Jeremy Merrifield and Dave Testa…
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