Produced by AFI Honorary Degree recipient Jeffrey Katzenberg, SHREK (2001) was honored with a 2001 AFI AWARD, recognizing it in the year of its release as one of the most outstanding achievements in the art of the moving image. According to the official rationale, “SHREK is an animated film that takes an eraser to traditional...

A gonzo, dimension-hopping adventure following the exploits of the titular polymath, THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE 8TH DIMENSION (1984) was produced by Neil Canton, who educated the next generation of storytellers for more than a decade as the head of the AFI Conservatory’s producing program. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about...

Written, produced and directed by AFI Conservatory Artistic Director James L. Brooks , TERMS OF ENDEARMENT (1983) pairs two recipients of the highest honor for a career in film – AFI Life Achievement Award honorees Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson. Visit the AFI Catalog to learn more about TERMS OF ENDEARMENT. HOW TO WATCH Where...

This film was originally selected as an AFI Movie Club pick on September 29, 2020. BEATRIZ AT DINNER is directed by AFI Conservatory alum Miguel Arteta and stars Salma Hayek as a Mexican immigrant and healer who, when her car breaks down at the home of a wealthy client, ends up staying for dinner and engaging...

BEATRIZ AT DINNER is directed by AFI Conservatory alum Miguel Arteta and stars Salma Hayek as a Mexican immigrant and healer who, when her car breaks down at the home of a wealthy client, ends up staying for dinner and engaging in an epic sparing match, exposing harsh truths about race, class and privilege.  Click Here…