September 23, 2026
PROJECT HAIL MARY’s Phil Lord and Chris Miller Named as Guest Artistic Directors of AFI FEST 2026 Presented by Canva
PASSES ON SALE AFI announced that Academy Award®-winning filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller will serve as the Guest Artistic Directors for AFI FEST 2026 presented by Canva. This year’s Guest Artistic Directors Program will include “An Evening with Lord and Miller” which will include a Q&A with the directors followed by a screening of...
September 1, 2026
JIM HENSON – AFI Catalog Spotlight
Jim Henson at an AFI seminar in 1986. Photo: AFI Archive. September 1, 2026 Jim Henson – AFI Catalog Spotlight When legendary filmmaker, producer and puppeteer Jim Henson visited the AFI Campus in 1986, he told AFI Conservatory Fellows, “One of the things that I like to do most is to explore what I haven’t...
November 24, 2025
THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979) – AFI Movie Club
THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979) features appearance by no fewer than three AFI Life Achievement Award recipients – Mel Brooks, Steve Martin and Orson Welles – along with a cavalcade of stars that include Milton Berle, James Coburn, Charles Durning, Bob Hope, Madeline Kahn, Carol Kane, Cloris Leachman, Richard Pryor, Telly Savalas and Paul Williams. “Rainbow Connection” by...
September 5, 2020
AFI Movie Club: THE MUPPET MOVIE
THE MUPPET MOVIE features three AFI Life Achievement Award recipients – Mel Brooks, Steve Martin and Orson Welles – and “Rainbow Connection” by Kermit the Frog (voiced by Jim Henson) also appears at #74 on AFI’s list of the 100 greatest movie songs of all time. Click Here to Find Out How to Watch THE MUPPET MOVIE Now THE…
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