February 2012
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AFI FEST 2011 Film THE DISH & THE SPOON Screening...
AFI FEST 2011 film THE DISH & THE SPOON is screening at the Los Angeles Downtown Independent on Thursday March 1! Written and directed by AFI Conservatory Alum Alison Bagnall, it screens with the Sundance short film UNA HORA POR FAVORA, written and directed by Jill Soloway. Doors are at 7 pm with a Q & A and party afterward.
THE DISH & THE SPOON: Greta Gerwig stars as Rose, a...
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AFI Alumni Robert Richardson Wins Academy Award
Congratulations to AFI Conservatory alum Robert Richardson (AFI Class of 1979) for his Oscar win in Cinematography for HUGO.
Last year, AFI Conservatory alum Wally Pfister (AFI Class of 1988) took home the award for INCEPTION.
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AFI Alumni Win WGA and Eddie Awards
Congratulations to AFI Alumni Gideon Raff (AFI Class of 2003) and Steven Rasch, A.C.E. (AFI Class of 1998) for their recent award winning work! Gideon Raff won a WGA Award in the new series category for HOMELAND and Steven Rasch won an A.C.E. Eddie Award for CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM: “Palestinian Chicken,” in the category of Best Edited Half-Hour Series for Television.
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January 2012
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AFI Alumni Winners at Sundance 2012
Congratulations to AFI Alumni Kirby Dick of THE INVISIBLE WAR, the Sundance Audience Award winner for U.S. Documentary, and Tobias Datum & Linda Sena of SMASHED, U. S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Independent Film Producing!
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AFI Conservatory Win at Sundance 2012
Congratulations to AFI Conservatory alumni with award-winning films at the Sundance 2012 Film Festival! — BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, Grand Jury Prize Winner (the festival’s top prize) - Affonso Goncalves, AFI Editing Class of 1993
— THE RETURN, Jury Prize for International Narrative Short Film - Sevdije Kastrati, AFI Cinematography Class of 2011
— NOBODY WALKS, U.S....
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Patty Jenkins Wins DGA Award for THE KILLING
Congratulations to AFI Alum Patty Jenkins, who won the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series for the AMC television drama THE KILLING!
http://blogs.amctv.com/the-killing/2012/01/patty-jenkins-dga-win.php
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Levi's Show Us the Way Film Contest
Calling all creators. Makers. Visual thinkers.
Submit your treatment for the chance to produce a five-minute short film about a tomorrow that is better than today. Each of the six winning participants will receive $5,000 to make their film and 10 hours to spend with an AFI mentor. For more information and to enter…
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AFI Alumni Nominated for the 84th Academy Awards
We are very proud to congratulate our AFI Alumni that have been nominated for the 84th ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS!
THE TREE OF LIFE
Terrence Malick (D ‘69), Director/Writer
Best Director (Nominee)
HUGO
Robert Richardson (C ‘79), Cinematographer
Cinematography (Nominee)
WAR HORSE
Janusz Kaminski (C ‘87), Director of Photography
Cinematography (Nominee)
GOD IS THE BIGGER...
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AFI Alumni Golden Globes Winners and Nominees
We are so proud of our Conservatory Alumni who were were nominated for and winners of Golden Globes!
For Best TV Series -Drama:
HOMELAND - Gideon Raff, Executive Producer (Winner)
AMERICAN HORROR STORY - Bradley Buecker, Co- Executive Producer, Dante Di Loreto, Brad Falchuk, Executive Producers (Nominees)
For Best TV Series -Comedy:
GLEE - Bradley Buecker, Co- Executive Producer, Dante Di...
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AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE HONORS TOP TALENT AT ITS...
Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg Come Together with George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Many More Honorees at Twelfth Annual Celebration of AFI Almanac.
America’s finest film and television artists from in front of and behind the camera were among the attendees honored by the American Film Institute (AFI) during its AFI AWARDS 2011 luncheon sponsored by Verizon...
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AFI's Directing Workshop for Women - Application...
AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women is accepting applications through January 9th for the 2012 cycle. Applications, videos, information and FAQ are online. Submit today for consideration!
https://support.afi.com/dwwapply
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Two AFI Alums on Variety's "10 Directors to Watch"
Two AFI Alums made Variety’s “10 Directors to Watch” list, Zal Batmanglij and Gerardo Naranjo. Congratulations to both!
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118047967
December 2011
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2011 AFI Awards Announced
We are thrilled to announce our awards for this year which focus on American feature films and television programs.
AFI’s Ten Films of the year are: BRIDESMAIDS, THE DESCENDANTS, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, THE HELP, HUGO, J. EDGAR, MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, MONEY BALL, THE TREE OF LIFE and WAR HORSE.
AFI’s Ten TV programs of the year are Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, Curb Your...
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2011 Year-End Contributions
Because of generous donations from our members and the general public throughout 2011, AFI was able to…
Preserve our priceless film heritage by recording interviews with film masters like William Friedkin, David O. Russell and Steven Spielberg – sharing their wisdom with the Fellows of AFI Conservatory and bringing them to audiences around the world through the AFI Archive.
Build a more...
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AFI FEST 2011 - 8 of Top 10 in Sight & Sound's...
YEAR IN REVIEW by Sight & Sound - 8 of their top 10 films played at this year’s AFI FEST! http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/49804#top10
November 2011
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AFI FEST Director Jacqueline Lyanga Explores Her...
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-himi-lyanga-20111106,0,5250811.story
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An Interview with Panos Cosmatos of BEYOND THE...
An interview with director Panos Cosmatos of the film BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW, a FEST favorite from our Midnight Screenings series.
http://turnstylenews.com/2011/11/15/journey-beyond-the-black-rainbow-with-director-panos-cosmatos/
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OSLO, AUGUST 31st
Great review of OSLO, AUGUST 31st from AFI FEST 2011.
http://www.reelartsy.com/2011/11/oslo-august-31st-afi-fest-2011.html
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AFI's Master Class: The Art of Collaboration
Here is a great article in Variety on our new TCM series, which premiered last night. Stay tuned for the next great show!
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117946588#.TsQHbhD9p8o.facebook
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IT'S A WRAP!
AFI FEST presented by Audi was a resounding success this year, and it couldn’t have happened without our patrons and sponsors, an army of volunteers, top of the line venues, visiting filmmakers and, of course, enthusiastic festival goers. We extend our deepest thanks to all of you and look forward to seeing you at AFI FEST 2012!
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Our Audience Awards were announced at a...
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The Timelessness of TINTIN
By Katie Datko
One day that’s strongly etched in my memory of childhood is when I was first introduced to Tintin at age seven. It was a sunny Saturday in Georgetown. My dad took me to Olsson’s Bookstore and he bought me Hergé’s The Secret of the Unicorn (1943). Initially I was more fascinated by the Asterix and Cleopatra book he’d also picked up (mostly because I was in love with the colorful...
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Don’t Dare Call THE TURIN HORSE Bleak: A Short...
By Paul T. Bradley
Béla Tarr has been called one of the world’s greatest living filmmakers. His films have their own pace, their own rhythm, and at times, a very forced perspective on some very intricate details in time. In watching them, you may find yourself rapt in the repetition of people doing what people do. You may find yourself transcending what may sound boring, into a higher echelon...
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Awards Announced
By Joey Ally
This morning, in the same Roosevelt Hotel ballroom that witnessed the first Academy Awards ceremony in 1929, AFI FEST 2011 presented by Audi awarded the four short films and eight features that garnered this year’s audience and jury prizes. The Egyptian Theatre will hold encore screenings of the winning films later today.
“We always say there’s no festival without the films, and...
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It's Closing Night!
The 25th edition of AFI FEST presented by Audi concludes tonight, having screened more than 100 films from around the globe over the last eight days. Keep an eye on our Tumblr blog and Facebook page today: we’ll announce the recipients of our Audience Awards (for World Cinema, New Auteurs, Young Americans and Breakthrough sections). The winning films will be shown again today at the Egyptian...
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A Conversation with KINYARWANDA's Alrick Brown
KINYARWANDA was honored with the AFI FEST World Cinema Audience Award; it will be opening theatrically December 2.
By Joey Ally
En route to meet Alrick Brown at the Roosevelt Hotel on a recent uncommonly blustery yet stereotypically sunny L.A. Sunday, I attempted to prepare myself for what would undoubtedly be a very serious conversation. Brown directed this year’s KINYARWANDA, the first...
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Midweek Marvels
AFI FEST presented by Audi enters the homestretch today, our last regular day of screenings before our repeats, Jury and Audience Award winners, and Closing Night Gala tomorrow. For today, we’ve got our final Guest Artistic Director screening (NIGHTMARE ALLEY), our Spotlight on Joe Swanberg’s complete “Full Moon Trilogy” and much more.
ON THE RED CARPET
In SHAME, director Steve McQueen’s...
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Actors Shine in Noir Classic
NIGHTMARE ALLEY Egyptian-Rigler, 11/9/2011, 4:30 p.m.
By Dennis Cozzalio
The sleazy, claustrophobic, catch-as-catch-can transience of the carnival world, with its ever-changing roster of freaks, geeks, disappointed con men and women with few options, clinging to shreds of dignity and eyeing a better life while digging themselves deeper into the one from which they want to flee, seems a...
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A Day of Shorts
There are 35 short films in competition at this year’s edition of AFI FEST presented by Audi, and we’re screening all of them again today. This year’s Shorts Jury consists of filmmakers Barry Jenkins, Gerardo Naranjo (AFI Conservatory Class of 2001) and festival programmer Kim Yutani. Choose one of our four shorts programs and enjoy a diverse selection of international entries.
ON THE RED...
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The Contours of Isolation
THE LONELIEST PLANET Egyptian-Rigler, 11/9/2011, 9:35 PM Chinese 6, 11/10/2011, 9:30 PM
By Katie Datko
It’s the scene with the pig peeing in front of an abandoned Mercedes bus that roped me into THE LONELIEST PLANET, Julia Loktev’s evocatively lingering film that takes place in post-Soviet Georgia. That image took me back to one of my many indiscriminate treks on the backpacking circuit,...
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An Experimental Frankenstein
SPARK OF BEING Chinese 3, 11/9/2011, 10:30 PM Chinese 6, 11/10/2011, 1:30 PM
By Sean Batton
SPARK OF BEING is several things at once—a retelling of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, an archival documentary and an abstract animation. Morrison arranges these registers as in a jazz composition; all three operate simultaneously, but each one is allowed its solo turns. The viewer, however, is free to move...
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The Master of Sushi
JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI Egyptian-Rigler, 11/8/2011, 4:30 PM Egyptian-Rigler, 11/9/2011, 7:15 PM
By Katie Datko
The simplicity of sushi belies its artistry. What appears to be mere raw fish over a ball of rice is actually an opus—each grain of rice and cut of fish a meticulously choreographed work of art, modestly unassuming in its complexity. This seeming effortlessness is only achieved through...
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Laughing Upon Arrival
THE DAY HE ARRIVES Egyptian-Spielberg, 11/7/2011, 4:15 p.m. Egyptian-Spielberg, 11/8/2011, 7:15 p.m.
By Kelsey Brain
The title of Hong Sang-soo’s latest feature, THE DAY HE ARRIVES, gives the premise away but little else. From the opening moments, we are stranded alongside Seonjun, a former film director on a visit to Seoul after having taken up a teaching position elsewhere. With the...
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AFI FEST NOW: Free Passes and Refills
After an exciting opening weekend, AFI FEST presented by Audi continues in full force. Need extra incentive on a Monday morning? In celebration of our 25th anniversary, we’re giving away 25 FREE Cinepasses to all regular screenings to the first 25 people in line when the box office opens at 10:00 a.m.!
And remember, each festival goer has an allotment of eight tickets, so if you’ve used a few,...
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Questions of Self-Worth
I MELT WITH YOU Egyptian-Rigler, 11/7/2011, 8:00 PM Chinese 1, 11/9/2011, 1:45 PM
By Annabel Campos
American director Mark Pellington gives us I MELT WITH YOU, a film with deep themes of emotional and physical insignificance and the loss of youthful ideals. The film can be best described as a “despondent bromance”. I MELT WITH YOU premiered at Sundance and will be part of the great Special...