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Mark your calendars! 🎬 Passes for #AFIFEST 2024 go on sale this Monday, July 29. Discover your pass options and start planning your festival experience today at fest.afi.com/passes!
What was true then, is true now…The film is the important part. A huge thank you to director Agnieszka Holland for allowing us to screen her magnificent #GreenBorder at #AFIFEST 2023. Today, we`re excited to reshare the taped introduction she sent before the festival screening, celebrating the film’s limited opening in Los Angeles. Do yourself a favor and don’t miss this one.
We’re ready to hit the open road with the release of Jeff Nichols’ drama #TheBikeriders, now in theaters! 🏍️ In this exclusive clip from #AFIFEST, writer/director Jeff Nichols talks about the epic challenges behind capturing the film’s heart-pounding riding scenes. @bikeridersfilm @austinbutler
Jacqueline Lyanga is taking her talents to Berlin! We are proud to see #AFIConservatory alum and 2010-2018 #AFIFEST Director take the spotlight as one of the Berlinale’s new film programming heads. 🎬🇩🇪 #AFIAlumni #filmmakers #directors
In this clip from #AFIFEST, ALL OF US STRANGERS director Andrew Haigh shares insights on casting Andrew Scott in this poignant romance about love, family and the ghosts of our past. @aoustrangers @andrewhaighfilm
#PrideMonth #AndrewHaigh #AndrewScott #AllOfUsStrangers
#JoannaArnow’s boundary-pushing feature debut THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED is now in theaters and we got to catch up with her at #AFIFEST. Check out this clip of the director talking about the initial spark of the film. @arnowjo
"A frequent stop for Oscar voters.” Thank you @moviemakermag for the kind words about #AFIFEST and for placing us on your list of the 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee. Remember, the final deadline to submit your short film to AFI FEST is May 31! Submit at link in bio.
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We’ve been following this film’s journey since its premiere at #AFIFEST last year and #IoCapitano director, writer and producer Matteo Garrone recently spoke to #AFIConservatory Fellows about this powerful coming-of-age drama. Don’t miss the full conversation at link in bio. #FilmSchool #GuestLecture #MatteoGarrone #AFI
“We had a mandate, a mission, a mantra, that we only would hire women directors.” In this clip from an #AFIFEST roundtable, #QueenSugar creator #AvaDuVernay talks about her commitment to inclusivity and empowering women filmmakers. #WomensHistoryMonth @queensugarown @ava
What a journey for director @seanswang and producer/cinematographer @samdavis! Before they were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short for NǍI NAI & WÀI PÓ, the filmmakers won the Grand Jury Prize – Documentary Short at #AFIFEST 2023, which the jury called “a tender, comedic portrait of an unconventional family dynamic.” @nainaiandwaipo
Before his film #IoCapitano was nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film last month, director Matteo Garrone was at #AFIFEST. It seems the journey into the unknown is not over yet for this incredible film. #OscarNoms #director
“Spectacular!” We had the same reaction to #AmericanFiction when it screened at #AFIFEST last year. We also had a spectacular conversation at the festival with the film`s composer @LauraKarpman just before she screened the movie with an audience for the very first time. #OscarNoms #filmcomposer
Cheers to the 👑 Queen of inspiration and the #AFIFEST red carpet, Oprah Winfrey, on her birthday! #HappyBirthday #OprahWinfrey @oprah
The best of world cinema always shines at #AFIFEST. 🌍 🎥 We are proud that four of the five films nominated for a Best International Feature Film Academy Award this week all screened at the festival last fall. #oscars #oscarnoms #academyawards
📣 Mark your calendars! #AFIFEST returns to the historic TCL Chinese Theatre on October 23–27, 2024. Submissions for the Short Film Competition program are now open. Submit your short at link in bio.
At #AFIFEST, MEMORY director Michel Franco talks about casting for his new drama starring @gaardsars and #JessicaChastain. Watch the on-screen chemistry for yourself as Memory plays now in theaters! Check out the full Q&A at link in bio.
