AFI Awards Luncheon: Meryl Streep, Jane Campion, Morgan Freeman and More Salute Honorees, From ‘Belfast’ to ‘West Side Story’
variety.comTim Gray Senior Vice PresidentTim Cook chatted with Ted Sarandos, Meryl Streep huddled with Jane Campion, Morgan Freeman (age 85) was deep in conversation with “King Richard’s” Saniyya Sidney and Demi Singleton (each 15), while “Squid Game” director Hwang Dong-hyuk fulfilled his personal goal of meeting both Guillermo del Toro and Steven Spielberg.
Meanwhile, Rita Moreno was warmly greeted by the “CODA” team, including director Sian Heder and stars Marlee Matlin and Troy Kotsur.The event was the 22nd annual AFI Awards in an afternoon that is “all about one community of artists,” as AFI prexy-CEO Bob Gazzale said.AFI announced its honorees on Dec.
8, including 10 films and 10 TV shows, plus three works that don’t fit into AFI’s traditional boundaries of American narrative works.
Films saluted were “CODA,” “Don’t Look Up,” “Dune,” “King Richard,” “Licorice Pizza,” “Nightmare Alley,” “The Power of the Dog,” “Tick, Tick … Boom!” “The Tragedy of Macbeth” and “West Side Story.”TV works: “Hacks,” “Maid,” “Mare of Easttown,” Reservation Dogs,” “Schmigadoon!” “Succession,” “Ted Lasso,” “The Underground Railroad,” “Wandavision” and “The White Lotus.”The special honorees were “Belfast,” “Squid Game” and “Summer of Soul (or, When the Revolution Could Not be Televised).”The afternoon event is always attended by industry heavy-hitters.
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