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Siân Heder, who directed and won an Adapted Screenplay Oscar for Best Picture winner CODA, will receive the American Film Institute’s 2022 Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal, AFI said today. She will receive the honor June 9 during the AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to Julie Andrews, which will air June 16 on TNT.

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AFI Awards Luncheon: Meryl Streep, Jane Campion, Morgan Freeman and More Salute Honorees, From ‘Belfast’ to ‘West Side Story’

Tim 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.

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AFI Fest Sets Dates For November 2022 And Unites With AFI Docs; TCM Classic Film Fest Sets ‘E.T.’ For Opening Night

AFI FEST 2022 has officially announced its dates and call for entries. The 36th edition will take place in Los Angeles, CA, on November 2-6, 2022. Entries open today and filmmakers are invited to submit fiction, documentary, experimental and animated short films. Once again placing the fest in the heart of awards season AFI Fest is planning to fully return to its usual place in the run up to Oscars, and seems to be returning to some level of normality if Covid cooperates, although today’s announcement didn’t give details on what the fest will look like or if it will be fully in person or partially virtual once again. Netflix’s strong Oscar contender tick,tick…BOOM! opened the 2021 Fest in November.

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AFI Awards Sets New Date For Luncheon Postponed Amid Covid Surge – Update

UPDATED, 4:15 PM: The American Film Institute has set a date for its AFI Awards Luncheon, which had been postponed during Christmas Week as the Omicron variant began surging. The reception now is set for Friday, March 11, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The event originally was set for January 7.

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AFI Awards Postponed To Later Date Due To Concerns Of Rising Covid-19 Cases

The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today that the AFI AWARDS luncheon is postponed. The Luncheon was scheduled to take place on Friday, January 7, but due to concerns over the rising cases of Covid-19, AFI will reschedule the event for a later date.

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‘West Side Story’ ‘Nightmare Alley’ Make AFI’s Top 10 Films Of 2021

The National Board of Review and the New York Film Critics Circle have had their say. Now, the American Film Institute’s jury of industry professionals and media members (who decides this group is always quizzical) has made their top 10 selections for 2021 for both film and television.

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AFI Fest Returns to Its Hollywood Home

Andrew Barker Senior Features WriterResuming its traditional post as the last stand of the fall festival season, the American Film Institute’s AFI Fest will return to its traditional home at the TCL Chinese Theatres in Hollywood, its first in-person fest since 2019. Per AFI president and CEO Bob Gazzale, the event will re-enter the scene with its sense of purpose intact.“AFI Fest was created to fulfil a need, and that need seems to change every year, certainly during a global pandemic,” Gazzale says.

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AFI Awards Sets Dates For 2021 Winners Announcement & Honorees-Only Event

The American Film Institute said today that its top 10 lists of 2021 AFI Awards winners in film and television will be revealed on December 8, with an honorees-only event set for January 7 in Los Angeles.

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AFI Reschedules Life Achievement Gala Honoring Julie Andrews

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAs Julie Andrews’ character says in “The Princess Diaries” sequel: “A queen is never late. Everyone else is simply early.”So it’s only fitting that the American Film Institute’s annual Life Achievement Award gala, set later this year to honor Andrews, will take place nearly a year-and-a-half after it was originally scheduled.The event was initially set for April 2020, but it was postponed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Julie Andrews AFI Life Achievement Award Ceremony Gets New Date After Covid Postponement – Update

UPDATED, 11:30 AM: AFI has set a new date for its Covid-postponed AFI Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute in celebration of Julie Andrews. The 48th annual ceremony now is set for November 11 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. It originally had been scheduled for April 25, 2020. Read details below.

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‘Mike Nichols: A Life’ Biographer Mark Harris on Writing an Honest Book About a Famous Friend

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterWhen the American Film Institute announced that it was giving its 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award to Mike Nichols, the event instantly became the hottest ticket in town.

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AFI Fest To Laud Sofia Coppola, Kirby Dick, Rita Moreno & Mira Nair

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorAFI Fest, taking place online from Oct. 15-22, is honoring Sofia Coppola, Kirby Dick, Rita Moreno and Mira Nair each with an evening of conversation celebrating their careers.“Artists of this caliber are essential players in our global culture,” said Bob Gazzale, AFI President & CEO.