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  American Film Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The American Film Institute (AFI) is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act.
The American Film Institute focuses on training through hands-on experience with established figures in the AFI Conservatory, as well as on preserving old film, which is subject to degradation of its film stock.
In 1998, the 100th anniversary of American film, AFI began its 100 Years Series, celebrating and promoting interest in film history.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Film_Institute   (235 words)

  
 Chadwyck-Healey :: American Film Institute Catalog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The process of creating a catalog volume is a painstaking one of locating and viewing films and researching studio records and contemporary and modern resources to produce thousands of unbiased entries on films ranging from well-known studio blockbusters to obscure, once-lost period films.
The catalog is an unmatched tool for film research and preservation activities-recording the development of the moving image as a unique means of artistic and cultural expression in the 20th century.
AFI Catalog is developed by the film experts at the famous American Film Institute, the premier film research and educational facility in the United States.
www.umi.com /products/pt-product-americanfilm.shtml   (495 words)

  
 AFI Life Achievement Award - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The AFI Life Achievement Award was established by the Board of Directors of the American Film Institute on February 26, 1973 to honor a single individual for his or her lifetime contribution to enriching American culture through motion pictures and television.
The Trustees initially specified that the recipient must be one who fundamentally advanced the art of film and whose achievements had been acknowledged by the general public as well as by film scholars and critics and the individual's peers.
American citizenship seemingly also is a criteria for the AFI Life Achievement Award.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/AFI_Life_Achievement_Award   (451 words)

  
 American Film Institute. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The institute operates a movie theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., and provides financial and research assistance to U.S. museums and other organizations that present film programs.
It maintains the Center for Advanced Film Studies in Beverly Hills, Calif., which offers M.F.A. degrees in cinematography, directing, editing, producing, production design, screenwriting, and digital media; where it holds professional and nonprofessional seminars and workshops; and where it maintains a library of thousands of books and film scripts.
Additional films are held in a dozen other archives, such as the UCLA Film and Television Archive, the Museum of Modern Art, and the International Museum of Photography.
www.bartleby.com /65/am/AmerFI.html   (260 words)

  
 Film Festivals | American Film Institute Festival - 2003
But their film’s real reward comes courtesy of Canadian professional Sonya Jeyaseelan, who never got higher in the ranks than the 40s and who, at a banged-up age 25, may be reaching the end of her career.
Barmak’s Iranian film education is apparent from the distancing elements apparent from literally the first shot in the movie: While watching a boy sell good luck charms, suddenly the cameraman’s hand, full of cash, is thrust from beneath the frame, as he prods the boy to run after a female demonstrators fleeing from Taliban thugs.
Americans may find the set-up too over-the-top to be taken seriously, but the movie actually follows through fairly soberly, though that’s not to say somberly.
www.henrysheehan.com /festivals/abc/afi.html   (2149 words)

  
 American Film Institute
American Film Institute (AFI), nonprofit organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1967 by the National Endowment for the Arts to preserve and catalog American films and television, to provide work grants for new and established filmmakers, and to increase recognition and understanding of the art of film.
HFPA Presents $369,000 to The Film Foundation, Sundance Institute, American Film Institute, Film Schools and Non-Profit Organizations During Annual Installation Luncheon.
The American Film Institute, Assn. of Ibero-American Cultural Attaches and Cultural Center of the Inter-American Development Bank will host the 16th Washington Latin American Film Festival, Sept. 20 through Oct. 4.
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 American Film Institute - Simple English Wikipedia
The American Film Institute (AFI) is an independent, non-profit organisation created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was started in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act.
The organisation also has an interest in preserving old film, which could soon go away forever.
In 1998, the hundredth anniversary of American cinema, AFI began its 100 Years Series, celebrating and promoting interest in movie history.
simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Film_Institute   (204 words)

  
 Fathom :: The Source for Online Learning
The American Film Institute (AFI) is the nation's pre-eminent arts organization dedicated to advancing and preserving the art of the moving image.
AFI aims to enrich users' understanding of film history as well as the cutting-edge contemporary craft and practice of the emerging digital arts.
In this seminar from the American Film Institute, Amy Dunkleberger guides both novice and professional writers through the creation of an engaging screenplay.
www.fathom.com /partners/afi   (266 words)

  
 Powell's Books - American Film Institute Desk Reference by Dorling Kindersley Publishing
Presented by the American Film Institute, the nation's preeminent organization dedicated to advancing and preserving the art of the moving image, the American Film Institute Desk Reference is the most comprehensive reference book on filmmaking ever published.
Presented by the American Film Institute, the nation's preeminent organization dedicated to advancing and preserving the art of the moving image, this is the most comprehensive reference book on filmmaking ever published.
The American Film Institute is a nonprofit organization committed to advancing, preserving and redefining the art of the moving image.
www.powells.com /biblio?partner_id=719&cgi=product&isbn=0789489341   (300 words)

  
 The American Film Institute Greatest 100 Films
The American Film Institute Greatest 100 Films - Part II The American Film Institute has presented us with its list of the 100 Greatest American films of the last 100 years (although the actual spread in years was a lot shorter than that).
The greatest year in film history, 1939, was represented by five films, with four each from 1951 and 1969.
A pivotal film that articulated the concerns of the 60s and launched the career of one of the greatest actors of his generation.
www.classicmovies.org /articles/aa062198.htm   (1793 words)

  
 American Film Institute's 100 Greatest American films ever
An AFI panel determined and compiled a preliminary movie-directory of the 400 films (listed alphabetically with select credits and a brief description) from which the greatest 100 American films were chosen.
The 400 selected films were feature-length fictional movies produced between 1912 and 1996 "with the goal of amassing a capsule of the first 100 years of American cinema, across decades and across genres." Of the final 400, more than 75% were produced before 1980, though there were only about 20 silent films on the list.
A blue-ribbon panel of more than 1,500 prominent leaders ("a who's who of the movie business, from in front of and behind the camera, writers, producers and directors to historians, movie executives and critics") from the American film community reviewed the 400 films and selected the top 100 movies of all time.
www.4um.com /movies/Movies/Lists/afi.htm   (445 words)

  
 The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hundreds of films never before identified are included, on the basis of new preservation efforts.
Extensive coverage is given to Spanish- and other foreign-language films, to foreign versions produced in the U.S., and to coproductions.
Surprisingly, independent films figure largely; in some years, out of 500 films produced, 150-200 were independents--works of special social and cultural significance.
www.ucpress.edu /books/pages/2710.html   (277 words)

  
 American Film Institute Catalog - ProQuest Information and Learning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The American Film Institute Catalog is a unique filmographic resource providing an unmatched level of comprehensiveness and detail on every feature-length film produced in America or financed by American production companies.
Over 85% of the films produced since 1935 have been viewed by AFI staff (an icon indicates this in the record), who also gather studio records, original reviews and all relevant secondary source material.
The American Film Institute is a national organisation dedicated to advancing and preserving the art of film, television and other forms of the moving image.
www.proquest.co.uk /products/afi_catalog.html   (458 words)

  
 American Film Institute: AFI's 100 Years, 100 Movies (1998)
The centerpiece of this unprecedented celebration is the selection of the 100 greatest American films of all time, as determined by leaders from across the American film community.
Choosing from a list of 400 American movies compiled by AFI historians, this blue-ribbon panel has selected the 100 greatest feature films, judging such factors as critical recognition, major award winners, popularity over time, historical significance and cultural impact.
Films like The Godfather Part II, Bonnie and Clyde, and Chinatown showed moderately bloody material that I wouldn’t expect to see on broadcast TV.
www.dvdmg.com /afi100movies.shtml   (2090 words)

  
 American Film Institute --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The institute also has an extensive film library, and its movie house, the Charles Chaplin Theatre, regularly shows the best of both world and Cuban cinema.
These social institutions provided readership for film journals and serious film books, which eventually led to the acceptance of film study in universities.
References a wide array of material that may be accessed through the institute, with topics that range from fl cinema and feminism to more conventional genre and director studies.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9309818   (895 words)

  
 American Film Institute's 100 Greatest Movies (1915-1996)
This is the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies, selected by AFI's blue-ribbon panel of more than 1,500 leaders of the American movie community.
The American Film Institute continues its celebration of the first century of American moviemaking with "AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars." In this prime-time special, originally broadcast June 15, 1999 on CBS, 50 of today's biggest stars celebrate and count down the 50 greatest American screen legends, as determined by leaders from across the American film community.
This volume offers students a panoramic overview of the worldwide development of film, from the early Mack Sennett and Charlie Chaplin shorts, through the studio heyday of the 1930s and 1940s and the Hollywood Renaissance of the 1960s and 1970s, to the pictures and their technology appearing in the multiplexes of today.
www.dvdmg.com /afi100.shtml   (438 words)

  
 American Film Institute: 100 Years ... 100 Stars
To celebrate a century of American film, on January 12, 1999 the American Film Institute launched an initiative to honor the greatest American screen legends of all time
Ballots were sent to over 1800 leaders in the film community, directing them to select the top 25 male and top 25 female screen legends from 250 nominees in each gender category, as compiled by AFI historians.
"American screen legend" was defined as an actor or a team of actors with a significant screen presence in American feature-length films whose screen debut occurred in or before 1950, or whose screen debut occurred after 1950 but whose death has marked a completed body of work.
www.geocities.com /Hollywood/Theater/6696/99afi100.htm   (140 words)

  
 European Union Film Festival at American Film Institute   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This year's schedule is packed with award-winning films and box office record-breakers from the 15 countries that comprise the European Union.
Twenty-two films will be screened highlighting the wide range of subject and style in today's European filmmaking - from widescreen war films [AMBUSH] to animation and special effects for children and adults [THE BALL, THE BLUE ARROW].
Each of the guests will attend the screening of their films and will take part in a Q and A session after the films moderated by AFI programmer Michael Jeck.
www.eurunion.org /partner/Culture/AFIFestival.htm   (1315 words)

  
 American Film Institute Award Nominations
Both entertaining and intelligent, the film mercilessly destroys an audience’s expectations and demands that it keep up…keep laughing…or be cut out of the final draft.
The film’s unique visual language takes us into an artist’s head and reminds us that art is best enjoyed when it moves, breathes and is painted on a giant canvas, as only the movies can provide.
Though presented on a massive scale, the film’s attention to detail and its emotional depth are the heart of its extraordinary achievement.
www.awardsavenue.com /movieblvd/2003/awards/prof/afi.htm   (567 words)

  
 American Film Institute, Association of Ibero-American Cultural Attaches & IDB Cultural Center to Present XVI ...
The IDB is the oldest and largest regional development bank, created in the nation's capital in 1959 by John F. Kennedy to nurture Latin American economic and social development.
Every film in the Washington Latin American Film Festival is either a world premiere (THE CURSE OF FATHER CARDONA, from the Dominican Republic in its first Festival entry), US premiere (Paraguay's RIGHT-LEFT) or Washington area premiere.
Tickets for XVI LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL weeknight and weekend screenings at the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center are $9.25 general admission and $7.50 for seniors, students and AFI members.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-14-2005/0004107262&EDATE=   (468 words)

  
 The American Film Institute Moments that Mattered 2004
Each year, AFI AWARDS adds another volume to the history of American film and television by documenting the collective opinion of the moving image communities, archiving the year's significant moments and honoring the talent and collaborative teams who have created the year's outstanding accomplishments.
Ultimately, both films shone a bright light on the political and religious polarization in the United States in 2004.
The independent film scene continues to flourish in large part because the tools have become more affordable, but what has been lost is the middle ground, where studios support films that can entertain a vast audience with different interests, which is what makes this country so unique.
movies.monstersandcritics.com /news/article_3068.php/The_American_Film_Institute_Moments_that_Mattered_2004   (1484 words)

  
 AFI FEST 2003 Film Festival American Film Institute
Iranian filmmaker Samira Makhmalbaf's third film, At 5 in the Afternoon, joins the segment she directed for the film 11'09'01, offering a pessimistic report on women in Afghan society.
Sixteen years after the release of The Decline of the American Empire, the first Québecois film to attract an international audience, Denys Arcand revives his characters in The Barbarian Invasions, a humorous, cynical and heart-warming drama that mocks the shadow of death.
Shot in split screen, the film follows each character, as a distinctive act, giving them a chance to be in the spotlight.
www.plume-noire.com /movies/festivals/afifest2003.html   (768 words)

  
 100 Greatest American Movies by Decade
And 70 of the films on the list were from 1950 on.
More than half of the films (56) were made between 1950 and 1979, thereby ignoring cinema's early years and some of the modern era.
The year 1939, which remains the most celebrated year in the history of film, had five films in the top 100:
www.filmsite.org /afi100decades.html   (269 words)

  
 American Film Institute on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The mulatta on film: from Hollywood to the Mexican revolution.
Exploring George Waymouth ; The English seaman's scouting trips of midcoast Maine 400 years ago are retraced in lectures, exhibits and film.
Colin Leach browses the movie section of the public library in Kansas City, Missouri, on February 26, 2005, in search of movies on the American Film Institute's top 100 lists.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/A/AmerF1I1.asp   (793 words)

  
 American Indian Film Institute :: Welcome   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
As the nation's most dominant outlet for Native American films, the American Indian Film Festival will feature ground-breaking films and documentaries of USA American Indian and Canada First Nation communities.
AIFI's Tribal Touring Program, a Native youth film workshop program supported by The James Irvine Foundation, LEF Foundation and tribal host partners, will also be screening their culturally enriched films Nov. 10 at the Palace of Fine Arts.
A participant in the takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969, Chairman of the American Indian Movement through most of the turbulent seventies, subject of one of the longest FBI files in history (over 17,000 pages), Trudell's life is a literal and metaphorical mirror of modern Native American history.
www.aifisf.com /welcome.htm   (530 words)

  
 Business Wire: Historic American Film Institute Collection: 10... @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Through this historic project -- a collaborative effort by the AFI, major Hollywood film studios and Art of the Movies (an S2 Art company) -- the 100 most memorable and striking movie posters of the 20th century are being recreated as a spectacular collection of limited-edition fine art lithographs.
Using old-time, hands-on lithographic techniques, the program recreates early film posters in exactly the same way they were created during the first half of the century -- from painstakingly hand-drawn plates, slowly "pulled" one color at a time on the extremely rare antique lithography presses of the S2 Atelier in New York City.
With headquarters in Los Angeles, the American Film Institute was established by The National Endowment for the Arts in 1965, with a charter to "preserve the heritage of American film and promote its recognition as an art form."
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:66573418&refid=holomed_1   (801 words)

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