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AFI FEST announces Presentations and Conversations
The Presentations comprise a restored version of Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard on Saturday (3) and a chance to see finallists in the Levi’s Show Us The Way Short Film Showcase on Nov 7.
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AFI FEST unveils World Cinema, Breakthrough, Midnight, shorts
Pieta, The Hunt (pictured), War Witch, The Angels’ Share, Beyond The Hills and John Dies At The End among the line-up. The festival is set to run in Los Angeles from Nov 1-8.
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NewsSilver Linings, Life Of Pi among AFI FEST programme
Festival top brass unveiled the roster of galas and special screenings on Thursday (11).
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Bernardo Bertolucci named AFI FEST guest artistic director
The iconic Italian has chosen four features for his special sidebar : Lloyd Bacon’s 42nd Street, Jean Renoir’s La Regle Du Jeu , F W Murnau’s Sunrise and Jean-Luc Godard’s Vivre Ca Vie.
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Mel Brooks to receive AFI lifetime honour
The veteran comedian and filmmaker [pictured] will collect the 41st AFI Life Achievement Award in Los Angeles on June 6.
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Hitchcock to open AFI FEST on Nov 1
Sacha Gervasi’s film is based on Stephen Rebello’s book Alfred Hitchcock And The Making Of Psycho and the film will receive its world premiere.
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AFI FEST announces dates for 2012 edition
The Los Angeles-based event is set to take place this year from Nov 1-8.
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Bullhead, Jiro, Heartbeat among AFI FEST winners
“It has been an exciting year for world cinema and emerging international filmmakers,” festival director Jacqueline Lyanga said. “We’ve had incredibly enthusiastic audiences for all of the screenings at AFI FEST. It’s wonderful to discover the films that especially resonate with audiences and put a spotlight on filmmakers as part ...
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Haywire revealed as Nov 6 AFI FEST secret screening
Steven Soderbergh’s anticipated action thriller stars Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Michael Angarano, Antonio Banderas, Michael Douglas, Bill Paxton and screen newcomer and mixed martial arts star Gina Carano.
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The Adventures Of Tintin to close AFI FEST
Hot off 3D the family adventure’s mighty $56.2m international launch at the weekend, AFI FEST presented by Audi said on Monday (Oct 31) the North American premiere of the film will close the festival on Nov 10.
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AFI FEST unveils Pedro Almodovar selections
The guest director has curated a line-up of classics “because in some way, albeit tangentially, they have a relationship with my present.”
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Faust, Turin Horse, Kill List, Headhunters to screen at AFI FEST
AFI FEST 2011 presented by Audi has unveiled the World Cinema, Breakthrough, Midnight and Short selections.
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AFI FEST unveils centrepiece galas, special screenings
Hot awards contenders The Artist, Carnage, The Lady, My Week With Marilyn and Shame (pictured) are the centerpiece galas at the imminent AFI FEST 2011 presented by Audi along with Law Of Desire: An Evening With Pedro Almodovar, who is the guest director this year.
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AFI FEST announces more selections, Swanberg tribute
AFI Fest 2011 organisers have unveiled the selections from the Young Americans and New Auteurs strands as well as the films in the Joe Swanberg tribute. The festival is set to run from Nov 3-10.
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MPAA chief Chris Dodd joins AFI board of trustees
The former Senator for Connecticut was one of several new inductees in a list that includes Verizon Digital Media Services David Rips.
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Eastwood's J Edgar to open AFI Fest on Nov 3
Clint Eastwood throws his hat into the awards race with the anticipated biopic starring Leonard DiCaprio as the enigmatic godfather of the FBI J Edgar Hoover.
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Pedro Almodóvar named AFI FEST guest director
The feted filmmaker, whose latest work The Skin I Live In is likely to figure in the upcoming awards season, will present a screening of his 1986 film Law Of Desire and curate a sidebar of films that have inspired his work.
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AFI FEST unveils 2011 dates, extends free ticket deal
The event will run from Nov 3-10 in Hollywood, in tandem with its market partner the AFM in Santa Monica that goes from Nov 2-9.
