Festivals: AFI Fest
AFI Fest 2022 Announces Full Slate
Film festivals -- and in particular LA-based film festivals -- have been in a fair amount of flux in past years. AFI Fest survives as LA's most prestigious fest, though it has shrink to just 5 days running November 2-6....
AFI Fest 2019 Preview: 5 Can't Miss Picks from Hollywood's Biggest Fest
With the demise of LA Film Fest (R.I.P.), AFI Fest now holds the title of solo champion for high profile Los Angeles film festivals. A few things have changed this year -- most notably it's free ticket model -- but...
AFI Fest 2017 Dispatch: Metaphysial Masterworks and Nerve-Jangling Debuts
AFI Fest closed out their 2017 edition last Thursday in Los Angeles with a star-studded showing of the Jessica Chastain starring Molly's Game, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. And while the American Film Instituite certainly likes their gala premieres...
AFI Fest 2017 Dispatch: A Tour Through the VR at AFI's 'Tech Showcase'
AFI Fest wrapped up last Thursday but not before a host of cool awards movies, indie darlings, and international gems played for the Hollywood audience (see our preview for a few highlights). But another main element of the AFI Fest...
AFI Fest 2017 Review: NEWTON Welcomes Sharp Political Satire To The Jungle
Director Amit V Marsurkar burst onto the filmmaking scene in India back in 2013 with his debut feature, Sulemani Keeda (Writers). That film, the story of a pair of nobodies trying to break into Bollywood as screenwriters was regarded as...
AFI Fest 2017 Preview: 8 Top Picks at Hollywood's Top Fest
It's time once again for the big Hollywood festival that is AFI Fest to roll back into the crazy Hollywood & Highland complex for a week of awards movies and awesome indie and international cinema. Like always, the festival is...
AFI Fest 2016: Watch the Trailer for FRAUD, Dean Fleischer-Camp's Searing Meta-Fiction Thriller
Dean Fleischer-Camp's new faux-documentary, Fraud, glimpses at the life of a typical lower-class family and their desperate attempt at "living the American dream". The film is comprised of home movies "found" on YouTube, documenting the family's crime spree and their bid to...
AFI Fest 2016 Preview: 7 Picks from Hollywood's Big Fest
Starting tonight and running through November 17 is Hollywood's biggest film festival. Taking place just upstairs from where they give out the Oscars, AFI Fest brings an awesome collection of the year's best world cinema and auteur-driven indies to Los...
AFI Fest 2015: Top Prizes To LAND AND SHORE, MUSTANG, JAMES WHITE, MA, And LANDFILL HARMONIC
The 2015 edition of AFI Fest wraps up tonight with the gala premiere of The Big Short. But before things get swept up at Hollywood & Highland, the festival has announced its Jury and Audience Awards for this year's fest....
AFI Fest 2015: VR Tech Showcase Takes Place This Weekend
There's no doubt that "Virtual Reality" and "Immersive Storytelling" are buzzworthy terms in media these days. With consumer-ready VR setups just around the corner and first-person narratives (like Hardcore) already arriving, it feels like we are right on the precipice...
AFI Fest 2015 Preview: ScreenAnarchy Picks 10 Top Films
AFI Fest is descending on Hollywood once again and thankfully, Audi is back on board to make all of the screenings FREE (if you can scoop up tix). The fest starts Thursday 11/5 and runs through 11/12. But what to...
AFI Fest 2014 Review: 10,000 KM And The Space Between
10,000 KM is a film that knows exactly what it means to be in a long distance relationship. Having lived through one himself, director Carlos Marques-Marcet ingeniously communicates the experience through a minimalism that tugs at the heartstrings far...
AFI Fest 2014 Preview: ScreenAnarchy's 10 Top Picks
It's AFI Fest time in Los Angeles once again as Hollywood's free exhibition of the year's best cinema unspools tonight with the world premiere of J.C. Chandor's A Most Violent Year. While there are a few other world premiere sprinkled...
AFI Fest Announces Full 2014 Lineup
If you're an Angelino like myself then chances are you covet early November as that time to catch up on all the buzz-worthy film festival faves that come roaring into town courtesy of AFI Fest. This year, of course, is...
Watch The Intense U.S. Trailer For Katrin Gebbe's NOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN
Take a moment to watch the brand new U.S. trailer for Katrin Gebbe's horror/drama Nothing Bad Can Happen. Drafthouse Films will release the film in U.S. cinemas on June 27th (which means a Canadian stop here in Toronto at tiff...
AFI Fest 2013: ScreenAnarchy Picks 13 Can't Miss Titles
The days are getting shorter and LA temperatures are dropping into the mid-70s. Yes, it's fall and that means AFI Fest is here. The Hollywood-set festival kicks off tonight with the opening night film Saving Mr. Banks and closes next...
AFI Fest 2013 Includes Films From Ti West, Ari Folman, Kim Ki-duk, Plus BORGMAN!
The fine folks at the American Film Institute announced the rest of their line up for the 2013 edition of AFI Fest today and it's a mighty pretty looking bunch of 2013 festival faves from every corner of the globe....
AFI 2012 Fest Review: ALL THE LIGHT IN THE SKY Shines on Love, Life, and the Wonders of Living in L.A.
There's a warm fire to Joe Swanberg's All the Light in the Sky. Co-written by and starring Jane Adams (Happiness, Hung), All the Light follows a few days in the life of a moderately successful actress, Marie (Adams). She...
AFI Fest 2012 First Impression: HITCHCOCK Does The Legend Justice
AFI Fest 2012 got off to a rousing start last night with the packed world premiere of Hitchcock. Set amidst the director's filming of Psycho, the movie focuses on both his personal and professional challenges, painting an intimate portrait of...
AFI Fest 2012 Preview: 10 to Watch - Midnight, New Auteurs, & Young Americans
If you've been counting down the days, then you know that AFI Fest 2012 begins tonight with the opening night gala screening of Hitchcock. We covered this and the other galas in part one of our 10 to Watch...
