The American Film Institute has presented the 2026 Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal to Academy Award winner Autumn Durald Arkapaw ASC (AFI Class of 2009). The Schaffner Alumni Medal recognises the “extraordinary creative talents of AFI alumni who embody the qualities of filmmaker Franklin J. Schaffner”. Durald Arkapaw made history when she became the first … Read more
The American Film Institute celebrated the 2025 AFI Awards honourees at an exclusive invitation-only luncheon at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on Friday (9 January). Celebrating “film and television arts’ collaborative nature”, the AFI Awards is the “only national programme that honours creative teams as a whole” in the US, recognising … Read more
Legendary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has been named as the Guest Artistic Director of AFI FEST 2025. The American Film Institute announced that the Academy Award winner will take on the role, which has previously been held by the likes of Pedro Almodóvar, Greta Gerwig and David Lynch, for the 39th edition of the Institute’s … Read more
Interview with BAFTA Breakthrough talent Jih-E Peng about her film and career
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced the recipients of AFI Awards 2022. AFI Awards honourees include 10 outstanding films and 10 outstanding TV programmes deemed culturally and artistically representative of this year’s most significant achievements in the art of the moving image. An additional honouree was selected for an AFI Special Award, designated for … Read more
Resistance Isn’t Futile Letter From America / Stephen Lighthill ASC Resistance Isn’t Futile Letter From America / Stephen Lighthill ASC Stephen Lighthill ASC, senior filmmaker-in-residence/cinematography, at the AFI Conservatory/American Film Institute, reports on recent events in the Hollywood cinematographic community. Talk about heavy seas; one could sit in front of the flatscreen watching the news … Read more