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Melina Matsoukas is indeed magical! Excited that the AFI alum will receive the Auteur Award at next week’s @IndieWire Honors. #aficonservatory #afialumni @msmelina
Watch #ItLivesInside writer/director Bishal Dutta talk about infusing culture into the horror genre in this exclusive clip from his visit to the #AFIConservatory. You can hear the entire conversation at link in the bio. #afi #filmschool #guestlecture
Swipe to see all of the films by #AFIConservatory alumni that took home trophies at last night’s #GothamAwards. Congrats to all of the winners! 🏆 #2023GothamAwards #AFIAlumni
🎥 Shot by shot, AFI alums @stevenfierberg and @amyvvincent have redefined excellence. Excited to see these brilliant cinematographers receive well-deserved honors for their outstanding work. #afialumni #ASC #cinematographers #cinematography #filmmaking #filmschool #aficonservatory
Writer/director Alexander Payne spread some holiday cheer on the AFI campus with a screening for AFI Fellows of his acclaimed new film #TheHoldovers, starring Paul Giamatti, followed by a Q&A with Dean Susan Ruskin. Stay tuned for more video from the conversation! #AlexanderPayne #AFIConservatory #HLMS @theholdoversfilm
A special thanks to @ambientlightfilm and director @mohamed_kordofani for stopping by campus to talk to AFI Fellows about the Sudanese drama, GOODBYE JULIA. Executive produced by @lupitanyongo, the film is Sudan’s Oscar submission for Best International Feature. Stay tuned for a video of this conversation coming soon! #aficonservatory #filmschool #guestlecture #filmmaking
Grateful for the Disney/AFI Underrepresented Storytellers Initiative and the opportunity to help launch these emerging filmmakers’ work! Congrats to this year’s grant recipients Sophia Youssef, Paige Compton, Razzaaq Boykin and Blake Pickens who screened their new films on the AFI Campus! Pictured with the AFI Conservatory’s Chris Schwartz, Senior Manager Alumni Affairs (far left) & The Walt Disney Company’s Phillip Yaw Domfeh, Senior Manager Launchpad (far right). #Disney #AFIConservatory #Underrepresentedvoices
#TheKiller class is in session! AFI Editing Fellows were the first to hear what sound designer Ren Klyce had to say about his decades-long partnership with director David Fincher. If you think you have what it takes to make the cut, check out the AFI Conservatory’s editing program. Applications are now open. Apply now at AFI.edu. #aficonservatory #filmschool #editing
🏆 ✨AFI Conservatory Cinematography Discipline Head Stephen Lighthill, ASC was honored yet again this past weekend. This time with The Distinguished Artist Award at the Ojai Film Festival. We could have told you that. Congratulations, sir. 🎉
@samesmail had a lot of great insight into filmmaking after the world premiere of his film #LeaveTheWorldBehind. Watch the full conversation at link in bio. #AFIFEST #afialumni #aficonservatory #samesmail
Opening Night at #AFIFEST was a night to remember ✨💫
What an incredible opening night 🌟🌟🌟#LeaveTheWorldBehind had its world premiere at the @chinesetheatres and the film’s writer/director AFI Conservatory alum @samesmail was finally presented with his AFI diploma! Swipe to watch. #AFIFEST #afialumni #aficonservatory #samesmail
Team AFI with the gold! 🏆 Congratulations to #SKIN director/writer/cinematographer Leo Behrens for being honored with a Gold medal in the Alternative/Experimental category in the 50th #StudentAcademyAwards, and producer Ilayda Cetinkaya, production designer Mojo Wen and editor Alejandra Armijo Cruz for their incredible work on the film. #afialumni #aficonservatory
A special thanks to #FairPlay writer/director @chloe_domont for stopping by AFI Campus to talk to Fellows about her new film and share insights on writing from a personal place. Check out the full video of the seminar at link in bio! #aficonservatory #filmschool #guestlecture #filmmaking #netflix #chloedomont #womendirectors
The legacy of pioneering producer Debra Hill lives on through an AFI Alum! Congratulations to 2023 AFI graduate Zofia Sablinska who was awarded this year’s Debra Hill Fellowship due to her “personality, drive, ambition and communication skills to carry on the Debra Hill producing tradition.” Swipe to see Zofia with the Fellowship presenter, #Halloween icon and Hill’s good, friend Jamie Lee Curtis. @zosiasab @producersguild @jamieleecurtis #aficonservatory #filmschool #producing #producer
@lighthillasc #aficonservatory #cinematography #ojaifilmfestival #filmschool
#leavetheworldbehind #samesmail #aficonservatory #afialumni
📸: Grant Terzakis
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