Posted by Larry Gleeson
AFI FEST 2024 PRESENTED BY CANVA ANNOUNCES
GRAND JURY AWARD WINNERS
Winners for Reside Motion Quick, Documentary Quick and Animated Quick
Qualify for Academy Award® Consideration
Competition Confirms File Excessive Attendance with
Over 30% Enhance in Ticket and Move Gross sales
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Los Angeles, CA, October 28, 2024 — The American Movie Institute (AFI) introduced at this time the Grand Jury Award winners and Particular Mentions for AFI FEST 2024 introduced by Canva. The Grand Jury Award winners for Reside Motion Quick, Documentary Quick and Animated Quick will probably be eligible for the 2024 Finest Reside Motion Quick, Finest Documentary Quick and Finest Animated Quick Academy Awards®. This 12 months’s jury was comprised of Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Sophia Nahli Allison, movie programmer Nora Bernard and comic, actor, filmmaker, podcaster and writer Paul Scheer.
Grand Jury Prize – Reside Motion Quick
TWO PEOPLE EXCHANGING SALIVA (DEUX PERSONNES ÉCHANGEANT DE LA SALIVE) (DIR Natalie Musteata and Alexandre Singh)
Jury Assertion: “At a commendable 36 minutes, this movie illustrates how want and craving can conflict in a capitalistic society whereas showcasing queerness as commonplace.”
Grand Jury Prize – Documentary Quick
LAND OF LOST TOYS (DIR Nicholas Stachurski)
Jury Assertion: “This revealing documentary challenges our conceptions and explores the humanity of a gaggle of individuals in Detroit who battle not just for their survival but in addition for companions who can’t on their very own.”
Grand Jury Prize – Animated Quick
HUMANTIS (DIR Paris Baillie)
Jury Assertion: “HUMANTIS is a surprising murals that delves into the complexities and challenges of change and the surprising magnificence that emerges from self-transformation and acceptance. The cease movement breathes new life into an otherworldly visible narrative, showcasing the depths of a vibrant creativeness and skillful craftsmanship.”
Particular Jury Mentions
Particular Jury Point out for Freedom and Expression – Reside Motion Quick
A SHORT FILM ABOUT KIDS (DIR Ibrahim Handal)
Jury Assertion: “By means of a breezy model and cinematic language, we have been drawn right into a world the place, with slightly ingenuity, burdened youth can expertise pleasure and self-determination.”
Particular Jury Point out for New Voice – Documentary Quick
YOU’RE TOO SENSITIVE (DIR Dan Chen)
Jury Assertion: “YOU’RE TOO SENSITIVE receives a particular point out for its distinctive method to reimagining residence motion pictures, not solely as documentation of what we want to be seen and remembered but in addition reveals the non-public moments that talk to the complexities of household dynamics. “
Particular Jury Point out for Craft – Animated Quick
SILENT PANORAMA (DIR Nicolas Piret)
Jury Assertion: “The jury want to acknowledge SILENT PANORAMA with a particular point out for inventive craftsmanship as this delicate and immersive story involves life fantastically and meticulously on a single sheet of paper.”
This 12 months’s competition welcomed a report variety of attendees with ticket and cross gross sales reaching 30% larger than the earlier 12 months.
The competition lineup included 6 Purple Carpet Premieres, 13 Particular Screenings, 13 Luminaries picks, 15 Discovery movies, 12 World Cinema picks, 14 Documentaries, 4 After Darkish titles, 54 movies within the Quick Movie Competitors, and 28 movies from the AFI Conservatory Showcase introduced by AMC Networks. Of the official picks 48% have been directed by girls and non-binary filmmakers and 26% have been directed by BIPOC filmmakers. There have been 4 World Premieres, 6 North American Premieres and seven U.S. Premieres. This system represented 44 international locations and included 9 Finest Worldwide Function Oscar® submissions, together with DAHOMEY (Senegal), GRAND TOUR (Portugal), I’M STILL HERE (Brazil), SANTOSH (UK), THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (Germany), SUJO (Mexico), UNDER THE VOLCANO (Poland), UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE (Canada) and VERMIGLIO (Italy). The competition additionally introduced two particular occasions: Administrators Highlight: Robert Zemeckis in Dialog with Tom Hanks and Pitch Good: Crafting Impactful Visible Decks from a Storyteller’s Perspective
AFI Conservatory Alumni with movies at AFI FEST included Andrea Arnold, Carolina Costa, Amanda Freedman, Affonso Gonçalves, Heidi Levitt, Charlie McDowell, Rachel Morrison, Samir Oliveros and Paul Schrader.
Returning filmmakers included Andrea Arnold, Maura Delpero, Mati Diop, Jeanne Drouet, Miguel Gomes, Alain Guiraudie, Damian Kocur, Philippe Lesage, Rungano Nyoni, Jeanne Paturle, Alex Ross Perry, Mohammad Rasoulof, Cecile Rousset, Hong Sang-soo, Paul Schrader, Chris Smith, Faye Tsakas and Jia Zhang-Ke.
Friends on the competition included Pam Abdy, JJ Abrams, Amy Adams, Sophia Nahli Allison, Fred Armisen, Glen Ballard, Lance Bangs, Scott Beck, Alan Bergman, Nora Bernard, Paul Bettany, Leslie Bibb, Jacqueline Bisset, Laurent Bouzereau, Gerald Casale, Samantha Casiano, Ben Chaplin, Tommy Chong, Glenn Shut, Toni Collette, Jennifer Connelly, Ryan Coogler, Merlin Crossingham, Maisie Crow, Ted Danson, Dr. Austin Dennard, Julie Delpy, Zoey Deutch, Michelle Dockery, Molly Duane, Gustavo Dudamel, Chloe East, Francesca Eastwood, Jean Picker Firstenberg, William Goldenberg, Hugh Grant, Tom Hanks, John Hillcoat, Nicholas Hoult, Thomas Hooten, Bryce Dallas Howard, Ron Howard, Jon Huertas, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Barry Jenkins, Jharrel Jerome, Angelina Jolie, Caleb Landry Jones, Spike Jonze, Kathleen Kennedy, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Ed Lachman, Jennifer Lawrence, Pablo Larraín, Philippe Lesage, Jennifer Lopez, Leonard Maltin, Cheech Marin, Frank Marshall, Charlie McDowell, Malcolm McDowell, Selton Mello, Logan Miller, Rachel Morrison, Mark Mothersbaugh, Robert Mothersbaugh, Oscar Nuñez, Elizabeth Olsen, Nick Park, Noah Parker, Dylan Penn, Abbie Perault, Andrea Riseborough, Anthony Robles, Judy Robles, Sam Rockwell, RaMell Ross, Eric Roth, Tom Rothman, Santigold, Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Scheer, Paul Schrader, Alan Silvestri, Lawrence Sher, Stacey Sher, Jurnee Smollett, Steven Spielberg, Mary Steenburgen, George Stevens, Jr., Sharon Stone, Sophie Thatcher, Fernanda Torres, John Turturro, Milo Ventimiglia, Lulu Wang, Diane Warren, Matthew Weiner, Nat Wolff, Bryan Woods, Robin Wright, Cedric Yarbrough, Robert Zemeckis, Amy Ziering, Amanda Zurawski, and Wallace & Gromit.
Canva was the unique Presenting Sponsor of AFI FEST. FIJI Water was the competition’s Official Water Sponsor. Company Companions for AFI FEST 2024 included Premium Sponsor Apple Unique Movies, AMC Networks, First Leisure Credit score Union, Amazon MGM Studios and Netflix. The Envelope by The Los Angeles Occasions was the competition’s Major Media Associate. Official Media Companions are The Wall Road Journal, Selection, The Hollywood Reporter and ABC7 On the Purple Carpet. Affiliate Media Companions embrace TheWrap, IndieWire, Display screen Worldwide and KCRW.
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Concerning the American Movie Institute (AFI)
The American Movie Institute (AFI) is a nonprofit group with a mandate to champion the shifting picture as an artwork type. Established in 1967, AFI launched the primary complete historical past of American movie and sparked the motion for movie preservation in america. In 1969, AFI opened the doorways of the AFI Conservatory, a graduate-level program to coach narrative filmmakers. The Conservatory, which counts Deniese Davis, Affonso Gonçalves, Susannah Grant, Matthew Libatique, David Lynch, Melina Matsoukas and Rachel Morrison as Alumni, is ranked as one of many high movie faculties in America. AFI’s enduring traditions embrace the AFI Life Achievement Award, which honors the masters for work that has stood the take a look at of time; AFI AWARDS, which celebrates the inventive ensembles of essentially the most excellent display screen tales of the 12 months; and scholarly efforts such because the AFI Catalog of Function Movies and the AFI Archive that protect movie historical past for future generations. AFI exhibition packages embrace AFI FEST introduced by Canva and year-round exhibition on the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Heart in Maryland. AFI Film Membership is a vacation spot for film lovers from world wide to have a good time and have interaction with the artwork type each day. Different pioneering packages embrace workshops geared toward rising variety within the storytelling neighborhood, together with AFI DWW+ and the AFI Cinematography Intensive for Girls. Examine all of those packages and extra at AFI.com and comply with us on social media at Fb.com/
About AFI FEST introduced by Canva
Now in its thirty eighth 12 months, AFI FEST introduced by Canva is a world-class occasion, showcasing the very best movies from throughout the globe. This 12 months’s version takes place in Los Angeles from October 23-27, 2024. With an modern slate of programming, the five-day competition presents screenings, panels and conversations, that includes each grasp filmmakers and new cinematic voices. AFI FEST introduced by Canva consists of high-profile movies with Q&As that includes the movies’ forged and crew and a strong lineup of fiction and nonfiction options and shorts, offering a one-of-a-kind expertise for film followers. Extra data is on the market at FEST.AFI.com. Join with AFI’s movie competition at Fb.com/AFIFEST, Twitter.com/AFIFEST, Instagram/
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Till subsequent time….I’ll see you on the motion pictures!
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American Movie Institute: Shari Mesulam, shari@themesulamgroup.com
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