The 2006 AFI FEST has chosen actress Penelope Cruz, as the recipient of the festival's annual Tribute. On November 2, the festival will present the U.S. premiere of Pedro Almodovar's Volver, starring Cruz, at Arclight's Hollywood Cineramadome, followed by a Centerpiece Gala. Volver was recently chosen as Spain's official selection for the Best Foreign Film for the 79th Academy Awards.
In celebration of its 20th anniversary, AFI FEST is launching a new program, AFI PROJECT: 20/20, in an effort to enhance international cultural exchange and collaboration among filmmakers around the world. Up to 20 American and international filmmakers (with films at this year's festival) will be chosen to participate in this new program which has the goal of developing ways in which artists and their films can help promote cultural awareness and understanding and challenge stereotypes, while presenting a fresh, clear vision of the common values people share. By sharing their films with audiences here and abroad, AFI PROJECT: 20/20 will encourage understanding and appreciation of values such as freedom of expression, tolerance and rights in intellectual property.
AFI is teaming with several organzations to present this new program, including the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH), the Department of State, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services in support of this effort.
For more information on AFI PROJECT:20/20 or this year's festival events, go to www.afi.com.
Long live indie film,
Michelle
P.S. indieIN is proud to be an affiliate media sponsor for the 2006 AFI FEST.
In celebration of its 20th anniversary, AFI FEST is launching a new program, AFI PROJECT: 20/20, in an effort to enhance international cultural exchange and collaboration among filmmakers around the world. Up to 20 American and international filmmakers (with films at this year's festival) will be chosen to participate in this new program which has the goal of developing ways in which artists and their films can help promote cultural awareness and understanding and challenge stereotypes, while presenting a fresh, clear vision of the common values people share. By sharing their films with audiences here and abroad, AFI PROJECT: 20/20 will encourage understanding and appreciation of values such as freedom of expression, tolerance and rights in intellectual property.
AFI is teaming with several organzations to present this new program, including the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH), the Department of State, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services in support of this effort.
For more information on AFI PROJECT:20/20 or this year's festival events, go to www.afi.com.
Long live indie film,
Michelle
P.S. indieIN is proud to be an affiliate media sponsor for the 2006 AFI FEST.
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