American Film Institute Awards | |
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Awarded for | Top films and television programs |
Country | United States |
Presented by | American Film Institute |
First awarded | 2000 |
Website | www.afi.com/afiawards |
The American Film Institute Awards (also known as the AFI Awards) are awards presented by the American Film Institute to recognize the top ten films and television programs of the year. Unlike other accolades about the art form, the AFI Awards acknowledge the film and television productions deemed culturally and artistically representative of the year's most significant achievements in the art of the moving image in American cinema.[ citation needed ]
Media that does not fit the AFI's conventional eligibility criteria for the main categories, such as non-American productions as well as other types of media, are given recognition through the AFI Special Award. [1]
The 2000 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films of the year. [2]
The 2001 AFI Awards honored the best in film and television of the year. The nominations were announced on December 17, 2001, and the ceremony was broadcast on January 5, 2002, on CBS. It did not do well in the ratings (getting only 5.5 million viewers), so it would not be held in this format again. The AFI would go back to just listing the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year, and not have any technical nor acting categories.
Each winner is in bold with the other nominees after: [3]
The 2002 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. [4]
The 2003 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. [5]
The 2004 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. [6]
The 2005 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. [7]
The 2006 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. [8]
The 2007 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. [9]
The 2008 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. [11]
The 2009 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. [12]
The 2010 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. [13]
The 2011 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. [14]
The 2012 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. [15]
The 2013 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. [16]
The 2014 AFI Awards honored the Top 11 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. [17]
The 2015 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. [18] [19]
The AFI Special Award was given to Mad Men , which for "its contributions to America's cultural legacy". The show has been listed in AFI's awards list seven times.
The 2016 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. [20] [21]
The 2017 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. [22] [23]
The 2018 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. [24] [25]
The 2019 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films and Top 10 Television Programs of the year. [26] [27] The winners were announced on December 4, 2019, while the ceremony was held on January 3, 2020. [28]
Game of Thrones earned its eighth mention, setting a new record. It also became the first and only continuing series to be awarded for all of its eligible seasons.
The 2020 AFI Awards were announced on January 25, 2021, and the selections were honored in a virtual event on February 26, 2021. The juries were led by Jeanine Basinger and Richard Frank. [29] [30] [31]
The 2021 AFI Awards were announced on December 8, 2021. The ceremony was scheduled to be held on January 7, 2022, but was postponed to March 11, 2022, due to COVID-19. [32] [33]
The 2022 AFI Awards were announced on December 9, 2022. The juries were led by Jeanine Basinger and Richard Frank. [34] [35]
The 2023 AFI Awards were announced on December 7, 2023. [36]
The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private funding and public membership fees.
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