The American Film Institute has announced the AFI DOCS 2019 Award Winners, concluding the five-day festival supported by Presenting Sponsor AT&T in Washington, DC, and Silver Spring, MD. The festival’s Audience Award for Best Feature went to CHASING THE MOON, directed by Robert Stone. The Audience Award for Best Short went to ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN, directed by Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan.
The Smithsonian African American Film Festival, presented by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, has announced its opening and closing film selections—joining the nearly 80 previously announced films that will be screened over the four-day event, including the 15 films that will premiere in competition in the Oprah Winfrey Theater. The inaugural film festival will open with Oscar-winning director Steve McQueen’s Widows (2018) and will wrap up with Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins’ latest, If Beale Street Could Talk (2018).
In a dramatic brand expansion, NBC News’ “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” will hit the big screen for the first time this fall, joining forces with the American Film Institute (AFI) for an innovative documentary film festival premiere featuring must-watch untold stories of American politics.
One film at this year’s G.I. Film Festival aims to do more than entertain. It aims to save lives.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors has passed a resolution to ceremoniously change the name of Reston, Virginia to “Hill Valley” from October 21–25, 2015. The name change is in honor of the 5th Annual Washington West International Film Festival’s tribute to the 30th anniversary of the iconic film Back to the Future.
