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AFI Fest 2008 will open Nov. 5 with Joe Wright's "The Soloist" to kick off a two-and-a-half-week run of major indie fare. Actress Tilda Swinton and director Danny Boyle will be feted with AFI's awards, with Swinton getting a career achievement nod, while Boyle will be there to screen his latest...  

AFI Fest 2008, which runs Oct. 30-Nov. 9, will include tributes to director Danny Boyle and actress Tilda Swinton.  

by Peter Knegt (October 8, 2008) The 22nd AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival, running October 30-November 9, 2008, has announced its complete schedule. The lineup totals 100 features and 48 shorts, including 6 World Premieres, 17 North American Premieres, and 18 U.S. Premieres. "This...  

THE SKINNY: AFI Fest 2008 will be honoring actress Tilda Swinton and director Danny Boyle. Boyle will be honored after his latest film SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE is screened, while Swinton will be receving a career achievement honor. The fest will open with ...  

The American Film Institute has announced the lineup for its 2008 Los Angeles film festival.  

By Kat Kramer AFI FEST 2008 Announces Lineup HOLLYWOOD, CA (RUSHPRNEWS) 10/7/08 - The upcoming popular American Film Festival 2008 has recently announced its stellar lineup for opening and closing night Galas. “The Soloist” starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. directed by Joe Wright, will...  

A top story from this week. Gogol Bordello Non-Stop, Margarita Jimeno's rollicking feature length music documentary that goes behind the scenes of the gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello and its charismatic front man  

By Kat Kramer HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 10/6/08 — The upcoming popular American Film Festival 2008 has recently announced its stellar lineup for opening and closing night Galas. “The Soloist” starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. directed by Joe Wright, will open the Fest on October 30...  

Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" and Steven Soderbergh's "Che" have been added as centerpiece galas for the upcoming AFI Fest, the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival. Also added to the festival are Rian Johnson's "The Brothers Bloom," Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck's "Sugar," the "Tokyo...  

Michael Douglas will be presented with AFI's Life Achievement Award at a tribute in Los Angeles on June 11.  

AFI Fest 2008 has slotted Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" and Steven Soderbergh's "Che" as centerpiece galas.  

AFI FEST 2008 presented by Audi: AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival has announced that Darren AronofskyA's THE WRESTLER and Steven SoderberghA's CHE have been selected as the FestivalA's Centerpiece ...  

There's something about AFI: The American Film Institute organised an extraordinary event, called AFI Night at the Movies, screening twelve Hollywood ...  

Guest blogger Greg Brown is the managing director of AFI Dallas International Film Festival. We’re still six months away from the 2009 AFI Dallas International Film Festival (March 26-April 5, 2009), but our programmers are out and about looking for the best films the world has to offer. That...  

Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" and Steven Soderbergh's "Che" will both play AFI Fest 2008 in the film festival's centerpiece screening slots.