The American Film Institute (AFI) is a nonprofit organization with a mandate to champion the moving image as an art form. Established in 1967, AFI launched the first comprehensive …

Established in 1967, AFI launched the first comprehensive history of American film and sparked the movement for film preservation in the United States. In 1969, AFI opened the doors of the …

AFI AWARDS 2001 The American Film Institute (AFI) launched a new chapter in the esteemed organization's national mandate when it presented its first annual AFI Awards at the historic …

AFI began, in 1968, recording the first 100 years of American film with the AFI Catalog of Feature Films — the first-ever scholarly listing of films, with vetted information about the existence, …

AFI is a 501c3 non-profit advancing the art of the moving image by empowering storytellers and inspiring audiences

The AFI Archive features an expansive collection of photographs, videos, oral histories, scripts, props and more from the early studio era to present day. Learn more.

“We will create an American Film Institute, bringing together leading artists of the film industry, outstanding educators and young men and women who wish to pursue the 20th-century art …

AFI champions progress in visual storytelling to empower storytellers, inspire story lovers and further the limitless power of the moving image. AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center

Reviewer Kenneth Turan called it: “Nothing less than an authoritative Oxford English Dictionary of American Film” and an “irreplaceable contribution.” The AFI Catalog was migrated to an online …

The AFI Catalog of Feature Films is a comprehensive chronicle of the first century of American cinema. STAR WARS LEARN MORE