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AFI Fest Tries Something Novel: Free Movies
Cinema Blend News —
... just paying for the lodging or the airfare to get to Sundance or Cannes, but if you're just a film fan without industry connections, tickets to individual screenings can run up to $18, or even more. Movies that would never even make it to your local multiplex, that you probably wouldn't pay $5 to rent, can cost more than your dinner did just by virtue of being an unknown at an independent film festival. At the AFI Festival in Los Angeles, though, they decided enough is enough. An LA Weekly article explains the festival's decision to go completely free this year. . Since ...
Film Week: AFI Film Festival
Film In Focus —
... . Partially out of gratitude, partially as a counter-recession gesture, the “See a Film [On Us]” program has been turning heads. In an interview with the LA Weekly , AFI Fest Artistic Director Rose Kuo exclaimed, “It was time to turn the conversation around, to do something somewhat audacious, and to get people excited about indie film.” The best part is that they are showing films you’d want to see, only less of them. As a way to cover this program, the festival has pared down their selection from the usual 100 or so features to just 60 this year. While not heavy on ...
The Auteurs Daily: Fests and events, 10/30.
The Auteurs Notebook —
... 's decision to transform its venerable fall film showcase (October 30 - November 7) from a paid event into a gratis one is an unprecedented gesture for a festival of this size and stature," writes Scott Foundas, who adds that, "depending on where you stand, AFI's free festival arrives at one of the best or one of the worst moments for the health of 'indie' movies." Talking with ...
Film Programming: A New Wilderness for Former Film Critics.
IFC.com - Indie Eye —
... at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, where he had previously served as part of the New York Film Festival's selection committee. Whether or not Foundas' position at the Weekly will actually be filled remains to be seen and all of this comes a week after Variety critic Robert Koehler completed his first turn as a programmer at Los Angeles' AFI Fest, which has been generally considered to be a success. (And whether this was on the mind of Foundas when he wrote a glowing cover story about Koehler's transition to programming the AFI Fest is ...
