Disney+ Picks Up 3 AFI Awards
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced the recipients of AFI AWARDS 2020, with Disney+ picking up three awards including “Soul”, “Hamilton” and “The Mandalorian”. With FX’s “Mrs America” also picking up an award, along with Searchlight Pictures “Nomadland”.
Here is a list of all of this years AFI Awards:
AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR
- DA 5 BLOODS
- JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
- MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
- MANK
- MINARI
- NOMADLAND
- ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI…
- SOUL
- SOUND OF METAL
- THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7
AFI TELEVISION PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR
- BETTER CALL SAUL
- BRIDGERTON
- THE CROWN
- THE GOOD LORD BIRD
- LOVECRAFT COUNTRY
- THE MANDALORIAN
- MRS. AMERICA
- THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT
- TED LASSO
- UNORTHODOX
AFI SPECIAL AWARD
- HAMILTON
AFI’s global Movie Club program will showcase the official selections beginning in February, with new and exclusive content released daily, including special guests from the honored works introducing the titles and AFI “Behind the Scene” conversations with filmmakers and actors.
AFI AWARDS selections are made through a jury process where AFI Trustees, artists, critics and scholars determine the year’s most outstanding achievements and provide artistic and cultural context for the selection of each honoree.
This year’s jury featured acclaimed artists including Debbie Allen, Cynthia Erivo, Rian Johnson, David Mandel, Marlee Matlin, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Wes Studi and Lulu Wang; renowned authors and scholars representing prestigious universities with recognized motion picture arts and television programs; film historians Mark Harris, Molly Haskell and Leonard Maltin; the AFI Board of Trustees; and film and television critics from media outlets such as the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, TV Guide and The Washington Post. The jury was chaired by AFI Board of Directors member Jeanine Basinger (Chair Emerita and Founder of the Film Studies Department, Wesleyan University) and AFI Board of Trustees Vice Chair Richard Frank (former Chairman of Walt Disney Television, President of Walt Disney Studios, President of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences).
