Sixth Annual AFI Almanac Names 10 Most Outstanding
Motion Pictures and Television Programs of the Year
The following is the American Film Institute’s Press Release:
NEWS RELEASE
AFI AWARDS 2005
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS ANNOUNCED
LOS ANGELES, December 11, 2005—The American Film Institute (AFI) today announced the official selections of AFI AWARDS 2005, AFI’s almanac which records the year’s most outstanding achievements in film and television, as well as significant moments in the world of the moving image.
AFI AWARDS is the only form of national recognition that honors the film and television creative ensemble as a whole—those people in front of and behind the camera—acknowledging the collaborative nature of film and television. Unlike any other film or television award currently given, the AFI AWARDS 2005 selections were made through AFI’s unique 13-person jury process in which scholars, artists, critics and AFI trustees discuss, debate and determine the most outstanding achievements of the year, as well as provide a detailed rationale for each selection. Two AFI juries—one for motion pictures and one for television—convened in Los Angeles for two days of deliberation. The jurors have remained confidential until today. (Complete list is below.) AFI will honor the creative ensembles for each of the honorees at a luncheon on Friday, January 13, 2006, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The jury rationales for each selection will be revealed at this event.
“AFI is proud to honor these 20 collaborative teams. As the institute recognizes and celebrates excellence across the century, these honorees will be part of the record that documents America’s enduring cultural legacy,” commented Jean Picker Firstenberg, AFI’s Director and CEO. The honorees are listed below in alphabetical order:
AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR—OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
CAPOTE
CRASH
THE 40 YEAR-OLD VIRGIN
GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK.
A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE
KING KONG
MUNICH
THE SQUID AND THE WHALE
SYRIANA
AFI TV PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR—OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
24
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
DEADWOOD
GREY’S ANATOMY
HOUSE
LOST
RESCUE ME
SLEEPER CELL
SOMETIMES IN APRIL
VERONICA MARS
AFI AWARDS 2005 JURORS
AFI JURY FOR MOTION PICTURES
Robert G. Rehme, Producer, AFI Board of Trustees
Chair, AFI Awards Jury for Motion Pictures
Martha Coolidge, Director
David Denby, The New Yorker
Anna Everett, University of California, Santa Barbara
Norman Jewison, Director/Producer
Tom Pollock, Producer / AFI Board of Trustees
Jay Roach, Director / Producer
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Vivian Sobchack, University of California,
Los Angeles / AFI Board of Trustees
David Thomson, Author / Historian
Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles Times
Stephen Ujlaki, San Francisco State University
Laura Ziskin, Producer
AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION
Marshall Herskovitz, Director / Producer / AFI Board of Trustees
Chair, AFI Awards Jury for Television
Dick Askin, Tribune Entertainment Company / President,
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences / AFI Board of Trustees
Lionel Chetwynd, Producer / Writer
Mary Corey, University of California, Los Angeles
Tony Jonas, Producer
Jeffrey Kramer, Producer
Melanie McFarland, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Tara McPherson, University of Southern California
Dorothea Petrie, Producer
Frank Pierson, Writer / Director / AFI Faculty
James Poniewozik, Time Magazine
Del Reisman, Writer / AFI Faculty
Matt Roush, TV Guide
About the American Film Institute
AFI is a national institute providing leadership in screen education and the recognition and celebration of excellence in the art of film, television and digital media. AFI trains the next generation of filmmakers at its world-renowned Conservatory, maintains America’s film heritage through the AFI Catalog of Feature Films and explores new digital technologies in entertainment and education through the AFI Digital Content Lab and K-12 Screen Education Center. As the largest nonprofit exhibitor in the US, AFI ON SCREEN encompasses the annual AFI FEST presented by Audi: AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival—as well as year-round programming at ArcLight Hollywood and the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland, including SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival. AFI AWARDS, the annual almanac for the 21st century, honors the most outstanding motion pictures and television programs of the year, while AFI’s 100 Years . . . series has ignited extraordinary public interest in classic American movies. And, during the past 33 years, AFI’s Life Achievement Award has become the highest honor for a career in film.
Additional information about AFI is available at AFI.com.
