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AFI FEST Photo Diary

In between hustling to all the screenings he introduced—and ensuring the Festival’s program ran on schedule “like a German train station”—Director of Programming Robert Koehler helped photographically document AFI FEST 2009; here are some of his pics and captions.

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In Conversation: Tom Ford, Colin Firth, Nicholas Hoult and Matthew Goode

These excerpts were taken from a press conference for our Closing Night film, A SINGLE MAN, with principle members of the cast and the films director.

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Sartorial Images: A SINGLE MAN

Tom Ford’s film makes a poignant illustration of the climate of cinema at the moment; it is a work by a leading figure of an industry whose imprint transfers into the medium of cinema almost naturally.

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POLICE, ADJECTIVE: The Labyrinth of Language

Virtually every conversation in Corneliu Porumboiu’s film, be it about sports or popular music, is built on the slippery shoals of communication.

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Perseverance, Faith and Futility Abound in PETITION

More than ten years in the making, this documentary highlights ordinary people seeking justice while living in limbo.

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Practice Makes Performance

Three of this year’s films highlight the effort and creativity of rehearsals: are they preparation . . . or are they performance?

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Report from the AFI FEST Viggo Mortensen Tribute

In front of a packed house on Wednesday at Grauman’s Chinese Theare, AFI FEST paid tribute to actor Viggo Mortensen before a gala screening of THE ROAD.