Tom Ford’s directorial debut A SINGLE MAN is now available on DVD. This film was the Closing night gala of AFI FEST 2009.
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Now available on DVD, THE ROAD an officail selction at AFI FEST 2009.  You can add it to your Netflix queue here. (via Cinematical)
Also now available on DVD is THE MESSENGER.  This Academy Award nominated film was also an official selection at AFI FEST 2009.  You can purchase the DVD here. (via Hammer to Nail)

AFI FEST Renews Commitment to Community with Free Tickets

Los Angeles’ Longest Running International Film Festival
Also Announces New Award & Section for Filmmakers

AFI FEST presented by Audi officially announced its dates and call for entries today for the 24th annual event.  AFI FEST will be held November 4 through 11, 2010 in Hollywood, California at the historic Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, the Mann Chinese 6 at the Hollywood & Highland Center, and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.  The market partner of AFI FEST, the American Film Market (AFM), will be held November 3-10, 2010. …

Available this week on DVD are two films from AFI FEST 2009.
Via Cinematical comes news that Werner Haerzog’s BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS is now available, you can get the film from Amazon here.
Via Gordon and the Whale comes news that Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s EASIER WITH PRACTICE is also now available on DVD, you can find that film on Amazon here.

Congratulations to THE SECRET IN THIER EYES for winning Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Academy Awards.
The film was an Official Selection at AFI FEST 2009.

IFC Films has announced that it has acquired the US distribution rights to the film NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT THE PERSIAN CATS.
The film was an Official Selection at AFI FEST 2009.
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The distributor Anchor Bay has picked up Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo’s film AFTER.LIFE for distribution.  The film had its world premiere as an official selection at AFI FEST 2009.
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AFI FEST presented by Audi will return to Hollywood, California in November for its 24th year. In an encore of the “See A Film On Us!” program that proved successful last year, AFI Fest 2010 will offer free daytime screenings and a limited number of free tickets to evening screenings and galas, including Opening and Closing Night.
AFI also announced today that Jacqueline Lyanga, an AFI veteran programmer and key architect in the planning and implementation of AFI FEST and other AFI events since …

Rian Johnson’s film THE BROTHERS BLOOM is now available on DVD.  The film was an Official Selection at AFI FEST 2008.
It is available from Amazon here or you can add it to your Netflix queue here.

First Run Features will release the documentary PRODIGAL SONS in late February 2010 in New York followed by a nationwide rollout.