http://blog.afi.com/afifest AFI FEST Presented by Audi: October 30—November 7 2009 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:01:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. http://blog.afi.com/afifest/index.php/2010/03/11/congratulations-to-the-secret-in-thier-eyes/ 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. [via] http://blog.afi.com/afifest/index.php/2010/02/17/ifc-acquires-no-one-knows-about-the-persian-cats/ 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. [via Horror squad] http://blog.afi.com/afifest/index.php/2010/02/01/anchor-bay-acquires-after-life/ 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. http://blog.afi.com/afifest/index.php/2010/01/13/the-brothers-bloom-now-available-on-dvd/ [singlepic id=232 w=320 h=240 float=right]First Run Features will release the documentary PRODIGAL SONS in late February 2010 in New York followed by a nationwide rollout through March, the company unveiled. Directed and produced by Kimberly Reed, PRODIGAL SONS follows Kimberly, a transgender woman, as she travels to her high school ... http://blog.afi.com/afifest/index.php/2009/12/29/prodigal-sons-to-be-released-by-first-run/ The U.S. distribution rights to Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor’s film SWEETGRASS have been acquired by The Cinema Guild. The deal was negotiated by Ryan Krivoshey, Director of Distribution for The Cinema Guild with Sandy Forman on behalf of the filmmakers. SWEETGRASS was an Official Selection at AFI FEST 2009. [via indiewire] http://blog.afi.com/afifest/index.php/2009/12/15/cinema-guild-acquires-sweetgrass/ By Kasia Trojak AFI FEST Daily News Andrzej Wajda’s latest feature film, SWEET RUSH, intertwines three different storylines: one based on a short story by one of Poland’s most acclaimed writers, Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz; a monologue of the lead actress about the death of her real life husband, and one of Wajda’s closest ... http://blog.afi.com/afifest/index.php/2009/12/04/andrzej-wajda-on-sweet-rush/ The Spirit Awards have been announced and ten films which had their LA premiere at AFI FEST were nominated: PRECIOUS THE LAST STATION TWO LOVERS (08) A SINGLE MAN EASIER WITH PRACTICE THE MESSENGER BAD LIEUTENANT:  NEW ORLEANS PORT OF CALL EVERLASTING MOMENTS (08) MOTHER BEETLE QUEEN CONQUERS TOKYO BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer) “(500) Days Of Summer,” Producers: Mason ... http://blog.afi.com/afifest/index.php/2009/12/01/spirit-awards-nominate-10-afi-fest-films/ [singlepic id=650 w=320 h=240 float=right]THE MESSENGER opened in New York and Los Angeles on Friday, November 13. It opens across the country on Friday, November 20. Ticket information. Catch up with THE MESSENGER movie on Twitter - http://twitter.com/messengerfilm -  and Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/TheMessengerMovie THE MESSENGER was an Official Selection in AFI FEST 2009. http://blog.afi.com/afifest/index.php/2009/11/18/the-messenger-opens-theatrically/ 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. [singlepic=1120,450,300] The festival can't be missed on Hollywood Blvd. [singlepic=1126,450,300] It gets crowded on Hollywood ... http://blog.afi.com/afifest/index.php/2009/11/13/afi-fest-photo-diary/