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AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival

39th Edition

AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival

where:Los Angeles
when:October 22nd - 26th, 2025
address:2021 North Western Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90027
tel:+1323.856.7600
email:programming@afi.com
website:fest.afi.com/
deadline:May 31st, 2025
entry form:Submission at FilmFreeway.com

AFI FEST is held in Los Angeles, California at the historic TCL Chinese Theater and 6-plex theaters at the Hollywood & Highland Center, the Egyptian Theatre and the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. AFI FEST is the longest-running international film festival in Los Angeles.
Each fall, AFI FEST presents the year's most significant films. Kicking off the awards season each year, AFI FEST offers a crucial avenue of exposure to the entertainment community. Featuring international work from emerging filmmakers, global showcases of films from the great masters, tributes and red-carpet gala premieres, AFI FEST brings the very best of world cinema to the city of Los Angeles, the film capital of the world. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognizes AFI FEST as a qualifying festival for the Short Films category of the annual Academy Awards.
Awards & Prizes
AFI FEST winners have consistently been nominated for Academy Awards®, Emmy Awards® and other major recognitions.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognizes AFI FEST as a qualifying festival for the Short Films category of the annual Academy Awards.
As the only juried section of the festival, the Grand Jury Award winners for Live Action and Animated Short will be eligible for the Best Live Action Short and Best Animated Short Academy Awards®.
In addition to the Jury awards, each year, AFI FEST audiences select winners for Best Feature and Best Short

  • participations
2024

  • April by Dea Kulumbegashvili: World Cinema

  • Gloria! by Margherita Vicario: Discovery

  • Maria by Pablo Larraín: Red Carpet Premieres

  • Parthenope by Paolo Sorrentino: Luminaries

  • Vermiglio by Maura Delpero: World Cinema

2023
2022

  • Alcarràs by Carla Simon: World Cinema

  • The Eight Mountains by Felix van Groeningen, Charlotte Vandermeersch: World Cinema

  • EO by Jerzy Skolimowski: World Cinema

  • The Pupils by Alice Rohrwacher: Special Screenings

2021

  • Playtime by Simone Bozzelli: Short Film Competition

2020

  • Notturno by Gianfranco Rosi: Documentary

2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012

  • Caesar Must Die by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani: World Cinema

  • Electric Chair by Monica Strambini: Guest Artistic Director Bernardo Bertolucci's Choice

  • Reality by Matteo Garrone: World Cinema

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2002