AFI AWARDS 2005 Official Selections Announced

AFI AWARDS 2005 Official Selections Announced

Sixth Annual AFI Almanac Names 10 Most Outstanding Motion Pictures and TV Programs of the Year

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- 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 AFI JURY FOR TELEVISION

Robert G. Rehme Marshall Herskovitz
Producer Director/Producer
AFI Board of Trustees AFI Board of Trustees
Chair, AFI Awards Jury Chair, AFI Awards Jury
for Motion Pictures for Television

Martha Coolidge Dick Askin
Director Tribune Entertainment Company
President, Academy of
Television Arts & Sciences
AFI Board of Trustees

David Denby Lionel Chetwynd
The New Yorker Producer/Writer

Anna Everett Mary Corey
University of California, Santa Barbara University of California,
Los Angeles

Norman Jewison Tony Jonas
Director/Producer Producer

Tom Pollock Jeffrey Kramer
Producer Producer
AFI Board of Trustees

Jay Roach Melanie McFarland
Director/Producer Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Lisa Schwarzbaum Tara McPherson
Entertainment Weekly University of Southern
California

Vivian Sobchack Dorothea Petrie
University of California, Los Angeles Producer
AFI Board of Trustees

David Thomson Frank Pierson
Author/Historian Writer/Director/AFI Faculty

Kenneth Turan James Poniewozik
The Los Angeles Times Time Magazine

Stephen Ujlaki Del Reisman
San Francisco State University Writer/AFI Faculty

Laura Ziskin Matt Roush
Producer 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.

Source: The American Film Institute

CONTACT: Alison Deknatel, +1-323-856-7896, adeknatel@AFI.com, or Erin
Hurff, American Film Institute, +1-323-856-7603, ehurff@AFI.com, both of The
American Film Institute

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