The American Film Institute (AFI) today announced the official selections of AFI Awards 2003, 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 2003 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.
The 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 and provide a rationale for each selection.
The jury rationales for each selection, the AFI Moments of Significance and the list of jurors will be announced tomorrow, Monday, December 15, 2003. AFI will honor the creative ensembles for each of the honorees at a luncheon sponsored by Ellen Tracy, on January 22, 2004, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
“We are proud to honor the collaborative teams that created these outstanding achievements in film and television which serve as contributions to our country’s rich, artistic and cultural legacy,” commented Jean Picker Firstenberg, AFI Director and CEO.
The honorees are listed below in alphabetical order:
AFI Movies of the Year
American Splendor
Finding Nemo
The Human Stain
In America
The Last Samurai
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lost in Translation
Master and Commander
Monster
Mystic River
AFI TV Programs of the Year
Alias
Angels in America
Arrested Development
Everybody Loves Raymond
Joan of Arcadia
Nip/Tuck
Playmakers
Soldier’s Girl
24
The Wire
