American Film Institute
Cinema heritage organization
The American Film Institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and honoring American cinema.
Founded in 1967, it operates a film conservatory, maintains archives, and produces widely cited rankings of the greatest American films, actors, and screen moments: AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies.
Often abbreviated AFI.
- silver screenFilm industry metonym
- archivingStoring for long-term keeping
- nitrate filmUnstable early cinema material
- film preservationSafeguarding motion pictures
- film librariesCollections of stored movies
movie history · cataloging · restoration · mentorship programs · award · lifetime achievement · premiere · director · screen legend · film reels · artistic achievements · red carpet · conservatory · film school · storytelling techniques · frame · scene · take
American Film Institutecultural amnesia
Society forgetting its past
American Film InstituteParamount Pictures
Major Hollywood film studio
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