Overview
- The AFI Awards honored jury-selected top 10 lists in film and television for 2025 and presented a Special Award to Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident.
- AFI president Bob Gazzale underscored the event’s all-winners ethos and acknowledged 2025’s hardships, calling for stories that help audiences process loss.
- Heads of the AFI juries delivered official citations, with Ava DuVernay and Rich Frank praising specific achievements across titles such as Frankenstein, Bugonia, Andor, The Lowdown, and more.
- The Four Seasons event drew heavyweight talent and executives, highlighted by Leonardo DiCaprio’s meet-up with Timothée Chalamet and his greeting of Apple CEO Tim Cook.
- Coverage cast One Battle After Another, Sinners, and Frankenstein as leading awards contenders as they head toward key nominations expected on Jan. 22.