Overview
- AFI hosted its noncompetitive luncheon at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills to salute jury-selected Top 10 achievements in American film and television.
- The 2025 film honorees are Avatar: Fire And Ash, Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Jay Kelly, Marty Supreme, One Battle After Another, Sinners, Train Dreams, and Wicked: For Good.
- The 2025 television honorees are Adolescence, Andor, Death By Lightning, The Diplomat, The Lowdown, The Pitt, Pluribus, Severance, The Studio, and Task.
- Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident received a Special Award from AFI, recognizing a standout work outside the Top 10 eligibility criteria.
- AFI CEO Bob Gazzale opened with a call for stories to help process a difficult year, a tribute montage drew applause for familiar classics, and Carol Burnett closed the event as stars and top executives—including Leonardo DiCaprio, Emma Stone, Timothée Chalamet, Steven Spielberg, and Apple’s Tim Cook—mingled ahead of a busy awards weekend.