AFI Fest Appoints Christian Gaines as New Director; Nancy Collet Promoted to Director of Programming.Entertainment Editors CANNES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2000 The American Film Institute American Film Institute (AFI), nonprofit organization established in Washington, D.C., in 1967 by the National Endowment for the Arts to preserve and catalog American films and television, to provide work grants for new and established filmmakers, and to increase announced the appointment of Christian Gaines as director of the AFI AFI American Film Institute AFI Awaiting Further Instructions AFI Armed Forces Insurance AFI A Fire Inside (band) AFI Air Force Instruction AFI Australian Film Institute AFI Agencia Federal de Investigación Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. International Film Festival. Gaines, a co-founder of the Cannes Film Festival's American Pavilion, previously headed the Hawaii International Film Festival, where he also served as programming director. Gaines' extensive film festival credentials also include programming at the Sundance Film Festival, director of new media for the Sundance Institute, consultant for the Sundance Channel and jury member for the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. He has been a contributor to the online film daily, indieWire. Gaines also coordinated an Asia-Pacific film tour, which exhibited 15 films from Asia and the Pacific Rim Pacific Rim, term used to describe the nations bordering the Pacific Ocean and the island countries situated in it. In the post–World War II era, the Pacific Rim has become an increasingly important and interconnected economic region. in an 11-city U.S. tour. Nancy Collet, AFI Fest's Program Manager, has been promoted to Director of Programming. During her three-year tenure, she was responsible for programming many internationally acclaimed films, including "Life is Beautiful," "Gods and Monsters," "Dancemaker," "The Wings of the Dove," "Mifune" and "All About My Mother," among others. "Christian's experience in the worldwide film community will be a tremendous asset to the growth of our Festival," stated Jean Picker Firstenberg, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AFI. "Nancy brings both continuity and respect of the filmmaking community into her expanded position. We have a formidable team." Gaines, who was born in Brussels and educated in England, graduated from Vassar College Vassar College (văs`ər), at Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; coeducational; chartered 1861 by Matthew Vassar, opened 1865 as Vassar Female College, renamed 1867. . He succeeds Jon Fitzgerald, who recently joined iFilm. AFI Fest is Los Angeles' largest and most prestigious film festival. The 2000 festival will be held during October 19-26 and will have headquarters at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. AFI is the preeminent national organization dedicated to advancing and preserving the art of film, television and other forms of the moving image. AFI trains the next generation of filmmakers, coordinates nationwide film preservation efforts and explores new technologies in movie-making. AFI presents the best of film through a major film festival in Los Angeles; the AFI Theater in the John F. Kennedy "John Kennedy" and "JFK" redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation) and JFK (disambiguation). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in Center in Washington, D.C.; and the annual AFI Life Achievement Awards, the highest honor given for a career in film. More information can be found by visiting its award-winning Website, located at www.AFIonline.org. |
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