American Film Institute (AFI) Announces 2027 Date for AFI AWARDS Honorees-Only Event
The American Film Institute (AFI) announced today that the AFI AWARDS 2026 honorees-only event will take place on Friday, January 8, 2027, at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills.
Submissions and deadlines will be announced in the coming weeks. The honorees will be announced in December 2026.
Earlier this year, the AFI AWARDS celebrated the top achievements in film and television for 2025, including Best Picture Oscar winner One Battle After Another as well as series Emmy winners The Pit, The Studio and Adolescence. AFI AWARDS selections are made through a jury process in which AFI Trustees, artists, critics and scholars determine the year’s most outstanding achievements and provide artistic and cultural context for the selection of each honoree.
AFI Top 10 Motion Pictures of the Year for 2025
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Jay Kelly
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
Wicked: For Good
AFI Special Award
It Was Just an Accident
AFI Top 10 Television Programs of the Year for 2025
Adolescence
Andor
Death by Lightning
The Diplomat
The Lowdown
The Pitt
Pluribus
Severance
The Studio
Task
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