FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

                        American Film Institute's Web Site Expands

 

Los Angeles - The American Film Institute's website, AFI OnLine

<www.afionline.org>, has been re-launched with a new interface and a number

of new content areas, including material about the AFI's newly acquired

1912 film, RICHARD III, the oldest surviving American feature film.

 

The site also includes a wealth of information about the institute's

activities, including the AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival, the

AFI's many education programs, speakers series, the AFI Theater in

Washington, D.C., the MediaSense media events calendar listing over 450

international conferences and trade shows, and  a "live webcasting" unit

for events like the AFI Life Achievement Award.

 

AFI OnLine also hosts CineMedia, the Internet's largest film and media

directory, now linking to more than 8,000 sites worldwide.

 

Projects currently under development at AFI OnLine include the "live

streaming" of feature-length films over the Internet, interactive materials

based on the AFI's Life Achievement Award winners, including Alfred

Hitchcock and Gene Kelly, and a real-time "chat area" for budding

filmmakers to share ideas and experiences.

 

The American Film Institute is dedicated to advancing and preserving the

art of film, television and other forms of the moving image.  AFI's

programs promote innovation and excellence through teaching, presenting,

preserving and redefining the moving image.

 

Contact: Dan Harries, Director, Online Media

(213) 856-7630  [log in to unmask]

www.afionline.org

 

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