AFI reveals 2018 film, TV award winners

Embracing both studio features and indie ¿lms, the American Film Institute announced its choices for the year’s 10 best ¿lms, and also unveiled its choices for the 10 best television programs.

The AFI Awards, which focus on American ¿lms which are deemed culturally signi¿cant, will go to ‘Blackkklansman’, ‘Black Panther’, ‘Eighth Grade’, ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’, ‘The Favorite’, ‘First Reformed’, ‘Green Book’, ‘Mary Poppins Returns’, ‘A Quiet Place’ and ‘A Star Is Born’.

Because it falls outside the group’s criteria, the AFI decided to recognize Alfonso Cuaron’s Mexican-made ‘Roma’ with a special award, Hollywood Reporter wrote.

On the television side, this year’s AFI Awards will go to ‘The Americans’, ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace’, ‘American Crime Story’, ‘Atlanta’, ‘Barry’, ‘Better Call Saul’, ‘The Kominsky Method’, ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’, ‘Pose’, ‘Succession’ and ‘This Is Us’.

Selected by two juries, the honorees will be recognized at the AFI Awards luncheon on January 4.

The ¿lm jury was overseen by AFI board of trustees vice chair Tom Pollock, while the TV jury was headed up by board of trustees vice chair Richard Frank. The juries featured artists such as David Benioff, Joan Chen, Courtney B. Vance and Alfre Woodard; ¿lm historian Leonard Maltin as well as other authors and scholars.