Alfonso Cuaron's 'Roma' will receive a special award.
Embracing both studio features and indie films, the American Film Institute on Tuesday announced its choices for the year’s 10 best films, and also unveiled its choices for the 10 best television programs.
The AFI Awards, which focus on American films which are deemed culturally significant, will go to BlacKkKlansman, Black Panther, Eighth Grade, If Beale Street Could Talk, The Favourite, 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.
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 Jan. 4.
The film 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 such artists as David Benioff, Joan Chen, Courtney B. Vance and Alfre Woodard; film historian Leonard Maltin and other authors and scholars; and film and TV critics from such outlets as the Los Angeles Times, NPR, Rolling Stone, TV Guide, Vanity Fair, Variety and The Washington Post.
