Barbenheimer is continuing into awards season. Both 鈥淏arbie鈥� and 鈥淥ppenheimer鈥� are among the 10 films that will receive an AFI Award in January, the American Film Institute said Thursday.
The organization is recognizing a wide swath of the year鈥檚 best films, with blockbusters, an animated film, indies and movies released by both streamers and traditional studios. Honorees include Martin Scorsese鈥檚 鈥淜illers of the Flower Moon,鈥� Alexander Payne鈥檚 鈥淭he Holdovers,鈥� Celine Song鈥檚 鈥淧ast Lives鈥� and Yorgos Lanthimos鈥� 鈥淧oor Things.鈥� The list also has two Netflix films: Todd Haynes鈥� 鈥淢ay December鈥� and Bradley Cooper鈥檚 鈥淢aestro,鈥� as well as Sony鈥檚 animated 鈥淪pider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse.鈥�
鈥淎s our nation and our world continue to navigate difficult times, AFI is honored to shine a proper light upon these works of art that lift us up and, ultimately, lead us to empathy,鈥� said Bob Gazzale, AFI president and CEO. 鈥淭hat we do so without competition is AFI鈥檚 hallmark, and we are proud to gather this community of artists together 鈥� as one 鈥� to celebrate their extraordinary contributions to our time.鈥�
AFI also gives honors to 10 television shows. They are: 鈥淎bbott Elementary鈥�; 鈥淭he Bear鈥�; 鈥淏eef鈥�; 鈥淛ury Duty鈥�; 鈥淭he Last of Us鈥�; 鈥淭he Morning Show鈥�; 鈥淥nly Murders in the Building鈥�; 鈥淧oker Face鈥�; 鈥淩eservation Dogs鈥�; and 鈥淪uccession.鈥�
Jurors included directors like Gina Prince-Bythewood, Paris Barclay, authors and film scholars Mark Harris and Leonard Maltin, as well as critics Ann Hornaday, Janet Maslin, Mary McNamara and Peter Travers.
Winners will be celebrated at a private luncheon in Los Angeles on Jan. 12.
Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press
