American Film Institute Awards

Unlike other accolades about the art form, the AFI Awards acknowledge the film and television productions deemed culturally and artistically representative of the year's most significant achievements in the art of the moving image in American cinema.

[citation needed] Media that does not fit the AFI's conventional eligibility criteria for the main categories, such as non-American productions as well as other types of media, are given recognition through the AFI Special Award.

The nominations were announced on December 17, 2001, and the ceremony was broadcast on January 5, 2002, on CBS.

[18][19] The AFI Special Award was given to Mad Men, which for "its contributions to America's cultural legacy".

[28] The 2020 AFI Awards were announced on January 25, 2021, and the selections were honored in a virtual event on February 26, 2021.

The ceremony was scheduled to be held on January 7, 2022, but was postponed to March 11, 2022, due to COVID-19.

There have only been six (both partially and wholly) non-English-language films to be officially listed at the AFIAs.

There have only been two (both partially and wholly) non-English-language television programs to be officially listed at the AFIAs.