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Awards presented by the American Film Institute

The American Film Institute Awards (also known as the AFI Awards) are awards presented by the American Film Institute to recognize the top ten films and television programs of the year. 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.^[1]

2000

The 2000 AFI Awards honored the Top 10 Films of the year.^[2]

Top 10 Films

2001

The 2001 AFI Awards honored the best in film and television of the year.

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