The American Film Institute named James Cameron's pioneering work on AVATAR and 2009's "extraordinary crop of animated releases" among eight of its annual Moments Of Significance, SCREEN DAILY [1] reports.
Each selection had to include "accomplishments of considerable merit; influences with either a positive or negative impression; trends, either new or re-emerging; anniversaries or memorials of special note; and/or movements in new technologies, education, preservation, government or other areas that impact the art film, television and digital media."
AFI's other Moments Of Significance for 2009 include: Twitter, The Leno Experiment And The Loss Of Drama, Reality TV And The Loss Of Boundaries, The End Of Analogue And Other Signs Of Sea Change, This Is It - Death Of Michael Jackson, and Recession – The Movies Again Prove A Tonic For Economic Ails.
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[1] http://www.screendaily.com/news/corporate/afi-hails-bumper-year-for-animation-avatar-and-recession-proof-film-going/5009314.article