Between premieres, press junkets and parties, the festival can be an exhausting experience. Charlize Theron made the smart choice as she wore a pair of flats to the AFI FEST 2009 screening of The Road in Hollywood last night (November 4).

Joined by beau Stuart Townsend and co-star Viggo Mortensen, the Oscar-winning actress looked pretty in platinum as she hit the red carpet for the debut of her upcoming post-apocalyptic tale of a man and his son trying to survive by any means possible.