AFI Conservatory Alumni are once again in the spotlight, with their remarkable projects featured at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival, running January 22\u2013February 1, 2026, in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. This year\u2019s slate of features, episodics, and short films highlights the extraordinary creativity and artistry that define the AFI Alumni community and the Conservatory\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n
Explore the full list of Alumni projects featured at Sundance 2026, and stay tuned as we celebrate their achievements when festival awards are announced!<\/p>\n
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U.S. Dramatic Competition<\/p>\n
BEDFORD PARK<\/p>\n
-Bryan Hwang (AFI Class of 2013), Executive Producer<\/p>\n
-\u200b\u200bJaviera Varas (AFI Class of 2006), Production Designer<\/p>\n
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JOSEPHINE<\/p>\n
-Joshua Beirne-Golden (AFI Class of 2011), Producer<\/p>\n
-Marina Stabile (AFI Class of 2009), Producer<\/p>\n
-Anisha Acharya (AFI Class of 2014), Editor<\/p>\n
-Oliver Harwood (AFI Class of 2013), Editor<\/p>\n
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TAKE ME HOME<\/p>\n
-Farhad Ahmed Dehlvi (AFI Class of 2014), Cinematographer<\/p>\n
-Stefan Weinberger (AFI Class of 2012), Cinematographer<\/p>\n
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THE MUSICAL<\/p>\n
-Giselle Bonilla (AFI Class of 2023), Director<\/p>\n
-Alexander Heller (AFI Class of 2023), Screenwriter and Producer<\/p>\n
-Jordan Backhus (AFI Class of 2020), Producer<\/p>\n
-Findlay Brown (AFI Class of 2023), Producer<\/p>\n
-Jonathan Levine (AFI Class of 2004), Executive Producer<\/p>\n
-Tu Do (AFI Class of 2023), Cinematographer<\/p>\n
-Al-e McWhorter (AFI Class of 2023), Art Director<\/p>\n
-Devin Dulany (AFI Class of 2023), Editor<\/p>\n
-Gus Murray (AFI Class of 2023), 2nd AD<\/p>\n
-Kate McCarthy (AFI Class of 2024), 2nd 2nd AD<\/p>\n
-Roxanne Griffith (AFI Class of 2020), UPM<\/p>\n
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World Cinema Dramatic Competition<\/p>\n
BIG GIRLS DON\u2019T CRY<\/p>\n
-Maria Ines Manchego (AFI Class of 1016), Cinematographer<\/p>\n
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World Cinema Documentary Competition<\/p>\n
IF I GO WILL THEY MISS ME\u00a0<\/p>\n
-Saba Zerehi (AFI Class of 2014), Producer<\/p>\n
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NIGHT NURSE<\/p>\n
-Lidia Nikonova (AFI Class 2017), Cinematographer<\/p>\n
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Premieres<\/p>\n
THE AI DOC: OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST<\/p>\n
-Diane Becker (AFI Class of 2006), Producer<\/p>\n
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I WANT YOUR SEX<\/p>\n
-Seth Caplan (AFI Class of 2005), Producer<\/p>\n
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QUEEN OF CHESS<\/p>\n
-Imre Juh\u00e1sz (AFI Class of 2000), Cinematographer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AFI Conservatory Alumni are once again in the spotlight, with their remarkable projects featured at the prestigious Sundance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9087,105049,9086,437,146,878,9088,85,46,9090,9089],"class_list":["post-179828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-afi","tag-afi-alumni-projects-featured-at-the-2026-sundance-film-festival","tag-american-film-institute","tag-arts","tag-entertainment","tag-film","tag-film-school","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-nonprofit","tag-top-100-lists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}