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AFI FRIDAY UPDATE
The Sundance Film Festival announced the eight curated Short Film Programs for the 2026 festival, including several projects by AFI Conservatory Alumni. Learn more about the 36 AFI Alumni and their 18 feature, short and episodic projects that will be showcased next month.
Ten finalists have been selected for the 2025 Sloan Student Prizes from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s nationwide film program, including Second-Year AFI Screenwriting Fellow Quinn Spicker. Winners will be honored at an awards ceremony at the Museum of the Moving Image in early 2026.
Maxwell Kagan (AFI Class of 2025) has been named Manager of Production at Gammatime, the new L.A.-based microdrama streaming platform from former Miramax CEO and founder of Artisan Entertainment, Bill Block.
The Hollywood Reporter sat down with the creative forces behind some of television’s biggest shows at its inaugural Directors in Focus event, including director and former DGA president Lesli Linka Glatter (AFI DWW+ Class of 1982). Glatter discussed the ongoing sale of Warner Bros. Discovery and shared her concerns about the “shrinking of jobs” across the industry.
Lesli Linka Glatter serves as director and executive producer of the first episode of IMPERFECT WOMEN, the psychological thriller series starring and executive produced by Elisabeth Moss and Kerry Washington. Apple TV has unveiled a first look at the series.
The nominees for the USC Scripter Award have been revealed, including TV Adaptation Finalists Scott Frank (AFI Class of 1984) and Chandni Lakhani for the untitled first episode of Netflix’s DEPT. Q. Winners will be announced at the 38th annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards on February 22.
The indie thriller WIDOW has locked its cast and is now in production in North Carolina. The film was co-written by Joshua Malkin (AFI Class of 1995) and director Don Handfield.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed its shortlists across 12 categories, highlighting a competitive lineup that includes the work of AFI Alumni.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
-Michael Bauman (AFI Class of 1992), Cinematographer
SINNERS
-Autumn C. Durald (AFI Class of 2009), Cinematographer
SONG SUNG BLUE
-Amy Vincent ASC (AFI Class of 1991), Cinematographer
DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
ALL THE EMPTY ROOMS
-Kim Magnusson (AFI Class of 1991), Executive Producer
-Eric Nichols (AFI Class of 2013), Executive Producer
CHASING TIME
-Jerry Aronson (AFI Class of 1981), Consulting Producer
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
JANE AUSTEN’S PERIOD DRAMA
-Luca Del Puppo (AFI Class of 2011), Cinematographer
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT
-Berenice Chavez (AFI Class of 2016), Editor
HOLDING LIAT
-Darren Aronofsky (AFI Class of 1992), Producer
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
NO OTHER CHOICE
Ryu Seong-hie (AFI Class of 1998), Production Designer
THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB
-James Wilson (AFI Class of 1991), Producer