The 2022 Sundance Film Festival, which will take place January 20-30, 2022, announced its full lineup this week with both in-person screenings and virtual presentations. This year’s program features premieres by talented artists including Eva Longoria Bastón, Phyllis Nagy, Tig Notaro and W. Kamau Bell. Congratulations to the following AFI alumni whose work was selected from 14,849 submissions to showcase at the prestigious Park City festival this year.
U.S. Dramatic Competition
ALICE
Gregory Weimerskirch (AFI Class of 1994), Production Designer
Byron Smith (AFI Class of 2002), Editor
BLOOD
Guy Godfree (AFI Class of 2011), Additional Photography
EMERGENCY
Joenique Rose (AFI Class of 2016), Co-Producer
NANNY
Bill Benenson (AFI Class of 1975), Executive Producer
PALM TREES AND POWER LINES
Rhianon Jones (AFI Class of 2007), Executive Producer
Shi Min Yong (AFI Class of 2020), Art Director
WATCHER
Chloe Okuno (AFI Class of 2014), Director
Benjamin Kirk Nielsen (AFI Class of 2014), Cinematographer
Michael Block (AFI Class of 2014), Editor
U.S. Documentary Competition
NAVALNY
Diane Becker (AFI Class of 2006), Producer
JIHAD REHAB
Rhianon Jones (AFI Class of 2007), Executive Producer
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
THE COW WHO SANG A SONG INTO THE FUTURE
Rick Rosenthal (AFI Class of 1973), Executive Producer
World Cinema Documentary Competition
THE TERRITORY
Darren Aronofsky, (AFI Class of 1992), Producer
Premieres
AM I OK?
Kayla Emter (AFI Class of 2008), Editor
BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER
Guo Guo (AFI Class of 2020), Co-Producer
Summer Xinlei Yang (AFI Class of 2018), Co-Producer
CALL JANE
Leal Naim (AFI Class of 2016), Executive Producer
Thomas R. Burke (AFI Class of 2016), Executive Producer
EMILY THE CRIMINAL
John Patton Ford (AFI Class of 2009), Writer/Director
Jeff Bierman (AFI Class of 2009), Cinematographer
GOD’S COUNTRY
Julian Higgins (AFI Class of 2010), Writer/Director/Producer
Shaye Ogbonna (AFI Class of 2011), Writer
Halee Bernard (AFI Class of 2015), Producer
Andrew Wheeler (AFI Class of 2010), Cinematographer
Justin Laforge (AFI Class of 2010), Editor
TO THE END
Rick Rosenthal (AFI Class of 1973), Co-Executive Producer
Spotlight
NEPTUNE FROST
Anisha Acharya (AFI Class of 2014), Editor
Midnight
HATCHING
Linda Jildmalm (AFI Class of 2011), Editor
NEXT
A LOVE SONG
Affonso Gonçalves (AFI Class of 1993), Editor
FRAMING AGNES
Aubree Bernier-Clarke (AFI DWW Class of 2013), Cinematographer
Indie Episodic Program
MY TRIP TO SPAIN
Arlene Muller (AFI Class of 2015), Cinematographer
THE DARK HEART
Linda Jildmalm (AFI Class of 2011), Editor
Short Film Program
CHAMP
Nicholas Bupp (AFI Class of 2015), Cinematographer
HALLELUJAH
Victor Gabriel (AFI Class of 2020), Writer/Director
Duran Jones (AFI Class of 2021), Producer
Robert Hunter (AFI Class of 2020), Cinematographer
Camilla Bartoli (AFI Class of 2020), Editor
Esmé Jackson (AFI Class of 2020), Production Designer
HUELLA
Constanza Castro (AFI Class of 2015), Executive Producer
Frances Kroon (AFI Class of 2018), Cinematographer
SHORT TERM 12
Michelle Steffes (AFI DWW Class of 2006), Producer
Anniversary Short
TRAINING WHEELS
Arlene Muller (AFI Class of 2015), Cinematographer
WARSHA
Shadi Chaaban (AFI Class of 2015), Cinematographer
WE ARE HERE
Constanza Castro (AFI Class of 2015), Director/Producer
Salvador Pérez García (AFI Class of 2015), Editor
WHILE MORTALS SLEEP
Lidia Nikonova (AFI Class of 2017), Cinematographer
WORK
April Maxey (AFI DWW Class of 2022), Writer/Director
Steph Zenee Perez (AFI Class of 2015), Editor
YOU GO GIRL!
Selinda Zhou (AFI Class of 2018), Editor
YOU’VE NEVER BEEN COMPLETELY HONEST
Arlene Muller (AFI Class of 2015), Cinematographer
