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What to Watch: AFI Alumni Projects | May 2026

Looking for a new film or TV series to watch? Check out these projects by Alumni from the AFI Conservatory film school.

BROTHERS BROKEN

-Leslie Bates (AFI Class of 2002), Producer

Where to Watch: Available to buy or rent

ONE SPOON OF CHOCOLATE

-Brandon Cox (AFI Class of 2004), Cinematographer

Where to Watch: In theaters May 1

ANIMAL FARM

-Dave Rosenbaum (AFI Class of 2000), Producer

Where to Watch: In theaters May 1

CASA GRANDE

-Juan Pablo Arias Muñoz (AFI Class of 2019), Director

Where to Watch: In theaters May 1

ASAD

-Khaled Diab (AFI Class of 2013), Co-writer

Where to Watch: In theaters May 2

M.I.A 

-John Dahl (AFI Class of 1982), Director

-Chris Manley (AFI Class of 1994), Cinematographer

Where to Watch: May 7 on Peacock

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES

-Jon Avnet (AFI Class of 1972), Director

Where to Watch: May 10 at AMC theaters

THE OLD STORIES: MOSES

-Arielle Ness-Cohn (AFI Class of 2016), Production Designer

Where to Watch: streaming on Prime May 14

SLEEPING DOG

-Michael Lazovsky (AFI Class of 2021), Director

-Rebecca Baruch (AFI Class of 2021), Producer

-Michael Lazovsky (AFI Class 2021), Producer

-Joseph King (AFI Class of 2021), Executive Producer

-Steven Jared Mangurten (AFI Class of 2021), Cinematographer

Where to Watch: In theaters May 15

MAGIC HOUR

-Arielle Ness-Cohn (AFI Class of 2016), Production Designer

Where to Watch: In theaters May 15

DUTTON RANCH

-Chad C. Feehan (AFI Class of 2004), Creator, Executive Producer, Showrunner

-Jacob Forman (AFI Class of 2004) Supervising Producer, Writer

-Hayley Tibbenham (AFI Class of 2022), Writer

Where to Watch: Streaming May 15 on Paramount+

FORGE

-Jing Ai Ng (AFI Class of 2019), Director/Writer/Producer

-Gabrielle Cordero (AFI Class of 2019), Producer

-Leo Purman (AFI Class of 2019), Cinematographer

-Liz Daering-Glass (AFI Class of 2019), Producer

-Briana Chmielewski (AFI Class of 2019), Editor

-Arielle Paula Ness-Cohn (AFI Class of 2016), Production Designer

Where to Watch: In theaters May 15

PASSENGER

-Martin Bernfeld (AFI Class of 2008), Editor

Where to Watch: In theaters May 22

CORPORATE RETREAT

-Josh Fisher (AFI Class of 2016), Cinematographer

-Praveen Elankumaran (AFI Class of 2022), A Camera Operator

-William Christensen (AFI Class of 2016), Steadicam/B Camera Operator

Where to Watch: In theaters May 22

THE SALT PATH 

-Thorsten Schumacher (AFI Class of 2001), Executive Producer

Where to Watch: In theaters May 22

MAGIC HOUR

-Arielle Ness-Cohn (AFI Class of 2016), Production Designer

Where to Watch: In theaters May 23

FORGE

-Arielle Ness-Cohn (AFI Class of 2016), Production Designer

-Jing Ai Ng (AFI Class of 2019), Director/Writer

-Leo Purman (AFI Class of 2019), DP

-Elizabeth Glass (AFI Class of 2019), Producer

-Gabrielle Cordero (AFI Class of 2019), Producer

-Briana Chmielewski (AFI Class of 2019), Editor

Where to Watch: In theaters May 24

BAD THOUGHTS, Season 2

-Varun Viswanath (AFI Class of 2012), Editor

Where to Watch: May 24 on Netflix

SPIDER-NOIR

-Gala Goliani (AFI Class of 2013), Associate Producer

-Peter Deming (AFI Class of 1980), Cinematographer

-Tirsa Hackshaw (AFI Class of 1994), Editor

Where to Watch: May 27 on Prime

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