AFI Conservatory

AFI Conservatory This two-year Master of Fine Arts program provides training in six filmmaking disciplines: Cinematogr

At the AFI Conservatory, a dedicated group of working professionals from the film and television communities serve as mentors in a hands-on, production-based environment nurturing the talents of tomorrow's storytellers. With an emphasis on narrative visual storytelling and personal expression, each class breaks into teams that mirror a real production environment. Those teams collaborate on and produce more films than any other graduate level film program.

🎬 This weekend, eight AFI Conservatory graduates from the Class of 2026 are taking part in the AFI Conservatory’s annual...
09/05/2026

🎬 This weekend, eight AFI Conservatory graduates from the Class of 2026 are taking part in the AFI Conservatory’s annual FilmLab at the Telluride Film Festival, a program featuring screenings and conversations with master filmmakers and artists.

Learning opportunities like this are part of what makes the AFI Conservatory experience so unique.

Want to be part of the next generation of filmmakers? Apply to the AFI Conservatory today at AFI.edu.

09/04/2026

🎬✨ Applications to the AFI Conservatory are officially OPEN! Join a community of storytellers at one of the world’s top film schools and take the next step in your filmmaking career. Apply now at AFI.edu.

08/26/2026
08/25/2026

Creators belong at the center of filmmaking’s future.

Kathleen Kennedy, Chair of the AFI Board of Trustees, Susan Ruskin, AFI Dean and Executive Vice President, and Mira Lane, Vice President, Technology & Society at Google, led the AFI AI Summit: Creators at the Center, bringing together 120 leaders from entertainment, technology, labor, government, studios, streamers and higher education.

Through facilitated working sessions, participants sought to establish a shared vocabulary and help ensure emerging technology remains in service of intentional, artist-controlled creative decisions.

Read more: https://www.afi.com/news/ai-summit-creators-at-the-center/

Pictured from left: Mira Lane, Kathleen Kennedy and Susan Ruskin.

08/12/2026

🎥 Meet the next generation of cinematographers! The Class of 2026 Cinematography Fellows’ Visual Essays are now streaming. Watch the trailer, then explore their work at 👉 Conservatory.AFI.com/cinematography-spotlight/.

Inspired to create your own? Applications for the AFI Conservatory open September 4. Learn more about applying at AFI.edu.

08/11/2026
🎥⭐️Celebrating two extraordinary storytellers. Congratulations to Guillermo del Toro and Aaron Sorkin on receiving Honor...
08/07/2026

🎥⭐️Celebrating two extraordinary storytellers. Congratulations to Guillermo del Toro and Aaron Sorkin on receiving Honorary Doctorates at today’s AFI Conservatory Commencement.

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