# @americanfilminstitute on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdcoOIkhG8Y
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70713007-americanfilminstitute-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-18T23:36:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** American Film Institute (@americanfilminstitute) — https://gondola.cc/americanfilminstitute

## Caption

What began as an AFI Conservatory short is now a feature film opening in theaters today! Congratulations to the eleven AFI Alumni who brought THE MUSICAL to the big screen:

🎥 Giselle Bonilla (AFI Class of 2023), Director
🎥 Alexander Heller (AFI Class of 2023), Screenwriter and Producer
🎥 Jordan Backhus (AFI Class of 2020), Producer
🎥 Findlay Brown (AFI Class of 2023), Producer
🎥 Jonathan Levine (AFI Class of 2004), Executive Producer
🎥 Tu Do (AFI Class of 2023), Cinematographer
🎥 Al-e McWhorter (AFI Class of 2023), Art Director
🎥 Devin Dulany (AFI Class of 2023), Editor
🎥 Gus Murray (AFI Class of 2023), Second Assistant Director
🎥 Kate McCarthy (AFI Class of 2024), Second Assistant Director
🎥 Roxanne Griffith (AFI Class of 2020), Unit Production Manager

Ready to be an AFI filmmaker? Applications to the AFI Conservatory are now open. Apply at AFI.edu.

#TheMusical #AFIConservatory #AFI

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