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Emmy-winning “Abbott Elementary” creator and star Quinta Brunson will deliver the keynote address at the 2026 showcase for the American Film Institute’s Directing Workshop for Women (Dww+), TheWrap can exclusively reveal.

The event will take place Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Directors Guild of America theater complex in Los Angeles, where the AFI Dww+ graduating cohort will premiere their short films to an audience of agency and studio representatives and members of the creative community.

The presenting directors in the 2026 cohort are:

Ragini Bhasin with “Something Is Wrong With Her” Reena Dutt with “Comfort Food” Maja fernqvist with “Above the Sea” Melissa Fisher with “Inside These Walls” Ran Jing…

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