Her short Unmothered is available on HBOMax. She befriends Hassan, a kindred spirit with an inner struggle of his own, and against the backdrop of growing political crisis in Beirut, they embark on a mission to catch a rare bird the Nicobar. Walter Thompson-Hernndez (Writer/Director) with If I Go Will They Miss Me (U.S.A.): Twelve-year-old Lil Ant begins to see mysterious figureseerie men with their arms spread like wingsaround his home. She befriends Hassan, a kindred spirit with an inner struggle of his own, and against the backdrop of growing political crisis in Beirut, they embark on a mission to catch a rare bird the Nicobar. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Daniele Anastasion (Writer/Director) with The Scout (U.S.A): A recently widowed biologist is tasked with eradicating thousands of birds accused of spreading disease from a landfill. Her first short, (2014) won the Student Academy Award and the Israeli. This year at the Sundance Film Festival, FFP Lab-supported projects include Nanny, premiering in U.S. The Sundance Institute's artist programs provide dynamic support at every step of the creative journey for individuals with distinct voices in film, theatre, film composing, episodic storytelling, and emerging media. Over five days, our Advisors and Fellows will be immersed in story meetings, craft workshops, and conversations that will form a foundation of year-round support and the beginning of a creative community that will last throughout the full journey of bringing these films to worldwide audiences. The projects selected for the 2023 January Screenwriters Lab and the artists participating are: Joseph Sackett (Writer/Director) with Cross Pollination (U.S.A.): In this queer sci-fi rom-com, an alien arrives on Earth with one mission: to introduce his DNA into the human gene pool and propagate his species. (U.S.A.): Legendary Native Hawaiian big wave surfer, Eddie Aikau, breaks into the scene of global surf culture while facing colonization of the sport. Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy 2022 Sundance.org, Joseph Sackett, Sean Wang, Abinash Bikram Shah, Gabriela Ortega, Walter Thompson-Hernndez, Hadas Ayalon, Bernardo Cubria, John Hibey, Dania Bdeir, Bane Fakih, Rashad Frett, Lin Que Ayoung, Farida Zahran, Masami Kawai, Audrey Rosenberg, Keisha Witherspoon, Jason Fitzroy Jeffers, Shireen Alihaji, Spencer Cook, Parker Smith, Jesahel Newton-Bernal, Cynthia Lowen, Rebin Zangana, David Liu, Urvashi Pathania, Ciara Leina`Ala Lacy, Faye Ruiz, Today the nonprofit Sundance Institute announc. Joseph Sackett (Writer/Director) with Cross Pollination (U.S.A.): In this queer sci-fi rom-com, an alien arrives on Earth with one mission: to introduce his DNA into the human gene pool and propagate his species. As music unlocks memories, Amina discovers who she is. Her short film Heading South has won awards at the DGA Student Film Awards, Aspen, Palm Springs, Hamptons and Hong Kong International Film Festival. He is the co-creator of the immersive virtual play Carlas Quince (Drama League Nomination), and is currently working on a new Broadway musical. Native Lab participants will include Eva Grant (Degrees of Separation), Quinne Larsen (Trouble), Anpa'o Locke (Growing Pains), Jana Schmieding (Auntie Chuck) and Cian Elyse White (Te Puhi'). Audrey Rosenberg (Writer/Director) with Wild Animals (U.S.A.): After a fatal mistake makes her the pariah of her insular and devout 19th century farming community, Frances becomes consumed with hunting down a mythic beast, at the cost of her familys reputation and safety. Other. Rashad Frett is an award-winning Caribbean American filmmaker who pursued a masters degree from NYU Grad Film after experiencing 9/11 as a U.S. Army combat medic. Her debut short film, at BlackStar, Sundance Film Festival, AFI and others, and won the 2020 Golden Bear for, Best Short Film at Berlinale. 2023 Development Track FAQ - Sundance Institute Join Sundance Institute on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. We're thrilled to announce the 11 screenwriters selected to participate in Sundance Institute's ninth annual Screenwriters Intensive, taking place digitally on March 4-5, 2021. His short film If I Go Will They Miss Me won the 2022 Sundance U.S. Fiction Short Film award, and hes currently in post-production on his first feature. won the 2022 Sundance U.S. Fiction Short Film award. is a Lebanese director with an MFA in film from NYU Tisch. Audrey Rosenberg is an award-winning writer/director. Lin Que Ayoung is an award-winning writer/director/producer and graduate of NYU Grad Film. Bernardo Cubra (Co-writer), John Hibey (Co-writer), & Joshua Penn Soskin (Co-writer, not attending) with Kill Yr Idols (U.S.A.): In the Rio Grande Valley, just north of the Mexico/US border, the friendship of two teenage boys is tested as they embark on a whirlwind punk rock odyssey to escape their realities and seize their dreams. Revise the script again. Grants & Opportunities - Sundance Collab PARK CITY, UTAH, January 13, 2023 Today the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the 12 projects invited to the 2023 Screenwriters Lab and the 10 projects selected for the Screenwriters Intensive, including filmmakers from the U.S.A. and internationally from the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and Nepal. The Screenwriters Intensive allows us to extend the breadth of our support to a wider group of emerging independent artists, and were thrilled to include such an extensive range of stories, genres, and essential voices in the cohort, added McKimmie. Parker Smith is a filmmaker based in Austin, Texas, originally from Louisville, Kentucky. Walter Thompson-Hernndez is a Los Angeles-born and raised filmmaker. Cynthia Lowen is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and writer. Founded in 1981 by Robert Redford, the Institutes signature Labs, granting, and mentorship programs, dedicated to developing new work, take place throughout the year in the U.S. and internationally. Newton-Bernal strives to use film as a means of collaborative social change, to enrich our understanding of the world and our role in it. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was executive produced by Spike Lee, Spike Jonze, Riz Ahmed, and Alma Harel. The Sundance Institute on Thursday announced the fellows set for the 2023 edition of their Directors, Screenwriters and Native Labs. Sundance Institute unveils 2023 Directors, Screenwriters, and Native For many years he was caretaker for Spencer Cook. His latest short film, H.A.G.S (Have A Good Summer), was acquired by the New York Times Op-Docs. His films, have won many awards, including a Special Jury Mention at Cannes in 2022 for his, . Get rejected from the Sundance Screenwriters Lab. Douglas was an Advisor to over 200 writers in his twenty years participating in the Lab. She participated in theGotham Project Market and Film Independents FastTrack. They find forgotten memories, love, and connection through this seemingly obsolete object. Her feature screenplay Keep It Together was shortlisted for the 2019 Tribeca All Access program. His short Crabs in a Barrel is an HBO Latinx Short Film Competition winner. Her films have screened at festivals including Sundance and Berlinale. His first short, Act ofGod, has won many awards, including Best U.S. Short at the Palm Springs ShortsFestand an Audience Award at SXSW 2022. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". Joshua Penn Soskin is an award-winning director, writer and photographer. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Recipient of the Sundance Institute Comedy Fellowship. (U.S.A.): A body-positivity influencer enters a desperate bid to save her self-loathing sister when the latter becomes a test subject for their aunts plastic surgery and skin-lightening racket. All of their work has the power to impact audiences through their unique voices, personal perspectives and exciting and unheard stories, said Satter in a press release. Meet the 2022 Fellows in the Native, Directors, and Screenwriters Labs Rockwell) and. Abinash Bikram Shah is an award-winning writer/director based in Nepal. Lauren was a 2017 and 2018 Sundance Lab Finalist, . Shireen Alihaji is a First Gen, Ecuadorian-Iranian, Muslim, and disabled filmmaker. Sundance Institute Names 2023 Screenwriters Lab and Screenwriters Sundance Institute Sets Fellows For 2022 Screenwriters Lab (U.S.A.): In this queer sci-fi rom-com, an alien arrives on Earth with one mission: to introduce his DNA into the human gene pool and propagate his species. After failing to recruit her friends to join her crusade, she catches a lucky break when she learns her rival isnt exactly who she says she is. Save Your Soul. While we, By Stephanie Ornelas Raw, truthful, collaborative. These were the three words writer-director Vuk Lungulov-Klotz uses to describe the labs at Sundance Institute. Marja Bl Nango (Co-writer/Director) and Ingir Bl Nango (Co-writer) with I Love My Guooheaddji / I Love My Reindeerherder (Norway, Sweden): A closeted gay Smi boy navigates a secret boyfriend, a local criminal plot, and family drama as he tries to achieve his dream of living as a reindeer herder with his own herding license. When Lungulov-Klotz applied, The heart of Sundance Institutes work begins with our labs each spring/summer and continues year-round with the nurturing of diverse, dynamic voices. Top LR: Joseph Sackett, Sean Wang, Abinash Bikram Shah, Gabriela Ortega, Walter Thompson-Hernndez, Hadas Ayalon, Bernardo Cubria, 2nd Row LR: John Hibey, Dania Bdeir, Bane Fakih, Rashad Frett, Lin Que Ayoung, Farida Zahran, Masami Kawai, 3rd Row LR: Audrey Rosenberg, Keisha Witherspoon, Jason Fitzroy Jeffers, Shireen Alihaji, Spencer Cook, Parker Smith, Jesahel Newton-Bernal, Bottom LR: Cynthia Lowen, Rebin Zangana, David Liu, Urvashi Pathania, Ciara Leina`Ala Lacy, Faye Ruiz. Omar Mullick directed the feature non-fiction film These Birds Walk, which was theatrically distributed by Oscilloscope. Recipient of the Sundance Institute Comedy Fellowship. She participated in the, Gotham Project Market and Film Independents FastTrack. Her short film, Beast, premiered at the Tribeca FilmFestival and screened in select theaters nationally before Jordan Peeles Nope. (U.S.A.): Haunted by a supernatural force, a Kurdish American man struggles to start a new life with his American fiancee while dealing with the reappearance of his estranged father. Legendary Native Hawaiian big wave surfer, Eddie Aikau, breaks into the scene of global surf culture while facing colonization of the sport. Recipient of the Sundance Institute Horror Fellowship, supported by K Period Media Fund Foundation. Bernardo Cubra (Co-writer), John Hibey (Co-writer), & Joshua Penn Soskin (Co-writer, not attending) with Kill Yr Idols (U.S.A.): In the Rio Grande Valley, just north of the Mexico/US border, the friendship of two teenage boys is tested as they embark on a whirlwind punk rock odyssey to escape their realities and seize their dreams. He has written films that have premiered in Berlinale and Venice and were Nepals official entry for the Academy Awards. One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival is having a front-row seat for the bright future of independent filmmaking. Marja Bl Nango is a film director, screenwriter and producer. Get rejected from the Sundance Screenwriters Lab with a new script (this one) Revise the script, submit it again. Sean Wang is a filmmaker from Fremont, CA. Zandash Brown (Writer/Director) with The Matriarch (U.S.A.): When the death of an estranged matriarch summons a fractured family back to their hometown in rural Louisiana, a forlorn teen attempts to forge a relationship with her departed grandmother through ancestral veneration and unlocks instead a deceptive world of spirits, secrecy, and hysteria. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. K Period Media; SAGindie; Rosalie Swedlin and Robert Cort; Deborah Reinisch and Michael Theodore Fund; Octavia Spencer; Scott and Jennifer Frank. Spencer Cook is a writer, director, and lifelong wheelchair user. Bane Fakih is a Lebanese filmmaker whose shorts Assil and Jad and Vibes screened at Palm Springs ShortsFest and Outfest. Hadas Ayalon (Writer/Director) with In a Minute Youll Be Gone (Israel): A middle-aged lesbian couple are struggling with the death of their son when an unexpected letter from a sperm bank puts their relationship to the test, forcing them to confront their loss and their identity as mothers. She is a Sundance Interdisciplinary Program and Academy of Motion Pictures fellow, and is one of Filmmaker Magazines 25 New Faces of Independent Film. By Stephanie Ornelas "Raw, truthful, collaborative." These were the three words writer-director Vuk Lungulov-Klotz uses to describe the labs at Sundance Institute. In this queer sci-fi rom-com, an alien arrives on Earth with one mission: to introduce his DNA into the human gene pool and propagate his species. He is a 2020 Sundance Ignite Fellow,2021 SFFILM Rainin Grantee, and 2022 Sundance Institute & Asian AmericanFoundation Fellow. 8 Filmmakers You Probably Didn't Know Came through the Sundance Labs Recipient of the Sundance Institute Horror Fellowship, supported by the K Period Media Foundation Fund. As barriers to her career overwhelm her, Mileva battles mental illness and her own exclusion from history. But he encounters unexpectedand very humancomplications when he falls in love with the man who knocks him up. Rockwell (. is an award-winning Caribbean American filmmaker who pursued a masters degree from NYU Grad Film after experiencing 9/11 as a U.S. Army combat medic. (U.S.A.): Eighteen-year-old Almas purposeful and happy life is disrupted when she must cope with the shock of intrafamily sexual abuse. is a multi-disciplinary artist from the Dominican Republic. Parker Smith is a filmmaker based in Austin, Texas, originally from Louisville, Kentucky. A 60-something woman has her life turned upside down when her polygamous husband, who had been happily ensconced with his second wife, unexpectedly expresses a renewed interest in their stale relationship. Park City, UT The Sundance Institute announced today 16 writers invited to develop 12 original projects at the 2022 Screenwriters Lab, which will be hosted online from January 15-18. Each program consists of labs, grants, intensives, sessions, and ongoing resources for artists to nurture their projects and . He iscurrently in the writers room for Acapulco on Apple TV+. ed the 12 projects invited to the 2023 Screenwriters Lab and the 10 projects selected for the Screenwriters Intensive, including filmmakers from the U.S.A. and internationally from the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and Nepal. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. Currently, Hadi is an adjunct professor at NYUs Graduate Film Program. Recipient of the Sundance Institute Comedy Fellowship. The Fellows were selected from 3,200 submissions to further develop their scripts with the guidance of accomplished advisors, some of whom are alumni of the Screenwriters Lab themselves. Fremont, CA. Cubria is the co-writer of Kill YrIdols, with Carlos Lpez Estrada attached to direct, and the writer of Like It Used ToBe, with Gina Rodriguez to direct and star. Hes a recipient of a DGA Student Film Award, a Spike Lee Production Grant, the Cary Fukunaga Production Grant, and Ryan Murphys HALF Initiative. (U.S.A.): When their federal funding is cut, a disabled man and his roommate/caregiver become small-time con artists to survive, extorting small businesses for minor ADA violations. The projects selected for the 2023 January Screenwriters Lab and the artists participating are. Her third novel, Weird Girl and Whats His Name, was named one of Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Books of 2015. Othersupporters include Tribeca, Nia Tero, Princess Grace Foundation, NACF, PIC, ITVS,MacArthur, and Firelight. Estrada) and is in pre-production on his feature directorial debut. Lab fellows will develop their projects in-person at the Sundance Mountain Resort from January 14-18 with the support of Artistic Director Jessie Nelson. He is currently working with director Carlos Lpez Estrada on Kill Yr Idols, and is developing a project for Warner Brothers withdirector Alfonso Gomez Rejon. She is co-founder of Third Horizon Film Festival, and a, is a filmmaker from Barbados who has produced award-winning, Sundance Film Festival, TIFF, BlackStar, and Berlinale. and hes currently in post-production on his first feature. In the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family cant teach him: how to skate, how to flirt and how to love your mom. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. Faye Ruiz (Writer/Director) with Wishes Sink in Man-Made Lakes (U.S.A.): Two trans teens secretly living in the attic of a cheap-seat movie theater spend an endless summer trying anything and everything to start hormone replacement therapy. (Screenwriters Lab only) Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Olive Nwosu is a BAFTA-Pigott Scholar, Alex Sichel Fellow at Columbia University, an 'African Promises' director selected by the Institut Franais, and a 2022 Sundance Screenwriting Fellow. Her work drawscultural bridges that lead to the Caribbean through intersectionality, duality andancestral memory. David Miranda Hardy is a Chilean filmmaker living in Vermont. He writes horror and comedy featuring immigrant leads. Her films have screened at, various venues, including the Rotterdam Film Festival, LACMA, and Palm Springs. Masami Kawai is a Los Angeles-born filmmaker of Ryukyuan descent. His first feature, Homebody, won the Emerging Talent Award at Outfest and is available to stream on Fandor. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. It does not store any personal data. Recipient of the Sundance Institute Comedy Fellowship. Sundance Institute Announces 2022 January Screenwriters Lab Fellows Joseph Sackett received his MFA in Directing from NYU Tisch Graduate Film. Rashad Frett is an award-winning Caribbean American filmmaker who pursued a masters degree from NYU Grad Film after experiencing 9/11 as a U.S. Army combat medic. Their short film Skin received a Special Jury Mention at Outfest(2019). Masami Kawai (Writer/Director) with Valley of the Tall Grass (U.S.A.): A discarded TV/VCR combo set circulates through the lives of various working-class indigenous characters of color in an Oregon town. Most recently, she wroteon the acclaimed television series Ramy (A24 & Hulu). Pirati, the matriarch of this makeshift family, has her plans to embark on an independent life suddenly derailed when one of her daughters goes missing. In her directorial debut, You Resemble Me, cultural and intergenerational trauma erupt in this story about two sisters on the outskirts of Paris. Abinash Bikram Shah is an award-winning writer/director based in Nepal. Lowen is also winner of the National Poetry Series for her collection The Cloud That Contained the Lightning about the making of the atomic bomb. Farida Zahran is an Egyptian writer/director based in Brooklyn. Douglas was an Advisor to over 200 writers in his twenty years participating in the Lab. Spencer Cook is a writer, director, and lifelong wheelchair user. (U.S.A.): In the Rio Grande Valley, just north of the Mexico/US border, the friendship of two teenage boys is tested as they embark on a whirlwind punk rock odyssey to escape their realities and seize their dreams.

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