She is an Assistant Professor of Filmmaking at the University of Oregon. Her short film, Festival and screened in select theaters nationally before Jordan Peeles. Dramatic Competition, and The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future and Dos Estaciones, both premiering in World Dramatic Competition. , with Gina Rodriguez to direct and star. His short Crabs in a Barrel is an HBO Latinx Short Film Competition winner. Estrada) and is in pre-production on his feature directorial debut. He has written films that have premiered in Berlinale and Venice andwere Nepals official entry for the Academy Awards. He is also co-founder of Third. She is the inaugural Sundance Merata Mita Fellow. Before transitioning to film, Walter worked as a journalist for The New York Times. John Hibey co-wrote and produced the two-time Sundance award-winning film FishingWithout Nets (short and feature versions.) 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. is a Los Angeles-born and raised filmmaker. Her short film, Beast, premiered at the Tribeca FilmFestival and screened in select theaters nationally before Jordan Peeles Nope. Rockwell) and. 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. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Set in sprawling 1970s Hawaii, this is the story of how the Aikau name became synonymous with groundbreaking big wave surfing, the Hokulea, and the reclamation of the most revered sport in Hawaiian history. Her latest short, (Criterion Channel) won the Jury Prize for Best International Fiction Short at the. The Scout is her first narrative feature. This relationship was the basis for their2022 SXSW Audience Award-winning short, Act of God. Recipient of the Sloan Development Fellowship. Her debut short film T screened at BlackStar, Sundance Film Festival, AFI and others, and won the 2020 Golden Bear for Best Short Film at Berlinale. (U.S.A. / Switzerland): Light Mass Energy is the story of Mileva Mari Einstein, who confronted rampant discrimination to become one of the first women in physics and an essential contributor to the theory of relativity. Ciara Leinaali Lacy (Writer) with Untitled Eddie Aikau Biopic (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. As a champion and curator of independent stories, the nonprofit Sundance Institute provides and preserves the space for artists across storytelling media to create and thrive. Set in sprawling 1970s Hawaii, this is the story of how the Aikau name became synonymous with groundbreaking big wave surfing, the Hokulea, and the reclamation of the most revered sport in Hawaiian history. (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. is a Mexican award-winning screenwriter and playwright. (Dominican Republic / U.S.A.): Following the death of her familys matriarch in the Dominican Republic, a disenchanted flamenco dancer living in New York City must rid herself from her ancestors curses to pave her own future. The Lab will be dedicated to the memory of Sundances generous Creative Advisor Douglas McGrath who passed away several months ago. Here was my step-by-step approach to getting selected for the lab: Get rejected from the Sundance Screenwriters Lab. Her, intersections inspire her to create space through film technologies. Her latest short, The Tongues, won best international short film at the 2020 Palm Springs Shortfest. 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. is a director, screenwriter and film editor living in Tel Aviv. When his father, Big Ant, realizes his son sees these airplane people too, their family history emerges and reveals deeper meaning and connection between them. After discovering he hid a sexual misconduct complaint brought by a student, Mara develops a secret relationship with his accuser, jeopardizing her family and the opportunity to restart her career. Her feature screenplay. Were looking forward to kicking off a new year of the Screenwriters Lab, supporting the bold visions of a stellar group of storytellers. Rashad Frett (Co-writer/Director) & Lin Que Ayoung (Co-writer) with Ricky U.S.A.): Newly released after being locked up in his teens, 30-year-old Ricky navigates the challenging realities of life post-incarceration, and the complexity of gaining independence for the first time as an adult. Yuan Yuan (Writer/Director) with Late Spring (U.S.A.,China): A Chinese factory worker travels to New York for her daughters eagerly anticipated college graduation, only to be thrust into a desperate search in unfamiliar territory when she learns the girl is missing. was shortlisted for the 2019 Tribeca All Access program. Nwosu's work is informed by the intersectional nature of her life across multiple continents and . Applications for the 2023 Screenwriters Lab and Screenwriters Intensive will be available online between April 14, 2022, through May 12, 2022, and can be accessed at apply.sundance.org. My feature script GUN FUN was second-rounded for the SUNDANCE SCREENWRITERS LAB and placed among the top 15% of entrants to the ACADEMY Nicholl Competition. Michael Len (Co-writer/director) and Ashley Alvarez (Co-writer) with Crabs in a Barrel (U.S.A.): When her talentless frenemy is anointed as the future of Latinx voices, a struggling Latina writer sets out to sabotage this unearned opportunity. His latest short film. In addition, screening in the Premieres section are FFP films Gods Country and Honk for Jesus. (U.S.A.): In the wake of 9/11, a First-Gen Muslim teenager discovers her mothers cassette tapes. His first feature. He writes horror and comedy, featuring immigrant leads. (co-written/directed by Roger Ross Williams, co-written by David Teague), (co-written/directed by Erica Tremblay, co-written by Miciana Al. is a multi-disciplinary artist from the Dominican Republic. Save Your Soul. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. The Sundance Institute Feature Film Program is supported by explore.org, a direct charitable activity of the Annenberg Foundation; Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; The Asian American Foundation (TAAF); Directors Guild of America (DGA), Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation; Hartbeat; Maja Kristin; NBC, ; United Airlines; Amazon Studios; Hollywood Foreign Press Association; Karen Lauder; Ray and Dagmar Dolby Fund; National Endowment for the Arts; NHK/NHK Enterprises, Inc.; Kimberly Steward. He has written films that have premiered in Berlinale and Venice and. Gabriela Ortega is a multi-disciplinary artist from the Dominican Republic. Hes currently in post on his horror short film. Rockwell (. 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. (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. He has written films that have premiered in Berlinale and Venice and were Nepals official entry for the Academy Awards. Sundance Institute has supported and showcased such projects as, Summer of Soul (or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), CODA, Flee, Passing, Clemency, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, On The Record, Boys State, The Farewell, Honeyland, The Souvenir, The Infiltrators, Sorry to Bother You, Wont You Be My Neighbor?, Hereditary, Call Me By Your Name, Get Out, The Big Sick, Mudbound, Fruitvale Station, City So Real, Top of the Lake, Between the World & Me, Wild Goose Dreams, Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Kayla Abuda Galang, the Writer-Director of When You Left Me On That Boulevard, Get an Inside Look at Vuk Lungulov-Klotzs Journey Through Sundance Institutes Feature Film Development Track, Meet the Sundance Institute2023 Directors, Screenwriters, and Native Lab Fellows. Her first short film Paris on the Water (2014) won the Student Academy Award and the Israeli Academy Award for Best Narrative Short. This relationship was the basis for their. 2024 Sundance Developement Track. The Sundance Institute Feature Film Program is supported by explore.org, a direct charitable activity of the Annenberg Foundation; Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation; Maja Kristin; NBCUniversal; Amazon Studios; Hollywood Foreign Press Association; Karen Lauder; Ray and Dagmar Dolby Family Fund; Sandra and Malcolm Berman Charitable Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; NHK/NHK Enterprises, Inc.; Kimberly StewardK Period Media; SAGindie; Rosalie Swedlin and Robert Cort; Directors Guild of America; Deborah Reinisch and Michael Theodore Fund; Octavia Spencer; and Scott and Jennifer Frank. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". 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. The Screenwriters Intensive, a two-day online workshop, will have 12 writers participating on March 2-3 to develop their first fiction features. (Egypt/U.S.A. Almas love for her close-knit family forces her to maintain the facade that nothing has changed, resulting in the absolute loneliness that comes with pretending. 2008. The development track has one open application that allows your fiction feature work-in-progress screenplay to be considered for the following programs, fellowships, and grants: Sundance Institute Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship and Commissioning Grant. He writes horror and comedyfeaturing immigrant leads. He most recently penned three episodes of Taiwan Crime Stories for Imagine Entertainment (Disney+). 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. Lauren was a 2017 and 2018 Sundance Lab Finalist, . 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. is a Kurdish American writer from Ohio. Farida Zahran is an Egyptian writer/director based in Brooklyn. Founded by Robert Redford in 1981 with the mission of fostering new voices in American storytelling, the nonprofit Sundance Institute is a champion and curator of stories for the stage and screen. In a Minute Youll Be Gone is her first featurefilm. He is, with Carlos Lpez Estrada attached to direct, and the writer of. (U.S.A.): Eighteen-year-old Almas purposeful and happy life is disrupted when she must cope with the shock of intrafamily sexual abuse. Cuarn is a longtime Sundance Institute alum, attending our 1993 Mexican Screenwriters Lab with his project Strawberry Kiss; screening multiple films at the Festival, including Y Tu Mam Tambin; and serving as a creative advisor during the Directors and Screenwriters Labs and as a juror for the Festival. sexuality, and cultural bereavement. Rosenberg has written for television while developing Wild Animals in several residencies. Cynthia Lowen (Writer/Director) with Light Mass Energy (U.S.A. / Switzerland): Light Mass Energy is the story of Mileva Mari Einstein, who confronted rampant discrimination to become one of the first women in physics and an essential contributor to the theory of relativity. David Miranda Hardy (Writer/Director) with The Swim Lesson (U.S.A.): Mara postponed her career to raise her daughters, while her husband found success as a professor at an elite liberal arts college. 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. She was a recipient of Sundances 2021 Uprise Grant, one of FilmmakerMagazines 2021 New Faces and had her recent short film The Lights are on, No onesHome distributed by DEDZA Films. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. 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. Rockwell (A Thousand and One) in conversation with Chinonye Chukwu, our annual spotlight on location shooting and more by Filmmaker Staff in Festivals & Events Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 2022 Martha MOCA Resident. He is currently working with director Carlos Lpez Estrada on Kill Yr Idols, and is developing a project for Warner Brothers with director Alfonso Gomez Rejon. (Nepal/France): In Nepal, a group of trans women have banded together at the margins of their community, patrolling the village to keep wild elephants at bay. Parker Smith is a filmmaker based in Austin, Texas, originally from Louisville, Kentucky. Zahran is agraduate of the NYU Grad Film Program. One of the highlights for us every January is gathering a new and uniquely talented group of storytellers at our annual Screenwriters Lab. All Rights Reserved. . London, England, United Kingdom . Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Other supporters include Tribeca, Nia Tero, Princess Grace Foundation, NACF, PIC, ITVS, MacArthur, and Firelight. In a Minute Youll Be Gone is her first feature film. is a writer/director born and raised in Ecuador with an MFA, from Columbia University. 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. Marja Bl Nango is a film director, screenwriter and producer. Her first short, (2014) won the Student Academy Award and the Israeli. She is anAssistant Professor of Filmmaking at the University of Oregon. She participated in the, Gotham Project Market and Film Independents FastTrack. Douglas was an Advisor to over 200 writers in his twenty years participating in the Lab. LOS ANGELES Fifteen screenwriters will convene to advance their independent projects at Sundance Institute's January Screenwriters Lab, taking place at the Sundance Mountain Resort in Utah from January 17-22, 2020. Her first feature documentary received the Sundance Award for Best Cinematography and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Most recently, she wrote, at SXSW in 2019 and won an Oscar-qualifying award at Palm Springs. (U.S.A.): Eighteen-year-old Almas purposeful and happy life is disrupted when she must cope with the shock of intrafamily sexual abuse. Native Lab participants will include Eva Grant (Degrees of . 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. Sean Wang (Writer/Director) withDdi () (U.S.A.): Fremont, CA. 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. This cohort of artists from traditionally underrepresented communities will have . The Lab will be dedicated to the memory of Sundances generous Creative Advisor Douglas McGrath who passed away several months ago. Ciara Leinaali Lacy (Writer) with Untitled Eddie Aikau Biopic (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. Recipient of the Sundance Institute Horror Fellowship, supported by K Period Media Fund Foundation. Cracked world premiered at Tribeca and is streaming on HBO Max & Hulu. This relationship was the basis for their 2022 SXSW Audience Award-winning short, Act of God. Lab and Intensive participants were selected from over 2000 submissio . Their short film Skin received a Special Jury Mention at Outfest(2019). 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. 2008. 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. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. When her young son develops an unexpected bond with the flocks scout bird, both mother and son must contend with the complex emotional fallout of their shared loss. She is a Sundance Interdisciplinary Program and Academy of Motion Pictures fellow, and is one of Filmmaker Magazines 25 New Faces of Independent Film. (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. 2008. A USC film school alumnus and native of the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles, David Lius work as a screenwriter and director is supported by the Sundance Institute, SFFILM, IFP/Gotham, ARRAY, Visual Communications, and CAPE. The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the fellows for the 2023 Directors, Screenwriters and Native Labs. His short. received his MFA in Directing from NYU Tisch Graduate Film. Used by Cloudflare to route user traffic for this Site. (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. Cracked worldpremiered at Tribeca and is streaming on HBO Max & Hulu. But he encounters unexpectedand very humancomplications when he falls in love with the man who knocks him up. His first short, , has won many awards, including Best U.S. Short at the Palm Springs ShortsFest. 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. 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. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapib. Her short film Heading South has won awards at the DGA Student Film Awards, Aspen, Palm Springs, Hamptons and Hong Kong International Film Festival. . They find forgotten memories, love, and connection through this seemingly obsolete object. Zahran is a graduate of the NYU Grad Film Program. Twelve-year-old Lil Ant begins to see mysterious figureseerie men with their arms spread like wingsaround his home. Her films explore gender,sexuality, and cultural bereavement. Strange, interconnected events transform three generations of lives in the Southern California foothills an aging heiress haunted by visions of her dead mother, an aspiring young female novelist running a video game arcade, and a trio of teenage musicians caught in an increasingly tense dispute between local gangs. Hasan Hadi is an Iraqi writer/director based in New York. Hardy holds an MFA from Temple University and is currently an Associate Professor at Middlebury College. Jason Fitzroy Jeffers is a filmmaker from Barbados who has produced award-winning short films such as Papa Machete and T that have screened at festivals such as Sundance Film Festival, TIFF, BlackStar, and Berlinale. is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and writer. Get rejected from the Sundance Screenwriters Lab. is a writer, director, and lifelong wheelchair user. The latest cohort of the intensive program, designed to provide indi Douglas was an Advisor to over 200 writers in his twenty years participating in the Lab. 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. This years Lab will also commemorate Sundances longtime creative advisor Douglas McGrath, who passed away last November. Abinash Bikram Shah (Writer/Director) with Elephants in the Fog (Nepal/France): In Nepal, a group of trans women have banded together at the margins of their community, patrolling the village to keep wild elephants at bay. She previously worked as scriptwriter and host for Smi Childrens TV at NRK TV, and was educated at the Norwegian Childrens Book Institute in Oslo. The Sundance Film Festival and other public programs connect audiences and artists to ignite new ideas, discover original voices, and build a community dedicated to independent storytelling. Faye Ruiz is a filmmaker whose interests lie in telling the stories of trans women of color. Abinash Bikram Shah is an award-winning writer/director based in Nepal. Bernardo Cubra is a Mexican award-winning screenwriter and playwright. Her work draws, cultural bridges that lead to the Caribbean through intersectionality, duality and. She is currently working towards developing her first featurefilm. (U.S.A.): Summer, 2004. When his father, Big Ant, realizes his son sees these airplane people too, their family history emerges and reveals deeper meaning and connection between them. When his father, Big Ant, realizes his son sees these airplane people too, their family history emerges and reveals deeper meaning and connection between them. The Sundance Institute has named the participants and projects set for the 2023 editions of a pair of its flagship programs: the Screenwriters Lab and Screenwriters Intensive. Farida Zahran is an Egyptian writer/director based in Brooklyn. 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. Daniele Anastasion is a writer and director whose films have screened at Sundance and Tribeca and have been nominated for an Emmy. This year at the Sundance Film Festival, FFP Lab-supported projects include Nanny, premiering in U.S. 2022 Sundance Film Festival along with 90 awards since its premiere. After being written up in Variety and Cahiers Du Cinema, Filmmaker Magazine named Sora one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film. Gabriela Ortega is a multi-disciplinary artist from the Dominican Republic. 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.
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