His first film, the documentary feature Ramblin Freak, premiered at SXSW in 2017. 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. Sundance Announces Fellows for 2023 Directors and Screenwriters Labs Gabriela Ortega (Writer/Director) with Huella (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. He also co-wrote the screenplay for You Resemble Me which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2021. (U.S.A.): Eighteen-year-old Almas purposeful and happy life is disrupted when she must cope with the shock of intrafamily sexual abuse. Anane is a 2021 Sundance Screenwriters Lab Fellow, 2020 Athena Feature Lab fellow, 2020 Film Independent's Project Involve fellow, and a finalist for MACRO's inaugural Episodic Lab. Meet the 2022 Fellows in the Native, Directors, and Screenwriters Labs Parker Smith is a filmmaker based in Austin, Texas, originally from Louisville, Kentucky. Award at Outfest and is available to stream on Fandor. Dina Amer is an award-winning filmmaker. (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. 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. Hershort Unmothered is available on HBOMax. Bernardo Cubra is a Mexican award-winning screenwriter and playwright. 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. Nwosus work is informed by the intersectional nature of her life across multiple continents and identities. Several of the 2023 fellows have appeared on our annual 25 New Faces of Film list, including Joseph Sackett (Cross Pollination), Gabriela Ortega (Huella), Walter Thompson-Hernndez (If I Go Will They Miss Me), Keisha Rae Witherspoon (Arc) and Faye Ruiz (Wishes Sink in Man-Made Lakes). Sundance Institute Sets Fellows For 2022 Screenwriters Lab John Hibey co-wrote and produced the two-time Sundance award-winning film Fishing Without Nets (short and feature versions.) We feel privileged to provide vital creative guidance and meaningful community at a crucial moment in the development of these projects., For 40 years, the Feature Film Program (FFP) Labs have supported and championed an exciting and groundbreaking array of independent filmmakers including Charlotte Wells (. It does not store any personal data. Her work draws cultural bridges that lead to the Caribbean through intersectionality, duality and ancestral memory. This year at the Sundance Film Festival, FFP Lab-supported projects include Nanny, premiering in U.S. (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. She is a Sundance Interdisciplinary Program and Academy of Motion Pictures fellow, and is one of Filmmaker Magazines 25 New Faces of Independent Film. We feel privileged to provide vital creative guidance and meaningful community at a crucial moment in the development of these projects.. Rebin Zangana is a Kurdish American writer from Ohio. Sundance Institute Announces 2022 January Screenwriters Lab Fellows Rebin Zangana (Writer) with Qareen (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. Sundance Institute unveils 2023 Directors, Screenwriters, and Native Wasserman Award for Best Graduate Film at NYUs First Run Festival. 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. Bernardo Cubra is a Mexican award-winning screenwriter and playwright. Meagan Brothers is the author of Debbie Harry Sings in French, a 2009 ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and its prequel, Supergirl Mixtapes. Rebin Zangana is a Kurdish American writer from Ohio. He is also co-founder of Third Horizon Film Festival in Miami. She is an, Assistant Professor of Filmmaking at the University of Oregon. She participated in theGotham Project Market and Film Independents FastTrack. His latest short film, H.A.G.S (Have A Good Summer), was acquired by the New York Times Op-Docs. The Sundance Film Festival seeks applicants for the 2024 Sundance Development Track. 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. Recipient of the Sundance Institute Horror Fellowship, supported by K Period Media Fund Foundation. 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. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. Her films explore gender, sexuality, and cultural bereavement. Make a short. Dania Bdeir (Co-writer/Director) & Bane Fakih (Co-writer) with Pigeon Wars (Lebanon/Canada/France): Rana, a feisty & competitive woman avoiding a secret from her past, becomes obsessed with the male-dominated pigeon wars of Beirut. The nonprofit Sundance Institute has announced the 12 projects selected for the Screenwriters Lab and the 10 projects selected for the Screenwriters Intensive for 2023. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapib. 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. Who are these men beneath their uniforms, and how many degrees of separation really exist between them? The projects selected for the 2023 January Screenwriters Lab and the artists participating are. They find forgotten memories, love, and connection through this seemingly obsolete object. His latest short film. He was named one of Filmmaker Magazines 25 New Faces of Independent Film and was a 2022 Martha MOCA Resident. It does not store any personal identifiable information. is a Miami-based filmmaker. 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. (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. She was a Merata Mita Fellow at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival with her project I love my Guooheaddji. 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. 2008. The fellows come from both the U.S. and abroad, with participants hailing from the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and . 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. 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 was a recipient of Sundances 2021 Uprise Grant, one of Filmmaker Magazines 2021 New Faces and had her recent short film The Lights are on, No ones Home distributed by DEDZA Films. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Lab participants . Stay up to date with Sundance Collab in your inbox with our weekly newsletter. She is aSundance Interdisciplinary Program and Academy of Motion Pictures fellow, and isone of Filmmaker Magazines 25 New Faces of Independent Film. (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. Abinash Bikram Shah is an award-winning writer/director based in Nepal. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Lowen is also winner of the National Poetry Seriesfor her collection The Cloud That Contained the Lightning about the making of theatomic bomb. A Publication of The Gotham. After being written up in Variety and Cahiers Du Cinema, Filmmaker Magazine named Sora one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film. Before transitioning to film,Walter worked as a journalist for The New York Times. Cracked world premiered at Tribeca and is streaming on HBO Max & Hulu. Masami Kawai is a Los Angeles-born filmmaker of Ryukyuan descent. His films, have won many awards, including a Special Jury Mention at Cannes in 2022 for his, . This cohort of artists from traditionally underrepresented communities will have . (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. Ev is a paranoid young hustler who believes his mother was abducted by aliens when he was a boy. 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. As barriers to her career overwhelm her, Mileva battles mental illness and her own exclusion from history. He is also co-founder of Third. 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. Hes currently in post on his horror short film, TheMan in the Sky Wont Let Me Sleep. The Sundance Institute on Thursday announced the fellows set for the 2023 edition of their Directors, Screenwriters and Native Labs. His first short, Act of God, has won many awards, including Best U.S. Short at the Palm Springs ShortsFest and an Audience Award at SXSW 2022. Recipient of the Sloan Development Fellowship. (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 January Screenwriters Lab cohort will develop their projects in person at the Sundance Mountain Resort from January 14-18 with the generous support of Artistic Director Jessie Nelson, along with Creative Advisors Ritesh Batra, Linda Yvette Chvez, Scott Frank, Phil Hay, Eliza Hittman, Attica Locke, Walter Mosley, Marti Noxon, Nicole Perlman, Howard Rodman, Dana Stevens, Joan Tewkesbury, Lulu Wang, Bill Wheeler, Tyger Williams, Virgil Williams, and Doug Wright. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 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. el): 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. Shireen Alihaji is a First Gen, Ecuadorian-Iranian, Muslim, and disabled filmmaker. Who are these men beneath their uniforms, and how many degrees of separation really exist between them? 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. 2021 Development Track FAQ - Sundance Institute The Scout is her first narrative feature. Installed by Cloudflare. Lab and Intensive participants were selected from over 2000 submissions to further develop their scripts with the guidance of accomplished advisors under the leadership of Michelle Satter (Founding Senior Director, Sundance Institutes Artist Programs) and Ilyse McKimmie (Deputy Director, Feature Film Program). He was named one of Filmmaker Magazines 25 New Faces of Independent Film and was a 2022 Martha MOCA Resident. Co-Founder of 3 Percent Films. Rockwell) and The Pod Generation (written and directed by Sophie Barthes), which is the 2023 recipient of the Institutes Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize. Zahran is a graduate of the NYU Grad Film Program. Her third novel, Weird Girl and Whats His Name, was named one of Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Books of 2015. Shireen Alihaji is a First Gen, Ecuadorian-Iranian, Muslim, and disabled filmmaker. (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. Get rejected from the Sundance Screenwriters Lab. co-wrote and produced the two-time Sundance award-winning film, (short and feature versions.) Today we are. She is co-founder of Third Horizon Film Festival, and a 2022 USA Fellow. 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. Screenwriting Labs and Intensives encourage a creatively rigorous process focused on original storytelling, experimentation . 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. Click here to read our spring 2023 issue, featuring A.V. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". (U.S.A.): In the wake of 9/11, a First-Gen Muslim teenager discovers her mothers cassette tapes. She is a, Sundance Interdisciplinary Program and Academy of Motion Pictures fellow, and is, one of Filmmaker Magazines 25 New Faces of Independent Film. 2024 Sundance Developement Track. 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. (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. Were looking forward to kicking off a new year of the Screenwriters Lab, supporting the bold visions of a stellar group of storytellers. They write genre work,predominantly gothic, folk, psychological, and body horror with queer and femalecharacters at the helm. Palm Springs ShortsFest and Outfest. 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. Rockwell) and. 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. Its especially exciting to be together again where our Advisors and writing fellows will spend four days in our immersive lab online in intensive story meetings, craft workshops, and creative conversations, as the Fellows begin their cycle of year-round support. said Michelle Satter. Other supporters include Tribeca, Nia Tero, Princess Grace Foundation, NACF, PIC, ITVS, MacArthur, and Firelight. Estrada) and is in pre-production on his feature directorial debut. 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. Farida Zahran (Writer/Director) with The Leftover Ladies (Egypt/U.S.A. In her directorial debut, You Resemble Me, cultural and intergenerational trauma erupt in this story about two sisters on the outskirts of Paris. Recipient of the Sundance Institute Comedy Fellowship. Their short film Skin received a Special Jury Mention at Outfest(2019). Her short film, Youth, premiered at SXSW in 2019 and won an Oscar-qualifying award at Palm Springs. 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. Rockwell (. Sean Wang (Writer/Director) withDdi () (U.S.A.): Fremont, CA. received his MFA in Directing from NYU Tisch Graduate Film. 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 is co-founder of Third Horizon Film Festival, and a 2022 USA Fellow. Hedeveloped and co-wrote the border comedy Kill Yr Idols (to be directed by Carlos LopezEstrada) and is in pre-production on his feature directorial debut, The Rooster Prince, apersonal story of losing his brother to bipolar. For 40 years, the Feature Film Program (FFP) Labs have supported and championed an exciting and ground-breaking array of independent filmmakers including Tatiana Huezo (Prayers for the Stolen [Noche de Fuego]), Lyle Corbine Jr. (Wild Indian), Radha Blank (The 40-Year-Old Version), Lulu Wang (The Farewell), Chloe Zhao (Songs My Brother Taught Me), Eliza Hittman (Beach Rats), Marielle Heller (Diary of a Teenage Girl), Fernando Frias de la Parra (Im No Longer Here), Cary Fukunaga (Sin Nombre), Damien Chazelle (Whiplash), Edson Oda (Nine Days), Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station), Dee Rees (Pariah), Nia DaCosta (Little Woods), Ritesh Batra (The Lunchbox) and Benh Zeitlin and Lucy Alibar (Beasts of the Southern Wild), among many others. Twelve-year-old Lil Ant begins to see mysterious figureseerie men with their arms spread like wingsaround his home. 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. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. 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. Most recently, she wroteon the acclaimed television series Ramy (A24 & Hulu). She is the inaugural Sundance Merata Mita Fellow. London, England, United Kingdom . Sean Wang is a filmmaker from Fremont, CA. 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. Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features. 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. Her film Cracked won The Spike Lee Production Grant and a King Wasserman Award for Best Graduate Film at NYUs First Run Festival. When a mysterious woman descends on his city sermonizing about extraterrestrial salvation, he thinks reunion awaits him, unaware that this seemingly joyful deliverance will soon be threatened by a looming hurricane. Rockwell (A Thousand and One) in conversation with Chinonye Chukwu, our annual spotlight on location shooting and more by Filmmaker Staff in Festivals & Events is a writer/director based in Brooklyn. Pigeon Wars willbe her debut feature. 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. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. (U.S.A.): Summer, 2004. Joshua Penn Soskin is an award-winning director, writer and photographer. 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