Caledonia Curry (Director) and Meagan Brothers (Writer) with Sibylant Sisters, Silent Snake Magic (U.S.A): Growing up with an absentee witch for a mother, the young Sibylant Sisters must fend for themselves in a frightening world of ogres, gnomes, maleficent toads, and enchanted paper dolls. His filmshave won many awards, including a Special Jury Mention at Cannes in 2022 for hisshort film Lori. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fellowship, supported by K Period Media Fund Foundation. 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 film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was executive produced by Spike Lee, Spike Jonze, Riz Ahmed, and Alma Harel. "Year two continues to attract gifted writers who embody creativity and inclusivity. 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, said Ilyse McKimmie, Deputy Director of the Feature Film Program. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize. Audrey Rosenberg is an award-winning writer/director. Shes the, (Netflix/PBS). His short, SWIMSUIT, won an Oscar-qualifying award at Urbanworld. Marja Bl Nango is a film director, screenwriter and producer. Her work draws cultural bridges that lead to the Caribbean through intersectionality, duality and ancestral memory. Her short film Heading South has won awards at the DGA Student Film Awards, Aspen, Palm Springs, Hamptons and Hong Kong International Film Festival. 2008. Sundance Screenwriters Lab. The Screenwriters Intensive, a two-day online workshop, will have 12 writers participating on March 2-3 to develop their first fiction features. The Lab will be dedicated to the memory of Sundances generous Creative Advisor Douglas McGrath who passed away several months ago. Before transitioning to film. Production guide and directory with crew, equipment, digital media, pre-production, post production, production support and talent services. He is a 2020 Sundance Ignite Fellow, 2021 SFFILM Rainin Grantee, and 2022 Sundance Institute & Asian American Foundation Fellow. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 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. January 14, 2022. The 2022 lab wil take place under the leadership of Michelle Satter (Founding Senior Director, Sundance Institute 's Artist Programs) and the Feature Film Program's Deputy Director Ilyse . Best screenwriting contests #1: Nicholl Fellowship. 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. Rita Baghdadi is an Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker known for the intimacy of her bold, character-driven films. His political thriller Bala Loca proudly lost a Peabody Award to Better Call Saul, and was recommended by Variety, the New York Times, and Rotten Tomatoes. (U.S.A.): Eighteen-year-old Almas purposeful and happy life is disrupted when she must cope with the shock of intrafamily sexual abuse. The Labs give writers and directors a space to develop their craft and selected projects. Ashley Alvarez is a Cuban-American actress, writer, and producer. 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. By providing year-round creative and financial support for the development of original stories for the screen and stage, Sundance Institute remains committed to its mission to discover and develop independent artists and audiences across the globe. 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. 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. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. The Screenwriters Intensive, a two-day online workshop, will have 12 writers participating on March 2-3 to develop their first fiction features. If they want to survive, theyll need to learn how to make their own magic. Hasan Hadi (Writer/Director) with The Presidents Cake (Iraq, U.S.A): While everyday people struggle daily to survive under sanctions in Saddams Iraq, nine-year-old Saeed must use his wits to gather the ingredients for the required cake to celebrate President Saddam Husseins birthday or face the consequences alongside his family. He. But he encounters unexpectedand very humancomplications when he falls in love with the man who knocks him up. Our puppies have the perfect temperaments for the perfect family dog and many of them go on to do therapy work!! Recipient of the Sloan Development Fellowship. Since 1981, Sundance Institute has evolved to become an internationally-recognized nonprofit organization that actively advances the work of risk-taking storytellers worldwide. This relationship was the basis for their. Hes currently in post on his horror short film. Hes currently in post on his horror short film, TheMan in the Sky Wont Let Me Sleep. For 40 years, the Feature Film Program (FFP) Labs have supported and championed an exciting and groundbreaking array of independent filmmakers including Charlotte Wells (Aftersun), Nikyatu Jusu (Nanny), 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. Omar Mullick directed the feature non-fiction film These Birds Walk, which was theatrically distributed by Oscilloscope. She is the co-Creator of Carlas Quince (Drama League nominee). Hes a recipient of a DGA Student Film Award, a Spike Lee Production Grant, the Cary Fukunaga Production Grant, and Ryan Murphys HALF Initiative. Her short film, Beast, premiered at the Tribeca FilmFestival and screened in select theaters nationally before Jordan Peeles Nope. The fellows come from both the U.S. and abroad, with participants hailing from the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and Nepal. 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. 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. and hes currently in post-production on his first feature. 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. She is the inaugural Sundance Merata Mita Fellow. Faye Ruiz is a filmmaker whose interests lie in telling the stories of trans women ofcolor. Her, intersections inspire her to create space through film technologies. Sundance Institute has selected 12 projects for its 2013 January Screenwriters Lab, an immersive, five-day (January 11-16) writers' workshop at the Sundance Resort in Utah. is a Lebanese director with an MFA in film from NYU Tisch. Sundance Institute is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the discovery and development of independent artists and audiences. s work as a screenwriter and director is supported by the Sundance Institute, SFFILM, IFP/Gotham, ARRAY, Visual Communications, and CAPE. Her first feature documentary received the Sundance Award for Best Cinematography and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. is a writer/director based in Brooklyn. His work has placed at Los Angeles CineFest, Filmmatic, and. 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. Walter Thompson-Hernndez is a Los Angeles-born and raised filmmaker. Swipe is only available in chrome dev tools mobile mode. 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. Meagan Brothers is the author of Debbie Harry Sings in French, a 2009 ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and its prequel, Supergirl Mixtapes. Lauri's List of Screenwriting Fellowships, Labs, Grants, Contests and Other Opportunities Last updated on January 29, 2023. Generally regarded as one of the top three best screenwriting contests in the world. premiered at Tribeca and is streaming on HBO Max & Hulu. (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. Her feature screenplay. As barriers to her career overwhelm her, Mileva battles mental illness and her own exclusion from history. He is a documentary director of films and various series at Amazon, HBO and CNN. Caledonia Curry (aka Swoon) is an artist and filmmaker recognized for her pioneering vision of public artwork. She participated in theGotham Project Market and Film Independents FastTrack. Recipient of the Sundance Institute Horror Fellowship, supported by the K Period Media Foundation Fund. She was a recipient of Sundances 2021 Uprise Grant, one of Filmmaker, Magazines 2021 New Faces and had her recent short film. Her films explore gender,sexuality, and cultural bereavement. Before transitioning to film,Walter worked as a journalist for The New York Times. The 2022 lab wil take place under the leadership of Michelle Satter (Founding Senior Director, Sundance Institutes Artist Programs) and Ilyse McKimmie (the Feature Film Programs Deputy Director), alongside Creative Advisors: Scott Frank (Artistic Director), Karim Anouz, Linda Yvette Chavez, Carlos Cuaron, Phil Hay, Marielle Heller, Amanda Idoko, Jenny Lumet, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Doug McGrath, Walter Mosley, Jessie Nelson, Jose Rivera, Eric Roth, Dana Stevens, Veena Sud, Chris Terrio, and Tyger Williams. But he encounters unexpectedand very humancomplications when he falls in love with the man who knocks him up. Othersupporters include Tribeca, Nia Tero, Princess Grace Foundation, NACF, PIC, ITVS,MacArthur, and Firelight. The Sundance Screenwriters Lab is an experiential and nebulous process. is a Miami-based filmmaker. 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. Sundance 2023 Sundance-2023 | Jan 17, 2023. Her films have screened at festivals including Sundance and Berlinale. 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. (written and directed by Vuk Lungulov-Klotz), (written and directed by A.V. 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. Sean Wang is a filmmaker from Fremont, CA. 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. Daniele Anastasion is a writer and director whose films have screened at Sundance and Tribeca and have been nominated for an Emmy. 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. Abinash Bikram Shah is an award-winning writer/director based in Nepal. These sixteen writers, selected for their vision and distinctive voices, will form a lifelong community of filmmakers, and were thrilled to see the outcomes of the collaboration between the Lab Fellows and their mentors for years to come.. 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. (co-written/directed by Roger Ross Williams, co-written by David Teague), (co-written/directed by Erica Tremblay, co-written by Miciana Al. The Scout is her first narrative feature. Each year the Sundance Institute gathers recipients of this program for a week of mentorship and project development in Utah. His first film, the documentary feature Ramblin Freak, premiered at SXSW in 2017. 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. He was, named one of Filmmaker Magazines 25 New Faces of Independent Film and was a. 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. is a filmmaker from Fremont, CA. As music unlocks memories, Amina discovers who she is. They find forgotten memories, love, and connection through this seemingly obsolete object. 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. Through its programs, the Institute seeks to discover, support, and inspire independent film and theatre artists from the United States and around the world, and to introduce audiences to their new work. Recipient of the Sundance Institute Comedy Fellowship. Olive Nwosu (Writer/Director) with A Burial (Nigeria, U.K.): Faced with the sudden death of a visiting British dignitary, an older Nigerian politician becomes obsessed with giving the foreign stranger a proper burial. Legendary Native Hawaiian big wave surfer, Eddie Aikau, breaks into the scene of global surf culture while facing colonization of the sport. 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. 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. He is currently working with director Carlos, , and is developing a project for Warner Brothers with, is an award-winning director, writer and photographer. Wasserman Award for Best Graduate Film at NYUs First Run Festival. Bernardo Cubra is a Mexican award-winning screenwriter and playwright. He writes horror and comedy, featuring immigrant leads. Welcome to Sundance Dental Laboratory. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. 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; NBCUniversal; 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 StewardK Period Media; SAGindie; Rosalie Swedlin and Robert Cort; Deborah Reinisch and Michael Theodore Fund; Octavia Spencer; Scott and Jennifer Frank. He is the co-creator of the immersive virtual play Carlas Quince (Drama League Nomination), and is currently working on a new Broadway musical. Hershort Unmothered is available on HBOMax. John Hibey co-wrote and produced the two-time Sundance award-winning film FishingWithout Nets (short and feature versions.) Join Sundance Institute on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. Jesahel Newton-Bernal is a writer/director born and raised in Ecuador with an MFAfrom Columbia University. For Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, writer-directors of Everything Everywhere All At Once, it all started at Sundance.The filmmaking duo's debut feature, Swiss Army Man, about a man stranded on an island who befriends a dead body, not only premiered at the 2016 . Douglas was an Advisor to over 200 writers in his twenty years participating in the Lab. Award at Outfest and is available to stream on Fandor. 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. 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 Emanuele Crialese, the Director of LImmensit, Started at Sundance: The Daniels Talk Sound, Music, and Their First Oscar-Nominated Film, Everything Everywhere All At Once. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. The projects and fellows selected for the 2023 Screenwriters Intensive are: Keisha Rae Witherspoon (Co-writer/Director) & Jason Fitzroy Jeffers (Co-writer) with Arc (U.S.A.): Ev is a paranoid young hustler who believes his mother was abducted by aliens when he was a boy. 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. After being written up in Variety and Cahiers Du Cinema, Filmmaker Magazine named Sora one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film. She is anAssistant Professor of Filmmaking at the University of Oregon. ): 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. [Above: Daniel Scheinert, Glenn Kiser, Peter Gloub, and Daniel Kwan] By Stephanie Ornelas Every great artist starts somewhere. Readers around Park City and Summit County make the Park Record's work possible. Lin Que Ayoung is an award-winning writer/director/producer and graduate of NYU Grad Film. She is currently working towards developing her first featurefilm. She wrote and co-directed Hilbes biig, which screened at nearly 30 film festivals, and The Tongues, winning four awards, three of them at Oscar Qualifying Film Festivals. She is aSundance Interdisciplinary Program and Academy of Motion Pictures fellow, and isone of Filmmaker Magazines 25 New Faces of Independent Film. As the Sundance Institute describes it, the Lab offers screenwriters "indispensable lessons in craft to facilitate the deep exploration needed to fully realize their material." His latest short film, H.A.G.S (Have A Good Summer), was acquired by the New York Times Op-Docs. The film premiered and won the U.S . 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. 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. Bringing you exemplary service, along with a . 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. Bane Fakih is a Lebanese filmmaker whose shorts Assil and Jad and Vibes screened at Palm Springs ShortsFest and Outfest.