She was a Merata Mita Fellow at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival with her project I love my Guooheaddji. Sundance Labs: 20 Up-and-Coming Directors and Screenwriters Named for Rockwell (A Thousand and One) in conversation with Chinonye Chukwu, our annual spotlight on location shooting and more by Filmmaker Staff in Festivals & Events In her directorial debut, You Resemble Me, cultural and intergenerational trauma erupt in this story about two sisters on the outskirts of Paris. Sundance Names 2023 Director, Screenwriter, Native Lab Fellows | IndieWire They write genre work, predominantly gothic, folk, psychological, and body horror with queer and female characters at the helm. She is currently working towards developing her first feature, film. Caledonia Curry (aka Swoon) is an artist and filmmaker recognized for her pioneering vision of public artwork. 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 Institute Sets Fellows For 2023 Directors, Screenwriters Sean Wang is a filmmaker from Fremont, CA. The 2023 Sundance Film Festival will present the world premieres of seven Feature Film Program supported projects that include: birth/rebirth (co-written/directed by Laura Moss, co-written by Brendan OBrien), Cassandro (co-written/directed by Roger Ross Williams, co-written by David Teague), Fancy Dance (co-written/directed by Erica Tremblay, co-written by Miciana Alise), Mutt (written and directed by Vuk Lungulov-Klotz), The Starling Girl (written and directed by Laurel Parmet), A Thousand and One (written and directed by A.V. 2024 Development Track - Sundance Institute An Emmy Awards Finalist and recipient of the VR Grand Prize at The Venice Film Festival, her work has appeared at Sundance, SXSW, AFI Fest, Cannes NEXT, Tribeca, Telluride, and Venice. Theyll also be aided by 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. 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.. How I Got Selected for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab - No Film School 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. Urvashi Pathania is a writer/director based in Brooklyn. His films, have won many awards, including a Special Jury Mention at Cannes in 2022 for his, . (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. supporters include Tribeca, Nia Tero, Princess Grace Foundation, NACF, PIC, ITVS, MacArthur, and Firelight. David Miranda Hardy is a Chilean filmmaker living in Vermont. Herintersections inspire her to create space through film technologies. Her first feature documentary received the Sundance Award for Best Cinematography and was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. 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. 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. Sundance announces 2023 Screenwriters Lab projects and participants Urvashi Pathania (Writer/Director) with Skin (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. The Scout is her first narrative feature. Gabriela Ortega is a multi-disciplinary artist from the Dominican Republic. 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. 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. Sundance Institute's 2020 Directors & Screenwriters Lab Fellows Her films have screened atvarious venues, including the Rotterdam Film Festival, LACMA, and Palm SpringsShortFest. By Mia Galuppo Film Writer The Sundance Institute has announced the participants in . Daniele Anastasion is a writer and director whose films have screened at Sundance and Tribeca and have been nominated for an Emmy. Zahran is a. (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. Her work draws cultural bridges that lead to the Caribbean through intersectionality, duality and ancestral memory. 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. 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). By Stephanie Ornelas "Raw, truthful, collaborative." These were the three words writer-director Vuk Lungulov-Klotz uses to describe the labs at Sundance Institute. Recipient of the Sloan Development Fellowship. Michael Len is a Cuban-American writer/director. After her MFA from Columbia University, Fakih, received the Ezra Litwak Award for Screenwriting Distinction. 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. His films have won many awards, including a Special Jury Mention at Cannes in 2022 for his short film Lori. Alvarez has performed at the Williamstown Theater Festival, Womens Project, INTAR, and Miami New Drama. Hes a recipient of a DGA Student Film Award, a Spike Lee Production Grant, the Cary Fukunaga Production Grant, and Ryan Murphys HALF Initiative. Each program consists of labs, grants, intensives, sessions, and ongoing resources for artists to nurture their projects and . ): 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. is a director, screenwriter and film editor living in Tel Aviv. Recipient of the Sundance Institute HorrorFellowship, supported by K Period Media Fund Foundation. His first film, the documentary feature Ramblin Freak, premiered at SXSW in 2017. ): 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. is a Lebanese director with an MFA in film from NYU Tisch. Jesahel Newton-Bernal is a writer/director born and raised in Ecuador with an MFAfrom Columbia University. Newly Expanded Advisor Roster Spans Filmmaking Disciplines Los Angeles, CA -- 11 independent filmmakers developing 10 projects have been selected for the 2020 Sundance Institute Directors and Screenwriters Labs, reimagined and expressed digitally this year on Sundance Co//ab. 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. One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival is having a front-row seat for the bright future of independent filmmaking. Television and film credits include Search Party, Law & Order, and Crabs in a Barrel (HBO Latinx Short Film Competition winner). Keisha Rae Witherspoon is a Miami-based filmmaker. Zahran is agraduate of the NYU Grad Film Program. Her feature screenplay. Her films have screened at, various venues, including the Rotterdam Film Festival, LACMA, and Palm Springs. 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. Joshua Penn Soskin is an award-winning director, writer and photographer. Bane Fakih is a Lebanese filmmaker whose shorts Assil and Jad and Vibes screened at Palm Springs ShortsFest and Outfest. She is currently working towards developing her first featurefilm. Joshua Penn Soskin is an award-winning director, writer and photographer. 8 Filmmakers You Probably Didn't Know Came through the Sundance Labs The projects and fellows selected for the. 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 . Recipient of the Sundance Institute Comedy Fellowship. One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival is having a front-row seat for the bright future of independent filmmaking. At the Lab, the screenwriters will immerse themselves in a rigorous and holistic creative process, working to further develop their scripts with the mentorship of . Walter Thompson-Hernndez is a Los Angeles-born and raised filmmaker. 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. Installed by the Revive Ad Server to distinguish users. received his MFA in Directing from NYU Tisch Graduate Film. This relationship was the basis for their 2022 SXSW Audience Award-winning short, Act of God.