Her films have screened atvarious venues, including the Rotterdam Film Festival, LACMA, and Palm SpringsShortFest. Cynthia Lowen is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and writer. 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. Cubria is the co-writer of Kill Yr Idols, with Carlos Lpez Estrada attached to direct, and the writer of Like It Used To Be, with Gina Rodriguez to direct and star. 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. 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. (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. Jason Fitzroy Jeffers is a filmmaker from Barbados who has produced award-winningshort films such as Papa Machete and T that have screened at festivals such asSundance Film Festival, TIFF, BlackStar, and Berlinale. 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. Outside of writing, Anane was a development assistant at Endeavor Content, a producer's assistant on The Farewell and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, and . (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. Spencer Cook (Co-writer/Director) and Parker Smith (Co-riter/Director) with Lame (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. Zahran is a graduate of the NYU Grad Film Program. The Intensive is a two-day workshop for emerging independent writers and writer/directors developing their first fiction features. Newton-Bernal strives to use film as a means of collaborative social change, to. (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. 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. 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. Her, intersections inspire her to create space through film technologies. Recipient of the Sundance Institute Comedy Fellowship. 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. Today we are. David Miranda Hardy is a Chilean filmmaker living in Vermont. 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. 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.. Rebin Zangana is a Kurdish American writer from Ohio. 2023 Filmmaker Magazine. David Liu (Writer/Director) with Santa Anita (U.S.A.): Summer, 2004. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was executive produced by Spike Lee, Spike Jonze, Riz Ahmed, and Alma Harel. But he encounters unexpectedand very humancomplications when he falls in love with the man who knocks him up. Her short film, Youth, premieredat SXSW in 2019 and won an Oscar-qualifying award at Palm Springs. 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. Recipient of the Sloan Development 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. 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. She was a Merata Mita Fellow at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival with her project I love my Guooheaddji. He also co-wrote the screenplay for You Resemble Me which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2021. Click here to read our spring 2023 issue, featuring A.V. Her latest short, (Criterion Channel) won the Jury Prize for Best International Fiction Short at the. 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. 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. Fellowship, supported by K Period Media Fund Foundation. 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. 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. 2008. Palm Springs ShortsFest and Outfest. Her films explore gender. He. Hes currently in post on his horror short film, The Man in the Sky Wont Let Me Sleep. His short, SWIMSUIT, won an Oscar-qualifying award at Urbanworld. Used to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. Most recently, she wrote, at SXSW in 2019 and won an Oscar-qualifying award at Palm Springs. 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. Recipient of the Sundance Institute Horror Fellowship, supported by K Period Media Fund Foundation. (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. 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. (written and directed by Vuk Lungulov-Klotz), (written and directed by A.V. Douglas was an Advisor to over 200 writers in his twenty years participating in the Lab. 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. His first feature. is a filmmaker from Fremont, CA. Lab and Intensive participants were selected from over 2000 submissions to . is a Miami-based filmmaker. Hes currently in post on his horror short film. (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. 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. 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. In a Minute Youll Be Gone is her first feature film. 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. Each program consists of labs, grants, intensives, sessions, and ongoing resources for artists to nurture their projects and . Urvashi Pathania is a writer/director based in Brooklyn. 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. Most recently, she wrote on the acclaimed television series Ramy (A24 & Hulu). Sean Wang (Writer/Director) withDdi () (U.S.A.): Fremont, CA. The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the fellows for the 2023 Directors, Screenwriters and Native Labs. Dania Bdeir is a Lebanese director with an MFA in film from NYU Tisch. 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. 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. 2008. The fellows come from both the U.S. and abroad, with participants hailing from the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and . 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. Meanwhile, the Screenwriters Intensive will take place remotely in the form of a two-day online workshop from March 2-3, in which the fellows will develop their fiction feature debuts. He most recently, A body-positivity influencer enters a desperate bid to save her self-loathing sister when the latter becomes a test subject for their aunts, Recipient of the Sundance Institute Horror. Her short film Heading South has won awards at the DGA Student Film Awards, Aspen, Palm Springs, Hamptons and Hong Kong International Film Festival. London, England, United Kingdom . 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. Hardy holds an MFA from Temple University and is currently an Associate Professor at Middlebury College. Jesahel Newton-Bernal (Writer/Director) with Leche (U.S.A.): Eighteen-year-old Almas purposeful and happy life is disrupted when she must cope with the shock of intrafamily sexual abuse. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 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. Her films have screened at festivals including Sundance and. Get rejected from the Sundance Screenwriters Lab with a new script (this one) Revise the script, submit it again. By Stephanie Ornelas "Raw, truthful, collaborative." These were the three words writer-director Vuk Lungulov-Klotz uses to describe the labs at Sundance Institute. Award at Outfest and is available to stream on Fandor. sexuality, and cultural bereavement. She participated in the Gotham Project Market and Film Independents FastTrack. Gabriela Ortega is a multi-disciplinary artist from the Dominican Republic. 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. received his MFA in Directing from NYU Tisch Graduate Film. (Egypt/U.S.A. This relationship was the basis for their 2022 SXSW Audience Award-winning short, Act of God. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". 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. He most recently penned three episodes of Taiwan Crime Stories for Imagine Entertainment (Disney+). Faye Ruiz is a filmmaker whose interests lie in telling the stories of trans women of color. Farida Zahran (Writer/Director) with The Leftover Ladies (Egypt/U.S.A. She was a recipient of Sundances 2021 Uprise Grant, one of Filmmaker, Magazines 2021 New Faces and had her recent short film. 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. 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. and hes currently in post-production on his first feature. They find forgotten memories, love, and connection through this seemingly obsolete object. His first film, the documentary feature Ramblin Freak, premiered at SXSW in 2017. Terms & Conditions Privacy Policy 2022 Sundance.org. 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. Bane Fakih is a Lebanese filmmaker whose shorts Assil and Jad and Vibes screened at Palm Springs ShortsFest and Outfest. 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. 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, . Today we are. Their short film Skin received a Special Jury Mention at Outfest (2019). (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. Spencer Cook is a writer, director, and lifelong wheelchair user. Here was my step-by-step approach to getting selected for the lab: Get rejected from the Sundance Screenwriters Lab. 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. Stay up to date with Sundance Collab in your inbox with our weekly newsletter. 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. 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). One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival is having a front-row seat for the bright future of independent filmmaking. enrich our understanding of the world and our role in it. Used by Cloudflare to route user traffic for this Site. 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. Keisha Rae Witherspoon is a Miami-based filmmaker. is an award-winning writer/director. . He is a documentary director of films and various series at Amazon, HBO and CNN. He is a 2021 Sundance Screenwriters Lab Fellow, a recipient of the 2020 Tribeca Film Institute Sloan Grant, a 2020 Cine Qua Non Lab Script Revision Lab fellowship, the Martin E. Segal Production . 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. Omar Mullick directed the feature non-fiction film These Birds Walk, which was theatrically distributed by Oscilloscope. Hadas Ayalon is a director, screenwriter and film editor living in Tel Aviv. 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. This year at the Sundance Film Festival, FFP Lab-supported projects include Nanny, premiering in U.S. 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. Our application includes questions to determine your eligibility for each program and fellowship . Her latest short Warsha (Criterion Channel) won the Jury Prize for Best International Fiction Short at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival along with 90 awards since its premiere. is a First Gen, Ecuadorian-Iranian, Muslim, and disabled filmmaker. Her films have screened at, various venues, including the Rotterdam Film Festival, LACMA, and Palm Springs. (U.S.A.): In the wake of 9/11, a First-Gen Muslim teenager discovers her mothers cassette tapes. 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. (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. 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. Her film Cracked won The Spike Lee Production Grant and a King Wasserman Award for Best Graduate Film at NYUs First Run Festival. The fellows come from both the U.S. and abroad, with participants hailing from the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and Nepal. His first feature, Homebody, won the Emerging Talent Award at Outfest and is available to stream on Fandor. Before transitioning to film,Walter worked as a journalist for The New York Times. Daniele Anastasion is a writer and director whose films have screened at Sundance and Tribeca and have been nominated for an Emmy. 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. Today, our staff of 180 employees works year-round to offer 16 labs and intensives, grants exceeding $3 million, and . A USC film school alumnus and native of the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles. Shireen Alihaji (Writer/Director) with Blue Veil (U.S.A.): In the wake of 9/11, a First-Gen Muslim teenager discovers her mothers cassette tapes. He is also co-founder of ThirdHorizon Film Festival in Miami. Lin Que Ayoung is an award-winning writer/director/producer and graduate of NYU Grad Film. As barriers to her career overwhelm her, Mileva battles mental illness and her own exclusion from history. Walter worked as a journalist for The New York Times. is a filmmaker based in Austin, Texas, originally from Louisville, Kentucky. is a writer, director, and lifelong wheelchair user. She participated in theGotham Project Market and Film Independents FastTrack. Other. The Sundance Institute on Thursday announced the fellows set for the 2023 edition of their Directors, Screenwriters and Native Labs. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapib. 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. 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. Recipient of the Sloan Development Fellowship. 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. Her films have screened at festivals including Sundance and Berlinale. is an Egyptian writer/director based in Brooklyn. Her films explore gender, sexuality, and cultural bereavement. 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. 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. Jesahel Newton-Bernal (Writer/Director) with Leche (U.S.A.): Eighteen-year-old Almas purposeful and happy life is disrupted when she must cope with the shock of intrafamily sexual abuse. (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. 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. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. 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 short film, Youth, premiered at SXSW in 2019 and won an Oscar-qualifying award at Palm Springs. (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. As music unlocks memories, Amina discovers who she is. 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. This relationship was the basis for their. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. Rosenberg has written for television while developing Wild Animals in severalresidencies. The Development Track includes the following programs: January . His films, have won many awards, including a Special Jury Mention at Cannes in 2022 for his, . is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and writer. A Publication of The Gotham. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 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. He iscurrently in the writers room for Acapulco on Apple TV+. were Nepals official entry for the Academy Awards. 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. 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. 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. , with Gina Rodriguez to direct and star. K Period Media; SAGindie; Rosalie Swedlin and Robert Cort; Deborah Reinisch and Michael Theodore Fund; Octavia Spencer; Scott and Jennifer Frank. 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. As music unlocks memories, Amina discovers who she is. The projects selected for the 2023 January Screenwriters Lab and the artists participating are. Her latest short, The Tongues, won best international short film at the 2020 Palm Springs Shortfest. He has written films that have premiered in Berlinale and Venice andwere Nepals official entry for the Academy Awards. 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. His first film, the documentary feature Ramblin Freak, premiered at SXSW in 2017. won the 2022 Sundance U.S. Fiction Short Film award. (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. 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. He writes horror and comedy, featuring immigrant leads. (U.S.A.): Summer, 2004. One of the highlights for us every January is gathering a new and uniquely talented group of storytellers at our annual Screenwriters Lab. Before transitioning to film. Hadis recognitions include the Tisch Deans Fellowship, The Gotham-Marcie Bloom Fellowship, the Black Family Production Prize, the Sloan Foundation Award and the BAFTA Newcomers Program. He has written films that have premiered in Berlinale and Venice and. Given how we, remember is pivotal to healing, her films use memory as a central gaze to de-internalize. Neo Sora (Writer/Director) with Earthquake (U.S.A., Japan): Two teenage best friends living in near-future Tokyo, where earthquakes are part of the fabric of life, must confront the end of their friendship as they navigate diverging paths towards adulthood. Sean Wang is a filmmaker from Fremont, CA. John Hibey co-wrote and produced the two-time Sundance award-winning film FishingWithout Nets (short and feature versions.) He is currently in the writers room for Acapulco on Apple TV+. Her third novel, Weird Girl and Whats His Name, was named one of Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Books of 2015. Shes the director/producer of Battleground (STARZ) and Netizens (HBO) and is the producer/writer of Bully (Netflix/PBS). The Sundance Institute on Thursday announced the fellows set for the 2023 edition of their Directors, Screenwriters and Native Labs. Were looking forward to kicking off a new year of the Screenwriters Lab, supporting the bold visions of a stellar group of storytellers. Herintersections inspire her to create space through film technologies. As music unlocks memories, Amina discovers who she is.