Masami Kawai is a Los Angeles-born filmmaker of Ryukyuan descent. Douglas was an Advisor to over 200 writers in his twenty years participating in the Lab. His latest short film, H.A.G.S (Have A Good Summer), was acquired by the New York Times Op-Docs. Now more than ever, your support is critical to help us keep our community informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having locally. His filmshave won many awards, including a Special Jury Mention at Cannes in 2022 for hisshort film Lori. Her films explore gender,sexuality, and cultural bereavement. Every contribution, however large or small, will make a difference. Originally founded by Robert Redford in the mountains of Sundance, Utah, Sundance Institute has always provided a space for independent artists to explore their stories free from commercial and political pressures. Our puppies have the perfect temperaments for the perfect family dog and many of them go on to do therapy work!! Her latest short, (Criterion Channel) won the Jury Prize for Best International Fiction Short at the. 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.. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 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. She has been awarded a Miami Individual Artist Stipend and fellowship from the South Florida Cultural Consortium. Nikyatu Jusu is a writer and director and her first feature film, Nanny, was developed at the Sundance Institute's 2020 Directors and Screenwriters Labs and debuted at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the U.S. After being written up in Variety and Cahiers Du Cinema, Filmmaker Magazine named Sora one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film. is a filmmaker whose interests lie in telling the stories of trans women of, color. His first film, the documentary feature Ramblin Freak, premiered at SXSW in 2017. Her short film, Youth, premieredat SXSW in 2019 and won an Oscar-qualifying award at Palm Springs. Lowen is also winner of the National Poetry Seriesfor her collection The Cloud That Contained the Lightning about the making of theatomic bomb. His films have won many awards, including a Special Jury Mention at Cannes in 2022 for his short film Lori. 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. Sundance Screenwriters Lab 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. (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. 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. Douglas was an Advisor to over 200 writers in his twenty years participating in the Lab. 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. 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. His short film THE CHICKEN premiered at the 2020 Locarno International Film Festival. His short. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapib. Herintersections inspire her to create space through film technologies. 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. Were looking forward to kicking off a new year of the Screenwriters Lab, supporting the bold visions of a stellar group of storytellers. After her MFA from Columbia University, Fakih received the Ezra Litwak Award for Screenwriting Distinction. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. With industry icons as creative advisors, it features one-on-one story sessions and a tough rewriting experience. 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. 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. He is a 2021 Sundance Screenwriters Lab Fellow, a recipient of the 2020 Tribeca Film Institute Sloan Grant, a 2020. supporters include Tribeca, Nia Tero, Princess Grace Foundation, NACF, PIC, ITVS, MacArthur, and Firelight. 2008. won the 2022 Sundance U.S. Fiction Short Film award. 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. 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). Othersupporters include Tribeca, Nia Tero, Princess Grace Foundation, NACF, PIC, ITVS,MacArthur, and Firelight. 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. January 14, 2022. Twelve-year-old Lil Ant begins to see mysterious figureseerie men with their arms spread like wingsaround his home. (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. many years he was caretaker for Spencer Cook. 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. His first short, Act ofGod, has won many awards, including Best U.S. Short at the Palm Springs ShortsFestand an Audience Award at SXSW 2022. 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. 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. Farida Zahran is an Egyptian writer/director based in Brooklyn. Hasan Hadi is an Iraqi writer/director based in New York. This year at the Sundance Film Festival, FFP Lab-supported projects include Nanny, premiering in U.S. They find forgotten memories, love, and connection through this seemingly obsolete object. Rita Baghdadi is an Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker known for the intimacy of her bold, character-driven films. Co-Founder of 3 Percent Films. (written and directed by Vuk Lungulov-Klotz), (written and directed by A.V. She is currently working towards developing her first featurefilm. His first feature. is a multi-disciplinary artist from the Dominican Republic. Wasserman Award for Best Graduate Film at NYUs First Run Festival. Lab and Intensive participants were selected from over 2000 submissio, ns to further develop their scripts with the guidance of accomplished advisors under the leadership of, (Founding Senior Director, Sundance Institutes Artist Programs) and, 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. , with Gina Rodriguez to direct and star. A USC film school alumnus and native of the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles. The Sundance Institute has named the summer fellows for the Directors, Screenwriters and Native Labs. 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. Dramatic Competition, and The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future and Dos Estaciones, both premiering in World Dramatic Competition. Yuan Yuan, Sundance January Screenwriters Lab participant and writer/director of Late Spring. 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. He is, with Carlos Lpez Estrada attached to direct, and the writer of. 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. With the help of advisors, some of . 2022 Sundance Film Festival along with 90 awards since its premiere. However, I don't have personal experience with most of them. Fresh . All of their work has the power to impact audiences through their unique voices, personal perspectives and exciting and unheard stories, said Michelle Satter, Founding Senior Director of Sundance Institutes Artist Programs. Walter Thompson-Hernndez is a Los Angeles-born and raised filmmaker. The film premiered and won the U.S . , a digital community platform, brings a global cohort of working artists together to learn from each other and Sundance Advisors, and connect in a creative space, developing and sharing works in progress. Joshua Penn Soskin is an award-winning director, writer and photographer. 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. 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. Lolita has been a fellow at the Sundance Screenwriters Lab Intensive, Cave Canem Poetry Retreat, and Atlantic Center for the Arts. 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. Most recently, she wrote, at SXSW in 2019 and won an Oscar-qualifying award at Palm Springs. 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. Nicole Ballivian is a Sundance Screenwriter Fellow and director. Sundance Screenwriters Lab: One of the most prestigious programs for screenwriters, with a focus on independent filmmaking. We are a comprehensive Primary Care / Family Medicine office servicing Chandler, Gilbert, Higley, Queen Creek and Mesa in the East Valley We treat patients ages 5 and up for all types of conditions. 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. Her work draws, cultural bridges that lead to the Caribbean through intersectionality, duality and. premiered at Tribeca and is streaming on HBO Max & Hulu. Abinash Bikram Shah is an award-winning writer/director based in Nepal. Her feature screenplay Keep It Together was shortlisted for the 2019 Tribeca All Access program. However, in return for participation in a Screenwriters Lab, fellows are obligated to sign an agreement stipulating that (a) they will make a contribution to Sundance of % of their film's final budget in excess of $1,000,000 (the "Budget Participation"), (b) Sundance will receive 1% of 100% of the film's net receipts, and (c) Sundance will Walter Thompson-Hernndez is a Los Angeles-born and raised filmmaker. is an award-winning writer/director. Her short film, Beast, premiered at the Tribeca FilmFestival and screened in select theaters nationally before Jordan Peeles Nope. personal story of losing his brother to bipolar. David Miranda Hardy is a Chilean filmmaker living in Vermont. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. In a Minute Youll Be Gone is her first featurefilm. (Lebanon/Canada/France): Rana, a feisty & competitive woman avoiding a secret from her past, becomes obsessed with the male-dominated pigeon wars of Beirut. Television and film credits include Search Party, Law & Order, and Crabs in a Barrel (HBO Latinx Short Film Competition winner). Join Sundance Institute on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. 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. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. His shortfilm 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. Who are these men beneath their uniforms, and how many degrees of separation really exist between them? The Labs give writers and directors a space to develop their craft and selected projects. 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 was named one of Filmmaker Magazines 25 New Faces of Independent Film and was a 2022 Martha MOCA Resident. Faye Ruiz is a filmmaker whose interests lie in telling the stories of trans women ofcolor. 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. Zahran is agraduate of the NYU Grad Film Program. 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. Spencer Cook is a writer, director, and lifelong wheelchair user. 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 . 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. Hes a recipient of a DGA Student Film Award, a Spike Lee Production Grant, the Cary Fukunaga Production Grant, and Ryan Murphys HALF Initiative. Caledonia Curry (aka Swoon) is an artist and filmmaker recognized for her pioneering vision of public artwork. Through intimate portraits, animated films, immersive installations, and multi-year community based projects, she explores the potential inherent within the creative process to act as a catalyst for social change and interpersonal healing. Hes currently in post on his horror short film. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was executive produced by Spike Lee, Spike Jonze, Riz Ahmed, and Alma Harel. 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 (. His first feature, Homebody, won the Emerging Talent Award at Outfest and is available to stream on Fandor. Formany years he was caretaker for Spencer Cook. Award at Outfest and is available to stream on Fandor. She is a Sundance Interdisciplinary Program and Academy of Motion Pictures fellow, and is one of Filmmaker Magazines 25 New Faces of Independent Film. ho confronted rampant discrimination to become one of the first women in physics and an essential contributor to the theory of relativity. Her feature screenplay Keep It Together was shortlisted for the 2019 Tribeca All Access program. 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. s work as a screenwriter and director is supported by the Sundance Institute, SFFILM, IFP/Gotham, ARRAY, Visual Communications, and CAPE. David Liu (Writer/Director) with Santa Anita (U.S.A.): Summer, 2004. Hadas Ayalon is a director, screenwriter and film editor living in Tel Aviv. 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. Her first shortfilm Paris on the Water (2014) won the Student Academy Award and the IsraeliAcademy Award for Best Narrative Short. is an award-winning writer/director based in Nepal. All of their work has the power to impact audiences through their unique voices, personal perspectives and exciting and unheard stories, said. Her debut short film T screened at BlackStar, Sundance Film Festival, AFI and others, and won the 2020 Golden Bear forBest Short Film at Berlinale. 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. 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). Congrats to Walter Thompson-Hernndez on being selected for the 2023 Sundance Fellowship Screenwriters Lab for his film "If I Go Will They Miss Me". Charlotte, with her project "Aftersun," was supported by the Sundance Institute's 2020 Directors and Screenwriters Labs. is a Mexican award-winning screenwriter and playwright. have a professional paper writer with the skills to complete practically any assignment for you. Shes thedirector/producer of Battleground (STARZ) and Netizens (HBO) and is theproducer/writer of Bully (Netflix/PBS). (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. Daniele Anastasion (Writer/Director) with The Scout (U.S.A): A recently widowed biologist is tasked with eradicating thousands of birds accused of spreading disease from a landfill. His latest short film, H.A.G.S (Have A Good Summer), was acquired by the New York Times Op-Docs. Zandash Brown is a Louisiana born-and-based storyteller whose work funnels spirituality, catharsis, and a rural Black experience through the lens of southern gothic horror. As barriers to her career overwhelm her, Mileva battles mental illness and her own exclusion from history. Her first short film Paris on the Water (2014) won the Student Academy Award and the Israeli Academy Award for Best Narrative Short. Its a powerful distraction keeping much of our community and nearly the entire documentary business in a state of naive limbo. Eliza McNitt is a writer and director. 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. The projects and fellows selected for the 2022 January Screenwriters Lab are: Eliza McNitt (Writer/Director) with BLACK HOLE (U.S.A.): At a pivotal moment in both her career and her complicated relationship with her mother, an astrophysicists universe unravels when she encounters a black hole of her own creation. is a director, screenwriter and film editor living in Tel Aviv. The Lab will be dedicated to the memory of Sundances generous Creative Advisor Douglas McGrath who passed away several months ago. Fellowship, supported by K Period Media Fund Foundation. (France): The fates of two French-born Muslim Arabs born in the same neighborhood collide as they find themselves on opposite sides of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack: one a police officer, the other a terrorist. She was a Merata Mita Fellow at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival with her project I love my Guooheaddji. Her debut feature The Cow Who Sang A Song Into the Future premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2022 and was supported by the 2017 Sundance Institute Screenwriters and Directors Lab, along with the Catalyst Forum. CREATIVE DIRECTOR / FILMMAKER / DIGITAL PRODUCT DESIGNER; WITH 20 + YEARS EXPERIENCE DEVELOPING CONTENT/SOLUTIONS FOR BRANDS, BROADCASTERS & PRODUCTION COMPANIES. 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. He iscurrently in the writers room for Acapulco on Apple TV+. Legendary Native Hawaiian big wave surfer, Eddie Aikau, breaks into the scene of global surf culture while facing colonization of the sport. Why Us? GitHub export from English Wikipedia. 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, Zola, On The Record, Boys State, The Farewell, Honeyland, One Child Nation, 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 and Fun Home. Pigeon Wars willbe her debut feature. It takes a village to make an independent film, and there are few villages as important and supportive as the Sundance Institute. Who are these men beneath their uniforms, and how many degrees of separation really exist between them? It's one of the most prestigious, with just 15 lucky screenwriters selected to participate in the five-day workshop and mentoring from esteemed Creative Advisors in Utah. Bringing you exemplary service, along with a . sexuality, and cultural bereavement. 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. The Sundance Institute has chosen its 16 screenwriters to participate in the 2o22 Screenwriters Lab. Your financial contribution supports our efforts to deliver quality, locally relevant journalism. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. His work has placed at Los Angeles CineFest, Filmmatic, and. 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 . Rockwell) and. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. John Hibey co-wrote and produced the two-time Sundance award-winning filmFishing Without Nets (short and feature versions.) Joseph Sackett received his MFA in Directing from NYU Tisch Graduate Film. Dina Amer (Co-writer/Director) and Omar Mullick (Co-writer) with Cain and Abel (France): The fates of two French-born Muslim Arabs born in the same neighborhood collide as they find themselves on opposite sides of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack: one a police officer, the other a terrorist. 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. 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. Lowen is also winner of the National Poetry Series, for her collection The Cloud That Contained the Lightning about the making of the. He has written films that have premiered in Berlinale and Venice and were Nepals official entry for the Academy Awards. He also co-wrote the screenplay for You Resemble Me which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2021. is a writer, director, and lifelong wheelchair user. 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. One of the most exciting things about starting each year with the Sundance Film Festival is having a front-row seat for the bright future of, Fellowship Enters Fifth Year of Supporting Filmmakers from Underrepresented Communities As They Focus on a Sustainable and Creative Path Forward Los Angeles, CA Today. Her latest shortWarsha (Criterion Channel) won the Jury Prize for Best International Fiction Short at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival along with 90 awards since its premiere. 10 Takeaways from the (Life-Changing!) were Nepals official entry for the Academy Awards. 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. Save Your Soul. 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. Violet du Feng is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker.