Bane Fakih is a Lebanese filmmaker whose shorts Assil and Jad and Vibes screened at Palm Springs ShortsFest and Outfest. many years he was caretaker for Spencer Cook. 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. Omar Mullick directed the feature non-fiction film These Birds Walk, which was theatrically distributed by Oscilloscope. 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. Currently, Hadi is an adjunct professor at NYUs Graduate Film Program. He has written films that have premiered in Berlinale and Venice and. (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. If they want to survive, theyll need to learn how to make their own magic. Each donation will be used exclusively for the development and creation of increased news coverage. Sean Wang is a filmmaker from Fremont, CA. The opportunity is in the networking as winners can . Recipient of the Sundance Institute Comedy Fellowship. 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. 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. 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. Hadas Ayalon is a director, screenwriter and film editor living in Tel Aviv. His latest short film, H.A.G.S (Have A Good Summer), was acquired by the New York Times Op-Docs. The 2023 Sundance Film Festival will present the world premieres of seven Feature Film Program supported projects that include: -written/directed by Laura Moss, co-written by Brendan OBrien). He is a 2020 Sundance Ignite Fellow, 2021 SFFILM Rainin Grantee, and 2022 Sundance Institute & Asian American. David Liu (Writer/Director) with Santa Anita (U.S.A.): Summer, 2004. Co-Founder of 3 Percent Films. He developed and co-wrote the border comedy Kill Yr Idols (to be directed by Carlos Lopez Estrada) and is in pre-production on his feature directorial debut, The Rooster Prince, a personal story of losing his brother to bipolar. (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. He is a documentary director of films and various series at Amazon, HBO and CNN. She participated in the, Gotham Project Market and Film Independents FastTrack. Othersupporters include Tribeca, Nia Tero, Princess Grace Foundation, NACF, PIC, ITVS,MacArthur, and Firelight. Her films have screened atvarious venues, including the Rotterdam Film Festival, LACMA, and Palm SpringsShortFest. The Screenwriters Intensive, a two-day online workshop, will have 12 writers participating on March 2-3 to develop their first fiction features. were Nepals official entry for the Academy Awards. Rita Baghdadi is an Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker known for the intimacy of her bold, character-driven films. is a director, screenwriter and film editor living in Tel Aviv. 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. 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 currently working with director Carlos Lpez Estrada on Kill Yr Idols, and is developing a project for Warner Brothers withdirector Alfonso Gomez Rejon. Parker Smith is a filmmaker based in Austin, Texas, originally from Louisville, Kentucky. This is a list of screenwriting opportunities that I believe are worthwhile. He is also co-founder of ThirdHorizon Film Festival in Miami. She is currently working towards developing her first feature, film. With the help of advisors, some of . Joseph Sackett received his MFA in Directing from NYU Tisch Graduate Film. Walter Thompson-Hernndez is a Los Angeles-born and raised filmmaker. is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and writer. The Sundance Screenwriters Lab is an experiential and nebulous process. Other. (U.S.A.): Summer, 2004. Rosenberg has written for television while developing. Caledonia Curry (aka Swoon) is an artist and filmmaker recognized for her pioneering vision of public artwork. Committed to supporting excellence in dentistry, Sundance strives to consistently fabricate high-quality restorations and dental devices. Her work drawscultural bridges that lead to the Caribbean through intersectionality, duality andancestral memory. Search, get listed, or request production services. Hes currently in post on his horror short film, TheMan in the Sky Wont Let Me Sleep. (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. Herintersections inspire her to create space through film technologies. He was, named one of Filmmaker Magazines 25 New Faces of Independent Film and was a. 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. 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. Joseph Sackett received his MFA in Directing from NYU Tisch Graduate Film. In a Minute Youll Be Gone is her first feature film. The Sundance Institute has announced the 13 independent film projects selected to take part in this summer's Screenwriting and Directing Labs. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Olive Nwosu is a BAFTA-Pigott Scholar, Alex Sichel Fellow at Columbia University, and an African Promises director selected by the Institut Franais. His filmshave won many awards, including a Special Jury Mention at Cannes in 2022 for hisshort film Lori. 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. Rosenberg has written for television while developing Wild Animals in severalresidencies. 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. Park City, UT The Sundance Institute announced today 16 writers invited to develop 12 original projects at the 2022 Screenwriters Lab, which will be hosted online from January 15-18. 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. She is currently working towards developing her first featurefilm. Yuan Yuan, Sundance January Screenwriters Lab participant and writer/director of Late Spring. currently in the writers room for Acapulco on Apple TV+. In a Minute Youll Be Gone is her first featurefilm. She is an, Assistant Professor of Filmmaking at the University of Oregon. She is the inaugural Sundance Merata Mita Fellow. Spencer Cook is a writer, director, and lifelong wheelchair user. Formany years he was caretaker for Spencer Cook. "Year two continues to attract gifted writers who embody creativity and inclusivity. Its a powerful distraction keeping much of our community and nearly the entire documentary business in a state of naive limbo. She has been awarded a Miami Individual Artist Stipend and fellowship from the South Florida Cultural Consortium. This relationship was the basis for their2022 SXSW Audience Award-winning short, Act of God. 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. 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 . He. Recipient of the Sundance Institute Comedy 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 writer, director, and lifelong wheelchair user. (U.S.A.): In the wake of 9/11, a First-Gen Muslim teenager discovers her mothers cassette tapes. Generally regarded as one of the top three best screenwriting contests in the world. Her films explore gender. She previously worked as scriptwriter and host for Smi Childrens TV at NRK TV, and was educated at the Norwegian Childrens Book Institute in Oslo. is a Los Angeles-born and raised filmmaker. 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. creative director / filmmaker / digital product designer; with 20 + years experience developing content/solutions for brands, broadcasters & production companies Work About is an Egyptian writer/director based in Brooklyn. He is a 2020 Sundance Ignite Fellow,2021 SFFILM Rainin Grantee, and 2022 Sundance Institute & Asian AmericanFoundation Fellow. Hasan Hadi is an Iraqi writer/director based in New York. Legendary Native Hawaiian big wave surfer, Eddie Aikau, breaks into the scene of global surf culture while facing colonization of the sport. Violet du Feng is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Recipient of the Sloan Development Fellowship. Her latest short, (Criterion Channel) won the Jury Prize for Best International Fiction Short at the. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. It takes a village to make an independent film, and there are few villages as important and supportive as the Sundance Institute. 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. Ev is a paranoid young hustler who believes his mother was abducted by aliens when he was a boy. Rebin Zangana is a Kurdish American writer from Ohio. 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. The Sundance Institute has named the summer fellows for the Directors, Screenwriters and Native Labs. Hes a recipient of a DGA Student Film Award, a Spike Lee Production Grant, the Cary Fukunaga Production Grant, and Ryan Murphys HALF Initiative.