Sundance Labs Nurture New Projects
BY CYNDI GREENING, PHOENIX, USA – In the woods of Utah, in breathtaking Provo Canyon, some of the most remarkable films are being created right now! How can one be so certain of that? From May 28th through June 28th, the Sundance Institute is hosting the Annual Directors Lab and the Annual Screenwriters Lab. Of the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of submissions they received, the following projects were selected for Institute support.
The projects and participants selected for the June Directors Lab from May 28-June 23 are:
• THE CAVANAUGHS/John Morgan (co-writer/director) and Meg LeFauve (co-writer), U.S.A.
• CIRCUMSTANCE/Maryam Keshavarz (writer/director), U.S.A./Iran
• COLD SOULS/Sophie Barthes (writer/director), U.S.A.
• FARMING/Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (writer/director), United Kingdom/Nigeria
• HAITI CHERIE/Patricia Benoit (writer/director), U.S.A./Haiti
• HERE/Braden King (co-writer/director) and Dani Valent (co-writer), U.S.A./Australia
• SPOONS/Eric Lahey (writer/director), U.S.A.
• WATER & POWER/Richard Montoya (writer/director), U.S.A.
These fellows will be joined at the June Screenwriters Lab from June 23-28 by these participants and projects:
• DREAMING IN COLOUR / Tala Hadid (writer/director), Morocco/U.S.A.
• PARIAH/Dee Rees (writer/director), U.S.A.
• REFRESH, REFRESH/James Ponsoldt (writer/director), U.S.A.
• THIS IS NOT A PIPE: AN IMAGE OF TREASON/J.J. Lask (writer/director), U.S.A.
• UM HUSSEIN/Mohamed Al-Daradji (co-writer/director) and Jennifer Norridge (co-writer), Iraq/United Kingdom
You can download a PDF with full descriptions of the projects and participants.
