#Sundance Institute
Charlotte Wells, Nikyatu Jusu, & Violet du Feng Among Sundance Institute’s 2023 Momentum Fellows
Sundance Institute has announced the participants selected for the 2023 Momentum Fellowship, a program “designed to support and provide coaching to mid-career artists with a focus on career...
Sundance Institute and TAAF Announce Inaugural AAPI Fellowship and Scholarship Awardees
The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) and the Sundance Institute have teamed up to launch a new fellowship and scholarship for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) artists, in order to provide...
Sundance Institute Announces Inaugural Latine Fellowship and Collab Scholarship Participants
The Sundance Institute has launched a new program, the Latine Fellowship and Collab Scholarship, with the aim of bolstering Latinx representation in indie filmmaking, according to a press...
Sundance Institute Announces 2022 Women at Sundance Adobe Fellows
Sundance Institute has announced the eight artists chosen for the third inaugural Women at Sundance | Adobe Fellowship. Elizabeth Ai (“A Woman’s Work: The NFL’s Cheerleader...
Eight Artists Selected for 2021 Women at Sundance Adobe Fellowship
Sundance Institute has selected eight artists for the second annual Women at Sundance Adobe Fellowship. Variety confirms that Deborah Esquenazi (“Southwest of Salem”), McKenzie Chinn...
Sundance Institute Introduces Intensive for Trans Artists of Color
Sundance Institute has selected six artists for its inaugural Trans Possibilities Intensive. Ava Davis, StormMiguel Florez, River Gallo, Carol Grant, Mitchell (MiSha) Owens, and Savannah Ward are...
Apply Now: Screenwriting Fellowship for Black Women in Comedy
Sundance Institute and Laugh Out Loud, Kevin Hart’s production company and digital network, are teaming up to launch Women Write Now, a screenwriting fellowship dedicated to championing the...
Tabitha Jackson Makes History as Sundance’s First Woman and POC Festival Director
Sundance is bringing on its first new Festival Director in 11 years — and she’s the first woman and person of color to take on the role. A press release has announced that, following a...
Sundance Institute Selects 2020 Momentum Fellows, Announces Inaugural Launch Grant Fund Recipients
Sundance Institute has chosen eight underrepresented filmmakers for its second Momentum Fellowship, and four women filmmakers for its inaugural Launch Grant Fund, a press release has announced. The...
Sundance Institute Announces New Inclusive Filmmaking Fellowship, Names Inaugural Class
Sundance is continuing to up its inclusion game ahead of its 2019 festival. As previously reported, the fest has agreed to make its submissions data transparent and is working to ensure a more...
Moving the Needle on Hollywood’s Gender Disparity: 4 Solutions
Under media pressure and the threat of possible government intervention, Hollywood seems to finally be taking its female-protagonist and woman-director problems more seriously. Forty-four industry...
Sundance Launches New Resource Map for Female Filmmakers
There are dozens of grants, workshops, blogs, archives, film festivals, resource lists and mentoring programs out there for female filmmakers, but finding the ones relevant to you can be a...
Female Filmmakers Initiative Research Confirms Hollywood Is Stuck in a Sexist Rut
The big Hollywood studios are all in Las Vegas this week, showing off their upcoming summer films to the theatre owners at CinemaCon. Clearly, gender is on their mind, since John Fithian, the head...
Sundance Institute Awards Documentary Grants
The Sundance Institute awarded 29 documentaries grants from their Documentary Film Program and Fund. Combined all the films will receive over $550,000 in grants. Here are the women directed...
Women Directed and Written Projects Chosen for Sundance Institute’s June Directors and Screenwriters Labs
The Sundance Institute announced the 13 projects chosen for their prestigious June Director and Screenwriter Labs which take place from May 27-June 27. The program has fellows work with...
6 of 12 Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab Project Picks Written by Women
The Sundance Institute has picked 12 projects to participate in their January Screenwriters Lab. The workshop provides writers the opportunity to find financing and other resources for their films....
Women Do Rule the Documentary World
Last week was Independent Film Week here in NYC. There are a wide variety of events, panels and of course parties. I was able to attend the Chicken and Egg Pictures event (which was beyond packed)...
15 of 27 Sundance Institute Grants Go To Women
The Sundance Institute recently announced their 27 recipients for development, production and audience engagement grants. Of the 27 grant recipients, 15 of the projects are led by women or include...