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Fellows and Creative Advisors Gather May 13-18 in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Los Angeles, CA — Two emerging Native storytellers,
Erica Tremblay (Seneca-Cayuga) and
MorningStar Angeline Wilson (Navajo, Blackfeet, Chippewa Cree) will participate in the
2018 Sundance Institute Native Filmmakers Lab, continuing the Institute’s year-round work in the discovery and
development of artists from diverse backgrounds.
The Lab takes place May 13-18 in Santa Fe, NM. During the Lab, Fellows work with a cast, crew, and supervising producer to
shoot workshop versions of scenes from their short films under the expert creative mentorship of Program alumni and other
established industry professionals and Program staff.

Special Benefit to Celebrate the Winner of the 2018 Vanguard Award: Boots Riley, Artist and Multi-Hyphenate

Featuring the LA Debut Screening of
Sorry to Bother You and (Raucous) Afterparty: Tickets on Sale Now at
sundance.org/sundown

Los Angeles, CA — Sundance Institute, in collaboration with Annapurna Pictures, invites fans and supporters of
independent cinema to celebrate the irrepressible writer/director/producer/musician/activist
Boots Riley. Boots, an alumni of both the Sundance Labs and Film Festival, will be honored with the Sundance Institute’s
annual Vanguard Award at its summer fundraiser on June 14, 2018 at The Theatre at Ace Hotel Downtown Los Angeles, just
before the Los Angeles debut of his new film,
Sorry to Bother You and an afterparty for all ticketholders immediately following.

LOS ANGELES — Sundance Institute’s John Cooper announced today that
Kim Yutani is the Sundance Film Festival’s new Director of Programming. Yutani will lead the curation of
film, media, and off-screen programming at both the Sundance Film Festival and other year-round public platforms and programs
that showcase and elevate independent storytellers and artists. She was formerly Senior Programmer at the Festival, and
will report directly to Festival Director
John Cooper.

Advisors Indhu Rubasingham and Hassan Abdulrazzak join Creative Team
Acting Company includes Yassine Ahejjam, Hanane Hajj Ali, Khris Davis, Teresa Lim, Aya Metwalli, Alano Miller, Hala Omran, Sharif Sehnaoui, Micah Stock, Michelle Wilson and others

New York — Sundance Institute’s Theatre Lab kicks off on May 6th, and today announced this year’s
participating acting company and creative advisors. The Lab, which runs through May 27 at the Fellah Hotel outside Marrakech,
Morocco, is supervised by Artistic Director
Philip Himberg and Producing Director
Christopher Hibma, and is the centerpiece of the Institute’s year-round work with the theatre community,
alternating locations between Sundance Resort in Utah and a venue in the Middle East/North African region, as part of a
multi-year commitment to international work and a means of facilitating cultural exchange between artists writing in English
and Arabic.

For the three-week Lab, the Institute provides rehearsal space, dramaturgical support, and an acting company, creating
an immersive environment where artists can experiment, see their work take shape and collaborate with creative advisors,
dramaturgs and actors.

Groundbreaking Group of Emerging Media Creatives Convene to Push the Boundaries of Storytelling and Technology

Nitzan Bartov | Char Simpson | Michèle Stephenson | Joe Brewster | Raqi Syed | Areito Echevarria |
Stephanie Dinkins |Sadé Dinkins | Shariffa Chelimo Ali | Yetunde Dada | Kevin Cornish | Seyward Darby
Los Angeles, CA — Sundance Institute announces the six projects selected for the annual
New Frontier Story Lab, which supports independent artists working at the cutting-edge convergence of film, art,
media, live performance and technology.
The New Frontier Story Lab is a week-long immersive experience that empowers creatives with individual story sessions, conversations
about key artistic, design and technology issues and case study presentations from experts in multiple disciplines. Past
participants include Roger Ross Williams, Josephine Decker, Silas Howard, Tracy Fullerton, Yung Jake, Chris Milk, Hasan
Minhaj, Tommy Pallotta, Amelia Winger-Bearskin, Hank Willis Thomas, Jillian Mayer, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Navid and Vassiliki
Khonsari, A Dandy Punk, Nicolas Peufaillit, and Yasmin Elayat.

Sundance Film Festival: London Programme Announced – Picturehouse Central Hosts Feature Films, Short Films and Special Events from 31May – 3 June 2018

Tickets on sale Monday 30 April; priority booking from Monday 23 April
Find out more at

picturehouses.com/sundance

Picturehouse Central, 19 April 2018 — Sundance Institute and Picturehouseannounced today the programme of feature
films, short films and panel discussions for the
Sundance Film Festival: London 2018, taking place 31 May – 3 June at Picturehouse Central, presented in association
with Adobe. General ticket sales open at 9.

19 Theatremakers from U.S., Middle East & North Africa Assemble for Customized Support & Development
Lab Théâtre du Sundance Institute / Annonce des Boursiers 2018
المختبر المسرحي في معهد ساندانس يسمي الحاصلين على الزمالة لعام
NEW YORK, NY — Sundance Institute announces the slate of theatremakers from the U.

With the support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the partnership of the Guardian, Sundance Institute is excited to launch the Short Documentary Fund for Native and Indigenous voices from around the world.

The Feature Film Program is making it easier for artists to simultaneously submit their feature projects for consideration for numerous avenues of support. We’ve streamlined the application process for filmmakers and consolidated our applications into two tracks:
Development TrackThe development track application allows writers, writer/directors, and writer/director teams to submit a fiction feature in the development phase to be considered for the following programs:

Screenwriters Lab (held annually in January)
Screenwriters Intensive (held annually in March)
FilmTwo Initiative (Intensive held annually in March; for filmmakers developing their second fiction feature)
Sundance Institute Asian American Fellowship
Sundance Institute Latinx Fellowship
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship and Commissioning Grant (for projects with scientific and/or technological content)
Sundance Institute Open Borders Fellowship (for international directors based outside the U.

12 Fellows Join Screenwriters Intensive, Supported by the Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation;

10 Join FilmTwo, Supported by Universal Filmed Entertainment Group
LOS ANGELES — This spring, Sundance Institute advances the new work of writers and directors through two focused tracks
of support under the auspices of the Feature Film Program: the Screenwriters Intensive, taking place March 15-16, and the
FilmTwo Intensive, convening March 22-23.
“It’s imperative that we support storytellers at multiple points in their careers, and with tailored programs that address
specific challenges,” said
Michelle Satter, Founding Director, Sundance Institute Feature Film Program. These Fellows will advance the
art and craft of their work under the guidance of experienced filmmakers and industry leaders, while serving the Institute’s
commitment to introduce the industry to an inclusive pipeline of exciting new storytellers.

Editor’s note: For the fourth consecutive year, the Trump Administration has proposed to eliminate funding for the National Endowment for the Arts. This Arts Advocacy Day, we’re re-publishing a letter from president and founder Robert Redford recognizing the NEA’s formative role in developing Sundance Institute, as well as its continued importance today. If you’d like to join the conversation, please visit the Americans for the Arts’s Action Center to send a customizable message to your elected representatives.