Sentences with phrase «screenwriters lab»

Her original screenplay, Mule Bone Blues (about Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes [with consultations by Zora's niece, Lucy Ann Hurston]-RRB-, won the 2010 Virginia Screenwriting Competition and placed in the second round of the 2015 and 2017 Sundance Screenwriters Lab Competition and the second round of the 2010 Austin Screenplay Competition.

In 1997, after having spent two weeks at the Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab, Dean embarked on a pilgrimage of sorts to Rozel Point on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, the site of Robert Smithson's infamous earth work Spiral Jetty.

Sundance Screenwriters Lab is a five - day writer's workshop that gives independent screenwriters the opportunity to work intensively on their feature film scripts with the support of established writers in «an environment that encourages innovation and creative risk - taking».

She was also a National Magazine Award Nominee in Personal Essay, a finalist in the Nickelodeon Screenwriting Awards and a finalist in the Sundance Screenwriters Lab.

Los Angeles, CA — Sundance Institute has selected 25 projects to participate in its Screenwriters Lab, Documentary Edit and Story Labs and new Theatre - Makers Residency, which will take place concurrently this summer in the mountains of the Sundance Resort in Utah.

My relationship with Sundance began back in 2007, as a Fellow for the RAWI Middle - Eastern Screenwriters Lab.

Her feature documentary I for India premiered in the World Competition section of the Sundance Film Festival, screened at over 20 international festivals and garnered several awards before being released theatrically to critical acclaim in the UK and the U.S. Suri also participated in the 2015 Drishyam Sundance Screenwriters Lab.

Group shot of Fellows and Advisors at the Mumbai Mantra Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab.

Creative Advisor Sebastian Cordero and Fellow Edson Oda at the Screenwriters Lab.

Bill Wheeler speaks with Nicole Riegel at the January Screenwriters Lab.

Nearly six years after the first Screenwriters Lab in India, the Institute views the coming year as an opportunity to craft support for independent filmmakers in a way that suits a landscape changing as rapidly as the country itself.

Bill Wheeler has served as a Creative Advisor at numerous Sundance Institute Screenwriters and Directors Labs, and most recently mentored at the January Screenwriters Lab at Sundance Resort.

But why am I starting a post about the Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab with this commentary?

Applications for both the 2018 Asian American Feature Film Program Fellowship and the 2018 January Screenwriters Lab are now open.

Oda's fellowship included participation at the January Screenwriters Lab with his project «Nine Days,» which he writes about below.

THE TAQWACORES and filmmaker Eyad Zahra received long - term support from the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program, through the Rawi Screenwriters Lab in Jordan and with creative and granting support through post-production.

Artists and projects joining the Directors Lab Fellows for the 2015 June Screenwriters Lab (June 20 - 25), which will be dedicated to the memory of longtime Creative Advisor and award - winning screenwriter Stewart Stern, are:

Directors Lab Fellows join five additional projects for the week - long Screenwriters Lab, where they participate in individualized story sessions under the guidance of established screenwriters.

And now the critically acclaimed singer / songwriter who has attended both the Sundance Institute Theatre Lab (Passing Strange, 2004 and 2005) and Sundance Institute Directors / Screenwriters Lab (We Can See Today, 2005) is a member of our first - ever Sundance Institute Alumni Advisory Board Member.

They might need to reconfigure the lodging situation for this January's 2018 Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab...

The 18th Annual HIFF Screenwriters Lab began last Friday with screenwriters and mentors arriving in Sag Harbor for a weekend of supportive guidance... More >>

Tayarisha Poe (right) speaks with creative advisor Tyger Williams at the Screenwriters Lab.

Although we were at significantly advanced stages of preproduction, the Screenwriters Lab was a watershed moment that impacted the film at the 11th hour.

Since 2013, The Ammon Foundation has supported the education and professional development of emerging independent feature film screenwriters, directors, and producers («Fellows») at five of the FFP's signature residency programs: Creative Producing Lab, Creative Producing Summit, January Screenwriters Lab, and the Directors and Screenwriters Lab.

Before getting rave reviews for Sorry to Bother You at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, Riley (who you might also know as the lead vocalist of The Coup) brought his satirical, fantastical script to Sundance Institute's Screenwriters Lab, Directors Lab, and Catalyst Forum to help bring his story to life on screen.

In January 2015, the Sundance Institute invited me to the Screenwriters Lab in Utah.

So, my fellowship at the Screenwriters Lab at this point, was not only important for making final adjustments to the script; it was vital to directing the film.

Again and again, the rhythm and tone of the screenplay that I was able to establish at the Screenwriters Lab invariably affected the edit.

The methodical rigor that I encountered at the Screenwriters Lab afforded me the clarity and focus before plunging into production.

These support the Institute's Native Filmmakers Lab and the Feature Film Program's June Screenwriters Lab at the Sundance Resort.

Vatche: That November, I was invited to be part of the Rawi Screenwriters Lab, a collaboration between the Royal Jordan Film Commission and Sundance Institute.

Something I can say without any reserve is that, even at the latest stages of development, my openness to learn at the Screenwriters Lab unquestionably and significantly impacted the final film.

When I applied to the Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab I knew there was something wrong with my script.

The event also honored filmmaker Ryan Coogler — whose debut feature film, Fruitvale Station, was selected for Sundance Institute's Screenwriters Lab and went on to win both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival — with the Vanguard Award, Presented by Tiffany & Co..

Sundance Connection: Feature Film Program Screenwriters Lab and Directors Lab; Film Festival Alumni

2012 was a pivotal bloom year for the adaptation, with Heller landing all encompassing support from the Sundance Institute folks with a quartet of workshoppy goodness: Creative Producing Summit, June Screenwriters Lab, Directors Lab and Screenplay Reading Series.

Program Description: The Screenwriters Lab is a five - day writers» workshop that gives independent screenwriters the opportunity to work intensively on their feature film scripts with the support of established writers in an environment that focuses on the art and craft of screenwriting and creative risk taking.

The Screenwriters Lab is for first or second - time fiction feature writers, writer / directors, or writer / director teams.

Additionally, one fellowship is awarded annually to an emerging screenwriter to support the ongoing development of a feature - length fiction screenplay with science or technology themes through participation at a Screenwriters Lab.

Fellowship Description: The Latinx Fellowship supports one U.S. - based Latinx writer or writer / director through participation in either the Screenwriters Lab or the Screenwriters Intensive.

Made possible in part by the A3 Foundation, the fellowship supports an Asian American writer or writer / director in the development of their feature screenplay through participation in the Screenwriters Lab, Screenwriters Intensive, or Creative Producing Summit.

Eligibility: The Screenwriters Lab supports writers, writer / directors, and writer / director teams developing their first or second fiction feature film.

On May 18 in Los Angeles, we presented a screenplay reading of Stem, written and directed by Diane Bell, who was supported at the 2011 January Screenwriters Lab.

David Lowery attended the 2012 Sundance Institute January Screenwriters Lab with his screenplay for Ain't Them Bodies Saints, an Official Selection of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

From the first time we encountered these characters on the page at our Screenwriters Lab, to watching Danielle Macdonald, Bridget Everett, and Sid Dhananjay bring them to life while workshopping scenes with Geremy at our Directors Lab, to seeing Geremy, «Killa P,» and company take the 2017 Sundance Film Festival by storm, we've been awed and inspired by this film's journey.

The Fellows at the January Screenwriters Lab were Liliana Greenfield - Sanders (Adelaide), Holden Abigail Osborne (Adelyne), Jody Lee Lipes and Jeffrey Peixoto (Confederacy), Najwa Najjar (Eyes of a Thief), Malik Vitthal and Ismet Prcic (Imperial Dreams), Seng Tat Liew (In What City Does It Live?)

Faiza documented her experience at Sundance Institute's RAWI Screenwriters Lab in Jordan this fall where, along with other Middle Eastern screenwriters, she honed her storytelling skills under the guidance of Creative Advisors.

Learn more about the Feature Film Program and apply for its 2015 January Screenwriters Lab here.

To get you inspired — and just for the sake of nostalgia — let's take a look at 9 filmmakers who cut their teeth at the Screenwriters Lab.

Enamored by this concept, we invited Antonio and Fabio to spend an intense week exploring this story in our 2016 January Screenwriters Lab.