Sundance Institute Announces 2024 Latine Fellowship & Collab Scholarship Artists

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Sundance Institute has announced the storytellers selected for the 2024 Latine Fellowship and Collab Scholarship, which is in its third year.

Supporting 10 early career artists, the program aims to expand Latine representation in independent media by offering professional and creative development support, networking opportunities and access to Sundance Collab and ELEVATE. “This year’s Latine Fellowship and Scholarship recipients come from diverse disciplines, all united by their shared goals of growth and increasing representation for a wide range of Latine voices,” said Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs, director of Sundance Institute’s Artist Accelerator and Women at Sundance. “We are thrilled to welcome them into this Program and look forward to seeing how creative and financial support will help them advance these goals.” The Sundance Institute Latine Fellowship is a yearlong experience in which includes a $10,000 unrestricted grant, bespoke artist development support, creative and tactical support on their projects and regular opportunities for community engagement and networking.

The Latine Collab Scholarship offers a yearlong mentorship with a Sundance Artist Alumni, focusing on craft and career development.

Recipients will also meet regularly with Sundance staff and industry professionals, in addition to participating in artist development sessions to help lay the foundation for their career goals. The 2024 Sundance Institute Latine fellows are: Karla Claudio (producer) with Matininó: A multi-generational family of Puerto Rican women transform their experience with gender violence into a fantasy film where they search for an island inhabited exclusively by women warriors.