Sundance Institute Sets 15 Projects For Sandbox Grants
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The Sundance Institute and Sandbox Films have named the documentary projects and teams that will be receiving support this year through the Sundance Institute | Sandbox Fund.
The Sandbox fund provides grants to projects in any stage from development to post-production, affording filmmakers the opportunity to explore the link between science and culture through nonfiction storytelling.
At a critical time for documentary support, the fund is increasing its granting to $500,000 annually, in an expansion that will allow for more sizable grants, supporting a larger number of artists.
Themes that have emerged within this year’s granting cohort include animal adaptations to climate change, the impact of trauma on the human brain, environmental impacts of artificial intelligence and cloud computing, scientific ethics, biological death and human mortality, the future of African space and scientific programs, and reexaminations of human interventions in water management systems.
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