Sundance Institute Sets In-Person Return For Documentary Edit And Story Lab, Names Participants & Projects

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EXCLUSIVE: The Sundance Institute has set the participants and projects for its Documentary Edit and Story Lab, which this year returns to Utah’s Sundance Resort after a two-year hiatus.

The list consists of filmmaking partners Jude Chehab and Fahd Ahmed (Q), Jalena Keane-Lee and Diana Diroy (Standing Above the Clouds), Alessandra Sanguinetti and Soledad Salfate (The Illusion of an Everlasting Summer) and Edwin Martinez and Inés Vogelfang (The Monster and the Storm).

The Institute also today named Diroy, Stephanie Andreou, Julie Gaynin, Alma Herrera-Pazmino and Luna X. Moya as the artists selected for the second edition of its Art of Editing Fellowship.Designed to provide time and space to go deep into the language, form and meaning of indie nonfiction features, the Lab combines director and editor teams in the later stages of post-production with experienced  documentary filmmakers, for the process of reimagining or reconceiving dramatic structures, exploring character and story development, and refocusing around the director’s original animating vision for their work.

Through the Art of Editing Fellowship, launched in 2020 to spotlight emerging nonfiction editing talents, Fellows received a stipend and a dedicated mentor, along with access to curated workshops and small gatherings through the Fellowship year.Documentary Film Program Director Carrie Lozano, who oversees the Lab process alongside Deputy Director Kristin Feeley, said, “My team and I are thrilled to come together in person with a spirit of inquiry and hope that comes from the shared endeavor of reimagining the creative possibilities of the nonfiction form.