Sundance Sets Fellows For 2025 Screenwriters Lab & Intensive
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The Sundance Institute has named the fellows selected for the 2025 Screenwriters Lab and Screenwriters Intensive programs, which provide emerging artists with a space to develop their first and second indie features.
Lab fellows include Leo Aguirre (Verano), Chheangkea (Little Phnom Penh), Andrea Ellsworth & Kasey Elise Walker (The Dispute), Roberto Fatal (Electric Homies), Diffan Sina Norman (Sitora), Alexandra Qin (Thirstygirl), Chloe Sarbib (Trou Normand), Yelizaveta Smith (In Vacuo), Katla Sólnes (Eruption) and Lana Wilson (Back Seat).
The Intensive fellows are Bethiael Alemayoh (I Didn’t Forget You), Sammi Cannold & Safi Rauf (The Homecoming), Karishma Dev Dube (Strangers), Nate Gualtieri (Queerbait), Ward Kamel (If I Die in America), Shehrezad Maher (Theory of Colors), Joanne Mony Park (The Windiest Day), Alisha Tejpal & Mireya Martinez (For the Eyes Are Blind to the Stairwells), Catalina Torres (Anoche Creí Que Nadaba) and Melina Valdez (Saca Tu Lengua (Stick Out Your Tongue)).
The 10 projects bound for the Screenwriters Lab were selected from over 3,380 submissions. The program is set to take place at the Sundance Mountain Resort in Utah from January 18–22, under the leadership of Michelle Satter (Founding Senior Director, Sundance Institute’s Artist Programs), Ilyse McKimmie (Deputy Director, Feature Film Program), Artistic Director Scott Frank and Co-Artistic Director Jessie Nelson.
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