Spotting Film Independent Fellows At Sundance A 2024 Field Guide

Of course, our favorite among these snowblind wretches are our own Film Independent Fellows proudly debuting their new works at the festival. And by “Fellows” here we of course mean filmmakers who have been directly supported by Film Independent’s Lab Programs, Project Involve, Fast Track and Fiscal Sponsorship programs, as well as Emerging Filmmaker Award winners and grant recipients. Below, please find the 27 Film Independent Fellows with projects—across all programming categories—currently scrapping over Ubers on the slippery sidewalks of Park City’s historic Main Street. Additionally, Sundance films In the Summers and Nocturnes were directly nurtured by Fi as Lab-supported projects. For more info about Film Independent, see our website.

PREMIERES

Ian Olds, Editor, Power Grant recipient/winner, 2018 Lizzie Shapiro, Producer, Sasquatch Sunset Fast Track, 2020 Producing Lab, 2017 Lana Wilson, Producer/Director, Look Into My Eyes Fast Track, 2015 Zoë Worth, Producer, Thelma Fast Track, 2021

U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION

Esteban Arango, Director, Ponyboi Project Involve, 2017 Grant winner/recipient, 2017 Brad Becker-Parton, Producer, Stress Positions Fast Track, 2023 Luca Borghese, Producer, Love Me Fast Track, 2020 Bruce Francis Cole, Cinematographer, Suncoast Project Involve, 2018 Chris Stinson, Executive Producer, Suncoast Producing Lab, 2005 Daniel Tantalean, Producer, In the Summers Producing Lab, 2023 Lab supported project Sarah Winshall, Executive Producer, Good One Fast Track, 2021 Ed Wu, Cinematographer, Ponyboi Project Involve, 2015

U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

Alexandra Johnes, Producer, FRIDA Fast Track, 2015 Kellen Quinn, Producer, Sugarcane Fast Track, 2015 Lysette Urus, Co-Producer, As We Speak Producing Lab, 2021 Fast Track, 2021 Steffie Van Rhee, Co-Producer, Jamojaya Documentary Lab, 2021 Fast Track, 2023

Haley Elizabeth Anderson, Director/Writer/Producer, Tendaberry Amplifier Fellowship, 2021 Nate Gualtieri, Writer, Desire Lines Project Involve, 2023

MIDNIGHT

Kira Carstensen, Producer, Your Monster Fast Track, 2018 Samantha Jennings, Producer, The Moogai Fast Track, 2019

WORLD DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

Anirban Dutta, Producer, Nocturnes Global Media Makers, 2022 Paola Mendoza, Executive Producer, IGUALADA Fast Track, 2015 Anupama Srinivasan, Director, Nocturnes Global Media Makers, 2022 Lab supported project

EPISODIC

Debra Granik, Director/Executive Producer, Conbody VS Everybody Grant winner/recipient, 2014 Carl Pfirman, Editor, Better Angels: The Gospel According to Tammy Faye Directing Lab, 2004 Iliana Sosa, Director, God Save Texas: La Frontera Project Involve, 2014

FAMILY MATINEE

Amber Sealey, Director, Out of My Mind Directing Lab, 2013 Fast Track, 2013

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