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by Stephi Wild - December 11, 2020
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Sundance Institute Announces 2020 Directors & Screenwriters Lab Fellows
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11 independent filmmakers developing 10 projects have been selected for the 2020 Sundance Institute Directors and Screenwriters Labs, reimagined and expressed digitally this year on Sundance Co//ab....
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BMI Continues It's Support Of The Acclaimed Sundance Institute Film Music and Sound Design Lab
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ReFrame Launches ReFrame Rise
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by Kaitlin Milligan - May 29, 2019
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Sundance Institute Theatre Lab Announces 2019 Fellows & Projects
by Tori Hartshorn - April 30, 2019
Today, Sundance Institute's Theatre Program announces the nineteen artists who represent the creative teams that will convene to develop new work at the annual Lab at the Sundance Mountain Resort in Utah July 8-28. ...
Sandra Oh, Connie Britton Honored at the 44th ANNUAL GRACIE AWARDS
by Kaitlin Milligan - April 16, 2019
The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) announced the winners of the 44th annual Gracie Awards to take place May 21 at the Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles. The event will recognize such esteemed honorees as Sandra Oh, Tisha Thompson, Rachel Maddow, Connie Britton, Eliz...
Sundance Institute Names Four New Members of Board of Trustees
by Tori Hartshorn - April 09, 2019
Sundance Institute announced today that Jason Blum, Ebs Burnough, Lynette Wallworth and Lisa-Michele Church will join the Institute's Board of Trustees. The new Trustees bring deep experience and broad expertise spanning communications, emerging media, and film production to the Institute's go...
Sundance Institute's FilmTwo Initiative: Fostering Sustainability, Creativity in Storytelling
by Tori Hartshorn - March 21, 2019
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by Tori Hartshorn - February 26, 2019
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