Sundance Inst. awards James Ponsoldt

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James Ponsoldt is the lucky recipient of this year's Lynn Auerbach Screenwriting Fellowship – a cash award handed out by the Sundance Institute and as THR reports comes screenplay reading and the advisory services of scribes John August and Ron Nyswaner throughout his fellowship year.

No stranger to the joys of Sundance, Ponsoldt was in Park City in 06' with the coming-of-age story starring Trevor Morgan and Nick Nolte entitled Off the Black will be bringing one more drama relating to Iraq war in Refresh, Refresh. This follows three teenage boys struggling to deal with their fathers' service in the Iraq.


Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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