When I think of what the Sundance labs might signify for those lucky enough to have their projects participate what comes to mind are the numerous other projects that were first birthed there. In the fresh aired Sundance Resort in Utah, projects that came are (and what a cool sampling) Hany Abu-Assad (PARADISE NOW), Miranda July (ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW), Josh Marston (MARIA FULL OF GRACE), Debra Granik (DOWN TO THE BONE), Kimberly Peirce (BOYS DON’T CRY), Paul Thomas Anderson (HARD EIGHT), (THREE SEASONS), John Cameron Mitchell (HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH), Darren Aronofsky (REQUIEM FOR A DREAM), Tamara Jenkins (SLUMS OF BEVERLY HILLS), Nicole Holofcener (WALKING AND TALKING), Walter Salles (CENTRAL STATION), Quentin Tarantino (RESERVOIR DOGS) and the list does indeed go on.
This June, the Sundance Institute have announced the lucky 13 that will shack up for some hardcore lab work. The directors and screenwriters Labs are:
May 28-June 23
THE CAVANAUGHS/John Morgan (co-writer/director) and Meg LeFauve (co-writer), U.S.A.
Circumstance/Maryam Keshavarz (writer/director), U.S.A./Iran
Cold Souls/Sophie Barthes (writer/director), U.S.A.
FARMING/Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (writer/director), United Kingdom/Nigeria
Haiti Cherie/Patricia Benoit (writer/director), U.S.A./Haiti
Here/Braden King (co-writer/director) and Dani Valent (co-writer), U.S.A./Australia
Spoons/Eric Lahey (writer/director), U.S.A.
Water & Power/Richard Montoya (writer/director), U.S.A.
Screenwriters Lab from June 23-28:
DREAMING IN COLOUR / Tala Hadid (writer/director), Morocco/U.S.A.
PARIAH/Dee Rees (writer/director), U.S.A.
REFRESH, REFRESH/James Ponsoldt (writer/director), U.S.A.
THIS IS NOT A PIPE: AN IMAGE OF TREASON/J.J. Lask (writer/director), U.S.A.
UM HUSSEIN/Mohamed Al-Daradji (co-writer/director) and Jennifer Norridge (co-writer), Iraq/UnitedKingdom
