The Screenwriters Lab will take place in person at the Sundance Mountain Resort from January 14-18.
Sundances Feature Film Program Labs have been supporting and championing groundbreaking independent filmmakers for four decades.
More information on the writers and projects selected for the 2023 Sundance Lab and Intensive can be found below.
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But he encounters unexpectedand very humancomplications when he falls in love with the man who knocks him up.
Joseph Sackettreceived his MFA in Directing from NYU Tisch Graduate Film.
He was named one ofFilmmakerMagazines 25 New Faces of Independent Film and was a 2022 Martha MOCA Resident.
Sean Wang(Writer/Director) withDidi ()(U.S.A.): Fremont, CA.
Sean Wangis a filmmaker from Fremont, CA.
Abinash Bikram Shahis an award-winning writer/director based in Nepal.
Gabriela Ortegais a multi-disciplinary artist from the Dominican Republic.
Her work draws cultural bridges that lead to the Caribbean through intersectionality, duality and ancestral memory.
Walter Thompson-Hernandezis a Los Angeles-born and raised filmmaker.
Before transitioning to film, Walter worked as a journalist for The New York Times.
Hadas Ayalonis a director, screenwriter and film editor living in Tel Aviv.
Bernardo Cubriais a Mexican award-winning screenwriter and playwright.
He is currently in the writers room forAcapulcoon Apple TV+.
John Hibeyco-wrote and produced the two-time Sundance award-winning filmFishing Without Nets(short and feature versions.)
Joshua Penn Soskinis an award-winning director, writer and photographer.
Dania Bdeiris a Lebanese director with an MFA in film from NYU Tisch.
Bane Fakihis a Lebanese filmmaker whose shortsAssil and JadandVibesscreened at Palm Springs ShortsFest and Outfest.
After her MFA from Columbia University, Fakih received the Ezra Litwak Award forScreenwritingDistinction.
Her feature screenplayKeep It Togetherwas shortlisted for the 2019 Tribeca All Access program.
Lin Que Ayoungis an award-winning writer/director/producer and graduate of NYU Grad Film.
Farida Zahran(Writer/Director) withThe Leftover Ladies(Egypt/U.S.A.
Farida Zahranis an Egyptian writer/director based in Brooklyn.
Most recently, she wrote on the acclaimed television seriesRamy(A24 & Hulu).
Her short film,Youth, premiered at SXSW in 2019 and won an Oscar-qualifying award at Palm Springs.
Zahran is a graduate of the NYU Grad Film Program.
They find forgotten memories, love, and connection through this seemingly obsolete object.
Masami Kawaiis a Los Angeles-born filmmaker of Ryukyuan descent.
She is an Assistant Professor of Filmmaking at the University of Oregon.
She participated in the Gotham Project Market and Film Independents FastTrack.
Audrey Rosenbergis an award-winning writer/director.
Their short filmSkinreceived a Special Jury Mention at Outfest (2019).
Rosenberg has written for television while developingWild Animalsin several residencies.
Keisha Rae Witherspoonis a Miami-based filmmaker.
She is co-founder of Third Horizon Film Festival, and a 2022 USA Fellow.
He is also co-founder of Third Horizon Film Festival in Miami.
As music unlocks memories, Amina discovers who she is.
Shireen Alihajiis a First Gen, Ecuadorian-Iranian, Muslim, and disabled filmmaker.
Her intersections inspire her to create space through film technologies.
Spencer Cookis a writer, director, and lifelong wheelchair user.
Parker Smithis a filmmaker based in Austin, Texas, originally from Louisville, Kentucky.
His first film, the documentary featureRamblin Freak, premiered at SXSW in 2017.
For many years he was caretaker for Spencer Cook.
This relationship was the basis for their 2022 SXSW Audience Award-winning short,Act of God.
Jesahel Newton-Bernalis a writer/director born and raised in Ecuador with an MFA from Columbia University.
She is currently working towards developing her first feature film.
Cynthia Lowenis an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and writer.
Shes the director/producer ofBattleground(STARZ) andNetizens(HBO) and is the producer/writer ofBully(Netflix/PBS).
Rebin Zanganais a Kurdish American writer from Ohio.
He writes horror and comedy featuring immigrant leads.
His work has placed at Los Angeles CineFest, Filmmatic, and Austin Film Festival, among others.
Hes currently in post on his horror short film,The Man in the Sky Wont Let Me Sleep.
David Liu(Writer/Director) withSanta Anita(U.S.A.): Summer, 2004.
He most recently penned three episodes ofTaiwan Crime Storiesfor Imagine Entertainment (Disney+).
Urvashi Pathaniais a writer/director based in Brooklyn.
Her films explore gender, sexuality, and cultural bereavement.
Her shortUnmotheredis available on HBO Max.
She is the inaugural Sundance Merata Mita Fellow.
Her films have screened at festivals including Sundance and Berlinale.
Faye Ruizis a filmmaker whose interests lie in telling the stories of trans women of color.
