Sundance Institute

[kotte]

We all know PTA did the Filmmakers lab. My question is have you every applied?

Chris

[ono]

I was about to send in one of my screenplays this past May.  Filled in the online app, but decided against turning in other materials, as I figured I'd need another year to fine tune things and maybe come up with something better.  I'm definitely gonna go for it next year, though.  Maybe I'll have a short and some actors to go with it, too.  But yeah, that's the closest I've gotten.

Why do you ask?

[MacGuffin]

My question is have you every applied?

Yes.

[TheVoiceOfNick]

What types of material do this want? Do they want a feature or a short?


Nick

[ono]

This was the page I used as a reference:

http://institute.sundance.org/jsps/site.jsp?resource=pag_ex_programs_featurefilm_apply

Specifically, that page is for the feature film program.  It outlines the ways the program supports filmmakers.  You send a synopsis and the first five (!) pages of your script, and then if they like what you have, they ask for the whole thing, then they select 15-20 filmmakers to help.  It's a long shot, but well worth it as evidenced by Hard Eight and some of the other films to come out of the lab.