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This week Filmmaker is publishing three diaries from writers and directors who attended the 2023 Sundance Directors Lab. We’ve already published writer-director Dania Bdeir’s as well as director-writer-producer Masami Kawai‘s. Next up is writer-director Walter Thompson-Hernández, who traveled to the Lab with If I Go Will They Miss Me. (He’s also a Filmmaker 2022 25 New Face.) Here’s the description: “Twelve-year-old Lil Ant begins to see mysterious figures — eerie men with their arms spread like wings — around his home. When his father, Big Ant, realizes his son sees these “airplane people” too, their family history emerges and reveals deeper meaning and […]

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This week Filmmaker is publishing three diaries from writers and directors who attended the 2023 Sundance Directors Lab. We’ve already published writer-director Dania Bdeir’s as well as director-writer-producer Masami Kawai‘s. Next up is writer-director Walter Thompson-Hernández, who traveled to the Lab with If I Go Will They Miss Me. (He’s also a Filmmaker 2022 25 New Face.) Here’s the description: “Twelve-year-old Lil Ant begins to see mysterious figures — eerie men with their arms spread like wings — around his home. When his father, Big Ant, realizes his son sees these “airplane people” too, their family history emerges and reveals deeper meaning and […]

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Anaïs Demoustier, the French actor known for her roles in films “Smoking Causes Coughing” and “Anaïs in Love,” has been announced as president of this year’s Caméra d’or Jury at Cannes. The Caméra d’Or award is given to the best debut feature film in the Official Selection and aims to inspire young filmmakers to continue in their creative endeavors.

“Among my greatest joys as a spectator is seeing the debut film of a director who goes on to become a major force. A gesture, the first one, one that forever anchors the necessity of a director and creates a desire to see him or her begin again,” said Demoustier.

“As an actress, I’ve been lucky to experience alongside young directors the delicate balance between nervous energy and a desire to see through their first creation. I am very honoured and looking forward to discovering debut films...

The Sundance Institute on Thursday announced the fellows set for the 2023 edition of their Directors, Screenwriters and Native Labs.

Native Lab participants will include Eva Grant (Degrees of Separation), Quinne Larsen (Trouble), Anpa’o Locke (Growing Pains), Jana Schmieding (Auntie Chuck) and Cian Elyse White (Te Puhi’).

Those taking part in the Directors Lab and/or the Screenwriters Lab include Hadas Ayalon (In a Minute You’ll Be Gone), Dania Bdeir & Bane Fakih (Pigeon Wars), Rashad Frett & Lin Que Ayoung (Ricky), Masami Kawai (Valley of the Tall Grass), Gabriela Ortega (Huella), Audrey Rosenberg (Wild Animals), Abinash Bikram Shah (Elephants in the Fog), Walter Thompson-Hernández (If I Go Will They Miss Me), Sean Wang (DìDi (弟弟)) and Farida Zahran (The Leftover Ladies).

A significant part of supporting Indigenous filmmakers for nearly two decades, the Native Lab will kick off online this year from May 1–5 before continuing in person in Santa Fe,...

Labs run from May to June.

Sundance Institute has announced the Fellows for the 2023 Directors, Screenwriters, and Native Labs.

This year’s Directors and Screenwriters Labs will support 12 Fellows, with five selected for the Native Lab.

Sundance Institute said the Native Lab has been a significant part of supporting Indigenous filmmakers for nearly two decades and will take place online from May 1–5 and continues from May 8–13 in-person in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Projects and Fellows for the 2023 Sundance Institute Native Lab: Eva Grant / Degrees Of Separation (Can); Quinne Larsen / Trouble (USA): Anpa’o Locke / Growing Pains (USA); Jana Schmieding...

Los Angeles, March 2 (Ians) The ‘Creed’ movies are known for their authenticity and respect to the real world of boxing, with champions like Canelo Alvarez recruited to make a cameo in ‘Creed III’.

Now things are becoming even more realistic as the film’s director, producer and star Michael B. Jordan and Hennessy have teamed up on a replica of Adonis Creed’s Delphi Boxing Academy, built in Los Angeles as a celebration of the MGM movie’s release in theatres and IMAX on Friday, reports ‘Variety’.

The ‘Creed III’ pop-up gym will be open to the public on March 4 and 5, at 900 Fairfax Ave in West Hollywood, CA, giving fans the opportunity to fully immerse themselves in the world of Jordan’s film, as they test their skills with boxing props, pose for interactive photos and witness sparring matches.

The fan experience also serves as a launchpad for the Hennessy Legacy Makers initiative,...

The “Creed” movies are known for their authenticity and respect to the real world of boxing, with champions like Canelo Alvarez recruited to make a cameo in “Creed III.”

Now things are becoming even more realistic as the film’s director, producer and star Michael B. Jordan and Hennessy have teamed up on a replica of Adonis Creed’s Delphi Boxing Academy, built in Los Angeles as a celebration of the MGM movie’s release in theaters and IMAX on Friday.

The “Creed III” pop-up gym will be open to the public on March 4 and 5, at 900 Fairfax Ave in West Hollywood, CA, giving fans the opportunity to fully immerse themselves in the world of Jordan’s film, as they test their skills with boxing props, pose for interactive photos and witness sparring matches.

Artist’s rendering of the ‘Creed III’ Delphi Boxing Academy Fan Experience

The fan experience also serves...

The Sundance Institute has named the participants and projects set for the 2023 editions of a pair of its flagship programs: the Screenwriters Lab and Screenwriters Intensive.

Lab participants will include Joseph Sackett (Cross Pollination), Sean Wang (Dìdi (弟弟)), Abinash Bikram Shah (Elephants in the Fog), Gabriela Ortega (Huella), Walter Thompson-Hernández (If I Go Will They Miss Me), Hadas Ayalon (In a Minute You’ll Be Gone), Bernardo Cubría, John Hibey & Joshua Penn Soskin (Kill Yr Idols), Dania Bdeir & Bane Fakih (Pigeon Wars), Rashad Frett & Lin Que Ayoung (Ricky), Farida Zahran (The Leftover Ladies), Masami Kawai (Valley of the Tall Grass) and Audrey Rosenberg (Wild Animals).

Those set for the Intensive are Keisha Rae Witherspoon & Jason Fitzroy Jeffers (Arc), Shireen Alihaji (Blue Veil), Spencer Cook & Parker Smith (Lame), Jesahel Newton-Bernal (Leche), Cynthia Lowen (Light Mass Energy), Rebin Zangana (Qareen), David Liu (Santa Anita), Urvashi Pathania (Skin), Ciara Leina`ala Lacy (Untitled...