Colangelo participated in the 2011 Sundance Institute Feature Film Program Labs.Īd Inexplorata is a multi-media fictional story about Captain William D. It has garnered numerous awards, including Grand Jury prizes at the Seattle International Film Festival, Arizona Film Festival, and San Francisco ShortsFest. Colangelo’s most recent short film, Little Accidents, premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Her first film, the short documentary Halal Vivero, was a National Finalist at the 2006 Student Academy Awards her second short film, Un Attimo di Respiro, has screened at over 15 film festivals, including Tribeca and SXSW, and received a Wasserman Prize for Best Direction at NYU. Sara Colangelo is a Student Academy Award-nominated director and recent graduate of NYU’s Graduate Film Division. Adelaide will mark her feature directorial debut.Ī small American coal-mining town, rocked by the devastating effects of a mining accident a year ago, must now deal with the mysterious disappearance of a 14-year-old boy. Greenfield-Sanders is a Masters Candidate at NYU’s Tisch Graduate Film program and the Director of the Wassaic Project’s film program, and she attended the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program Labs.

Her short films have since won the Lifetime Student Filmmaker Prize, Best Short & Audience Awards at 10 major festivals including Woodstock, Austin and Gen Art, and screened at over 50 more. In this dark comedy, an eccentric teenage girl with Munchausen syndrome pushes her medical theatrics to extremes in order to win the heart of a handsome paramedic.īorn and raised in the East Village of New York City, Liliana Greenfield-Sanders’ first film Ghosts of Grey Gardens premiered at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival, screened at the Museum of Modern Art and made its television debut on PBS. Writer/Director: Liliana Greenfield-Sanders The first Indian Paintbrush Fellows and their projects are: “The Indian Paintbrush Producer’s Award further allows us to do so by providing practical resources that help them develop and complete their work and bring it to audiences.”

“In recognition of the significance of producers as creative forces within the independent film industry, we continue to deepen our commitment to these artists and their projects,” said Keri Putnam, Executive Director of Sundance Institute. The first Indian Paintbrush Producer’s Award will be presented at the Producers Lunch at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. In addition, a Producer’s Award and accompanying $10,000 grant will be given to one producer whose film will premiere at the annual Sundance Film Festival. “These grants will not only continue to bring promising independent filmmakers to the attention of both the industry and the public, but also provide the Indian Paintbrush Fellows the creative freedom necessary to develop and deliver their unique visions.” “We are honored and thrilled to be working alongside Sundance Institute in launching this fellowship program,” said Indian Paintbrush. “The accompanying grants will provide much-needed financial support at a critical moment as these filmmakers bring their stories and vision to life.” “The filmmakers and projects selected as the first Indian Paintbrush Fellows are distinguished by their independent vision, originality, and authentic voice,” said Michelle Satter, Director of the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program. The first Indian Paintbrush Fellows were also announced today. In each of two years, five or more filmmakers who have been selected for the Feature Film Program’s Directors, Screenwriters or Producers Labs will receive a grant to support the development, pre-production, post-production, distribution and/or marketing of their work. Los Angeles, CA - Sundance Institute today announced a new fellowship program with Indian Paintbrush that will provide grants to filmmakers supported by the Institute’s Feature Film Program.

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