Thirteen projects will take part in the annual June Directors and Screenwriters Labs. Emerging filmmakers and projects are selected from the United States, Italy, Romania, Australia, Algeria, France, Chile and the UK.

Lab fellows will get a hands-on experience, workshops on scripts, and collaborate with actors. Projects supported by the initiative will receive support from the feature film program.

Projects and participants joining the 2012 June Directors Lab:
A Chjana (US-Italy) by Jonas Carpignano;
After The Wedding (US-Romania) by Ioana Uricaru;
Ajax (US) by Carson Mell;
Confederacy (US) by Jody Lee Lipes and Jeff Peixoto;
The Diary of A Teenage Girl (US) by Marielle Heller;
Lee (US) by Chloe Zhao;
Partisan (Australia) by Ariel Kleinman and Sarah Cyngler; and
Red Olive Tree (Algeria-France) by Karim Bensalah.

Projects and participants joining Directors Lab Fellows for the 2012 June Screenwriters Lab:

Fishing Without Nets (US) by Cutter Hodierne;
Io (US) by Clay Jeter and Will Basanta;
The Princess (Chile) by Marialy Rivas and Camilla Gutierrez;
Untitled (UK) by Debbie Tucker-Green; and
White Faced Lies(US) by Eric Flanagan and Sam Voutas.

“For independent artists in particular, it can be challenging to receive specialised support and encouragement,” Sundance Institute executive director Keri Putnam said.

“As our offerings for artists continue to grow our hope is that filmmakers have added incentive to remain true to their visions throughout the creative process.”

The labs are set to take place at the Sundance Resort from May 28-Jun 28.

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