The Sundance Institute has announced the 13 projects selected for its annual June Directors and Screenwriters Labs from May 27-Jun 27.

“We are very excited to support such a rich selection of projects that reflect the diversity of stories, artistic vision and innovation in narrative form that embraces the next generation of independent filmmakers,” said Feature Film Program founding director Michelle Satter.

“The support we provide through the Directors and Screenwriters Labs will allow each artist to develop the tools and confidence to more fully realise the promise of their first and second features.”

The projects and participants selected for the 2013 June Directors Lab (May 27 – June 20) are:

  • Pamela Romanowsky
    The Adderall Diaries     (US);
  • Jan Kwiecinski (writer-director)
    The Incident     (US);
  • Eva Weber (co-writer-director), Vendela Vida (co-writer)
    Let The Northern Lights Erase Your Name     (UK-Germany-US);
  • Russell Harbaugh (co-writer-director), Eric Mendelsohn (co-writer)
    Love After Love     (US);
  • K’naan (writer-director)
    Maanokoobiyo     (Somalia-US);
  • Ian Hendrie (co-writer-co-director), Jyson McLean (co-writer-co-director)
    Mercy Road     (US);
  • Meredith Danluck (writer-director)
    State Like Sleep     (US);
  • Miguel Calderón (writer-director)
    Zeus     (Mexico).

The projects and participants joining the Directors Lab Fellows for the 2013 June Screenwriters Lab (June 22-27) are:

  • Ray Tintori (writer-director)
    Untitled Cabal Project     (US);
  • Bart Layton (writer-director)
    The Heist     (UK);
  • Andrew Ahn (writer-director)
    Spa Night     (US);
  • Nikole Beckwith (writer-director)
    Stockholm, Pennsylvania     (US);
  • Alvaro Delgado-Aparicio (writer-director)
    Story Box Of Dreams     (Peru).

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