Sundance Announces This Year’s Fellows

Amelia Winger-Bearskin / Chico Colvard
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Sundance continues 11-years long tradition, supporting the talent of diverse artists in film, theater and new media.

Jesi Nelson / Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.
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Eleven artists announced to receive support from the 2017 Sundance Institute and Time Warner Foundation Fellowship. Eleven artists from diverse background got the chance to accomplish their work and made it see by a wide audience. This year, Theater Program fellows are playwright and actress Paola Lazaro and playwright Tearrance Chisholm. Chico Colvard, and award-winning filmmaker joins the Documentary Film Program and composer Jesi Nelson is the fellow of Film Music Program. Feature Film Program received fellows Tayarisha Poe, one of the ’25 New Faces of Independent Film’ chosen by Filmmaker Magazine in 2015, and writer, director and producer Reinaldo Marcus Green. Amelia Winger-Bearskin and Shawn Peters join the New Frontier Program. 

Jhane Myers / Reinaldo Marcus Green
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In addition, as the Institute support Native American and Indigenous storytelling, two fellows join this direction of the program: Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr., Sharyn Steele and Jhane Myers.

Paola Lázaro / Shawn Peters
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圣丹斯电影节延续了11年的传统，在电影、戏剧和新媒体等领域支持不同艺术家的才华。

Sharyn Steele / Tearrance Chisholm
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11位艺术家获得了2017年圣丹斯协会和时代华纳基金会的资助。这使得11位有着不同背景的艺术家有机会完成他们的作品，并且获得大量观众的关注。今年，戏剧节目的演员是剧作家、女演员 Paola Lazaro 以及剧作家 Paola Lazaro。Chico Colvard 和其他获奖的电影制作人加入了纪录片计划，作曲家 Jesi Nelson 是电影音乐节目的伙伴。专题电影计划也加入了 Tayarisha Poe，2015年电影制作人杂志选出的25个独立电影的新面孔之一，以及作家，导演，制作人多重身份的 Reinaldo Marcus Green。Amelia Winger-Bearskin 和 Shawn Peters 也加入了新前沿项目。

Tayarisha Poe
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此外，由于该研究所支持美国本土和本土的故事，两名伙伴加入了这个方向的项目研究:Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.、Sharyn Steele 和 Jhane Myers。