2018 Sundance Ignite Fellows Program

The Ignite Fellows Program is a competitive and intensive yearlong Sundance Institute experience designed to provide artistic and professional development, mentorship, and industry exposure for emerging filmmakers ages 18 to 24 commencing during the Sundance Film Festival.

For the third year, fellows were selected from their submissions of one- to eight-minute original films and their written applications. This year’s prompt asked, “What stories ignite you?” Submissions were evaluated by Institute staff, Adobe Project 1324, and industry mentors and finalists were selected based on their original voice, diverse storytelling and rigor in their filmmaking pursuits.

  • Credits

Effie Brown

Mentor

Jeff Orlowski

Mentor

Jason Michael Berman

Mentor

Amri Rigby

Fellow

Andrea Porras-Madero

Fellow

Ayo Akingbade

Fellow

Carol Nguyen

Fellow

Crystal Kayiza

Fellow

Gerardo Coello Escalante

Fellow

Matthew Puccini

Fellow

Matty Crawford

Fellow

Paloma Lopez

Fellow

Sindha Agha

Fellow

Sky Bruno

Fellow

Sydney Butler

Fellow

Terrance Daye

Fellow

Varun Chopra

Fellow

Mohamed Touahria

Fellow
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