2024 Building Bridges Fellowship and Completion Fund

The Doris Duke Foundation, Islamic Scholarship Fund, and Sundance Institute announced the 6 new artists selected as part of the second cohort of the Building Bridges Fellowship, aimed at expanding Muslim storytelling in the United States. The fellowship provides financial and creative resources, mentorship, and support to filmmakers, focused on telling U.S. Muslim stories while also offering community and network support with other creatives in the industry. Projects by artists across a variety of backgrounds, tell stories of self-discovery, complex relationships, family dynamics, grief, and more.

The Building Bridges Fellowship represents a significant opportunity for emerging diverse filmmakers to hone their craft, receive mentorship from industry professionals, and access valuable resources to sustain their career and bring their projects to fruition. In addition to an unrestricted artist grant of $10,000, fellows benefit from a customized slate of services tailored to their creative, career, and project goals; a year-long mentorship, a Sundance Collab Community Package; and access to Sundance Institute’s ELEVATE program for year-round professional and project development. With a focus on uplifting U.S. Muslim stories, the fellowship seeks to reduce the barriers for emerging artists to connect with broader audiences and ultimately pave the way for a new generation of filmmakers to enrich our nation’s cultural tapestry and encourage meaningful dialogue around common themes of identity, belonging and diversity.

  • Projects

Alien Nation

Arranged

Exorsisters

Sonapur

When Pluto Was a Planet

White Musk
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