2025 Sundance Institute Cultural Impact Residency

Created in honor of social justice advocate Michael Latt’s legacy, the Sundance Institute Cultural Impact Residency is a six-month online residency program that will uplift early-career underrepresented storytellers with a focus on creative, social, and cultural impact and galvanize them with opportunities, hope, creative support, and inspiration.

Eight fellows were selected across three tracks: writing-directing in fiction, nonfiction, and episodic. Each fellow will receive dedicated meetings with Sundance Institute advisors to receive feedback on their projects; bimonthly cohort meetings to check in and share work; a meeting with Michelle Satter, Founding Senior Director, Artist Programs at Sundance Institute; and a meeting with applicable Sundance Institute Artist Program staff. Each participant will also receive a Sundance Collab Library Pass to access the extensive Sundance Collab Video Library, which includes Master Classes and recordings of previous Collab events, and two On Demand courses of their choosing.

  • Credits
  • Projects

Rita Baghdadi

Creative Advisor

Patricia Cardoso

Creative Advisor

David France

Creative Advisor

Claudia Lloso

Creative Advisor

Reinaldo Marcus Green

Creative Advisor

LaToya Morgan

Creative Advisor

Rodrigo Reyes

Creative Advisor

Jessica Sharzer

Creative Advisor

Justin Simien

Creative Advisor

A Native Land

Birthright

Fishtank

r.e.g.g.i.n

Salmon Run

Wood Street
As you use our Online Archives, please understand that the information presented from Festivals, Labs, and other activities is taken directly from official publications from each year. While this information is limited and doesn't necessarily represent the full list of participants (e.g. actors and crew), it is the list given to us by the main film/play/project contact at the time, based on the space restrictions of our publications. Each entry in the Online Archives is meant as a historical record of a particular film, play, or project at the time of its involvement with Sundance Institute. For this reason, we can only amend an entry if a name is misspelled, or if the entry does not correctly reflect the original publication. If you have questions or comments, please email [email protected]