Artist Opportunities
The Sundance Institute’s labs, granting, and mentorship programs operate year-round to support independent artists and bring exciting new work into the world. Several of our programs are now accepting submissions.
Spring Applications
2023 Sandbox Fund
The Sandbox Fund offers grants, engagement events, and other opportunities for independent artists seeking to explore the intrinsic link between science and culture through innovative storytelling. The program is administered by the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund, in collaboration with Sandbox Films.
The application is open to any filmmakers working on a nonfiction film. More details on eligibility requirements in the application.
Applications due April 3, 2023.
2024 Development Track
The Development Track application allows an artist’s work-in-progress fiction feature screenplay to be considered for several programs, fellowships, and grants. Screenwriting Labs and Intensives encourage a creatively rigorous process focused on original storytelling, experimentation, and risk-taking.
The application is open for fiction feature writers, directors, writer/directors, or writer/director teams. Applicants will be considered for several opportunities within the Feature Film Program. More details on eligibility requirements in the application.
Applications open April 13, 2023.
2023 Documentary Fund
In a changing media landscape, the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund has been a stable, progressive force in supporting work that has expressed the world in creative, complex, beautiful, and provocative ways, and it has created real cultural and social impact around some of the most pressing issues of our time. The Documentary Film Program prioritizes support for independent nonfiction films with budgets under $1 million.
The application is open to any filmmakers working on a nonfiction film. More details on eligibility requirements in the application.
Applications due April 17, 2023.