Sundance Institute announces its renowned 2025 Directors Lab, celebrating 45 years of nurturing filmmaking talent! Among this year's select cohort is Diffan Sina Norman, director of @FangoriaStudios' first feature film Sitora, who will participate in this intensive two-week workshop at the historic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado (yes, the inspiration for the Overlook Hotel in The Shining!).  Filmmakers will collaborate with world class advisors to refine their craft in this exclusive, invitation-only creative environment where "bold, original voices" are developed and celebrated. We couldn't be prouder to have Diffan representing FANGORIA Studios in this prestigious program! 🎥🐅 #SundanceInstitute #EmergingFilmmakers #DirectorsLab #HorrorFilm #FANGORIA #IndieFilm #FilmCommunity #Sitora #FilmDevelopment #Sundance2025

It’s a Wrap for ⁦@sundanceorg⁩ #DirectorsLab in Estes Park, Colorado at The Stanley Hotel. The Lab was full of great learning, a joyful community & was a huge success on all levels. Best of all, we supported an exemplary group of Fellows w/ unique voices & original stories!

Creative Advisors ⁦@RickFamuyiwa⁩ and Reinaldo Green on Diana Peralta’s set with DP Mia Cioffi Henry and her wonderful actors workshopping her script NO LOVE LOST ⁦@sundanceorg⁩ #DirectorsLab!

We have another great group of Creative Advisors ⁦@sundanceorg⁩ #DirectorsLab including: ⁦@RickFamuyiwa⁩ Andrew Haigh, Dylan Tichenor, Stephen Goldblatt, Ed Harris, Reinaldo Green, Gyula Gazdag and Keith Gordon. Today is our last shooting day!

Our amazing first week Creative Advisors ⁦@sundanceorg⁩ #DirectorsLab: Pam Martin, Karyn Kusama, Miguel Arteta, Amy Vincent, Sian Heder, Gyula Gazdag, Andre Holland and Keith Gordon! We celebrate them!

Check out our amazing group of ⁦@sundanceorg⁩ #DirectorsLab Fellows: Ramzi Bashour, Sylvia Khoury, Keisha Witherspoon, Hanna Organschi, Sara Crow, Diana Peralta, Casey Modderno, Claire Fowler and David Rafailedes!

We screened the beautiful and deeply moving film #ExhibitingForgiveness last night ⁦@sundanceorg⁩ #DirectorsLab followed by a great conversation with brilliant actor ⁦@AndreHolland_⁩ about his collaboration with Writer/Director TitusKaphar!

We’re surrounded by elk ⁦@sundanceorg⁩ #DirectorsLab and getting to enjoy our creative work at the intersection of beautiful nature.

Our second day @sundanceorg #DirectorsLab of Fellows shooting their exercise scene before the actors cast for their scripts arrive tomorrow. Check out filmmakers Keisha Rae Witherspoon and Sylvia Khoury on set!

First day shooting the Osso Buco exercise scene ⁦@sundanceorg⁩ #DirectorsLab, with lots of great learning!

Just completed two days of workshops ⁦@sundanceorg⁩ #DirectorsLab focusing on Directing Actors with Estes Tarver and Using Camera to Tell Story with Gyula Gazdag.Tomorrow four of the directors shoot the Exercise scene, Osso Buco!

We’re off and running ⁦@sundanceorg⁩ #DirectorsLab! Our Fellows have just arrived and these photos show us with our early energy, looking forward to all the discoveries, learnings and joy we’ll all experience. It’s a great first moment for our Lab with so much more to come!

Get an inside look at the @sundanceorg #DirectorsLab and all the amazing, visionary filmmakers we have supported. We loved having 4 of our former fellows as Advisors at the Lab including @GPBmadeit, @RickFamuyiwa, @irasachs, and Miguel Arteta!

That's a wrap on the 2023 Sundance Institute #DirectorsLab! 🎬 Join us in celebrating the Fellows and all of the visionary work they accomplished! 👏

It’s a Wrap ⁦@sundanceorg⁩ #DirectorsLab: such a spectacular time with all of our Fellows celebrating all the beautiful work they accomplished. These are must-see films and look forward to being the first audience to experience their singular, visionary work!

It’s our last day of shooting ⁦@sundanceorg⁩ #DirectorsLab! Such an amazing group of Fellows whose work and learning has been remarkable and moving!

Celebrating ⁦@sundanceorg⁩ #DirectorsLab, our group photo of our full community who are all making a singular and collective contribution to our Lab. We are family!!

So much beauty & rushing water at Sundance Mountain Resort as filmmakers put their scenes on ‘film,’ @SundanceResort #sundanceresort #DirectorsLab #DirectorsLab @visitutah #mountains

Day 8 ⁦@sundanceorg⁩ #DirectorsLab: wonderful to spend time with our Advisors Randa Haines and ⁦@GPBmadeit⁩! Watching Gina’s first feature LOVE & BASKETBALL last night was a meaningful way to tie Gina’s work as a Sundance Fellow and now Advisor.

Beautiful Sundance Mountain Resort, home of the Sundance Directors Lab. @SundanceResort #sundanceresort #DirectorsLab #DirectorsLab @visitutah #mountains