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Plus award winners ‘Knock Down the House’ and ‘The Souvenir’ [View Web Version]( [INSTITUTE]( [NEWS & STORIES]( [MEMBERSHIP]( [What We’re Watching in May]( It's a great month for catching 2019 Festival films, including Festival Favorite Award winner Knock Down the House (featuring Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez), World Cinema Grand Jury Prize winner The Souvenir, and the Ted Bundy biopic (starring Zac Efron) Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. [See The Releases]( [Writing about Selfishness, Stand-Up Comedy, and Bugs’ Sex Lives]( There’s no one path to becoming an episodic-content creator—and this year’s New Voices Lab artists proved it. From a reality-TV producer to stand-up comedians to a former professional ballerina, each creator has a different story to tell. [Hear Their Stories]( [“We haven’t seen a hip-hop documentary like this”]( We sat down with Wu-Tang Clan, film director Sacha Jenkins, and Festival Director John Cooper to talk about the vulnerability and power of telling the Wu story through their new docuseries, Of Mics and Men, premiering this month. [Watch it Now]( [8 Artists You Didn't Know Came through the Labs]( Sundance Institute has provided a space to nurture indie storytellers for more than 35 years. Here are a few artists you might be surprised to know came through our labs. [See The Artists]( [Nick Hornby on Screenwriting: “I can’t stop!”]( Award-winning writer Nick Hornby and actor Chris O’Dowd get candid. Laugh along with them as they chat about taking projects from page to screen and working with actors and directors—plus see clips from their new show, State of the Union. [Take a look]( [8 Plays, Musicals, and More—All for the Stage]( Our Theatre Program just announced the 19 artists who will develop their new work in this year’s Theatre Lab. Check out their genre-spanning projects. [See Them Here]( [e3ce5486-ba4a-4ca2-97cd-1cff45a1c523.png]( [d1b631b7-afd2-4f51-b292-a6a24c54661f.png]( [340a1f31-94c4-4724-89fa-c6ece6fce6da.png]( [806f969b-dec3-4f05-8e81-99b766dbb8e2.png]( [0800eb55-9d81-46a2-85a8-0712896e53f3.png]( SUNDANCE INSTITUTE IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT DISCOVERS AND SUPPORTS INDEPENDENT FILM, MEDIA, AND THEATRE ARTISTS FROM THE U.S. AND AROUND THE WORLD, AND INTRODUCES AUDIENCES TO THEIR NEW WORK. © 2019 Sundance Institute. All rights reserved. Sundance Institute, P.O. Box 684429, Park City, UT 84068 You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website. [update subscription](  |  [unsubscribe](