Summer stories, Sundance style ☀️

Plus our 2021 Short Film Tour launch [View Web Version]( #SUNDANCE [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( [ABOUT US]( • [LATEST NEWS]( • [BECOME A MEMBER]( movies gif]( 16 Coming-of-Age Stories Summer Was Made For Long, hot days and cool, breezy nights seem to serve as the backdrop for some of the all-time-great coming-of-age stories. For this month’s watchlist, we travel from an amusement park in Pittsburgh to a farm in Waihau Bay, New Zealand, to the rocky coastline of Uruguay to round up some of our favorite transformative Sundance stories set in the summertime. [Press Play]( Film Festival Short Film Tour Image]( Now Playing: Our Short Film Tour We’re heading out on the road this summer (and beyond), and we’re bringing some of our favorite Festival shorts with us. See the full list of theaters all over the country our Short Film Tour will visit. [Find Your City]( #[New to Theaters Film Still]( New to Theaters This July Manuel Crosby and Darren Knapp’s mystery comedy-drama First Date is just one of the many Sundance-supported films being released this month. Meet the artists, watch the trailers, and grab your tickets. [Get the Details]( Piatek Image]( Meet the Artist: Jakub Piątek The Polish writer-director brought his debut feature, Prime Time, to the Sundance Film Festival, and now the Y2K-set thriller is streaming on Netflix. Hear directly from Piątek how the project came together. [Read the Q&A]( Q Cinema Image]( Join Us on Clubhouse Every week, we team up with TheFutureParty to bring you live conversations with the artists behind your favorite Festival projects. Tune in this Thursday at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET for this week’s talk. [Learn More]( Write Now]( A New Opportunity for Women in Comedy Today we’re excited to partner with LOL Studios to announce the launch of Women Write Now, an immersive program designed to champion Black women comedy writers. Apply online by August 5 with a short comedic film script for a chance to be considered — the winners will be chosen to participate in an eight-week fellowship and have their produced short screen at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. [Get the Details]( Don’t Miss Our “Protecting Producers” Panel… On Tuesday, July 13, join Carrie Lozano, director of our Documentary Film Program, for a public panel that will explore fresh ideas in producer career sustainability, and reflect on the guidelines and best practices coming out of the newly formed Producers Union and the Documentary Producers Alliance. [Learn More]( #SUNDANCE / [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( [Sundance Institute]( The Sundance Institute is a nonprofit organization that discovers and supports independent film, media, and theater artists from the U.S. and around the world, and introduces audiences to their new work. © 2021 Sundance Institute • All rights reserved. Sundance Institute, P.O. Box 684429, Park City, UT 84068 [Update email preferences]( or [unsubscribe](.