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Sundance Announces 2025 Fellows for Inaugural Cultural Impact Residency (EXCLUSIVE)


Sundance has announced the first eight fellows for the inaugural Sundance Institute Cultural Impact Residency program, which runs through August.

The first eight fellows participating in the new Sundance Institute Cultural Impact Residency program include Caron Creighton, Jennifer Huang, Kristal Sotomayor, Alejandra López, A.D. Smith, Wendi Tang, Caitlin McCarthy and Kaelo Iyizoba, Variety can exclusively reveal. Advisors for the inaugural residency include Rita Baghdadi (“Sirens”), Patricia Cardoso (“Real Women Have Curves”), David France (“How to Survive a Plague”), Claudia Llosa (“The Milk of Sorrow”), Reinaldo Marcus Green (“King Richard”), LaToya Morgan (“Duster”), Rodrigo Reyes (“Sansón And Me”), Jessica Sharzer (“A Simple Favor”) and Justin Simien (“Dear White People”). Past projects that have been supported by Sundance Institute artist programs include “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” “The Big Sick,” “Call Me by Your Name,” “CODA,” “Didi,” “The Farewell,” “Summer of Soul” and “Mudbound.”

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