In this interactive 60-minute session, Lazar shares practical methods directors can use to lead creative collaborations with their cinematographers, regardless of their technical expertise. You’ll learn to find subtext in a scene, link it to effective visual methods, and gain authority through your understanding of the story. The session ends with a Q&A session, where audience members ask questions to gain insights tailored to their own filmmaking journey.

For this Spotlight Event, Fleck and Boden will discuss their journey from making a short to their first feature, the art of collaboration, and the differences between directing film and television.

For this in-person meetup during the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Collab brings together Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie (SUGARCANE), Josh Margolin (THELMA), and Sean Wang (DÌDI (弟弟)), for a candid conversation about the process of making their first feature film.

Únase a la aclamada cineasta mexicana Tatiana Huezo para un seminario web en vivo en español sobre trabajo tanto en documental como en ficción. Presentando desgloses de escenas de sus galardonados documentales El lugar más pequeño y Tempestad, y su muy esperado y próximo debut en el largometraje de ficción, Noche de fuego, Huezo explora cómo los límites tradicionales en el lenguaje cinematográfico se pueden empujar a través de las disciplinas, y cómo sus antecedentes en No ficción le dio una visión única de cómo abordar su debut de ficción. Seguido de preguntas y respuestas.

Filmmaker and Sundance Lab alum Joey Ally has made three short films. She talks about what she's learned about writing scripts, translating them to her crew, and how learning to attach everything to story has prepared her for her first feature.

Únete al cineasta Sebastián Lelio, ganador de un premio de la Academia, en un seminario en línea y en vivo sobre la cinematografía. Presentando análisis de escenas de sus películas aclamadas GLORIA y UNA MUJER FANTÁSTICA, descubre cómo Lelio utiliza la cámara subjetiva para dar forma a la relación de su audiencia con una película y sus personajes.

Documentary director Jeff Orlowski has made significant impact awareness around climate change with his films CHASING ICE and CHASING CORAL. Hear how he uses emotional entry points to get audiences to connect to environmental topics.

Editor Dylan Tichenor shares his expertise on how to navigate the process, pace, and politics of cutting features.

Writer/director/actress Desiree Akhavan tells how she protects her vision and grows her work across shorts, features & TV.

Sundance Institute presents a free-half day online event on the art of short filmmaking. Join Sundance Film Festival senior programmer Mike Plante for shorts screenings; conversations with filmmakers Bridey Elliott (Clara's Ghost, Affections) and Diffan Sina Norman (Kekasih, Benevolent Ba); and insights into how the Festival's programmers make their selections. Whether you're just starting out, or have made some shorts and are looking to learn more about filmmaking, we'd love for you to join us.