In Advisor Studio sessions, Sundance Collab Advisors share field experiences and insights into their specific areas of craft, including writing, directing and producing for TV and film. 

At Sundance, we champion artists with unique voices, elevating personal and compelling stories that only they can tell. As independent filmmakers, you have the story you are excited to share with an audience, that has characters, and scenarios that have lived in your mind for, perhaps, years. With an oversaturated and ever-changing industry, the mindset of writing a story “that sells” can be limiting. How do you find a way to break out of this narrative of cyclical storytelling to get to the root of how you can meaningfully tell your story?

Join filmmaker and Collab advisor, Maria Judice (Elephant, Neptune Frost), who will discuss different ways that artists can rediscover their own stories. Taking philosophies from her independently run course Screenwriting Rooted in Decolonization and Abstract Thinking, Maria will discuss tools that can be used to break away from classical storytelling in order to re-center your own narrative.

If you would benefit from an accommodation to fully participate in this event, please complete this form, contact us at (435) 776-7790, or email us at accessibility@sundance.org to discuss your specific requests. Every effort will be made to accommodate advance requests; requests made within 5 days of the event may not be guaranteed.

Live event registration for Sundance Collab Advisor Studios is free of charge. A recording of this event will be posted to our Video Library the next business day following the event. All registered attendees can watch the recording for two business days after it is posted. After that, on-demand access to the recording can be purchased for $5.