In our Insider Sessions, Sundance Institute staff answer your questions and guide you through the process of applying to our labs, grant opportunities and the Sundance Film Festival.
For this Insider Session, join programmers Ana Souza and Sudeep Sharma, for an informational session about submitting your feature film (narrative and documentary) to the Sundance Film Festival. Get an inside look into the film selection process, an understanding of how the programming team works, and gain insights about setting your film - and yourself - up for success as you prepare to enter the festival circuit.
The conversation will be followed by a live Q&A session to answer your questions about the submission process for this current festival cycle. If you're planning to apply, bring your questions about submitting works-in-progress, building press kits, and more.
Click here for more information on festival deadlines and entry fees. Submissions for the Feature Film program close September 23rd.
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 Insider Sessions 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 through September 24th. After that, on-demand access to the recording can be purchased for $10
Programmer, Sundance Film Festival
Sudeep is a Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival focusing on documentary feature films. He was Director of Programming and Interim Artistic Director for the Palm Spring International ShortFest and has worked in programming at many eclectic organizations including Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, Aspen ShortsFest, LA Film Festival, AFI Fest, and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science. He has also served on numerous juries including at the Toronto International Film Festival, Dokufest, Hot Docs, Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival and Cinema Eye Honors. Originally from New Jersey, he holds a PhD in Cinema and Media Studies from UCLA and has taught film and television courses at universities throughout Southern California where he lives.
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Born in Brazil, Ana Souza was partially raised in The Netherlands and now resides in Los Angeles. She is the Manager of the Programming department at Sundance and a programmer on the features team, focusing on US and International fiction films across sections. She helped launch Sundance's newest international edition in CDMX in partnership with Cinépolis and regularly contributes to Sundance London. In addition to her work at Sundance, she is the Director of Programming at the Sun Valley Film Festival and the Forum Producer for the Palm Springs International ShortFest. She has also programmed for AFI FEST, Outfest, the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, and the LA Film Festival in the past, and she has worked in various capacities for LALIFF, Ambulante California, and NALIP’s Latino Media Fest, among others. In 2024 she was named one of Screen International's Future Leaders in Programming and Curation.
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Katherine "Kat" Street is an LA-based award-winning filmmaker and Philadelphia native. A cinephile at heart, she writes female-driven stories with complex (oftentimes damaged) main characters, centered around self-discovery, self-love, and belonging.
She has written numerous short-form projects, including original shorts, pilots, and features. She wrote and directed the dramatic short film “Cycles,” which received festival recognition in both acting and best romantic short. She also created her award-winning flagship web series "The New Adult,” which is currently streaming on Kweli TV.
Kat is a Stowe Story Lab SAGIndie Fellow and a participant in the BlackMagic Collective Emerging Filmmakers Initiative. In 2021, she founded the Black Film Challenge, a project that showcases filmmakers of African descent and the movies they create.
She earned her BFA from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts with a concentration in Cinematography and has literary representation with Culture Creative Entertainment.
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