The Sundance Institute has officially folded select programs in an effort to cut costs and narrow its scope.
A staff memo penned by new Sundance CEO Joana Vicente announced that the Sundance Interdisciplinary Program and Film Music Program would be discontinued. Digital endeavor Sundance Collab will downsize to shift its focus to networking.
“There is no easy way to deliver this message,” Vicente opened the letter, citing Covid-19 pandemic-related cutbacks. “We now must take additional measures to cut costs and reduce the scope of our operations to ensure a strong foundation for our future work and to set ourselves up for continued success.”
The Sundance Interdisciplinary Program, which supported artists working across mediums with fellowships, residencies and labs, will fold after its inaugural year. The Film Music Program, which nurtured emerging composers and film fellows, has now ended. Per Variety, the non-profit will now “pivot its resources to fiction and nonfiction film and episodic storytellers,...
A staff memo penned by new Sundance CEO Joana Vicente announced that the Sundance Interdisciplinary Program and Film Music Program would be discontinued. Digital endeavor Sundance Collab will downsize to shift its focus to networking.
“There is no easy way to deliver this message,” Vicente opened the letter, citing Covid-19 pandemic-related cutbacks. “We now must take additional measures to cut costs and reduce the scope of our operations to ensure a strong foundation for our future work and to set ourselves up for continued success.”
The Sundance Interdisciplinary Program, which supported artists working across mediums with fellowships, residencies and labs, will fold after its inaugural year. The Film Music Program, which nurtured emerging composers and film fellows, has now ended. Per Variety, the non-profit will now “pivot its resources to fiction and nonfiction film and episodic storytellers,...
- 4/26/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
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