Top row: Nitzan Bartov, Charlotte Simpson, Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster, Raqi Syed, Areito Echevarria Bottom row: Stephanie Dinkins, Sadé Dinkins, Shariffa Chelimo Ali, Yetunde Dada, Kevin Cornish, Seyward Darby Photo: Courtesy of Sundance Institute Sundance Institute has announced the six projects selected for the annual New Frontier Story Lab, which supports independent artists working at the cutting-edge convergence of film, art, media, live performance and technology.
The week-long New Frontier Story Lab includes story sessions, conversations about key artistic, design and technology issues and case study presentations from experts in multiple disciplines. Past participants include Roger Ross Williams, Josephine Decker, Silas Howard, Tracy Fullerton, Yung Jake, Chris Milk, Hasan Minhaj, Tommy Pallotta, Amelia Winger-Bearskin, Hank Willis Thomas, Jillian Mayer, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Navid and Vassiliki Khonsari, A Dandy Punk, Nicolas Peufaillit, and Yasmin Elayat.
The Lab takes place from 16-21 May at the Sundance Resort in Utah, under the guidance of...
The week-long New Frontier Story Lab includes story sessions, conversations about key artistic, design and technology issues and case study presentations from experts in multiple disciplines. Past participants include Roger Ross Williams, Josephine Decker, Silas Howard, Tracy Fullerton, Yung Jake, Chris Milk, Hasan Minhaj, Tommy Pallotta, Amelia Winger-Bearskin, Hank Willis Thomas, Jillian Mayer, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Navid and Vassiliki Khonsari, A Dandy Punk, Nicolas Peufaillit, and Yasmin Elayat.
The Lab takes place from 16-21 May at the Sundance Resort in Utah, under the guidance of...
- 5/1/2018
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Mike Rosenstein, former senior executive at Ben Stiller’s Red Hour Films, has lined up the first projects under his own production company, Sunset Rose Pictures, including Bad Trip, a comedic documentary about psychedelics, and TV series with Erica Oyama and one Armen Weitzman.
A half-hour special, Portraits with Yung Jake, premieres tonight at 11:30 Pm on Viceland. It follows rapper-artist Yung Jake as he takes “high art” to the next level creating an emoji portrait of guest Kate Upton in this post-modern instructional art and interview show. Rosenstein executive produces alongside Jake and Vice’s Spike Jonze. Kitao Sakurai is director/co-executive producer.
Sunset Rose’s first project was the 2016 Reggie Watts’ Spatial one-hour comedy special produced with A24 that is available on Netflix.
Rosenstein recently sold comedy projects to FX and Comedy Central. Additionally, he continues as an executive producer on Red Hour’s Comedy Central series Another Period,...
A half-hour special, Portraits with Yung Jake, premieres tonight at 11:30 Pm on Viceland. It follows rapper-artist Yung Jake as he takes “high art” to the next level creating an emoji portrait of guest Kate Upton in this post-modern instructional art and interview show. Rosenstein executive produces alongside Jake and Vice’s Spike Jonze. Kitao Sakurai is director/co-executive producer.
Sunset Rose’s first project was the 2016 Reggie Watts’ Spatial one-hour comedy special produced with A24 that is available on Netflix.
Rosenstein recently sold comedy projects to FX and Comedy Central. Additionally, he continues as an executive producer on Red Hour’s Comedy Central series Another Period,...
- 4/16/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The Sundance Film Festival is just getting started in Park City, Utah, and virtual reality company Jaunt Inc. is heating things up at the winter event by announcing a Vr series reimagining of The Lawnmower Man, the 1992 film based on the Stephen King short story of the same name.
A far cry from King’s short story upon which it is based, Brett Leonard’s The Lawnmower Man movie heavily incorporated virtual reality in its plot. No details on the Vr series’ plot are known at this time, other than the fact that it will be a “reimagination of the film.”
We have the full press release with more details on Janut’s upcoming Vr slate below, as well as trailer for The Lawnmower Man film, which stars Pierce Brosnan and Jeff Fahey. In case you missed it, Scream Factory recently announced an upcoming collector’s edition Blu-ray of The Lawnmower Man.
A far cry from King’s short story upon which it is based, Brett Leonard’s The Lawnmower Man movie heavily incorporated virtual reality in its plot. No details on the Vr series’ plot are known at this time, other than the fact that it will be a “reimagination of the film.”
We have the full press release with more details on Janut’s upcoming Vr slate below, as well as trailer for The Lawnmower Man film, which stars Pierce Brosnan and Jeff Fahey. In case you missed it, Scream Factory recently announced an upcoming collector’s edition Blu-ray of The Lawnmower Man.
- 1/19/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Calling all creators working at the intersection of film and technology: Sundance Institute is accepting applications for the next New Frontier Story Lab. Now in its tenth year, New Frontier at Sundance Institute provides support to artists working in Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and other new storytelling forms. The Labs and Residency programs at New Frontier work to identify and foster independent artists and creative technologists who are developing interactive, immersive or experimental projects that aim to create rich and resonant experiences for audiences. Past participants include Roger Ross Williams, Yung Jake, Chris Milk, Cory McAbee, Navid and Vassiliki Khonsari, Karim Ben Khelifa, […]...
- 9/7/2016
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Sundance Institute and Jaunt Studios have announced their latest class of creatives to join the Sundance Institute New Frontier | Jaunt Vr Residency Program. Daniel Arsham, Yung Jake, and Lily Baldwin & Saschka Unseld will participate in the six-month immersive residency. During the program, the artists will experiment with new ways of delivering narrative through cinematic virtual reality. They will also receive a grant to make their virtual reality short films. In addition, they will receive post-production support and access to Jaunt’s professional cinematic Vr camera, Jaunt One, as well as its suite of production pipeline tools, and Jaunt Cloud Services (Jcs), which include […]...
- 8/18/2016
- by Paula Bernstein
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
CBS Films and Lionsgate announced the casting on Thursday on the project that will already star Dylan O’Brien and Michael Keaton.
Michael Cuesta will direct American Assassin from Stephen Schiff’s adapted screenplay based on Vince Flynn’s bestseller.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Nick Wechsler produce the spy story.
Daniel Arsham, Yung Jake and Lily Baldwin and Saschka Unseld will join the Sundance Institute New Frontier | Jaunt Vr Residency Program, a six-month initiative to help creative Vr short film creators.Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American rights from Circus Road Films to Tim Kirkman’s romance Lazy Eye, which premiered at the Provincetown International Film Festival and stars Lucas Near-Verbugghe, Aaron Costa Ganis, and Michaela Watkins.
Michael Cuesta will direct American Assassin from Stephen Schiff’s adapted screenplay based on Vince Flynn’s bestseller.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Nick Wechsler produce the spy story.
Daniel Arsham, Yung Jake and Lily Baldwin and Saschka Unseld will join the Sundance Institute New Frontier | Jaunt Vr Residency Program, a six-month initiative to help creative Vr short film creators.Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American rights from Circus Road Films to Tim Kirkman’s romance Lazy Eye, which premiered at the Provincetown International Film Festival and stars Lucas Near-Verbugghe, Aaron Costa Ganis, and Michaela Watkins.
- 8/18/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sundance Institute and Time Warner Foundation announced on Tuesday the eight artists who've been selected for the 2015 Sundance Institute - Time Warner Foundation Fellowship Program. The 2015 Fellows are: Cecilia Aldarondo (Documentary Film Program); Kathryn Bostic (Film Music Program); Christopher Chen (Theatre Program); Nia DaCosta (Feature Film Program); Yung Jake (New Frontier); Ciara Lacy (Native American and Indigenous Program); Christopher Makoto Yogi (Feature Film Program); and Alex Rivera (New Frontier). The initiative has been expanded this year to include support for new media, as well as continued support for Fellows in documentary and narrative film, theatre and film music,...
- 8/12/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
August 12 Update: Sundance Institute and Time Warner Foundation announced on Tuesday the ten artists selected for the 2015 Sundance Institute | Time Warner Foundation Fellowship Program.
The initiative expanded this year to include support for Fellows working in new media, as well as continued support for Fellows in documentary and narrative film, theatre and film music as well as from the Institute’s Native American and Indigenous Program.
Fellows attend an annual Lab and receive ongoing support from the Institute, including mentoring, strategic granting, attendance at the Sundance Film Festival and participation in screenplay readings, work-in-progress screenings and related programs and events.
Since 2007, Time Warner Foundation has supported more than 54 artists through Sundance Institute, including Fruitvale Station writer-director Ryan Coogler and Mosquita y Mari writer-director Aurora Guerrero.
The 2015 Sundance Institute | Time Warner Foundation Fellows are: Cecilia Aldarondo (Documentary Film Program); Kathryn Bostic (Film Music Program); Christopher Nataanii Cegielski (Native American and Indigenous Program, Time Warner...
The initiative expanded this year to include support for Fellows working in new media, as well as continued support for Fellows in documentary and narrative film, theatre and film music as well as from the Institute’s Native American and Indigenous Program.
Fellows attend an annual Lab and receive ongoing support from the Institute, including mentoring, strategic granting, attendance at the Sundance Film Festival and participation in screenplay readings, work-in-progress screenings and related programs and events.
Since 2007, Time Warner Foundation has supported more than 54 artists through Sundance Institute, including Fruitvale Station writer-director Ryan Coogler and Mosquita y Mari writer-director Aurora Guerrero.
The 2015 Sundance Institute | Time Warner Foundation Fellows are: Cecilia Aldarondo (Documentary Film Program); Kathryn Bostic (Film Music Program); Christopher Nataanii Cegielski (Native American and Indigenous Program, Time Warner...
- 8/11/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Sundance Institute and Time Warner Foundation announced on Tuesday the eight artists selected for the 2015 Sundance Institute | Time Warner Foundation Fellowship Program.
The initiative expanded this year to include support for Fellows working in new media, as well as continued support for Fellows in documentary and narrative film, theatre and film music as well as from the Institute’s Native American and Indigenous Program.
Fellows attend an annual Lab and receive ongoing support from the Institute, including mentoring, strategic granting, attendance at the Sundance Film Festival and participation in screenplay readings, work-in-progress screenings and related programs and events.
Since 2007, Time Warner Foundation has supported more than 54 artists through Sundance Institute, including Fruitvale Station writer-director Ryan Coogler and Mosquita y Mari writer-director Aurora Guerrero.
The 2015 Sundance Institute | Time Warner Foundation Fellows are: Cecilia Aldarondo (Documentary Film Program); Kathryn Bostic (Film Music Program); Christopher Chen (Theatre Program); Nia DaCosta (Feature Film Program); Yung Jake (New Frontier); Ciara Lacy (Native...
The initiative expanded this year to include support for Fellows working in new media, as well as continued support for Fellows in documentary and narrative film, theatre and film music as well as from the Institute’s Native American and Indigenous Program.
Fellows attend an annual Lab and receive ongoing support from the Institute, including mentoring, strategic granting, attendance at the Sundance Film Festival and participation in screenplay readings, work-in-progress screenings and related programs and events.
Since 2007, Time Warner Foundation has supported more than 54 artists through Sundance Institute, including Fruitvale Station writer-director Ryan Coogler and Mosquita y Mari writer-director Aurora Guerrero.
The 2015 Sundance Institute | Time Warner Foundation Fellows are: Cecilia Aldarondo (Documentary Film Program); Kathryn Bostic (Film Music Program); Christopher Chen (Theatre Program); Nia DaCosta (Feature Film Program); Yung Jake (New Frontier); Ciara Lacy (Native...
- 8/11/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Move over da Vinci! It's 2015, so of course the artists of today have totally moved on from easels and paintbrushes for cellphones and digital icons. And who better the subject for the evelope-pushing technology than Kim Kardashian, who regularly uses emojis for her Twitter and Instagram posts? Los Angeles based rapper and artist Yung Jake used Emoji.ink, a website that has a paintbrush tool which allows users to create images out of emojis, to align aligned thousands of the tiny icons into a mesmerizing headshot of the [...]...
- 1/16/2015
- Us Weekly
Forget breaking the Internet - Kim Kardashian officially is the Internet. New site Emoji.ink allows users to create works of art using emoji (you know, the little emoticons on your smartphone's keyboard that ensure texters stay as far from actual verbal communication as possible), and the experiment has gone famously. Most notably, a portrait of Kim Kardashian has surfaced - but does it stack up to the reality star's own selfies? kim... pic.twitter.com/Qsm2mG7sxb— black hoodies (@yungjake) January 9, 2015 The little emoji clouds provide the perfect contouring, right? Rapper and artist Yung Jake is behind this piece of Internet history,...
- 1/15/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- PEOPLE.com
Forget breaking the Internet - Kim Kardashian officially is the Internet. New site Emoji.ink allows users to create works of art using emoji (you know, the little emoticons on your smartphone's keyboard that ensure texters stay as far from actual verbal communication as possible), and the experiment has gone famously. Most notably, a portrait of Kim Kardashian has surfaced - but does it stack up to the reality star's own selfies? kim... pic.twitter.com/Qsm2mG7sxb— black hoodies (@yungjake) January 9, 2015 The little emoji clouds provide the perfect contouring, right? Rapper and artist Yung Jake is behind this piece of Internet history,...
- 1/15/2015
- by Amanda Michelle Steiner, @amandamichl
- PEOPLE.com
Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer, Morgan Spurlock, and comedian/actor Russell Brand are set to appear at next year’s South By Southwest confab, which today announced the first wave of 2015 Convergence speakers. The announcement of over 60 sessions includes panels in the growing SXsports program, TV, and Digital sidebars. The 2015 edition runs from March 13 – 22 in Austin, Texas – scroll down for the rundown:
A Curious Mind: The Inspiration for a Creative Life
Brian Grazer (Imagine Entertainment), Charles Fishman (The Big Thirst)
Russell Brand Interview with Brian Solis
Russell Brand (Comedian), Brian Solis (Altimeter Group)
SXsports
Athletes are Suddenly Funny: The Power of Comedy & Sports
Patrick Starzan (Funny or Die)
Battling Tradition to Re-Invent Youth Sports
Matt Farrell (USA Swimming), Kurt Kamperman (Us Tennis Association), Jeff Price (PGA of America)
Beyond the Bar Graph: Insights Over Info
Christopher Glode (Under Armour), Marybeth Thomson (MyFitnessPal)
The Business of Preparing Potential NFL Draftees
Jason...
A Curious Mind: The Inspiration for a Creative Life
Brian Grazer (Imagine Entertainment), Charles Fishman (The Big Thirst)
Russell Brand Interview with Brian Solis
Russell Brand (Comedian), Brian Solis (Altimeter Group)
SXsports
Athletes are Suddenly Funny: The Power of Comedy & Sports
Patrick Starzan (Funny or Die)
Battling Tradition to Re-Invent Youth Sports
Matt Farrell (USA Swimming), Kurt Kamperman (Us Tennis Association), Jeff Price (PGA of America)
Beyond the Bar Graph: Insights Over Info
Christopher Glode (Under Armour), Marybeth Thomson (MyFitnessPal)
The Business of Preparing Potential NFL Draftees
Jason...
- 10/16/2014
- by Jen Yamato
- Deadline
Sundance Institute today announced that the organization is deepening its commitment to its New Frontier program for artists innovating the art and form of storytelling, including the appointment of Shari Frilot and Kamal Sinclair as Co-Directors of the program.
New Frontier at Sundance Institute is a cross-programmatic initiative created to identify and foster independent artists working at the convergence of film, art, media, live performance, music and technology. Since 2007, the New Frontier exhibition at the Sundance Film Festival has provided the highest level of curation in the field, incorporating fiction, non-fiction and hybrid storytelling to showcase multi-media installations, performances and films. Sundance Institute established the New Frontier Story Lab in 2011 to deepen its support of storytellers pioneering new ways of working across various media and engaging with technology and in 2014 began the New Frontier Flash Lab and Artist Residency programs.
Highlights of work shown at the Festival include the first large-scale public exhibition of Oculus Rift Vr technology, the world premiere of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s hitRECord, Nfb/interactive’s "Bear 71", and the U.S. premiere of "The Source (evolving)" by renowned artist Doug Aitken, as well as works by Isaac Julien, Pierre Huyghe, Aaron Koblin, Jennifer Steinkamp, Lynn Hershman Leeson, and Matthew Barney. Among the artists supported at the New Frontier Story Lab are Chris Milk, Hank Willis Thomas, Gary Baseman, Roger Ross Williams, The Goggles and Yung Jake.
Robert Redford, President & Founder of Sundance Institute, said, “Artists continue to challenge us to immerse ourselves in new ways of experiencing stories. The Sundance Institute New Frontier program was created to discover, support and showcase those artists working at the forefront of this exciting new area.”
Keri Putnam, Executive Director of Sundance Institute, said, “New Frontier provides a unique and rich platform of support to artists who harness new technologies to develop interactive and immersive projects. Kamal and Shari will be instrumental in designing and implementing the future of our New Frontier program, allowing us to continue to evolve along with this dynamic field of storytelling.”
As Co-Directors, New Frontier, Frilot and Sinclair will collaborate on activities including cultivating and building relationships with artists and technologists, researching trends, and leading strategic planning and growth for the program.
Frilot will continue to curate New Frontier exhibition activities. A filmmaker, curator and festival programmer for events including Mix International Festivals and La’s Outfest, she is presently in her 15 th year as a Senior Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival. Frilot has been a pioneer in the development of immersive cinematic environments and the creative force behind New Frontier since its inception. She is an alumna of Harvard/Radcliffe University, and the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.
Sinclair will oversee the annual New Frontier Story Lab, Flash Labs and Artist Residencies. She is a transmedia producer, theatrical director, community arts leader and multi-disciplinary artist. She served as artist and producer on the "Question Bridge: Black Males" collaborative transmedia art project and worked at 42 Entertainment on projects such as "Legends of Alcatraz" and "Random Acts of Fusion." She graduated with her Bfa from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and her Mba from Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business.
Sundance Institute
Sundance Institute is a global nonprofit organization founded by Robert Redford in 1981. Through its artistic development programs for directors, screenwriters, producers, composers and playwrights, the Institute seeks to discover and support independent film and theatre artists from the United States and around the world, and to connect audiences to their work. The Institute promotes independent storytelling as art and as a compelling and powerful way to inform, inspire and unite people. Internationally recognized for its annual Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Institute has supported such projects as "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Fruitvale Station," "Sin Nombre," "The Invisible War," "The Square," "Dirty Wars," "Spring Awakening," "A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder" and "Fun Home." Join Sundance Institute on Facebook, Instagram,Twitter and YouTube.
New Frontier at Sundance Institute is a cross-programmatic initiative created to identify and foster independent artists working at the convergence of film, art, media, live performance, music and technology. Since 2007, the New Frontier exhibition at the Sundance Film Festival has provided the highest level of curation in the field, incorporating fiction, non-fiction and hybrid storytelling to showcase multi-media installations, performances and films. Sundance Institute established the New Frontier Story Lab in 2011 to deepen its support of storytellers pioneering new ways of working across various media and engaging with technology and in 2014 began the New Frontier Flash Lab and Artist Residency programs.
Highlights of work shown at the Festival include the first large-scale public exhibition of Oculus Rift Vr technology, the world premiere of Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s hitRECord, Nfb/interactive’s "Bear 71", and the U.S. premiere of "The Source (evolving)" by renowned artist Doug Aitken, as well as works by Isaac Julien, Pierre Huyghe, Aaron Koblin, Jennifer Steinkamp, Lynn Hershman Leeson, and Matthew Barney. Among the artists supported at the New Frontier Story Lab are Chris Milk, Hank Willis Thomas, Gary Baseman, Roger Ross Williams, The Goggles and Yung Jake.
Robert Redford, President & Founder of Sundance Institute, said, “Artists continue to challenge us to immerse ourselves in new ways of experiencing stories. The Sundance Institute New Frontier program was created to discover, support and showcase those artists working at the forefront of this exciting new area.”
Keri Putnam, Executive Director of Sundance Institute, said, “New Frontier provides a unique and rich platform of support to artists who harness new technologies to develop interactive and immersive projects. Kamal and Shari will be instrumental in designing and implementing the future of our New Frontier program, allowing us to continue to evolve along with this dynamic field of storytelling.”
As Co-Directors, New Frontier, Frilot and Sinclair will collaborate on activities including cultivating and building relationships with artists and technologists, researching trends, and leading strategic planning and growth for the program.
Frilot will continue to curate New Frontier exhibition activities. A filmmaker, curator and festival programmer for events including Mix International Festivals and La’s Outfest, she is presently in her 15 th year as a Senior Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival. Frilot has been a pioneer in the development of immersive cinematic environments and the creative force behind New Frontier since its inception. She is an alumna of Harvard/Radcliffe University, and the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.
Sinclair will oversee the annual New Frontier Story Lab, Flash Labs and Artist Residencies. She is a transmedia producer, theatrical director, community arts leader and multi-disciplinary artist. She served as artist and producer on the "Question Bridge: Black Males" collaborative transmedia art project and worked at 42 Entertainment on projects such as "Legends of Alcatraz" and "Random Acts of Fusion." She graduated with her Bfa from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and her Mba from Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business.
Sundance Institute
Sundance Institute is a global nonprofit organization founded by Robert Redford in 1981. Through its artistic development programs for directors, screenwriters, producers, composers and playwrights, the Institute seeks to discover and support independent film and theatre artists from the United States and around the world, and to connect audiences to their work. The Institute promotes independent storytelling as art and as a compelling and powerful way to inform, inspire and unite people. Internationally recognized for its annual Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Institute has supported such projects as "Beasts of the Southern Wild," "Fruitvale Station," "Sin Nombre," "The Invisible War," "The Square," "Dirty Wars," "Spring Awakening," "A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder" and "Fun Home." Join Sundance Institute on Facebook, Instagram,Twitter and YouTube.
- 8/26/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
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