Sundance Institute Announces Second Cohort Of 2024 Building Bridges Fellowship Recipients
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The Sundance Institute, Doris Duke Foundation and Islamic Scholarship Fund have announced the second crop of recipients for its Building Bridges Fellowship, as part of the larger $1 million grant to expand and uplift Muslim storytelling and voices in the entertainment industry, announced in April of this year.
The fellowship, which revealed its inaugural cohort exclusively to Deadline in spring 2024, aims to provide financial and creative resources in the form of mentorship and networking to support filmmakers, producers and other creatives focused on telling Muslim stories.
Both the first and second crop of fellows will convene at the Doris Duke Shangri-La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design in Hawaii for an intensive artist development retreat, guided by Sundance and ISF staff, as well as advisors and distinguished local Hawaiian artists.
Fellows will receive an unrestricted artist grant of $10,000, a customized slate of services tailored to their project and career goals, a year-long mentorship, Sundance Collab Community Package and access to Sundance Institute’s ELEVATE program.
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