This year we are proud to have 12 Fellows at Sundance. Congratulations to the following filmmakers and new media artists. Be sure to check out their work in Park City. Messages to them can be delivered by emailing mediaartists@renewmedia.org.

Dramatic Competition

Alex Rivera (1998) – with Fellowships Funded project Sleep Dealer
David Riker (1999) - as co-screenwriter of Sleep Dealer
Tom Kalin – (1998) - with Savage Grace

World Cinema Competition

Ernesto Contreras (2002 Mexico) – with Blue Eyelids (Párpados azules)

Short Film Competition

Kenneth Tin-kin Hung (2007) - with two films: part of Fellowships project Gas Zappers and Because Washington is Hollywood for Ugly People
Jake Mahaffy (2007) – with Motion Studies: Inertia
Leighton Pierce (2003) - with Number One

New Frontier on Main

James Benning (1993, 2004) – with Casting a Glance
Jim Campbell (1999) - Home Movies 300,
Eddo Stern (2005) – Dark Game and Best Flame Ever
Hank Willis Thomas (2007) - Along the Way with the Cause Collective
Marina Zurkow (2003) – The Poster Children and Heroes de la Revolution

Native Forum Panels at Filmmakers Lodge

Heather Ray (2007 Fellow)
Chad Burris, producer of 2006 Fellow Sterlin Harjo’s Fours Sheets to the Wind

Full details on the more than 500 Fellows and the Media Arts Fellowships are at renewmedia.org. Executive director Brian Newman and deputy director Eileen Newman will be attending Sundance from January 17 -23 if you are interested finding out more about Renew Media.