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Filmmaker Sara Colangelo Awarded $5,000 Grant for Little Accidents Screenplay

(New York, NY) -- The Adrienne Shelly Foundation (ASF), in conjunction with the Sundance Institute, has awarded its fourth annual Fellowship to filmmaker Sara Colangelo for her screenplay Little Accidents and its continued development. ASF is a non-profit organization dedicated to the legacy of actor, writer and director Adrienne Shelly, who was murdered November 1, 2006. This Grant fuses the Sundance Institute's mission with ASF's in supporting the advancement of talented women filmmakers. The Sundance Institute's Feature Film Program is a year-round program that supports the advancement of emerging independent filmmakers with distinctive, singular voices.

ASF's Sundance Fellowship is awarded each November to a filmmaker coming out of the Feature Film Program's June Directors Lab. Past recipients of the grant are Dee Rees (Pariah), Ondi Timoner (Mapplethorpe/The Perfect Moment) and Maryam Keshavarz (Circumstance).

"It is an honor to partner with Sundance in recognizing the talents of its Fellows," said ASF founder and executive director Andy Ostroy. "With Maryam, Ondi, Dee and now Sara we're consistently seeing tremendous talent which needs a helping hand. We know Adrienne would be proud of what we've accomplished."

"The Sundance Institute greatly values this relationship with the Adrienne Shelly Foundation and we're thrilled to award our fourth Fellowship together in support of an emerging woman filmmaker," said Sundance Institute Feature Film Program Director Michelle Satter. "Adrienne was an exceptionally gifted filmmaker and in her honor, this grant will help provide Sara with the opportunity to share her own artistic vision as a filmmaker."





Resources:

www.adrienneshellyfoundation.org