Sundance Sets Slate of 12 Projects for January Screenwriters Lab
May 12th, 2004
Zoe Hopkins (writer/director), Canada
"Cherry Blossoms"
A young Native girl decides to build a relationship with the father she never knew as part of her ceremonial passage into womanhood.
Abdi Nazemian and Micah Schraft (co-writers), U.S.A.
"Dot"
A deaf high school student with an unthinkable secret uncovers the dark sexual demons lurking beneath the suburban facade of her small New England town.
Aditya Assarat (writer/director), Thailand
"Hi-So"
A coming of age love story that captures the music, the mood, and the ethos of modern day Bangkok.
Emre Mirza (co-writer) and Paxton Winters (co-writer/director), Pakistan/U.S.A.
"Iraqi Freedom"
A young American soldier experiences another side of the war, and is forced to make a moral and political choice that will change his life irrevocably.
Kazuo Ohno (writer/director), U.S.A.
"Mr. Crumpacker dn the Man form the Letter"
A crass and overbearing bull of a boss decides on a whim to reconfigure his company as a bastion of philosophical inquiry.
Derek Nguyen (writer), U.S.A.
"Monster"
In the California desert town of Red Valley, Detective Tang Tran investigates the disappearance of a Vietnamese high school student following a brutal hate crime - but as the case unfolds, he discovers that nobody is completely innocent... not even himself.
Kieran and Michele Mulroney (co-writers/co-directors), U.S.A.
"Paper Man"
A frustrated writer spends a lonely winter on Cape Cod, where he is forced to choose between a world-weary superhero, an extinct bird, and a 16-year-old local girl in this coming-of-middle-age story.
Djamshed Usmonov (writer/director), Tajikistan
"To Get to Heaven First You Have to Die"
A young man, unable to consummate his marriage, transcends his impotence through violence.
Stephen Guirgis (writer), U.S.A.
"Untitled Stephen Guirguis Project"
A bike messenger suffering from terminal adolescence rounds up his old crew from the neighborhood to help kidnap their childhood friend who has joined a religious cult.
Richard Press (writer/director), U.S.A.
"Virtual Love"
The true story of Tony Johnson, a charismatic 15-year-old whose struggle with AIDS and a life of abuse brought him devoted friends from all over the world; their devotion only wavered when it began to seem that Tony didn't actually exist.
Goran Dukic (writer/director), U.S.A.
"Wristcutters"
Suicide is not the end, but only the beginning of a fascinating journey through the afterlife for souls in search of what they could not find in their previous lives.
Dael Orlandersmith (co-writer) and Blanka Zizka (co-writer/director), U.S.A.
"Yellowman"
The love story of a light skinned boy and a dark skinned girl whose relationship collides with the color prejudices of a black community in rural South Carolina leading to a tragic and explosive end.
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