Office Arts

THE OFFICE has worked with the Sundance Institute since the 1990s, producing a screenplay reading series of works in progress and acting as Consultant to the Sundance Feature Film Program, the Sundance Theatre Program, and the Rawi Screenwriters Lab in Jordan.

THE OFFICE founder Rachel Chanoff is currently a Creative Advisor and on the Selection Committee for the Sundance Screenwriters Lab and Directors Lab. The Screenwriters Lab is a five-day writers’ workshop that gives independent screenwriters the opportunity to work intensively on their feature film scripts with the support of established writers in an environment that focuses on the art and craft of screenwriting and creative risk taking. Through one-on-one story sessions with creative advisors, Screenwriters Lab Fellows engage in an artistically rigorous process that offers indispensable lessons in craft to facilitate the deep exploration needed to fully realize their material.

At the Directors Lab, Fellows work with an accomplished group of creative advisors, professional actors and production crews to shoot and edit key scenes from their screenplays. Through this concentrated, hands-on process, the Fellows workshop and make key discoveries about their scripts, collaborate with actors and find a visual storytelling language for their films.

No items found.

Founded by Michelle Satter and Robert Redford, the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program (FFP) has championed leading independent filmmakers of the past 40 years whose distinctive films have engaged audiences worldwide. Embracing each artist’s unique vision, the program encourages a rigorous, in-depth creative process while focusing on original and deeply resonant storytelling. The Institute’s guiding values of risk-taking, community, and freedom of expression have broadened the FFP to include American and international artists in a more meaningful and vibrant dialogue across cultural, political, and geographic boundaries. For years, the program has provided year-round support to the next generation of filmmakers from development through distribution, becoming a global model for supporting artists everywhere.