Sundance Institute Names 10 Emerging Filmmakers for 2026 Ignite x Adobe Fellowship
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Matt Grobar
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Sundance Institute has selected 10 emerging filmmakers aged 18-25 for its 2026 Ignite x Adobe Fellowship, chosen from over 1,100 applicants. The yearlong program, running for over a decade, provides professional development and community-building for young storytellers, kicking off with the Ignite Lab at MASS MoCA.
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· 3 pulledSundance Institute has named the 10 emerging filmmakers selected for the latest edition of its yearlong Sundance Institute Ignite x Adobe Fellowship.
Chosen from a pool of more than 1,100, they are Simisolaoluwa Akande, Aicha Cherif, Blake Knecht, Franciszek Korolczuk, Haneol Lee, Josiah Mendoza, Muskaan Razdan, Mia Lima Rocha, Yace Sula, and Japhet E. Velázquez.
For more than a decade, the Ignite fellowship has brought together storytellers ages 18 to 25 for professional development and community-building.
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