Awarded: Aug 01, 2005
$600,000 over 3 years
To establish the Sundance Islamic Film Initiative, which supports the training and participation of filmmakers from Muslim societies in the Sundance Film Lab; creates specialized programs at the Sundance Film Festival for filmmakers from the Muslim world; and maintains strategic collaborations between the Sundance Institute and two regional hubs in the Middle East (the Israel Film Fund in Jerusalem, and the Royal Film Commission in Amman, Jordan).