Application Opens: December 2, 2025
STANDARDIZED OPEN TIME: 1 p.m. PT/2 p.m. MT/4 p.m. ET

Application Deadline: December 22, 2025
STANDARDIZED CLOSE TIME: 3:30 p.m. PT/4:30 p.m. MT/6:30 p.m. ET

Lab Dates: Virtual orientation April 2, 2026, in-person lab April 6–11, 2026

Location: Virtual and in person; Santa Fe, New Mexico

Grant Pool: Three U.S.-based projects; one Canada-based project

Eligibility: Native American, Native Hawaiian, Alaskan Native, and Indigenous film artists working in the U.S.; Indigenous Canadian (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) artists

Description: The Native Lab provides direct support to emerging filmmakers and episodic creators from U.S.-based Native American, Native Hawaiian, Alaskan Native, and Indigenous communities and Canada-based Indigenous Canadian (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) communities. The fellowship for Indigenous Canadian film artists is made possible with support from the Indigenous Screen Office. If you are Canada-based, please apply here: https://iso-bea.ca/industry-initiatives/programs/sundance-native-lab-2025/.
Please note that you are required to submit a narrative feature or episodic pilot script.