Announcing the Sundance Ignite “What’s Next?” Film Challenge Finalists

Project 1324 and the Sundance Institute thank everyone who participated in the 2015 Sundance Ignite “What’s Next?” short film challenge!

In this challenge, we asked filmmakers between the ages of 18 and 24 to show us “What’s Next?” through a one to eight minute short film. In just over two weeks, we received 239 films from 32 countries, and nearly 50,000 unique visitors to the challenge website.

Project 1324 and the Sundance Institute proudly announce the fifteen Sundance Ignite challenge Finalists:

Kayla Briët (24, USA) _Smoke That Travels
_Kevin Brooks (22, USA) _Keep Pushing
_Alex Campbell (22, UK) _Journey Home
_David Chang (23, USA) _It’s Complicated
_Stephen Coales (19, UK) _Resonance
_Mher Grigoryan (23, Armenia) _Affection
_Samantha Hollinde (23, USA) _Change: The Sick Society
_Courtney Jines aka “Cat J” (23, USA) _In The Future
_Regina Kim (22, USA) _The Last Client
_Adam Madojemu (18, Nigeria) _I Had Strings
_Peyton Momberger (21, USA) _STILL
_Kevin Rios (24, USA) _Made of Sugar
_Katarzyna Sawicka (24, Poland) _I Dream For A Living
_Dikesh Khadgi Shahi (24, Nepal) _Life Doesn’t Rewind
_Sebastian Solberg (24, UK) Modern Man

From this list of finalists, we’ll be announcing the five winners on December 18th. These five winners will be awarded a trip to the 2016 Sundance Film Festival in Park City Utah and a Sundance Ignite fellowship, which includes mentorship from a Sundance artist for one year.

Follow Project 1324 on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook and be the first to find out who’s going to Sundance this January!