The Sundance Institute has revealed the 10 projects selected for the inaugural 2025 Sundance Institute Filmmakers Fund.
Eugene based Filmmaker and U of O assistant professor Masami Kawai was among the grantees. Kawai received the grants for her feature film “Valley of the Tall Grass” which was also recently announced as a winner of the inaugural Oregon Film Impact Grant.
Sponsored by Chase Sapphire Reserve, the fund awards $120,000 grants to artists from various backgrounds working on feature films worldwide. The grant is part of the Institute’s Artist Accelerator Program, which promotes artist development through yearlong fellowships, funding and ongoing artist support.
The 2025 grantees and their selected projects are: Roni Jo Draper and Marissa Lila Kongao’s “We Arrive With Fire,” Chris Gris’ “Forward,” Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs’ “High Steel,” Masami Kawai’s “Valley of the Tall Grass,” Khaula Haider Malik’s “Alien Nation,” Mackie Mallison’s “Everything Must Go,” Efraín Mojica and Rebecca Zweig’s “Jaripeo,” Steve Pargett’s “Black Out Dreams,” Huda Razzak’s “Home of Birds” and Walter Thompson-Hernández’ “If I Go Will They Miss Me.”
