FILM SUPPORT & FINANCING SLATE
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Each year, the NYU Production Lab selects promising, diverse, top-quality feature films in development from emerging artists in the NYU community to add to our Slate. Inclusion in the Slate opens filmmakers to financing opportunities as well as mentorship and tailored development, marketing, and distribution support for their projects.
We have supported over thirty-two projects with the program to date, which have premiered at film festivals such as Sundance, Tribeca, and Cannes, and reached audiences on Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, and other platforms. Notable projects include Dead Pigs, written and directed by Cathy Yan (Birds of Prey); Songs My Brothers Taught Me from Chloe Zhao, who won critical acclaim for Nomadland, winner of six Academy Awards; and Laurel Parmet’s Starling Girl, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival and was theatrically released in the U.S.
2023 marks the 10th year of the NYU Production Lab Film Slate! Read the 2023 Slate Press Release
SUPPORTED PROJECTS
2023 SLATE PROJECTS
2022 SLATE PROJECTS
PAST SLATE PROJECTS
SETTLERS (2021)
Written & Directed by Wyatt Rockefeller
Premiered at Tribeca 2021
Released by IFC Midnight on July 23rd, 2021
INVISIBLE (2021)
Written & Directed by TJ Parsell
Premiered at Frameline 2021
LOS FUERTES (2019)
THE DEVIL YOU KNOW (2019)
Directed by Patricia Gillespie
Premiered 8/27/19 on VICELAND
NOAH LAND (2019)
YOMEDDINE (2018)
TO DUST (2018)
Co-written by Shawn Snyder & Jason Beque
Directed by Shawn Snyder
In Theaters Feb 2019
2018 Tribeca Film Festival Premiere
NIGERIAN PRINCE (2018)
DEAD PIGS (2018)
NOSOTROS (2018)
CRONIES (2015)
SONGS MY BROTHERS TAUGHT ME (2015)
Written and Directed by Chloe Zhao
2015 SUNDANCE Premiere
YOSEMITE (2015)
THE STARLING GIRL
Written & Directed by Laurel Parmet
2023 Sundance Premiere
Theatrically released in the US by Bleecker Street
THE RADIOACTIVE BOYSCOUT
Written and Directed by Eric D. Cohen
In Development
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GORDON
Co-written by Laura Moss & Brendan O’Brien
Directed by Laura Moss
In Development
CHICKENSHIT
Written and Directed by Jessica dela Merced
In Development
SLATE ADVISORS
Our valued Film Slate Advisors are individual powerhouses in the entertainment industry and collectively an invaluable resource for our Slate. Members provide the Lab staff with critical industry perspectives to help assess each project for potential inclusion, including on the strength and diversity of a story; feasibility of the forecasted budget; a project’s commercial potential; creative distribution approaches and more.
Chris Columbus, Academy Award® Nominated Filmmaker
Academy Award® nominated filmmaker Chris Columbus has written, directed and produced some of the industry’s most successful box-office hits, establishing him as a major force in contemporary Hollywood. Along with being a prominent figure in film, Columbus is also a New York Times best-selling author… [click here for full bio]
Poppy Hanks, Senior VP of Development & Production at MACRO
Poppy Hanks is Senior Vice President of Development & Production at MACRO and manages the company’s multiple film and television projects. Most recently, she was an executive producer on Sundance Film Festival’s 2016 Next selection The Land that was released by IFC Films in July 2016… [click here for full bio]
Ryan Heller, Vice President, Film and Acquisitions at Topic Studios
Ryan Heller is Vice President, Film and Acquisitions at Topic Studios, the entertainment unit of First Look Media, where he is responsible for overseeing the company’s narrative feature film slate across development, financing, production and distribution as well as seeking out key acquisitions in film (narrative and documentary)… [click here for full bio]
Lydia Dean Pilcher, American Film and TV Producer and Founder of Cine Mosaic
Lydia Dean Pilcher is an American film and television producer and founder of Cine Mosaic, a New York-based production company focused on entertaining stories driven by themes of female empowerment, social conscience, and multi-cultural perception… [click here for full bio]
John Sloss, Founder of Cinetic Media & Co-Founder of FilmBuff
John Sloss is the founder of Cinetic Media, a co-founder of FilmBuff, and was a co-founder, with director Gary Winick, of the groundbreaking digital production company, InDigEnt. He is the founder of and a partner in the entertainment law firm Sloss Eckhouse LawCo LLP… [click here for full bio]
Joana Vicente, CEO of the Sundance Institute
Joana Vicente is the CEO of the Sundance Institute. She was previously the Executive Director of the Toronto International Film Festival, and Executive Director of the IFP – the oldest and largest non-profit organization for independent filmmakers in the U.S… [click here for full bio]