Sundance Labs are the Holy Grail for beginning filmmakers... and as Phillip Youmans shows us, you don’t get there by being an egomaniac. If you’re been watching movies this week as part of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, you may have seen this 30-second short film playing ahead of select screenings. The short film is “Days in the Lab” by trailblazing youngster Phillip Youmans. Take a look. Youmans made this 16mm spot for this year's Sundance Film Festival in partnership with Acura, to give us a glimpse of what it’s like to be an independent filmmaker working on a script in the Labs. You might have heard of Youmans when, at age 17, he became the youngest and first Black director to win the narrative feature prize at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film, Burning Cane, was actually filmed and edited during his final years of high school. After winning Tribeca, the film was picked up by Ava Duvernay’s ARRAY and is now on Netflix. Not bad for a teenage renegade! Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 2 February, 2021