The Sundance Institute has named the fellows selected for their 2026 Native Lab, taking place at the Hotel Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico from April 6–11, along with two artists-in-residence.
Fellows and the projects they’re coming in with are Taylor Foreman-Niko with The Long Fang, Ashley Qilavaq-Savard with Carrying, Miles T. RedCorn with Once Upon a Time in Indian Country, and Sabrina Saleha with Grief Camp. The artists-in-residence, meanwhile, are Sayun Simung (Tayal) and Taylour Chang (Kanaka Maoli).
Designed to bolster artists of Native and Indigenous backgrounds centering Indigeneity in their work, Sundance’s Native Lab has been around since 2009. It’s the signature initiative of the Sundance Institute’s Indigenous Program, which was launched as a focused means of uplifting Native talent who had been part of Sundance since its inception.
Over the course of the lab, fellows refine their screenplays for feature and episodic projects
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