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IWFF LABS invited six filmmakers from the 2022 film selections to be special guests and recipients of the 2022 LABS Fellowship. LABS Fellows are in residence during the festival and represent their film at local screenings. Lodging, travel, and a professional stipend are provided. Fellows will collaborate with two other team members to create a short film made in the 10 days they spend in the area. These short-turn-around filmmaking challenges demand good results in unreasonable timelines yet LABS will still match that IWFF down-home feel. We’ve built in time for Fellows to soak up the festival screenings, bask on the Blackfoot River, meet important researchers and community leaders, and get to know Montana. IWFF encourages LABS Fellows to approach this challenge as an opportunity to get to know their collaborators, learn new artistic approaches from each other, see Montana’s wildlands, and revel in the luxury of making a short film together in a spontaneous and creative environment. Two teams of LABS fellows will create a 3 - 5 minute film focused on a Montana Wildlife conservation subject. Teams are curated to encompass exceptional inventiveness, creativity, technical capability, fresh perspectives, and a variety of experience levels that are conducive to exciting collaborations. Finished films are presented to the Missoula audience at the The Wilma, during IWFF’s 2022 Awards Presentation on Thursday, April 28th, and will live on through the filmmaking team, the festival, and the highlighted organization’s wishes. Want to know more? Talk to LABS Coordinator, Taylor Lennox, taylor@theroxytheater.org pg. 12
