NYU Production Lab

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Work in Progress event last week and made it such a thoughtful, engaging evening🌟

Grateful for everyone who joined us Thursday evening for our Film Festival Strategy event 🎬✨

We were excited to kick off the semester with an insightful panel discussion led by industry-leading programmers Ben Thompson (Tribeca Film Festival) and Karen McMullen (DOC NYC), sharing their expertise on navigating festivals, submissions, and storytelling.

Students then took the stage to deliver powerful 2-minute pitches—making it a night full of learning, confidence, and creative momentum for the semester ahead. 🎥🌟

📢 ANNOUNCING 📢 The NYU Production Lab’s 2026 Feature Film Development Studio fellows! Our most genre-diverse group of projects yet!

🎥 AGUNAH - Alicia Louzoun-Heisler & Laurence Gendron
🎥 BARNYARD - Oliver Mcgoldrick & Natalie Remplakowski
🎥 EVERY OTHER KID - Patrick Godino & Daniella Bernal
🎥 KNEES - Nadia Bedj & Anton Vicente Kliot
🎥 PENDULUM - Matthew Lai & Pinar Binay
🎥 STRANGLE THE ELEPHANT - Austin Prario & Ben White

Congrats to all. We’re so excited to spend the next several months with you.

Read more at the link in bio

✨ Show Your Work: Work in Progress Showcase ✨

Join us for an evening of bold ideas, original voices, and creative storytelling at the NYU Production Lab—featuring this year’s selected performers:

🎤 Hannah Weisz — Vocal Performance
🎤 Antonia Chaparro — Vocal Performance
🎭 Makaio Toft — Monologue Theatrical Performance
🎭 Caroline Castro — Monologue Theatrical Performance

📅 Feb 19, 2026
⏰ 6:30–8:30 PM
📍 NYU Production Lab

👉 Swipe to meet each performer and see their work in progress!

ED John Tintori and Head of Programs Liz Nord represented the Production Lab at the Sundance Film Festival this week! Some highlights:

🎥1 - HOT WATER filmmaker Ramzi Bashour + team discuss their film at an lodge fireside chat

🎥 2 - Poster for Lab-supported film HOT WATER, which premiered to a standing ovation at the festival!

🎥 3 - Super long line at the sold out HOT WATER premiere

🎥 4 - Ramzi on getting into the festival and the rush to deliver the film on time (“It was like grad school!”)

🎥 5 - Our own with NYU filmmakers dopevibrations, _accardenas, _maltamirano +

🎥 6 - Still from festival film PUBLIC ACCESS, produced by Feature Film Development Studio Fellow

🎥 7 - John chats with + , whose film SATOSHI completed our development studio this fall

🎥 8 - Feature Film Development Studio Fellows , + w/ at the Sundance Producers Celebration. (Congrats to
on being in the Sundance Producing cohort this year!)

🎥 9 + 10 - John interviews (former Lab staffer!) + .a.kates about their Sundance premiere of THE GALLERIST

🎥 11 - Go, , go!

🎥 12 - We’ll miss you, Main Street, but anyone can buy tix to stream these and other Sundance films online through the festival site just this weekend!

Applications for the 2026 NYU Dance Development Program open soon🌟

Join us for a virtual info session on Friday, January 30 at 12 PM to learn more about the program and application process.

Register for the information on our website

Welcome to Spring 2026 🌸
A new season of programs, ideas, and opportunities is here.

To Explore what’s coming up head to our website and see the full list of Spring 2026 programs.

Thank you for an incredible semester!

From the entire NYU Production Lab team — the folks behind every event, workshop, and conversation — we’re sending you warm wishes for a happy holiday season and a bright New Year.

And a quick reminder: starting next week through January 20th, the Lab will be fully virtual.
Can’t wait to see what we create together in 2026. 💫

The NYU Production Lab came alive last night as 50+ writer/directors pitched their projects and connected with producers. Creativity was everywhere and it was the start of a lot of exciting collaboration!

Finding the right manager can change everything—but it’s all about timing, fit, and knowing what you need. 💡

Thank you to our incredible panellists, Alice Stites (Brillstein Entertainment Partners), Alec Ring (Cinetic Media), and Nasa Hadizadeh (ALT CITIZEN), for an honest conversation on how managers champion creative careers, what they look for in new talent, and when to take that next step.

👉 Swipe to see some standout quotes from the event.