Sloan Science and Film

Sloan Film Summit

The AFI Sloan Film Summit 2008 took place in Hollywood from November 5 to 8. Events included panel discussions, screenings of Sloan Award-winning short films, and staged readings of Sloan Award-winning screenplays. Read John Anderson’s report.

The Future is Now in Sleep Dealer

Writer-director Alex Rivera and co-writer David Riker discuss their Sloan award-winning feature, Sleep Dealer, a mix of sci-fi speculation and social realism.

TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund

The Tribeca Film Institute has selected five projects to receive financial and creative support from the inaugural TFI Sloan Filmmaker Fund: Face Value, The Radioactive Boy Scout, Alva, A Noble Affair, and Kitty Hawk. Click here for full details.

Award-Winning Short Films

Newly posted to our collection of Sloan award-winning shorts: Brian E.F. Oakes’s Theremin: Out of the Ether (pictured). Also recently added: Eli Akira Kaufman’s California King, Jason Todd Ipson’s The First Vampire, Dara Bratt’s In Vivid Detail, Debra Bellon’s The Kite Messenger, and Wynn Padula’s Lynx.

Culture Shock: An Interview with Lynn Hershman Leeson

Writer and director Leeson, winner of a Sloan award for Teknolust (2002), discusses her new feature, a drama-documentary hybrid that chronicles the ongoing case of Steve Kurtz, an art professor and activist who became a bioterrorism suspect.