Winning Sundance as a First-time Feature Director | guest Alessandra Lacorazza

19/08/2025 23 min

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Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio is a Colombian-American filmmaker from New York City. Her feature directorial debut, In the Summers was awarded the grand jury prize and the directing award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. She was the first Latina filmmaker to win this award. She is a member of Meerkat Media, a New York-based filmmaking collective and cooperative.GET REAL INDIE FILM[CAST] is hosted by filmmaker and author Jeffrey Michael Bays (www.borgus.com), and filmmaker Forris Day, Jr.Show Notes:Assembling the teamWorking with actors, including child actorsConflict on setAdvantages of editing in-personSundance surprises--Email us: [email protected]: Jeffrey Michael Bays & Forris Day, Jr.Pre-order Jeffrey's book Creatives Working Together: https://www.amazon.com/Creatives-Working-Together-Communication-Professionals/dp/1041091893