Giselle Bonilla (Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) and Zenzele Ojore '21 (Grad Film)
Congratulations to the Tisch alumni selected for as 2020 Sundance Ignite x Adobe Fellows.
Chosen from a global pool of more than 1,600 applicants, the ten Fellows were selected for their originality of voice, creativity in storytelling, and rigor of their craft. The Fellowship is artist centric, with a goal of advancing each fellow to their next step in their filmmaking journey, both artistically and professionally.
For a full list of the 2020 Sundance Ignite x Adobe Fellows, click here.
Giselle Bonilla (Kanbar Institute, Film & TV) is a mediocre bartender desperately pursuing a back-up career as a filmmaker. She graduated with Honors from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Film & Television Production. Her thesis film received the Horizon Award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and went on to compete in various festivals across the country. She is currently developing her first feature, and aims to shoot her proof of concept under the guidance of the Ignite Fellowship. Giselle is currently based in Los Angeles.
Zenzele Ojore '21 (Grad Film) is a filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist from Houston, Texas based in New York City. Her award-winning short films have played at festivals including Sundance (Horizon Award) and SXSW. She received her undergraduate degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2018, and is presently a dean fellow in the graduate film program at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Zenzele is currently writing the feature length version of her short The South is My Sister's Skin, as well as developing an upcoming short film that she intends to shoot next summer in Louisiana.