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“To live on a day-to-day basis is insufficient; we need to transcend, transport, escape; we need meaning, understanding, and explanation.”

— Oliver Sacks

Filmmaking is a powerful platform for influencing the ethics and imagination of public discourse and engagement. The Windrider Institute Fellowship Program is designed to inspire transcendence through thoughtful engagement with core themes in humility-in-theology.

The Fellowship will cultivate professional and spiritual formation around big ideas for filmmakers, empowering the next generation to influence culture through film. Throughout the week of the Summit, we will get to know an inspiring group of filmmakers and scholars whose work bridges art, culture, science and critical thought.

The 3-year Windrider Fellowship Program will have exponential career impact potential, reaching many levels of depth. This will be accomplished through the following engagement programs:

The Windrider Fellowship Cohort: 15 Fellows, 4 scholars

Directly engaging, catalyzing and equipping a community of cultural creatives to embed the big ideas of Purpose, Character, Virtue and Science in their films and storytelling craft.

THE WINDRIDER SUMMIT & THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE

Thoughtfully engaging Windrider Summit participants to include the next generation of filmmakers and leaders of faith who will soon enter the workforce.

THE BIG IDEAS FILM SERIES

Effectively engaging partner networks and a broader public discourse by distributing content infused with topics of Purpose, Character, Virtue and Science through the Windrider Studios platform.