April S. Chang, a Los Angeles-based producer who grew up in Gwinnett County, was one of 11 producers chosen to participate in this year’s Sundance Institute Producers Lab.

The Producers Lab, which took place July 14-19 for fiction films and July 19-24 for nonfiction films in Wyoming, kicks off a yearlong fellowship for the chosen producers as they work on their respective feature-length projects, according to a press release. Chang and producing partner Vicki Syal’s chosen project is “Dying is Fine,” which is about a suicidal woman whose worries disappear when she finds out she is dying of brain cancer.

Chang said the Sundance Institute reached out to her encouraging her to apply for the Producers Lab earlier this year after a short film that she and Syal worked on played at the 2025 fes

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