SUNDANCE DIRECTOR`S LAB DIARY: SAODAT ISMAILOVA
(Filmmaker Magazine)

The Sundance Director’s Lab is currently wrapping at the Sundance Institute in Utah, and we have two filmmakers blogging about their experience. First up is Uzbekistan writer/director Saodat Ismailova, whose project, 40 Days of Silence, is described like this: Four generations of women under one roof in Uzbekistan look to each other for comfort as they try to overcome their destinies. Yesterday, June 19th, the director`s lab came to the end. When I look back at the past three weeks of my life it already seems like it was more than a year ago... I will simply divide the process into three weeks as it was and how I experienced it... Week one: Scary, frightening, timid, why am I here? Will it be any good for me? Shouldn`t I be in...