The first year of the Marketing Impact Grant was given to the project RICKY, written and directed by Rashad Frett who won the Directing Award at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and will be released in the Fall. This grant supported by Spark Features will continue for 3 years supporting two more projects that premiere at the Sundance Institute.
Here’s a review in Variety of RICKY: https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/ricky-review-sundance-1236285341/