Winter Session

Jan 7th - Jan 18th

Catwalk Institute proudly welcomes Annie Howell, a New York–based writer, filmmaker, and NYU professor, to the 2026 Winter Residency.

Annie Howell

Annie Howell

Annie Howell is a writer, filmmaker, and educator based in Manhattan, where she teaches third-year writing in NYU’s Graduate Film program and holds a Distinguished Lectureship in Film at City College’s MFA program. A returning Catwalk resident (Summer 2023), Howell will continue developing two major projects during her winter stay: a gothic stage musical addressing the opioid epidemic in rural Ohio, and an independent feature following three generations of a family on a single day trip from suburban New Jersey to Manhattan—each carrying a private agenda. Her work blends dark humor, intimacy, and social observation, and Catwalk once again provides a space for sustained creative focus.

https://linktr.ee/anniejhowell 

Winter Session

Jan 7th - Jan 18th

Catwalk Institute proudly welcomes Molly Rydzel, playwright, WGAE screenwriter, and NYU screenwriting professor, to the 2026 Winter Residency.

Molly Rydzel

Molly Rydzel

Molly Rydzel is a playwright, WGAE screenwriter, script consultant, and professor of screenwriting at NYU. A Catwalk alumna (August 2024), Rydzel returns to continue work on her provocative new play ChatGPT Says He Raped Me, which examines consent, kink gone wrong, artificial intelligence, and the uneasy transformation of private experience into consumable content. Having written a horror film during her previous stay, she looks forward to once again using Catwalk’s secluded environment to deepen focus and build momentum on this challenging and timely project.

https://mollyrydzel.com/

Winter Session

Jan 7th - Jan 18th

Catwalk Institute proudly welcomes Chloe Sarbib, an award-winning American and French-Algerian filmmaker supported by Sundance and Tribeca, to the 2026 Winter Residency.

Chloe Sarbib

Chloe Sarbib

Chloe Sarbib is an American and French-Algerian filmmaker, writer, and professor based in Brooklyn whose work centers on characters caught in their own contradictions. Supported by organizations including Sundance, Tribeca/Chanel’s Through Her Lens, Cine Qua Non, and the Saltonstall Foundation, her films have screened at major Oscar- and BAFTA-qualifying festivals worldwide. A multi-time Catwalk resident (2019, 2022, 2023), Sarbib will begin a new project exploring love as cultural exchange, while also revising and translating her Sundance-supported feature Trou Normand, which follows a fading actress whose search for a lost family heirloom uncovers unexpected truths about her past.

https://www.chloesarbib.com/