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“I think we’re at a point now where I can move on. I don’t think the Festival needs an introduction now.” - Robert Redford !!!
Sundance has officially begun! My name is Cameron Lui, I will be filmfestivals.com's Sundance Correspondent this year. This year is packed with exciting films and projects. To start, we have Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams headlining After The Wedding, followed by Apollo 11, Native Son and Give Me Liberty.
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Onstage: Jackie Chan, Lena Waithe, Jane Campion, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Boots Riley, Hannah Pearl Utt, Desiree Akhavan, Tommy Orange, Among Many Others
Sundance Institute will convene dozens of offscreen events, including inclusive and intersectional conversations on the next wave of storytelling, radical data transparency, the future of democracy at its intersection with the arts, behind-the-scenes panels on the art of filmmaking and musical per...
20 Jurors to Award 12 Prizes, Including Return of the NEXT Innovator Award
Sundance Institute will gather 20 celebrated and revered expert voices across film, art, culture and science to award feature-length and short films shown at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival with 12 prizes, announced at a ceremony February 2 that will be live...
Alexandria Bombach, Ryan Coogler, Alma Ha’rel & Others Lead Highly Curated Experience for Sundance Institute-Supported Artists & Industry
Sundance Institute announced today program information for the first-ever Talent Forum, a new event for creators and industry at the Festival, bringing together a slate of artists and projects across all stages of development. This new event marks an expansion of th...
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From grueling days on set to momentous breakthroughs, dive into these quick-hitting, exclusive introductions to the Sundance Film Festival class of 2019. Get a glimpse at never-before-seen film clips and hear intimate stories from the production trenches.
For many, this is the first time they've been able to share their story and recount the journey of their project—everything from the profound to the peculiar to the downright shocking. Join us in discovering these new voices in...
Greatness is rarely birthed in places of comfort. As the saying goes, “No risk, no reward.”
Whereas comfort is often born, bred, and laid to rest in one place, risk is an expedition into infinity. It is, as Sundance Institute President and Founder Robert Redford has said, “the catalyst that propels you forward,” and the beacon that guides artists back to their core. In many ways, risk is the unlikely hero that unites artist and audience.
Risk binds us. For an artist to ...
LATE NIGHT (Photo Credit: Emily Aragones) Starring:
Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, John Lithgow, Paul Walter Hauser, Reid Scott, Amy Ryan
Directed by: Nisha Ganatra
Written By: Mindy Kaling
Produced by: Mindy Kaling p.g.a., Howard Klein p.g.a., Jillian Apfelbaum p.g.a., Ben Browning p.g.a.
Legendary late-night talk show host’s world is turned upside down when she hires her only female staff writer. Originally intended to smooth over diversity concerns, her deci...
Make Your Must-See List
From Day One opening films to second-half premieres and out-of-this-world New Frontier exhibitions, the program guide is now live. Discover more about the new independent stories making their debut and plan your Festival itinerary.
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Named 2019 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize Winner, Salt Lake City Opening Night Film
Sundance Institute adds five feature films and a Special Event to the 2019 Sundance Film Festival’s robust slate of independent work today, alongside announcing the winner of the 2019 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, seven Day One films and the Closing N...
2019 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: NEW FRONTIER LINEUP ANNOUNCED
Top, L-R(antiquated) Augmented RealityGhost Fleet VR, photo by Lucas Gath Esperpento, photo courtesy of Sundance Institute. Bottom, L-R: Belle of the Ball, photo courtesy of Sundance Institute;; 4 Feet: Blind Date, photo by Ana Volenweider; A Jester’s Tale, photo courtesy of Sundance Institute.
Sundance Institute spotlights work at the dynamic cro...
2019 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: INDIE EPISODIC, SHORTS AND SPECIAL EVENTS ANNOUNCED
From L-R: Acid Rain, ph...
RECORD-BREAKING 14,259 SUBMISSIONS FROM 152 COUNTRIES
Top, L-R: Pahokee, photo by Patrick Bresnan; Anthropocene: The Human Epoch, photo courtesy of Sundance Institute; WE ARE LITTLE ZOMBIES, photo courtesy of Sundance Institute. Bottom, L-R: Honeyland, photo by Samir Ljuma; Birds of Passage, photo by Mateo Contreras; Velvet Buzzsaw, photo by Claudette Barius.
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Reimagined Program Expands Former Women at Sundance Fellowship to Include Artists from Underrepresented Communities; Alexandria Bombach (On Her Shoulders) and Yance Ford (Strong Island) Among Artists Supported
Sundance Institute announced today the eight members of the inaugural class of the Momentum Fellowship, a full-year program of deep, customized creative and...
2019 Sundance Film Festival: Amid Record High Submissions, Announcing New Hires, Talent Forum,
Data-Driven Demographic Initiatives & Critic Stipends
With less than two months until Day One, Sundance Institute announced new hires on its programming team and new initiati...
Independent Vision and V...
From Unrestricted Grants to Custom-Tailored Support, Documentary Film Program Celebrates Innovative Approaches to Nonfiction Filmmaking
Top, L–R: Deborah Stratman, Sky Hopinka, Leilah Weinraub. Middle, L–R: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Natalia...
Audience Award: "Burden"
Direction: Sara Colangelo, "The Kindergarten Teacher"
Screenwriting Award Waldo Salt: Christina Choe, "Nancy"
Special jury prize for the first outstanding presentation: Reinaldo Marcus Green, "Monsters and Men".
Special jury prize for excellence in realization: Reed Morano, "I Think We're Alone Now"
Special jury prize in acting: Benjamin Dickey, "Blaze"
U.S. DOCUMENTARY&...
"After 25 years I have decided to leave Sundance for an exciting opportunity to work at 30WEST. I owe everything to Robert Redford and John Cooper. They were amazing mentors, colleagues and friends and I can’t thank them enough for everything they did for me. Happy trails Sundance!"
In a memo to staff, Sundance Film Festival director John Cooper was typically gracious. “Every new idea or program that was developed since I became director has been ...
Credit: Science Fair, Photo by Pete Alton.
Sundance Institute today announced Science Fair as the winner of the first-ever Festival Favorite Award, selected by audience votes from the 123 feature films screened at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, which took place in Park City, Salt Lake City and Sundance, Utah, January 18-28. The Festival Favorite Award is the 29th and final recognition bestowed on this year’s Features, including juried prizes and category-specific Audience Awards...
After 10 days and 123 feature films, the 2018 Sundance Film Festival’s Awards Ceremony took place tonight, with host Jason Mantzoukas emceeing and jurors presenting 28 prizes for feature filmmaking in Park City, Utah. Honorees, named in total below, represent new achievements in global independent storytelling. Bold, intimate, and humanizing stories prevailed across categories, with Grand Jury Prizes awarded to The Miseducation of Cameron Post (U.S. Dramatic), Kailash (U.S. Documentary),...
(L-R) Of Fathers and Sons, Credit: Kahtan Hasson and Talal Derki; The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Credit: Jeong Park...
THE WORLD PREMIERES CONTINUE
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Our favorite sidekick gets a much-deserved leading role in The Long Dumb Road, and Spike Lee returns to the Festival with a mashup of the biblical Exodus story and Waiting for Godot.
Special Events Take Over the Town
On day 9, Nick Offerman and Jason Mantzoukas stopped by the Filmmaker Lodge; Taika Waititi, Catherine Hardwicke, and Justin Lin discu...
DAY EIGHT SPOTLIGHT
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Volatile Coming-of-Age Story Finds Beauty and Magic in We the Animals
Documentary filmmaker Jeremiah Zagar tackles his first narrative feature, turning a dysfunctional family into a cinematic dream with We the Animals. And Alexandria Bombach premieres On Her Shoulders, a do...
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