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07/06/2023

Check Out These Sundance-Supported Films at the 2023 Tribeca Festival

Sundance-supported A Revolution on Canvas (Untitled Nicky Nodjoumi) will have its world premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Festival. (Photo courtesy of Tribeca Fest...

06/06/2023

Time Travel, Australian Outlaws, and a Purple Recliner Populate These Sundance Films With June Birthdays

Jenny Slate (also known as the voice of Marcus the Shell with Shoes On) plays Do...

05/06/2023

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Tom CJ Brown, the Filmmaker Behind Christopher at Sea

One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival is having a fro...

02/06/2023

Release Rundown: Romantic Past Lives and Creepy Run Rabbit Run Open to Wider Audiences in June

Childhood friends in Korea, Nora (Greta Lee) and Hae Sung (Teo Yoo) meet again t...

01/06/2023

About So Yun Um and her Liquor Store Dreams

So Yun Um and her father, Hae Sup Um, pose in their Los Angeles liquor store. (Photo courtesy So Yun Um)...

01/06/2023

The Pride of Sundance: 400 LGBTQ+ Films from Festival History to Watch This June (and Beyond!)

[Pictured: Fancy Dance] By John Cooper John Cooper is the emeritus director of...

31/05/2023

How Sundance Institute Labs Pave the Way for Influential Artists

[Above: Nia DaCosta and Tessa Thompson at Sundance Institute's 2015 Directors Lab for Little Woods ] By Stephanie Ornelas For over 40 years, the Sundanc...

26/05/2023

Get Acquainted With This Summer's Filmmakers Through These 13 Sundance Films

Andr vredal directed Trollhunter, a horror fantasy shot in found-footage style that premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival....

25/05/2023

Pair These 5 Sundance Films with your Favorite Glass of Wine on International Wine Day

[Above: Alan Rickman in Bottle Shock] By Stephanie Ornelas What do Will Ferrel...

24/05/2023

8 More Sundance-Supported Hidden Gems That Have Screened at Cannes Film Festival

[Pictured: Mediterranea] By Stephanie Ornelas Over the years, Sundance-supported artists and alums have helped enrich the programs of film festivals all over ...

24/05/2023

Director Geeta Gandbhir: Interview Techniques for Documentarians

Editor's note: The Sundance Collab event Advisor Studio Series: Geeta Gandbhir on Documentary Interview Techniques originally took place on May 31, 2022. Th...

23/05/2023

It's Official Sundance Film Festival Asia is Coming to Taiwan

Sundance Institute Partners with G2Go Entertainment to Invigorate Local Independent Arts...

22/05/2023

Who Was Gayle Stevens?

At one time, the Utah Advisory Board included, from left,Tina Lewis, Gayle Stevens, Jennifer Berger-Hammond, and Stephen Denkers. (Photo courtesy Tina Lewis)...

20/05/2023

Hasan Minhaj's Journey to Impact the World Through Comedy

By Stephanie Ornelas Never forget, South Asians, we have been incredible contributors to film, arts, television, and culture. Just because they - meaning s...

18/05/2023

A Dose of Satire Elevates These Festival Mockumentaries

F. Murray Abraham portrays Stalin and Judy Davis a leftist Australian in Children of the Revolution....

17/05/2023

7 Sundance-Supported Films That Have Screened at Cannes Film Festival

[Pictured: Beasts of the Southern Wild] By Stephanie Ornelas It's the season of Cannes! The 76th annual Cannes Film Festival kicked off today, so we'...

17/05/2023

From the Labs: Native Lab Advisors Cultivate Space for Indigenous Storytellers

[Back row: Dana Ledoux Miller, Andrew Ahn, Alex Lazarowich, Eva Grant; middle row: Quinne Larsen, Cian Elyse White, Anpa'o Locke; front row: Jana Schmieding...

15/05/2023

When Banksy brought his rat, an angel boy, and a cameraman to Park City, Utah

A still from Banksy's Exit Through the Gift Shop, which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival...

10/05/2023

Now You See Me: An Appreciation of Vera Farmiga in Down to the Bone

By Matthew Eng Rare is the film that treats addiction as a condition befalling real people, undoing already precarious lives as it disintegrates families, drai...

09/05/2023

11 Films by Asian American and Pacific Islander Directors to Fill Your May Days

A still from The Farewell...

08/05/2023

Started at Sundance: How Catherine Tambini's Road to Academia Started at Sundance Institute

By Stephanie Ornelas I never thought I could be a teacher. Ever. When dire...

05/05/2023

Garcia Girls Mark Their 15th Anniversary in May

Do a Genoveva walks past the town mural, in How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer. By Vanessa Zimmer This month marks the 15th year since those multigener...

04/05/2023

Blast Into Outer Space With These Sundance Films

Cady Coleman talks with her son while on a NASA mission, in The Longest Goodbye....

03/05/2023

In Memoriam: Rebecca Becky Stover (1957-2023)

By Melissa Bowers and Brian Marquez Rebecca Stover, Sundance's Institute's longest standing active volunteer, passed away at the age of 65. Rebecca was...

02/05/2023

Release Rundown: Michael J. Fox, Julia Louis-Dreyfus Films Open in May

Michael J. Fox looks pensive in Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie, by Davis Guggenheim, a documentary at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. (Photo courtesy of Sunda...

01/05/2023

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Kayla Abuda Galang, the Writer-Director of When You Left Me On That Boulevard

One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival is having a fro...

29/04/2023

Get an Inside Look at Vuk Lungulov-Klotz's Journey Through Sundance Institute's Feature Film Development Track

By Stephanie Ornelas Raw, truthful, collaborative. These were the three words...

27/04/2023

Protecting Cinema History One Indie Film at a Time

[Pictured: The Doom Generation] By Stephanie Ornelas Independent films have emerged as not only a unique art form, but as a significant means of chroniclin...

27/04/2023

Meet the Sundance Institute 2023 Directors, Screenwriters, and Native Lab Fellows

The heart of Sundance Institute's work begins with our labs each spring/summ...

26/04/2023

These 31 Sundance-Supported Films Are Screening at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

Sundance-supported Razing Liberty Square will have its world premiere at the 2...

24/04/2023

Perchance a Shakespearean Movie Awaits Your Idle Hours

Jennifer Saunders and Joan Collins are members of the ensemble cast in Kenneth Branagh's hilarious A Midwinter's Tale, the story of an amateur theatri...

21/04/2023

Earth Day: These Films Uplift Our World

By Vanessa Zimmer On Earth Day 2023, we could use a hefty dose of optimism. With so much evidence suggesting we're in a downward spiral, it's nice to ...

20/04/2023

What to Watch: It's 420, and These 6 Sundance-Supported Films Should Be High on Your List

[Pictured: Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical] By Stephanie Ornelas It's Ap...

19/04/2023

Tips on Breaking a Story in the Writers Room According to Dara Resnik

By Stephanie Ornelas The reason I call it story breaking is [because] you're cracking the story open. So anytime I need to crack open a story, I use some...

18/04/2023

What to Watch: 5 Sundance-Supported Films to Watch During World Autism Awareness Month and Long After

By Stephanie Ornelas There's so much beauty in seeing the world differentl...

17/04/2023

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Tracy Droz Tragos, the Filmmaker Behind PLAN C

One of the most exciting things about starting each year with the Sundance Film ...

14/04/2023

2023 Peabody Awards: 6 Sundance-Supported Projects Nominated, Shari Frilot Honored with Inaugural Visionary Award

Fire of Love is one of six Sundance-supported projects nominated for a 2023 Pea...

14/04/2023

Rain Scenes Enhance the Mood in These Festival Films

Andie MacDowell and Hugh Grant star in Four Weddings and a Funeral....

12/04/2023

DEEPENING DOCUMENTARY GRANT FUNDING THROUGH A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH JOHN TEMPLETON FOUNDATION

Sundance Institute Documentary Fund Open Call For Applications Closes April 17...

11/04/2023

What to Watch: Spend National Pet Day With These Sundance Pets

[Ryan Reynolds stars in The Voices] By Stephanie Ornelas What do Tim Burton and Taika Waititi have in common? They both captivated audiences with their spook...

10/04/2023

Transcendent Transgression: Looking Back at Todd Haynes' Poison

By Nick Joyner Todd Haynes's Poison is a vision of unrelenting, febrile darkness. Thus opens Hal Hinson's 1991 damnation of the film in The Washingto...

06/04/2023

Kinky Boots and Jim Jarmusch's Vampire Love Story Among Films With April Anniversaries

Patrick Stewart (front) plays the owner of a sketchy nightclub, in Green Room....

05/04/2023

Who Was Lynn Auerbach?

From left, Lynn Auerbach, Michelle Satter, and Kathleen Broyles attended the 2000 Directors Lab....

04/04/2023

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Laurel Parmet, the Writer-Director of The Starling Girl

One of the most exciting things about starting each year with the Sundance Film ...

03/04/2023

Grand Jury Prize Winner: Writer-Director A.V. Rockwell and the Road to A Thousand and One

Director A.V. Rockwell pauses backstage after winning the U.S. Dramatic Grand Ju...

03/04/2023

Release Rundown: Documentaries on Brooke Shields, Little Richard, Judy Blume Among Festival Films Opening in April

Little Richard displays his piano-pounding style in archive footage in Little R...

31/03/2023

Meet the 2023 Sundance Institute Trans Possibilities Intensive Fellows

At Sundance Institute, trans storytellers will always have a place to cultivate their artistic craft, their sense of community, and most importantly, their joy....

31/03/2023