Richard Linklater's Hit Man Asks, How Far Will You Go For Love?

Sundance Ignite x Adobe Fellowship Announce 2024 Cohort

Program Uplifts Emerging Filmmakers Ages 18 to 25...

Jennifer Connelly Becomes Her Own Worst Enemy in Bad Behaviour

PARK CITY, UTAH JANUARY 21: Actor Jennifer Connelly attends the 2023 Sundance Film Festival Bad Behaviour Premiere at The Ray Theatre on January 21, 2023 in...

2024 Sundance Film Festival: Local Lens Free Summer Screenings Program & Special Artist Event Announced

Top L-R: Skywalkers: A Love Story, Daughters, My Old Ass. Center L-R: Your Monst...

Shaping the Future We Want to See: A Note From Shira Rockowitz and Kristin Feeley

This summer we're pulling back the curtain on Sundance Labs by sharing lette...

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Pedro Freire, the Writer-Director of Malu

By Lucy Spicer One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival is having a front-row seat for the bright future of independent filmmaking. Whi...

YOUR MONSTER WINS AUDIENCE FAVOURITE AWARD AT SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: LONDON 2024

(L-R: Cast: Melissa Barrera, Director, Producer & Screenwriter: Caroline Lindy a...

Sundance Institute Announces 2024 Producers Lab Fellows

PARK CITY, UT, June 10, 2024 - The nonprofit Sundance Institute today announced the 10 producers selected to participate in its annual Producers Lab, being held...

Ghostlight Finds Healing in Unexpected Places

PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 18: (L-R) Tara Mallen and Katherine Mallen Kupferer attend the Ghostlight premiere at Prospector Square Theatre on January 18, 2024,...

Release Rundown: Fancy Dance, Thelma, and More Open to Wider Audiences This June

(L-R) Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson) and Jax (Lily Gladstone) prepare for a powwow and search for Roki's missing mother in Fancy Dance, which premiered at the ...

Film Festival Watch: 10 Sundance-Supported Films to See at Tribeca

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Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Jules Rosskam, the Filmmaker Behind Desire Lines

By Lucy Spicer One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival...

Inside the Archives: The 1980s Directors Labs in Snapshots

By the Archives team During a recent trip to the archives, our team came across several early Sundance Institute newsletters. The newsletters are always a fun ...

2024 Sundance Institute Indigenous Film Tour Kicks Off in June

PARK CITY, UTAH, June 3, 2024 - The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the 2024 Sundance Institute Indigenous Film Tour, a 83-minute short film progra...

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Thea Hvistendahl, the Filmmaker Behind Handling the Undead

By Bailey Pennick One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festi...

CHOOSE CHICAGO, CITY OF CHICAGO ANNOUNCE PROGRAMMING DETAILS OF SUNDANCE INSTITUTE X CHICAGO 2024 (June 28 - 30)

Tickets are now available for the first-of-its-kind event in the United States f...

In A Violent Nature: Festivalgoers Look Through the Eyes of a Murderer

PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 22: Chris Nash attends the 2024 Sundance Film Festival In A Violent Nature premiere at the Library Center Theatre on January 22, 202...

Get to Know This Summer's Filmmakers Through These 12 Sundance Films

(L-R) Writer-director Hannah Pearl Utt and co-writer Jen Tullock star as sisters in Before You Know It, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival....

Richard Linklater's Hit Man Asks, How Far Will You Go For Love?

Richard Linklater and Glen Powell (photo by George Pimentel/Shutterstock for Sundance)...

The Tuba Thieves Asks What It Means to Listen

PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 22: The cast and crew of The Tuba Thieves pose during the 2023 Sundance Film Festival The Tuba Thieves premiere at Prospector Squa...

Power Provokes Vital Questions About the Role of Police

PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 18: Director Yance Ford introduces the Power premiere at Library Center Theatre. (Photo by Chad Salvador/Shutterstock for Sundance F...

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Jianjie Lin, the Writer-Director Behind Brief History of a Family

By Bailey Pennick One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festi...

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Stephen Maing, the Co-Director of Union

By Lucy Spicer One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival is having a front-row seat for the bright future of independent filmmaking. Whi...

Sundance Film Festival: London 2024 Announces Repertory Shorts Programme, Three Repertory Features And Three Public Talks

Tickets on sale now London, 13 May 2024 - Today Picturehouse and the nonprofit ...

The Greatest Night in Pop Proves That We're Most Powerful as a Collective

Lionel Richie (Photo by George Pimentel/Shutterstock for Sundance)...

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Arun Bhattarai and Dorottya Zurb, the Filmmakers Behind Agent of Happiness

By Lucy Spicer One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival...

Saved! and Rudo y Cursi Among Films With May Anniversaries

Diego Luna's character Beto aims to play professional soccer in Carlos Cuar n's film Rudo y Cursi....

Your Guide to Having a Jam-Packed Sundance Institute Summer

There's something special about summer. We're not sure whether it's the warmer weather, the longer days, or something else a bit more magical, but s...

Gathering Is a Call to Action: A Letter From Ilyse McKimmie

By Ilyse McKimmie Now, more than ever That's a phrase so often used in the last few years that I've come to dread seeing it in notes like this one. A...

Slow Explores an Unusual Relationship With Sincere Romance

PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 21: (L-R) Actors K stutis Cic nas and Greta Grinevi i t , Director Marija Kavtaradze and Producer Marija Razgute attend the 2023 Sunda...

Reality Slips Away in the Eerie I Saw the TV Glow

PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 18: Jane Schoenbrun introduces the 2024 Sundance Film Festival I Saw the TV Glow premiere at the Library Center Theatre in Park City...

Release Rundown: What to Watch in May, From I Saw the TV Glow to Power

Owen (Justice Smith) and Maddy (Brigette Lundy-Paine) develop an eerie connection to a supernatural TV show in Jane Schoebrun's I Saw the TV Glow....

The Anchor of Our Work at the Native Lab: A Dispatch from Adam Piron

By Adam Piron In anticipation of this edition of the Indigenous Program's Native Lab, it actually dawned on me that this will be our lab's tenth year i...

Meet the 2024 Sundance Institute Directors, Screenwriters, and Native Lab Fellows

Even though we've been doing this for over 40 years, a spark of excitement r...

Doris Duke Foundation Announces $1M Grant to Sundance Institute Expanding Commitment to Uplifting Muslim Storytelling With New Building Bridges Fellowship and Completion Fund

Sundance Film Festival CDMX 2024 kicks off today at Cinpolis

Sundance Film Festival CDMX 2024 kicks-off today with screenings in 5 theaters in Mexico City and the opening-night film, FRIDA, directed by Carla Guti rrez...

Interview: Lourdes Portillo, Director of Las madres de la Plaza de Mayo, La Ofrenda

[Editor's Note: This interview is part of a larger feature about the women d...

Inside the Archives: Highlighting the Importance of Preservation for the Festival's 40th Edition

Sundance Institute Founder Robert Redford during a press conference at the 1996 ...

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: LONDON 2024 REVEALS FULL PROGRAMME LINE-UP BURSTING WITH BOLD CINEMATIC VOICES FOR 11TH EDITION

IN ADDITION TO FICTION AND DOCUMENTARY FEATURES, THE SELECTION INCLUDES: PRO...

Stress Positions Mines Health Anxieties for Comedy

PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 18: (L-R) John Early and Theda Hammel attend the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Stress Positions premiere at Library Center Theatre on ...

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, the Filmmakers Behind Sugarcane

By Lucy Spicer One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival...

Mexico City Watchlist: 7 Documentaries About Working in CDMX

Pictured: Midnight Family By Stephanie Ornelas A great way to get to know a city as culturally unique and rich as Mexico City is to listen to the stories tol...

Sundance Institute Launches RFI and RFP Process to Explore Host Locations for the Sundance Film Festival in 2027 and Beyond

Opening today, the exploration is aimed at selecting a location that will preser...

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Silje Evensmo Jacobsen, the Filmmaker Behind A New Kind of Wilderness

By Lucy Spicer One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival...

The Rise and Fall of The Synanon Fix: Like Frogs Boiling Slowly in Water

(Robin Marshall/Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival)...

Mexico City Watchlist: 7 Sundance Festival Films Written by Women

[Pictured: A still from Sujo] By Stephanie Ornelas There are so many stories and layers to be told within Ciudad de M xico, Paloma Riojas says over Zoom. T...

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know David and Nathan Zellner, the Filmmakers Behind Sasquatch Sunset

By Bailey Pennick One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festi...

It's Only Life After All, but Indigo Girls Bring It to Life in New Documentary

By Peter Jones Amy Ray shuffles through a rack of clothing to find an unusual s...

Choose Your Partners Wisely: Highlights From a Discussion With Mira Nair, Director of Mississippi Masala and Monsoon Wedding

By Stephanie Ornelas Mira Nair first aspired to be an actor, but working as a ...

A Love of Movies Is the Real Star of Kim's Video

Kim's Video premiere at 2023 Sundance Film Festival. Photo by Becca Haydu By Peter Jones What goes around comes around, or at least rewinds back to the be...

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: LONDON 2024 ANNOUNCES OPENING AND CLOSING NIGHT FILMS

KNEECAP WILL OPEN THE 11TH EDITION OF THE FESTIVAL, D DI ( ) SELECTED AS CLOSING NIGHT FILM...