The 2023 Sundance Film Festival Press Inclusion Initiative (PII) application for the 2023 Festival (January 19-29, 2023) opens today, August 31.
The Press Inclusion Initiative, our effort to cultivate a more representative press corps at the Sundance Film Festival, returns this year by providing multi-faceted support to journalists from underrepresented communities: specifically, critics who identify as BIPOC, women, LGBTQ+, and/or people with disabilities.
For thos...
2022 Sundance Film Festival: Asia Short Film Competition submissions open
Calling for entries from Indonesian filmmakers now until 31 May, 2022
Sundance Film Festival: Asia, presented by the Sundance Institute and XRM Media is proud to announce the return of the 2022 edition of the Festival on Thursday 25th – Sunday 28th August, 2022 in Jakarta, Indonesia with support from IDN Media.
The Festival will take place in person and include film screenings and p...
We are excited to kick off our Sundance Institute Film Music Intensive taking place from June 6-13. Six composers have been invited to participate in a nurturing lab environment prioritizing craft, innovation, and building a community of next generation film music artists. Led by program director Peter Golub with the support of Creative Advisors working in the industry, the fellows will engage in a week-long Intensive celebrating the power of film music, as the program which ha...
Today, IllumiNative, The Black List, and the Sundance Institute announced the eight finalists of The Indigenous List. These Indigenous screenwriters represent the best and most promising Native creatives in the film and television industry.
The Indigenous List was launched in 2020 to provide a platform for Indigenous writers to showcase their scripts, create additional pathways and opportunities within the industry, and support the development of the next generation of screenw...
Submissions Now Open via FilmFreeway
The nonprofit Sundance Institute is pleased to announce the 2023 Sundance Film Festival will take place as a hybrid festival in Park City, Salt Lake City, Utah, and beyond, from January 19 through January 29, 2023.
“We can’t wait to return to our home in Park City and present exciting new work from around the world live and in person,” said Festival Director Tabitha Jackson. “We also have two years of digital exhibition an...
9 Fellows selected to develop 4 live action dramas, 3 live action comedies, and 1 adult animation
The Sundance Institute announced today the 9 Fellows and 8 projects selected for their 2021-2022 Episodic Program. This year marks the Episodic Lab's return to in-person activities at the Sundance Mountain Resort in Utah bookended by a digital pre-lab story development curriculum and its first annual Episodic Pitch Parlor hosted in Los Angeles in partnership with XRM Media...
Interview by Claire Varney
SEVEN GRAMS is directed by photojournalist and war correspondent Karim Ben Khelifa.
THE ENEMY, his 2017 award-winning virtual reality exhibition sought to humanize the images of war by allowing participants to encounter combatants on opposite sides of conflicts throughout the world.
Continuing his long standing committment to bringing forth personal narratives behind global issues, SEVEN GRAMS is an augmented reality experience tha...
by Bailey Pennick
It’s been an epic journey to get here, to the end of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, and like any good saga, there have been twists and turns along the way. Even with these sh...
The Sundance Film Festival has announced the artist grant recipients for the Sundance Institute Science-in-Film initiative at the twentieth annual Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize Reception, where the previously announced 2022 Feature Film Prize winner (Kogonada, After Yang) was honored. The grantees received a total of $70,000 in funding for their projects in development through the Sloan Episodic Fellowship (Kathryn Lo, Our Dark Lady), Sloan Development Fellowship (...
Left to Right Top Row: All That Breathes, Nanny, Utama Middle Row: The Exiles, Cha Cha Real Smooth, Framing Agnes Bottom Row: Navalny, The Territory, Girl Picture
This Friday, the Sundance Film Festival announced...
We’re VERY CLOSE from announcing the winners of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival! And though most screenings are done until the awards tomorrow, there’s still so much to do! Our unique Indie Episodic Series, presented by DoorDash, and Short Film Program, presented by XRM Media, explore topical and in-depth issues. Prepare to be amazed and pushed outside of your comfort zone with these bold films!
Board the Spaceship to catch up with some of your favorite artists!...
BABYSITTER: Interview by Emmanuel Itier with director: Monia Chokri
Q: Where does this film come from?
Monia: It all started when I met with Catherine Léger, the screenwriter. She also was the writer of the play that inspired this film. For many years we had mutual friends who were telling us to get together and work together. Actually, I went to check out her play, “Baby-Sitter”, one week before meeting her. I loved it and I thought it was a ver...
Interview by Emmanuel Itier with: Director Alli Haapasalo and actresses: Aamu Milonoff (“Mimmi”), Linnea Leino (“Emma”), Eleonoora Kauhaner (“Rönkkö”).
Q: Where does this movie come from and what were you trying to explore with it?
Alli: It started with a conversation with the screenwriters Ilona Ahti and Daniela Hakulinen who wanted to explore with me what it is like to be a young female teenager today. I got a treat...
Seventh Year of Fellowship Honors Artistic Contributions of Late Māori Filmmaker
Sundance Institute announced today the recipient of the 2022 Merata Mita Fellowship, an annual fellowship named in honor of the late Māori filmmaker Merata Mita (1942-2010) designed for Indigenous women-identified artists who are striving to direct a feature film. This year's Fellow, Fox Maxy (Payómkawichum and Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians) wa...
Highlights from Monday, Jan. 24, at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Presented by Adobe.
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Highlights from Sunday, Jan. 23, at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Presented by Adobe.
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The Final Film in the U.S. Documentary Competition Is Just Announced and You Won’t Want to Miss It
Eagle eye viewers of our program might have noticed that within the U.S. Documentary Competition section of our 2022 Film Festival lineup there were only nine films listed. There are supposed to be 10. Today we complete the program by revealing our tenth and final film in the section: Daniel Roher’s Navalny.
In a little over 24 hours from now (January 25 at 6 p.m. MT),...
Check out the virtual panel talk
"Film Festival Strategies" at this years Sundance Film Festival
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Significant new international acknowledgments have been obtained by the films of the Biennale College – Cinema, the higher education laboratory of the Biennale di Venezia aimed at emerging directors and producers from around the world. The programme, now in its 10th year, has developed and produced 30 micro-budget feature films as of today:
The Cathedral (USA) by Ricky D’Ambrose (director) and Graham Swon (producer), produced for the 9th edition 2020-2021 of t...
Premieres, Second Screenings, and Panels: There is plenty to do on Day Five of the Festival.
We’re halfway through Fest! Have you caught all your favorite films yet? If not, have no fear because second screenings are almost here! Now is the time to think about any films you may have missed out on and grab your tickets before the Festival ends.
Oh, and did we mention it’s Ignite Day? Presented by Adobe, this exciting Festival event is devoted to supporting a new generation ...
Day Four Of The Festival Has Exciting Premieres and Events
Hello, Sundancers! And welcome to Day Four of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Get ready for another day full of engaging talks and groundbreaking premieres by tuning into a new episode of How to Fest: Daily with Tabitha Jackson, presented by Acura. Don’t miss today’s Daily Artist Meetup featuring Alika Tengan (Every Day in Kaimukī) and the New Frontier Artist Spotlight: Child of Empi...
Highlights from Saturday, Jan. 22, at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Presented by Adobe.
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Highlights from Friday, Jan. 21, at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Presented by Adobe.
It’s Day Two of the Sundance Film Festival! Now that you’re settled in, it’s time to get ready for tons of screenings and special events. Gear up for premieres like Nothing Compares, The Exiles, and We Met in Virtual Reality. Explorers on the New Frontier Spaceship will also get to experience Suga’, a collective immersive experience that features live dance performances as volumetric...
Sundance 2022 : Robert Redford Welcome Message
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ALL THAT BREATHES
Sundance 2022
Interview with Director: Shaunak Sen-All
Interview by Emmanuel Itier
Q: Where did the inspiration come from, why this passion for these birds: the black kites?
Shaunak: It wasn’t really clear at first what I wanted to do with this film even, so it was in the back of my mind for a while. When you live in Delhi, you’re in the middle of grey skies and that bad air you’re beathing constantly with so many houses ...
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