WHAT’S ON TODAY
Rise and shine—it’s Day Two. Start things off with The Sundance Dailies, presented by Acura, where you can share a virtual coffee with Festival director Tabitha Jackson and special guests every morning at 9:00 a.m. MT. If you slept in and missed today’s show featuring writer-director Rebecca Hall (Passing) and actor Eugenio Derbez (CODA), not to worry—you can catch up whenever you’d like here, no pass or ticket required.
The first full day of the Festival’s world premieres include Alexis Gambis’s Son of Monarchs, a transformative drama starring Tenoch Huerta; Mariem Pérez Riera’s Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It, a loving cinematic portrait of a living legend; and Christopher Makoto Yogi’s I Was a Simple Man, an achingly intimate family drama that was incubated in our summer labs.
At Cinema Café, presented by Audible, tune in for a thought-provoking conversation between directors Shaka King (Judas and the Black Messiah) and Questlove (Summer of Soul …Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised). And you’re also invited to this year’s Native Forum Celebration, where we’ll be honoring the Sundance Institute’s Indigenous Program fellows, grantees, and alumni. During the event, we’ll announce the latest recipient of our Merata Mita Fellowship, named in honor of the late Māori filmmaker.
All of our Talks & Events are free and open to attendees all over the world, so make sure to pop these into your schedule.
Plan Your Day
WHAT’S NEW IN NEW FRONTIER
Since its launch, the Sundance Film Festival’s New Frontier has served as a showcase for dynamic, innovative work at the crossroads of film, art, and technology—but this year, as with the rest of the Fest, we’re doing things a bit differently.
We’ve reimagined New Frontier to not only bring the visionary, ground-breaking projects online, but to also create an interactive, immersive space where passholders can gather and celebrate the class of 2021. Teleport over and join us—in avatar form!—after every world premiere for an out-of-this-world Film Party, where you can chat with fellow Festivalgoers and the artists themselves about the projects you just watched.
This year’s New Frontier program was made possible by the generous support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Unity Technologies, Adobe, Dell Technologies, The Walt Disney Studios StudioLAB, and Oculus from Facebook.
Explore New Frontier
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DARE TO WATCH?
In 1991, we created our Midnight section to showcase thrilling selections from around the world. This year’s 20th-anniversary lineup includes a bawdy Belgian comedy (Mother Schmuckers), a gory tale from New Zealand’s wilderness (Coming Home in the Dark), Rodney Ascher’s fascinating look into simulation theory (A Glitch in the Matrix), and so much more.
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HOODIES ARE FOREVER
Save the snow boots and puffer jacket for next year. The 2021 Festival is all about cozying up on the couch with hoodies, beanies, and joggers featuring this year’s kintsugi-inspired graphics. Orders over $100 qualify for free shipping. And Members receive a 20% discount on all Festival merch.
Shop Merch
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YOUR DAILY DOSE OF INSPIRATION
Take one conversation on how to complete a film during a pandemic, a celebration of Indigenous filmmakers, a showcase of the editors who cut this year’s groundbreaking Festival films, throw in a little live music, and you’ve got just a slice of what’s happening today in Festival Village. No ticket required.
Visit the Village
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POPCORN BOWL INTERVIEWS
SundanceTV talks with 2021 Sundance Film Festival filmmakers Jamila Wignot, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Pedro Kos, Daryl Wein, Zoe-Lister Jones, + Kate Tsang in this interview series: the GEICO Popcorn Bowl! Interviews drop daily on SundanceTV social.
Watch Here
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DISCOVER THEIR STORIES
We’d like to allow the class of 2021 to introduce themselves. Our Meet the Artist series, presented by Dropbox, is your opportunity to meet the incredible filmmakers from this year’s Festival. Get to know each artist on their film’s page within our online program guide. Like Luzzu writer-director Alex Camilleri, who talks about how he spent two full years shadowing real-life Maltese fishermen before he shot the largely improvised narrative feature. The film premieres today in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition.
Watch Now
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The Sundance Institute is a nonprofit organization that discovers and supports independent film, media, and theater artists from the U.S. and around the world, and introduces audiences to their new work.
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