The Internet's Own Boy (US Documentary Competition) and We Are the Giant (Documentary Premieres) tell the stories of individuals who have used technology and social media to bypass traditional barriers to communication, and who have impacted lives and created change worldwide in the process. Like these individuals, filmmakers today have the opportunity to share their films with a global audience, and create social impact using the same tools. Hear from filmmakers, activists, and industry e...
With the rise of new online fundraising tools, audience is playing a bigger role in how films get financed - join us in a talk with filmmakers, film financing companies, and talent agents to hear stories about how filmmakers use their YouTube audience to fund bigger projects.
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Frances Bodomo, Tracy Droz Tragos & Andrew Droz Palermo, Cynthia Hill, Eve Ensler & Tony Stroebel
Honored at 8th Annual Women In Film Sundance Filmmakers Panel, Presented by Skywalker Sound
On January 19, 2014 Women In Film, Los Angeles (WIF), the leading non-profit organization dedicated to women in the global entertainment industry, awarded four grants worth $32,000 in a combination of cash and in-kind donations at its eighth annual Sundance Filmmakers Panel discussio...
High profile Slamdance premiere results in competitive deal-making for theatrical release
Main Street Films announced today the acquisition of Joe Manganiello’s La Bare. Manganiello’s production company 3:59 Inc., run by brother Nick Manganiello, produced the crowd-pleasing documentary. The Magic Mike star’s directorial debut gives an insider’s look at the history, the lives and the culture of the most popular male strip club in the world, La Bare Dal...
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Park City, Utah -- Sony Pictures Classics announced this morning that it has secured worldwide rights to Martha Stephens & Aaron Katz’s bawdy road trip comedy LAND HO!, which premiered on Sunday at the Sundance Film Festival. SPC plans to release the film nationwide in 2014.
The film is produced by Mynette Louie, Sara Murphy, and Christina Jennings, and executive produced by David Gordon Green, and Julie Parker B...
JASH SHORT HONORED AT SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
YouTube comedy collective JASH and filmmaker Janicza Bravo have won The Jury Award, U.S. Fiction at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
They were honored for the dark comic short “Gregory Go Boom” which stars JASH co-founder Michael Cera as a parapalegic who leaves home to be on his own. The short also stars Brett Gelman and was written and directed by Bravo.
It’s worth noting tha...
First Five Short Films Premiere at Private Event at 2014 Sundance Film Festival, will Premiere on Digital Media Platforms Later This Year
Sundance Institute, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, today announced a new project that will harness the power of independent film to create a global conversation about extreme hunger and poverty. The Sundance Institute Short Film Challenge will spur the production of documentary and narrative films – through a global open ca...
There are prolific filmmakers–Woody Allen famously cranks out a new movie each year–and then there’s Joe Swanberg, who makes everyone else who has ever stepped behind a camera seem like a slacker. Since 2005, the 32-year-old has directed, written and produced 17 films, often starring in them and in some instances serving as his own cinematographer. Once synonymous with the Mumblecore movement, Swanberg continues to evolve with Happy Christmas, a consistently surprising...
Emerging Artists from Vietnam/UK, Australia, Denmark and India Selected for their Visionary Projects
Sundance Institute and Mahindra today announced the winners of the 2014 Sundance Institute | Mahindra Global Filmmaking Award, in recognition and support of emerging independent filmmakers from around the world. The winning directors and projects are Hong Khaou, MONSOON from Vietnam/UK; Tobias Lindholm, A WAR from Denmark; Ashlee Page, ARCHIVE from Australia; and Neeraj Ghaywan, FLY ...
2014 Sundance Film Festival Announces Short Film Awards : Of God and Dogs Wins Short Film Grand Jury Prize
Fueled by artistic expression and limited only by their runtime, short films transcend traditional storytelling. They are a significant and popular way artists can connect with audiences. From documentary to animation, narrative to experimental, the abbreviated form is no longer just for the novice. Shorts have and will continue to be an important part of cinema, storytelling, and c...
Original Documentary About Famed Labor Organizer Marks First In Joint Venture Between Univision News and Participant Media’s TV Network
Pivot, the cable network from Participant Media targeting Generation Y, and Univision News, the award-winning news division of Univision Communications Inc., the leading media company serving Hispanic America, have acquired the U.S. TV rights to ‘Cesar’s Last Fast’ from Richard Ray Perez and Lorena Parlee in advance of its world...
As director Joe Berlinger’s 2014 Sundance Film Festival documentary “WHITEY: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. JAMES J. BULGER” prepares for its premiere screening in Park City, the filmmaker revealed today that the film contains the first-ever interview with James “Whitey” Bulger, the gang leader who ran Boston’s criminal underworld for over 25 years and who was recently sentenced to two life terms after sixteen years of being on the FBI’s Most Wanted List.
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Support for Documentary Films Examining Contemporary Human Rights and Social Issues
Park City, UT — Innovative documentary films addressing some of the most important issues facing the world today received a boost with a $5 million grant to the Sundance Institute. Christopher Stone, president of the Open Society Foundations, announced the dollar-for-dollar matching grant at the Sundance Film Festival.
"My foundations have long supported arts and culture--es...
Sundance World Premiere of Justin Simien’s DEAR WHITE PEOPLE (2014).
To appear: Tyler James Williams – plays Lionel Higgens; Kyle Gallner – plays Kurt Fletcher; Teyonah Parris – plays Coco Conners; Brandon Bell – plays Troy Fairbanks; Justin Dobies – plays Gabe; Malcolm Barrett – plays Helmut; Brandon Alter – plays George; Justin Simien – Director; Effie Brown – Producer; Julia Lebedev – Producer; Angel Lopez – Produce...
RETURN TO HOMS, the powerful and timely documentary from Syrian filmmakers director Talal Derki and producer Orwa Nyrabia, will have its North American premiere at Sundance Film Festival 2014 in the World Cinema Documentary Competition.
The film recently had its world premiere at the highly respected International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), where it was the opening night film and received acclaim from audiences and critics.
Sundance programmer Caroline Libres...
Sundance Film Festival Official Selection "LISTEN UP PHILIP" (2014) to Premier on Monday, January 20th
Written and Directed by: Alex Ross Perry. Featuring Jason Schwartzman, Elisabeth Moss, Jonathan Pryce, Krysten Ritter, Joséphine de La Baume, Jess Weixler, Dree Hemingway, Keith Poulson, with special narration by Eric Bogosian
Anger rages in Philip (Jason Schwartzman) as he awaits the publication of his sure-to-succeed second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted ...
Spotlight on Women Directors. Moderated by Indiewire's Anne Thompson @ 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
Spotlight on Women Directors. Moderated by Indiewire's Anne Thompson @ 2014 Sundance Film Festival. Women directors tend to get more opportunity in documentary than Hollywood. It's hard to explain why, but we can certainly celebrate their results. Hosted by Thom Powers and the SundanceNOW Doc Club, four Sundance Film Festival participants and alumnae will discuss th...
Spotlight on Women Directors. Moderated by Indiewire's Anne Thompson @ 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
Women directors tend to get more opportunity in documentary than Hollywood. It's hard to explain why, but we can certainly celebrate their results. Hosted by Thom Powers and the SundanceNOW Doc Club, four Sundance Film Festival participants and alumnae will discuss their experiences as women in documentary filmmaking. Featuring:
Rory Kennedy, dire...
Founder and President of Sundance Institute Robert Redford, Sundance Institute Executive Director Keri Putnam and Sundance Film Festival Director John Cooper have addressed members of the media in a lively press conference to discuss the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, as well as Sundance Institute's initiatives.
Panel and opening remarks were moderated by Sean P. Means, film critic and columnist for The Salt Lake Tribune and was followed by Press Q&A..
Watch the press confer...
Michael Winterbottom's THE TRIP TO ITALY (IFC Films) comes to Sundance for it's World premiere.
Michael Winterbottom's largely improvised 2010 film, The Trip, took comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon-or semifictionalized versions thereof-on a restaurant tour around northern England. In this witty and incisive follow-up, Winterbottom reunites the pair for a new culinary road trip, retracing the steps of the Romantic poets' grand tour of Italy and indulg...
The Julie Nester Gallery, at 1280 Iron Horse Drive in Park City, will host an exhibition of De Niro’s paintings, Jan. 16-26 — to coincide with the festival’s run of the short film "Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr." The exhibit is open to the public during gallery hours: 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday through Friday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday; and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.
Current Exhibition: ROBERT DE NIRO, SR. (1922-1993)
In Conjunction with "Remembering...
The Wagner/Cuban Company's Magnolia Pictures and Paramount Pictures announced today a collaboration to bring HAPPY CHRISTMAS to theatrical and home viewing audiences. The new film, written and directed by Joe Swanberg (Drinking Buddies) and produced by Swanberg, Peter Gilbert and co-produced by Alicia Van Couvering, will have its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this Sunday. HAPPY CHRISTMAS stars Anna Kendrick, Melanie Lynskey, Mark Webber, Lena Dunham and Swan...
Director Michael Winterbottom
World Premier at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival "THE TRIP TO ITALY" by director Michael Winterbottom, along with cast members Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.
Premieres - Michael Winterbottom's THE TRIP TO ITALY (IFC Films) Michael Winterbottom's largely improvised 2010 film, The Trip, took comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon-or semifictionalized versions thereof-on a restaurant tour around northern England. In this witty and incisive follow-up,...
I wanted to share with you a fun guide to Park City’s restaurant scene while at Sundance created by Tastemade.
Take a peek: https://www.tastemade.com/locations/park-city
All the restaurants listed are OPEN during Sundance! Watch 1 minute episodes of the best local hot spots, get a sneak peek at what they look like inside, and which dishes to try. Instead of trying to figure out which restaurants are open this year, Tastemade has done it for y...
Two-time Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Lucy Walker returns to Sundance Film Festival 2014 with a remarkable new documentary, THE LION'S MOUTH OPENS. The 15 minute film is screening as part of the festival's Shorts Competition.
Synopsis: A stunningly courageous young actor, Marianna Palka, confronts her risk of Huntington's Disease.
This documentary film features a cast that happens to include a number of notable actors (who are not acting), they are listed her...
