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The Sundance key staff welcoming media in Park City: Eugene Hernandez, Joana Vicente, Kim Yutani, and John Nein
First question from the floor to the SFF leaders at Cinema Cafe
and Selfie time and photo opportunity with Eugene Hernandez, Joana Vicente, Kim Yutani, and John Nein ...
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Check this excellent interview for the Adobe Video & Motion channel, where Sundance Film Festival director Kim Yutani shares the consideration process for selecting films, what themes stand out for the year, and more.
Interview by Matt Rosen
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Bars and restaurants in Park City are packed during Sundance, check this one out...
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Heidi Zwicker is a Senior Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival, focusing on international and U.S. Narrative Feature Films, Midnight and Shorts.
She has been contributing to various Sundance Institute programs for over ten years, beginning with the Feature Film Program, International. Heidi was a Programmer at Palm Springs International Shortfest from 2011-2014 and also programs at the Provincetown International Film Festival. Originally from the north shore of Boston, she has a degree i...
Twanna Harris CEO at Tribal Good : Cultural Anthropologist. Storyteller. Connector. Activist/Advocate. Changemaker. Ecosystem Builder. Disruptor of Status Quo.
Twanna sat down in Park City with James Nelson to discuss her plans in Sundance
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It’s Day 2 of the 2023 Festival!
The second day of the Sundance Film Festival is in full swing! We hope you enjoyed the amazing premieres in Park City yesterday, and today we’ve got another slate of thought provoking films for you, including Fairyland, Still: Michael J. Fox, Deep Rising, Fremont, and In My Mother's Skin. And ICYMI, we’ve added a surprise premiere to today’s lineup — Justice, a powerful documentary about the alleg...
Eugene Hernandez, Joana Vicente and Kim Yutani happy on day 1 at Cinema Cafe as the festival kicks off
It’s day one of the 2023 Fest, and we’re kicking it off with some highly-anticipated feature film premieres, like Radical, Sometimes I Think About Dying, birth/rebirth, The Pod Generation, and Little Richard: I Am Everything. Be sure to look for the second screenings that still have tickets available in person and online. Plus, there’s a lot happeni...
Of the 101 feature films so far announced as part of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival program, more than half are directed or co-directed by women.
That’s a fairly striking number for an industry in which women leaders have historically been underrepresented — the World Economic Forum reported in March that only 17 percent of directors and writers in the top films of 2021 were women.
This inequality is something the Sundance Ins...
Video & photo by James Nelson in Park City
Lauriette from La Bala Magazine, spanish correspondent in Sundance.
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Reach out to any of the film commissions below to meet them while they're at Sundance!
Attending Film USA Member Film Commissions:
Sara Hamilton Minnesota Film Commission
Virginia Pearce, Utah Film Commission
Derek Mellus, Utah Film Commission
Marco Giron - Miami Film Commission
Allison Whitmer - Montana Film Commission
Steph Shannon - Kansas City Film Office
Jennifer Loren - Cherokee Nation Film Office
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14 WMM films and filmmakers are headed to the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, including IT'S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL, one of the few films selected to screen on Opening Night! Emily Abi-Kheirs, Manager of Filmmaker Services, will be in-person and taking meetings. We're also excited to announce that 2 other films are slated for Slamdance!
The following films from our Production Assistance Program will screen at Sundance:
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Honorees:
PHOEBE DYNEVOR – Fair Play
NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES – The 1619 Project
ADAM LAMBERT – Fairyland
LUIS A. MIRANDA JR. – Going Varsity in Mariachi
MOBY – Punk Rock Vegan Movie
RANDALL PARK – Shortcomings
LEWIS PULLMAN – The Starling Girl
Others To Be Announced
Hosted by TIM DALY
President, The Creative Coalition
The Spotlight Initiati...
Video by James Nelson in Park City
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Video by James Nelson in Park City
Get Your Sundance Swag
Are you missing an essential piece to your Sundance fit? Or maybe you need some extra socks or a long sleeve tee. Either way, you can’t go wrong visiting our official merch stores located throughout the Festival. Grab a Stanley water bottle or pick up a 2023 Festival magnet for that loved one who couldn’t make it this year.
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Get ready to celebrate the Sundance Institute and artists changing the face of independent cinema, while kicking off the 2023 Film Festival.
Join us to honor Luca Guadagnino, Ryan Coogler, Nikyatu Jusu, W. Kamau Bell, and others, while we gather back in Utah to eat, drink, and enjoy a memorable evening uplifting filmmakers and the incredible stories they bring to life.
A Taste of Sundance will raise crucial funds for the essential work Sundance Institute does year round — grant...
14.12.2022
The Sundance Film Festival will take place from 19 to 29 January, 2023. It is the most important North American festival in the independent sector and is organized by the Sundance Institute, which was founded in 1981 by Robert Redford. The festival is a springboard especially for upcoming directors in the independent film sector. The lineup includes a German animation, documentary and short film.
The documentary 5 SEASONS OF REVOLUTION by Lina (DE...
The wait is over! Our 2023 Festival program is here, and we have a powerful lineup of feature films across 10 categories. View the full program live now on our site and join us on Instagram Live today at 1pm PT/2pm MT/ 4pm ET (presented by Entertainment Weekly), to learn more about the program with Sundance Institute Senior Programmers Kim Yutani and Basil Tsiokos. Then stay tuned for Tuesday, December 13 when we announce our Indie Episodic and Short Film programs!
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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...
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