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Meet the Documentarians Selected for Sundance Institute’s Documentary Edit Intensive
By Kristin Feeley, Documentary Film Program Interim Director When a film is well edited the audience won’t notice the “invisible hand” of the editor —
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“Skywalkers: A Love Story” Takes Love to Unimaginable Heights
Jeff Zimbalist, Ivan Beerkus, Angela Nikolau, and Maria Bukhonina at the premiere of “Skywalkers: A Love Story” at The Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah, on January
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“Little Miss Sunshine,” “Boyhood,” and More Celebrate Birthdays in July
The Hoover family embarks on an eventful road trip to California for a junior beauty pageant in “Little Miss Sunshine.” By Lucy Spicer Summer is
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2024 Women to Watch x Adobe Fellows Announced
Year-round Program Offers Pivotal Support to Women Filmmakers PARK CITY, UTAH, July 10, 2024 — The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the eight women participating
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2024 Sundance Film Festival: Asia Program Announcement
TICKETS ON SALE JULY 23: WWW.SUNDANCEFFASIA.COM TAIPEI, TAIWAN, July 9, 2024 — G2Go Entertainment and the nonprofit Sundance Institute reveal the lineup of 10 feature
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“Is There Anybody Out There?”: A Unique Quest for Community
Priscilla Miranda and director Ella Glendining attend the 2023 Sundance Film Festival “Is There Anybody Out There?” Premiere at Prospector Square Theatre on January 22,
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Meet the Documentarians Selected for Sundance Institute’s Documentary Edit Intensive
By Kristin Feeley, Documentary Film Program Interim Director When a film is well edited the audience won’t notice the “invisible hand” of the editor —
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“Skywalkers: A Love Story” Takes Love to Unimaginable Heights
Jeff Zimbalist, Ivan Beerkus, Angela Nikolau, and Maria Bukhonina at the premiere of “Skywalkers: A Love Story” at The Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah, on January
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“Little Miss Sunshine,” “Boyhood,” and More Celebrate Birthdays in July
The Hoover family embarks on an eventful road trip to California for a junior beauty pageant in “Little Miss Sunshine.” By Lucy Spicer Summer is
Festival
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“Skywalkers: A Love Story” Takes Love to Unimaginable Heights
Jeff Zimbalist, Ivan Beerkus, Angela Nikolau, and Maria Bukhonina at the premiere of “Skywalkers: A Love Story” at The Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah, on January
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“Is There Anybody Out There?”: A Unique Quest for Community
Priscilla Miranda and director Ella Glendining attend the 2023 Sundance Film Festival “Is There Anybody Out There?” Premiere at Prospector Square Theatre on January 22,
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Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Alice Englert, the Writer-Director of “Bad Behaviour”
By Lucy Spicer One of the most exciting things about starting each year with the Sundance Film Festival is having a front-row seat for the
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Meet the Documentarians Selected for Sundance Institute’s Documentary Edit Intensive
By Kristin Feeley, Documentary Film Program Interim Director When a film is well edited the audience won’t notice the “invisible hand” of the editor —
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“Skywalkers: A Love Story” Takes Love to Unimaginable Heights
Jeff Zimbalist, Ivan Beerkus, Angela Nikolau, and Maria Bukhonina at the premiere of “Skywalkers: A Love Story” at The Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah, on January
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“Little Miss Sunshine,” “Boyhood,” and More Celebrate Birthdays in July
The Hoover family embarks on an eventful road trip to California for a junior beauty pageant in “Little Miss Sunshine.” By Lucy Spicer Summer is
Artist Spotlight
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Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Josh Margolin, the Filmmaker Behind “Thelma”
By Bailey Pennick One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival is having a front-row seat for the bright future of independent
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From the Labs: 30 Years of Advising From Icons Joan Darling and Joan Tewkesbury
(L–R) Joan Tewkesbury and Joan Darling at the 2018 Sundance Institute Directors Lab (Photo by Brandon Cruz) By Lucy Spicer It’s easy to feel cynical
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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 México,” Paloma Riojas says over
From the Labs
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Inside the Archives: Put Your Sundance Film History Knowledge to the Test
By the Archives team Let the summer games begin! While we wait a few more weeks for the Paris Olympics, we’re introducing some Sundance
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Get to Know Troy Lewis: 2024’s Sally Menke Fellow and Editor of “Daughters”
“I am still processing what it means to be part of the Sally Menke Fellowship and the Sundance Directors Labs,” says Troy Lewis from a
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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 letters from the program heads on the Institute’s vital work to support artists.
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Release Rundown: What to Watch in July, From “Dìdi (弟弟)” to “Skywalkers: A Love Story”
Daredevils Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus ascend to dizzying heights in Jeff Zimbalist’s documentary “Skywalkers: A Love Story.” By Lucy Spicer It’s that time of
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Channing Godfrey Peoples on a Bittersweet ‘Miss Juneteenth’ Release and the Urgency of Portraying Black Humanity on Screen
After premiering at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, Channing Godfrey Peoples’s debut feature is hitting digital platforms this Juneteenth—the day for which the film is named and which is very close to the director’s heart. “I feel like I’ve been living Miss Juneteenth my whole life,” she says.
The June 19 holiday—which commemorates the day slavery was finally abolished in Texas (more than two years after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation was issued)—is celebrated in her hometown of Fort Worth with a deep sense of reverence and community, with barbecues, a parade, and a scholarship pageant for young Black women.
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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
Collab
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“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 street performer in India made her realize she was destined
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5 Takeaways From a Sundance Collab Conversation With Alexander Payne, Director of “The Holdovers”
By Stephanie Ornelas Alexander Payne has deep roots with Sundance Institute, having been a lab fellow, creative advisor, and a Festival juror over the last
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“You Have to Feel Safe to Fail”: Quotes From a Conversation With Emerald Fennell, the Writer-Director of “Saltburn”
By Lucy Spicer From what she jokingly describes as a “hostile” hotel room in Los Angeles, Emerald Fennell virtually joins an excited group of viewers
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From the Archives: The 3 Things It Takes to Be an Independent Producer
As the spiritual closing of Sundance Institute’s Creative Producing Summit, Sundance Film Festival director John Cooper wrapped up the weekend with the “One Word Challenge.”Cooper’s challenge to his three keynote guests was simple: “It is 2011, and the most important thing a producer needs to survive is …” Panelists were given this one-word task by email before arriving in Utah and told to bring their best thinking to the audience of creative fellows and advisors. The experiment is both simple and profound, and audience members were invited to play along with cards of their own.
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‘I Knew People Wanted to See It’: The ‘In Reality’ Team on Why and How They Self-Distributed
In part one of this interview, In Reality writer/director/star Ann Lupo and producer Holly Meehl shared how they got their anti-romantic comedy feature off the ground. In this second and final part, we explore how they navigated self-distribution.
Were you building an audience along the way? How did you keep people engaged?
AL: During post-production I took on a side project editing a short for Casey Neistat called “Filmmaking is a Sport,” and it completely changed my perspective on YouTube.
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From Short Film to Unexpected Feature: How ‘In Reality’ Came to Life
Liz Manashil is a filmmaker and former manager of Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Initiative.
A few months ago, before I had a baby, I encountered the anti-romantic comedy feature film In Reality, which I immediately fell for. As I told the filmmakers later, it was the movie I needed when I was in my early 20s.
From the Archives
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Meet the Documentarians Selected for Sundance Institute’s Documentary Edit Intensive
By Kristin Feeley, Documentary Film Program Interim Director When a film is well edited the audience won’t notice the “invisible hand” of the editor —
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“Skywalkers: A Love Story” Takes Love to Unimaginable Heights
Jeff Zimbalist, Ivan Beerkus, Angela Nikolau, and Maria Bukhonina at the premiere of “Skywalkers: A Love Story” at The Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah, on January
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“Little Miss Sunshine,” “Boyhood,” and More Celebrate Birthdays in July
The Hoover family embarks on an eventful road trip to California for a junior beauty pageant in “Little Miss Sunshine.” By Lucy Spicer Summer is
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2024 Women to Watch x Adobe Fellows Announced
Year-round Program Offers Pivotal Support to Women Filmmakers PARK CITY, UTAH, July 10, 2024 — The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the eight women participating