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Kentaro Hagiwara Wins 2013 Sundance/NHK International Filmmaker Award
Park City, UT — Sundance Institute and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) have announced Kentaro Hagiwara, director of the upcoming film, Spectacled Tiger, as winner of the 2013 Sundance/NHK International Filmmaker Award. The award was presented at a private ceremony at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
Created in 1996 to celebrate 100 years of cinema, the annual award recognizes and supports a visionary filmmaker on his or her next film.

A Conversation with Sebastian Silva
Many are the filmmakers who’ve made return trips to the Sundance Film Festival. You think of Alex Gibney, the Cal Ripken Jr. of Park City who never seems to miss a year, and Richard Linklater, who’s debuted new films as Sundance for over 20 years.

Day Nine: Ashton Kutcher is jOBS, Jonathan Groff Inhabits Adapted Sedaris Story
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Day Eight: Isaiah Washington Thrills in Blue Caprice, Toy’s House Teems with Nostalgia
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Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize Awarded to Computer Chess at 2013 Sundance Film Festival
Park City, UT — Sundance Institute today announced the winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, as well as the recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Lab Fellowship, presented through the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program.

Day Seven: Exploring Film Music, the Phenomenon of Julian Assange, and Volunteer Appreciation Day
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Q&A: A Chat with Robin Weigert, This Year’s Festival Breakthrough
Every Sundance Film Festival introduces the world to a new crop of filmmaking talent, with previously unknown directors and performers becoming Sundance-approved sensations overnight—or at least over 10 swift January nights. But not every one of those artists fits the cliché about the prodigious first-timer, or about the 20-something It girl of the year. In fact, one of this year’s great breakout performances comes courtesy of a TV and stage veteran, a 43-year-old actress whose work in the likes of Deadwood and Sons of Anarchy won her admirers but few high profile roles to date.

Day Six: Shorts Awards, Cutie and the Boxer, and In a World…
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2013 Sundance Film Festival Announces Jury Awards in Short Filmmaking
Park City, UT— Sundance Institute this evening announced the jury prizes and honorable mentions in short filmmaking at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The awards were presented at a ceremony in Park City, Utah.
This year’s Short Film program is comprised of 65 short films selected from a record 8,102 submissions.

Day Five: Shane Carruth’s Inscrutable Upstream Color, Narco Cultura Probes Mexican Drug Cartels
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Sundance Google+ Hangout: Direct-to-Fan Church
Today’s Google+ Hangout featured Topspin Media Senior Vice President of Marketing Bob Moczydlowsky, filmmaker and founder of The Webby Awards Tiffany Shlain, and Sundance’s Chris Horton and Joseph Beyer. It was educational and entertaining discussion on the evolution and explosion of Direct-to-Fan Distribution (D2F). The D2F model allows artists to create interest in their work directly with fans, develop relationships with their fans, and sell directly to them through various platforms.

Day Four: Backup Singers in the Spotlight, Delpy and Hawke Return with Before Midnight
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Sundance Institute and Women In Film Los Angeles Study Examines Gender Disparity in Independent Fil
Study Conducted by Stacy L. Smith, Ph.D.

Sundance 2013 Day Three: ‘Fruitvale’ Recounts BART Police Shooting, Doremus’s ‘Breathe In’ Premieres
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