The Latest

How Sundance Institute Labs Pave the Way for Influential Artists
[Above: Nia DaCosta and Tessa Thompson at Sundance Institute’s 2015 Directors Lab for “Little Woods”] By Stephanie Ornelas For over 40 years, the Sundance Institute

Get Acquainted With This Summer’s Filmmakers Through These 13 Sundance Films
André Øvredal directed “Trollhunter,” a horror fantasy shot in found-footage style that premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. By Vanessa Zimmer Summer extends her


Director Geeta Gandbhir: Interview Techniques for Documentarians
Editor’s note: The Sundance Collab event Advisor Studio Series: Geeta Gandbhir on Documentary Interview Techniques originally took place on May 31, 2022. This AAPI Heritage


It’s Official – Sundance Film Festival Asia is Coming to Taiwan
Sundance Institute Partners with G2Go Entertainment to Invigorate Local Independent Arts Launches Short Film Competition in Support of Upcoming Asian festival, Submissions Now Open On

Who Was… Gayle Stevens?
At one time, the Utah Advisory Board included, from left,Tina Lewis, Gayle Stevens, Jennifer Berger-Hammond, and Stephen Denkers. (Photo courtesy Tina Lewis) By Vanessa Zimmer

Hasan Minhaj’s Journey to Impact the World Through Comedy
By Stephanie Ornelas “Never forget, South Asians, we have been incredible contributors to film, arts, television, and culture. Just because they — meaning some sort

A Dose of Satire Elevates These Festival Mockumentaries
F. Murray Abraham portrays Stalin and Judy Davis a leftist Australian in “Children of the Revolution.” By Vanessa Zimmer If narrative films are the grilled

From the Labs: Native Lab Advisors Cultivate Space for Indigenous Storytellers
[Back row: Dana Ledoux Miller, Andrew Ahn, Alex Lazarowich, Eva Grant; middle row: Quinne Larsen, Cian Elyse White, Anpa’o Locke; front row: Jana Schmieding, Jennifer


When Banksy brought his rat, an angel boy, and a cameraman to Park City, Utah
A still from Banksy’s “Exit Through the Gift Shop,” which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival By Vanessa Zimmer Everyone in Park City, Utah,

2024 Sundance Film Festival Taking Place January 18–28
Marking the 40th Edition of the Sundance Film Festival Project Submissions Open Today PARK CITY, UTAH, May 11, 2023 — The countdown begins to the

Now You See Me: An Appreciation of Vera Farmiga in “Down to the Bone”
By Matthew Eng Rare is the film that treats addiction as a condition befalling real people, undoing already precarious lives as it disintegrates families, drains

11 Films by Asian American and Pacific Islander Directors to Fill Your May Days
A still from “The Farewell” By Vanessa Zimmer Each May, we celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month across the United States. At the