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Meet the Sundance Institute Lab Fellows, Class of 2022
For 41 years, the Sundance Institute has hosted filmmaking labs, bringing emerging filmmakers together with veteran writers, directors, editors, actors, and producers to workshop the
Sundance Institute is Pleased to Announce…
photo by Henny Garfunkel Dear Sundance community, Over the summer we have been conducting a search for the Sundance Institute’s next Festival Director and head
“Sex, Lies, and Videotape” and “Girlfight” Among Sundance Films Celebrating September Anniversaries
Andie MacDowell plays a repressed wife in the 1989 Sundance Film Festival work, Sex, Lies, and Videotape. By Vanessa Zimmer The best films take us
What to Watch: The Many Faces (at Sundance) of Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton plays four roles in Teknolust, that of a biogeneticist and three automatons she creates from her own DNA. By Vanessa Zimmer No one
Release Rundown: What to Watch in September, From “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.” to “God’s Country”
Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown appear in Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. By Vanessa Zimmer Ah, September. When summer surfers, tent campers, and
What to Watch: 5 Latest Spine-Chilling Horror Films Supported by the Sundance Institute
[Pictured: Jamie Marks is Dead] By Stephanie Ornelas Summer settings and horror have always gone hand-in-hand. Think of Friday the 13th, The Hills Have Eyes, and
HARTBEAT AND SUNDANCE INSTITUTE ANNOUNCE 2022 “WOMEN WRITE NOW” COMEDIC SCREENWRITING FELLOWS AND DIRECTORS TIKA SUMPTER, LOGAN BROWNING, AND NICOLE BYER
Selected fellows Mayanna Berrin, Kiana Butler Jabangwe and Danielle Solomon to develop original comedic projects with the guidance of some of the most accomplished Black
Sundance Institute Announces Key Updates for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is supercharged to return in 2023, with an exciting new plan that complements in-person screenings and festivities in Utah with an
Advice for Feature Filmmakers Hoping to Get Into the Sundance Film Festival
Ruby (Emilia Jones) and her father (Troy Kotsur) share a moment in CODA. Courtesy of Apple TV+ Every year, the independent film world anxiously awaits
Eight Sundance Festival Premieres About Women’s Rights to See on Women’s Equality Day
[pictured: Half the Picture] Eight Sundance Festival Premieres About Women’s Rights to See on Women’s Equality Day By Stephanie Ornelas Today is International Women’s Equality
Advice for Makers of Episodic Content Seeking Acceptance Into the Sundance Film Festival
Abby McEnany co-created and stars in the dark comedy Work in Progress, about a queer woman dealing with life and relationships. The Sundance Institute support
Kogonada and Justin Chong on the Lessons Learned and Risks Worth Taking While Making “PACHINKO”
By Stephanie Ornelas Making the transition from directing independent film to TV is a complex endeavor — just ask directors Kogonada and Justin Chon, who
From the Archives: Sundance Founder Robert Redford on Why He’s Always Believed in the Power of Documentary Filmmaking
The Sundance Film Festival’s longstanding commitment to documentary has been driven by the personal connection founder and president Robert Redford feels for the form. Leading up to the premiere of Chicago 10, the second doc to ever open the Festival, we talked to Redford about the past, present, and possible future of documentaries.You made an early commitment to documentary.
From the Archives: ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Director Taika Waititi on the Importance of Oral Storytelling: “The Brain Is Our Greatest Archive”
It’s been a great few days here in Michigan—Saginaw Chippewa country, to be exact. Whenever I encounter other indigenous communities, I always try to relate their cultures to my own. It’s amazing discovering the similarities and becoming enlightened to the differences.
Five Tips for “Building the Nightmare” in Your Horror Screenplay According to Owen Egerton
By Stephanie Ornelas Award-winning filmmaker and novelist Owen Egerton carries a notebook around with him quite often. As a horror screenwriter, he believes that it’s