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Celebrate the 25th Birthday of “The Full Monty,” Plus 4 More Sundance Films With August Anniversaries
By Vanessa Zimmer Twenty-five years ago this month, many of us learned the meaning of the expression “the full monty.” It was 1997, and a

Pep Talks and Advice for Makers of Short Films, From our Sundance Programmers
Since the 1980s, the Sundance Film Festival Short Film Program has been a launching pad for independent storytellers. Directors like Dee Rees, Taika Waititi, Debra

What to Watch: 7 Sundance Festival Films to Marathon for National Book Lovers Day
By Bailey Pennick Whether you’re trying to savor the last few weeks of summer or rushing to jump into fall and the new school year,

What to Watch: 6 Purr-fect Sundance Premieres to View on International Cat Day
Pictured: The Voices By Stephanie Ornelas Cats have long been a staple in cinema dating all the way back to 1903 when director George Albert

TAAF and Sundance Institute Announce New Fellowship and Scholarship for AAPI Artists, Answering the Call for More Investments in AAPI-Driven Storytelling
12 AAPI Filmmakers Selected for the Annual Program, Collectively Representing Emerging Artists Working Across Fiction and Nonfiction. WASHINGTON, DC, AUGUST 3, 2022 — The Asian

When the Billy the Kid Gang — Emilio Estevez, Christian Slater, and Lou Diamond Phillips — Went to Sundance
By Vanessa Zimmer You know that Facebook meme that asks what you’d be now if you’d followed your childhood dreams? My answer: cowgirl. That’s why

Watch These Sundance Institute–Supported Films at the 2022 BlackStar Film Festival in Philadelphia
It’s been a couple of months since Cannes and we were starting to wonder when we’d be getting our next Festival fix! Thankfully, starting tomorrow,

Inaugural Sundance Institute Latine Program Launched; 2022 Latine Fellows & Collab Scholarship Recipients Announced
Los Angeles, CA – The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the launch of a new program, the Latine Fellowship and Collab Scholarship, created to have

Release Rundown: What to Watch in August, from “Emily the Criminal” to “The Princess”
The Princess, a documentary about Princess Diana created entirely from archive footage, was well-received at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The film begins streaming on

Announcing the Inaugural Sundance Institute Indigenous Non-Fiction Intensive and the 2022 Fellows
By Adam Piron Adam Piron (Kiowa and Mohawk Tribes) is the Director of Sundance Institute’s Indigenous Program There’s a history of documentary film and Indigenous

Personnel Thoughts: Our Picks for Favorite Richard Linklater Sundance Festival Features
Here at the Sundance Institute, we talk a lot about film. Whether it’s helping co-workers figure out what to watch this weekend or feeling positively

Five Lessons From the Art of Practice: The Sundance Interdisciplinary Program
Fellows Yo-Yo Lin 林友友 and Valencia James at the Interdisciplinary Lab at MASS MoCA. © 2022 Sundance Institute | Photo by Kaelan Burkett By Ruthie

Who Was… Alfred P. Sloan?
Alfred P. Sloan Jr. was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist. Public Domain photo By Vanessa Zimmer What does the late Alfred P. Sloan Jr., an

What to Watch: 15 Sundance Premieres to Check Out on International Friendship Day
(Pictured: “Friends with Money”) By Stephanie Ornelas Some of the most soul-stirring films are the ones that teach us about friendship. Whether it’s a story

Women in Film and Netflix Join Forces to Support Mid-Career and Early Career Women Directors and Cinematographers
ReFrame Rise, the talent development program from Women In Film Los Angeles (WIF) and Sundance Institute’s ReFrame Project, is returning for its second cohort and