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What to Watch: 5 Sundance Films to See During National Nurses Week
(Above: Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare) By Stephanie Ornelas Filmmaking plays an important role in our lives when it comes to shining

Meet the 2022 Fellows in the Native, Directors, and Screenwriters Labs
For four decades, Sundance has been convening promising new artists during the summer as part of the Sundance Institute Labs, where they collaborate with accomplished

Personnel Thoughts: Our Picks for the Ultimate Sundance Film Festival Mom
Sheryl Hoover (Toni Collette, far right) keeps her extended family (from left, Alan Arkin, Paul Dano, Steve Carrell, Greg Kinnear, and Abigail Breslin) on track

“Welcome to the Dollhouse,” “Waitress” among Festival films celebrating May anniversaries
Jena (Keri Russell, on right) and her waitress friends (from left, Adrienne Shelly and Cheryl Hines) pause for conversation, in Waitress. By Vanessa Zimmer May

Save the Date: Get Ready for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival!
It’s been just four short months, but we are ready to dive back into the action! Today, we are announcing the dates for the 2023

What to Watch: 8 Films that Take Place in the Newsroom and Celebrate Press Freedom
By Stephanie Ornelas Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist John S. Knight’s editorial policy was quite simple: “Get the truth and print it.” May 3 is World Press

Release Rundown: What to Watch in May, from “Happening” to “Emergency”
An epic frat party turns into an examination of racial dynamics for three students of color (RJ Cyler, Donald Elise Watkins, Sebastian Chacon) in Emergency.

What to Watch: 8 Odes to Trees for Arbor Day
In Adam’s Apples, Adam is sentenced to community service at a rural church, where he is assigned to care for the church’s single apple tree.

Who Was… Merata Mita?
By Vanessa Zimmer A single Māori mother who saw inequities in New Zealand, who had experienced oppression, racism, and sexism, Merata Mita (1942–2010) picked up

Distributing Your Short: 4 Lessons Learned From Our Collab Video
By Stephanie Ornelas “Short films force you to be poetic. They force [us] to be visual and sonic storytellers.” These are some opening words

Watch These Sundance-Supported Films at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2022
It’s no secret that we love a good documentary. From our stacked Film Festival non-fiction lineups to the fact that Sundance-supported documentaries regularly take the

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL: LONDON ANNOUNCES BIGGEST LINE-UP TO DATE
GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE TO OPEN THE FESTIVAL WITH EMMA THOMPSON IN ATTENDANCE PROGRAMME INCLUDES FEATURE FILMS, SHORT FILMS, SPECIAL EVENTS AND A

Through a Unique Lens: Lifting Up Artists on The Spectrum
By Stephanie Ornelas Art allows us to express ourselves in so many unique ways and, sometimes, in ways we never thought possible. I saw this

Three Things Impacting Latin American Cinema
By Stephanie Ornelas All eyes are on cinema in Latin America. If you watched films The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future (2022)

2022 Sundance Film Festival: Asia returns for in-person festival and events on 25-28 August, 2022
2022 Sundance Film Festival: Asia Short Film Competition submissions open Calling for entries from Indonesian filmmakers now until 31 May, 2022 Sundance Film Festival: Asia,