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Sundance Institute Announces Fox Maxy as 2022 Merata Mita Fellow
Seventh Year of Fellowship Honors Artistic Contributions of Late Māori Filmmaker Park City, UT — Sundance Institute announced today the recipient of the 2022 Merata
MEET THE ARTIST: TIG NOTARO AND STEPHANIE ALLYNNE ON “AM I OK?” PRESENTED BY DROPBOX
Our Meet The Artist video series on YouTube takes you directly into the minds of the storytellers. It’s a series about the directors featured in the Sundance Fest submitted by the directors themselves, designed to take a deeper look into the films that will be premiering at the 2022 Festival.
What to Watch at the 2022 Festival: Time Travel With These Period Pieces
By Amy Felix Stewart Journalists, investigators, and storytellers of all types know they must answer certain basic questions — who, what, when, where, why, and
“God’s Country” Features Intense Performance by Thandiwe Newton
By Vanessa Zimmer Director and co-writer Julian Higgins describes his feature-film debut, God’s Country, as a study of what happens when a woman’s moral code
Get to Know Our Satellite Screens: Indie Memphis welcomes the weird, the quirky, the musical
By Vanessa Zimmer Imagine if the Sundance Institute looked in the mirror and saw Indie Memphis staring back. The similarity of their profiles is remarkable.
“The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future” Brings Magical Realism to a Wounded Family
By Vanessa Zimmer Francisca Alegría’s poignant debut feature film, The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future, explores the secret landscapes of family relationships,
The Final Film in the U.S. Documentary Competition Is Just Announced and You Won’t Want to Miss It
Eagle eye viewers of our program might have noticed that within the U.S. Documentary Competition section of our 2022 Film Festival lineup there were only
The Start of “jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy” Puts Your Faith in Ye
by Bailey Pennick “Remember that this is a faith-based movie,” say Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah, the directing duo behind one of the most
“God’s Country” Features Intense Performance by Thandiwe Newton
By Vanessa Zimmer Director and co-writer Julian Higgins describes his feature-film debut, God’s Country, as a study of what happens when a woman’s moral code
What to Watch at the 2022 Festival: Time Travel With These Period Pieces
By Amy Felix Stewart Journalists, investigators, and storytellers of all types know they must answer certain basic questions — who, what, when, where, why, and
“My Old School” Unearths a Scottish Scandal
By Katie Small If you could travel back in time to any point within your own life — under what circumstances could you be persuaded
“The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future” Brings Magical Realism to a Wounded Family
By Vanessa Zimmer Francisca Alegría’s poignant debut feature film, The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future, explores the secret landscapes of family relationships,
Where History is Obscured, “Alice” Seeks to Educate
By Stephanie Ornelas In this day and age, it’s shocking to discover that the truth about many atrocities committed against minorities has been omitted from
Exploring Paranoia and the Paranormal with “Something in the Dirt”
By Katie Small Something in the Dirt is a strange trip. The pandemic brainchild of collaborators Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson features paranormal activity, pseudo-science,
Riley Stearns’ Deadpan Style Highlights “Dual”
By Vanessa Zimmer Writer-director Riley Stearns is known for creating a world where everyone speaks in a deadpan cadence. And nowhere is that played to