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Sundance Institute Announces Fifth Year of Sundance Film Forward

Park City, UT — Sundance Institute and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities announced today the six domestic and international locations Sundance Film Forward will visit in its fifth year as well as the eight independent films that will be featured. Following 37 trips that reached 61,397 people in the first four years of the program, its fifth year will more closely target a new generation of students and artists with its efforts.
Sundance Film Forward, a partnership of Sundance Institute and four U.

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2015 Sundance Film Festival Announces Feature Film Awards

Park City, UT — Sundance Institute this evening announced the feature film Jury, Audience and other special awards of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. The awards, celebrating artistry, innovation and adventure in independent filmmaking, were presented at the Festival’s Awards Ceremony, hosted by Tig Notaro in Park City, Utah; full video of the ceremony is at youtube.com/sff.

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2015 Sundance Film Festival Live Awards Updates

Hi everyone, and welcome to the live blog for the 2015 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony. We’re Eric Hynes, Jeremy Kinser, and Nate von Zumwalt, and we’ll be your eyes and ears for tonight’s festivities.
View the full list of winners at a glance.

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Sundance Film Festival 2015 Photo Galleries

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Check out all the best photos of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, including film premieres, festivities, panels, parties, filmmakers, actors, filmgoers, volunteers, staff, and more.
There are also a lot of videos to watch! Check out our YouTube playlists of Festival videos and livestreamed events!
 
Pre-Fest
 
 
Day One
 
 
Day Two
 
 
Day Three
 
 
Day Four
 
 
Day Five
 
 
Day Six
 
 
Day Seven
 
 
Day Eight
 
 
Day Nine
 
 
Day Ten & Eleven
 
 
 
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Sundance Institute Short Film Challenge World Premieres International Shorts at 2015 Sundance Film Festival

Park City, UT — Sundance Institute today premiered the Sundance Institute Short Film Challenge, a program of nine international short films, at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. The program is designed to spark global conversation about solutions to challenges like extreme hunger and poverty.  Beginning Tuesday (February 3), the short films will premiere on a variety of digital platforms.

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Sundance Institute and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award $60,000 In Science-in-Film Prizes at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival

Park City, UT — Sundance Institute today announced the Science-in Film-Prizes that support the development and exhibition of new independent film projects that explore science and technology themes or that depict scientists, engineers and mathematicians in engaging and innovative ways. The winning projects and grantees are as follows: The Stanford Prison Experiment by director Kyle Patrick Alvarez,winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize; Jonathan Minard and Scott Rashap (Archive), winners of the Sundance Institute / Sloan Fellowship; and Jon Noble (Tyfus), Cutter Hodierne and John Hibey (Otzi), winners of the Sundance Institute / Sloan Commissioning Grants, presented through Sundance Institute’s Feature Film Program.

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Sundance Institute Selects Global Filmmaking Awards Presented by AJ+ At the 2015 Sundance Film Festival

PARK CITY, UT — Sundance Institute today announced the winners of the 2015 Sundance Institute Global Filmmaking Award presented by AJ+, in recognition and support of emerging independent filmmakers from around the world. The winning directors and projects are Haifaa Al Mansour, Be Safe I Love You(Saudi Arabia); K’naan, The Poet (Somalia); Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy, Luxembourg (Ukraine); and Oskar Sulowski, Rosebuds (Poland/Germany). AJ+ is a recently launched digital-only news channel.

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