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The world of Native American and Indigenous cinema saw exceptional growth in 2012. Along with the rise of producers and women filmmakers, there has been an emergence of mainstream filmmaking by Native filmmakers. Through artist support and public programs, the Sundance Institute’s Native American and Indigenous Program facilitated the discovery, support, and word-of-mouth marketing around these artists and their films seen this year.

Park City, UT — Sundance Institute today announced that Coral: Rekindling Venus, a full-dome film and augmented reality presentation featured in the 2013 edition of New Frontier at the Sundance Film Festival, will screen at 14 full-dome planetariums throughout the United States during the Festival, January 17-27. Created and directed by Australian media artist Lynette Wallworth, Coral: Rekindling Venus is an immersive film experience that takes viewers underwater through the mysterious realm of fluorescent coral reefs in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
In addition to multiple daily screenings in a specially designed dome at the New Frontier exhibition in Park City, Utah, the 45-minute film will also screen January 19th, 22nd and 26th at Salt Lake City’s Clark Planetarium.

Park City, UT — Sundance Institute announced today that actor, writer and director Joseph Gordon-Levitt will host the 2013 Sundance Film Festival feature film Awards Ceremony on January 26 in Park City, Utah and live-streamed at www.sundance.org/festival.

‘Keep the Lights On’ is returning to New York theaters this Friday, December 21, at Cinema Village. Below is an interview with director Ira Sachs that was originally published in September to coincide with the film’s theatrical release.The christening of films as brave or fearless is among the more abused banalities of film criticism.

Park City, UT — Sundance Institute announced today 19 members of five juries awarding prizes at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, January 17-27 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. Short Film Awards will be announced at a ceremony on January 22 at Park City’s Jupiter Bowl, with feature film awards announced at a separate ceremony on January 26.
Members of the Alfred P.

For 22 films (and one New Frontier installation), the 2013 Sundance Film Festival marks the culmination of a journey as much as it represents the beginning of one. From David Lowery’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints and Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale–both of whom attended the January Screenwriters Lab earlier this year–to Dawn Porter’s Gideon’s Army and Roger Ross William’s God Loves Uganda, these are the 23 projects that have received support from the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program or Documentary Film Program and Fund.
Feature Film Program
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints / U.

Isabelle Stead is the producer of “Son of Babylon,” a film that was developed at the Sundance Institute Labs and screened at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Isabelle is using Kickstarter to raise funding to release the film in the U.S.

Los Angeles, CA — Sundance Institute today announced the 25 feature-length documentary films that will receive $550,000 in grants from its Documentary Film Program and Fund (DFP). Grantees were selected from 696 submissions from 104 countries.
Cara Mertes, Director of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and Fund said, “As we enter a new cycle for political leadership in the U.

Los Angeles, CA — Sundance Institute has selected 12 projects for its 2013 January Screenwriters Lab, an immersive, five-day (January 11-16) writers’ workshop at the Sundance Resort in Utah. Participating independent screenwriters – drawn from around the world, including the United States, Iran, Europe, Mexico, and Somalia – will have the opportunity to work intensely on their feature film scripts with the support of established writers. The 2013 Lab is dedicated to the memory of Frank Pierson (1925-2012), a founding creative advisor of the Feature Film Program whose body of work and generosity as a mentor served as an inspiration to countless writers.

Michael Mohan is the director of three Sundance Film Festival selections, including his short film ‘Ex-Sex,’ his feature directorial debut ‘One Too Many Mornings,’ and most recently ‘Save the Date.’Hi. Let me guess.

Park City, UT — Sundance Institute today announced the addition of four films to the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, including Magic Magic (Director: Sebastián Silva), Muscle Shoals (Director: Greg ‘Freddy’ Camalier) and Wrong Cops (Director: Quentin Dupieux) as well as El Mariachi (1993) for the From the Collection screening. The 2013 Festival will be January 17-27 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival, said, “With the addition of these four films, the 2013 Sundance Film Festival will present an even more well rounded program of independent films.

The O2, London, 13 December 2012 — Sundance London will once again host a Short Film Competition for the second film and music festival, 25-28 April at The O2. UK-based filmmakers are invited to enter original films between three and five minutes in length, with the winning entry screening at Sundance London and its filmmaker receiving a three-night stay at the Langham Hotel in London as well as additional prizes to be announced.
The Short Film Competition is a partnership with Ravensbourne College of Design and Technology, and with guidance from Sundance London organizers, Robert Redford, Sundance Enterprises, Sundance Institute – which annually hosts the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, U.