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2012 Sundance Film Festival Selects Daughters of the Dust and Reality Bites for From the Collection

Park City, UT – Sundance Institute announced today that Daughters of the Dust (1991) and Reality Bites (1994) have been selected for the From the Collection screenings at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Both titles are part of The Sundance Collection at UCLA (The Collection), a film preservation program designed to archive work that has been supported by a Sundance Institute program. The Festival takes place January 19 through 29 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

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Sundance Institute Announces Films for Sundance Film Festival USA on Jan. 26

Park City, UT — Sundance Institute announced today the films from the 2012 Sundance Film Festival that will screen in independent theaters in nine different cities around the country. The screenings are part of Sundance Film Festival USA, a program designed to bring the Festival experience to film-loving audiences nationwide. The 2012 Sundance Film Festival takes place January 19 through 29 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

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2012 Sundance Film Festival Announces Short Film Program

Park City, UT — Sundance Institute announced today the program of short films selected to screen at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. This year’s Short Film program is comprised of 64 short films selected from a record 7,675 submissions, up 16% over submissions for the 2011 Festival. The Festival will be January 19 through 29 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

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Sundance Institute Announces Artists for 2012 Playwrights Retreat at Ucross Foundation

New York, NY — The Sundance Institute Theatre Program today announced the seven artists selected for its 2012 Playwrights Retreat at Ucross Foundation which takes place from February 6 through 24, 2012. The annual writing colony at the 20,000-acre working cattle ranch outside of Sheridan, Wyo. provides a supportive environment for artists to create new work and receive guidance and reactions to it at an early stage.

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Placebo to Play Sundance London

London, Monday 28 November 2011, The O2 — Sundance Institute and The O2 today announced that musical act Placebo, who have released six studio albums and sold more than 10 million records worldwide, will perform at the first-ever Sundance London as part of the four-day festival’s music programme.
Sundance London takes place 26 – 29 April, 2012, and will feature the UK premieres of films fresh from the 2012 Sundance Film Festival which takes place in January 2012 in Park City, Utah. Daily live music performances, discussions, panels and other public events will round out the four-day festival.

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First-Ever Sundance London Kicks Off At The O2 With An Evening With Robert Redford And T Bone Burnet

London, Wednesday 23 November 2011, The O2 — Sundance founder Robert Redford and 12-time Grammy Award winner T Bone Burnett will open the first-ever Sundance London music and film festival on 26 April. Redford and Burnett in their first joint public appearance will explore the relationship between film and music. This event kicks off the new four-day, multi-disciplinary arts festival at The O2 which is a partnership between Robert Redford, Sundance Institute and AEG Europe.

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29 Documentaries Receive $582,000 In Grants From Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program

Los Angeles, CA — Sundance Institute today announced the 29 feature-length documentary films that will receive $582,000 in grants from the Documentary Film Program, including two films selected to receive grants from the Cinereach Project at Sundance Institute and one Time Warner Foundation Fellow. The DFP celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2012 and since its inception has awarded grants to more than 300 documentary filmmakers in 61 countries.
“For many of these filmmakers, receiving a grant will be just the beginning of our relationship with them,” said Cara Mertes, Director of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program.

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Dispatches from the Indigenous Film Conference

In October, I journeyed far above the Arctic Circle to the Sápmi Region in Norway and was hosted by the Sami People. Their traditional territory runs across the northern parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, and they’ve recently established the International Sámi Film Center, which hosted the Indigenous Film Conference. The conference had 125 participants from across Sápmi and around the world.

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Tip of the Week: Festival from Home

Whether you’re Park City bound this January or stranded in a dark corner of the globe, we’ve got your back (though we can’t guarantee a Wi-Fi connection). Sundance Institute brings the Festival to you online each January with engaging content, from blogs to live streams, at www.sundance.

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