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As we wrapped up our first-ever New Frontier Story Lab at the Sundance Resort in Utah, we took a few minutes to check in with 10 guests as they checked out on their way home.  Our seventh interview is with Cara Mertes, Director of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program.  She collaborated with Michelle Satter from the Feature Film Program to present the lab itself.

As we wrapped up our first-ever New Frontier Story Lab at the Sundance Resort in Utah, we took a few minutes to check in with 10 guests as they checked out on their way home. Our fifth interview is with Kristin Feeley, Associate Director of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, which collaborated with the Feature Film Program to present the lab itself.
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As we wrapped up our first-ever New Frontier Story Lab at the Sundance Resort in Utah, we took a few minutes to check in with 10 guests as they checked out on their way home.  Our fourth interview is with Chris Johnson, one of the inaugural creative fellows at the New Frontier Story Lab.  Johnson originated the concept of his project Question Bridge in 1996 as a video installation.

As we wrapped up our first-ever New Frontier Story Lab at the Sundance Resort in Utah, we took a few minutes to check in with 10 guests as they checked out on their way home.  Our third interview is with Nick Fortugno, artist and Creative Advisor to the New Frontier Story Lab.  Game Designer, Teacher and Playmatician, Nick dazzled us and became the first man in Institute history to play Xbox live in the Sundance Screening Room.

Aaron Koblin loves bits and bytes and data. He thinks they’re beautiful and intriguing. He, and his large following of fans, even think data can be Art.

Mozilla and Sundance Institute have something in common—it’s surprising to a lot of people to find out that they are both non-profit organizations. Their missions are unified by joint passions for independent and open-source culture.We invited Mozilla guru Ben Moskowitz to come to “The Mountain” and talk all things #transmedia with our lab fellows for the first New Frontier Story gathering at the Sundance Resort in Utah.

Los Angeles, CA – Sundance Institute today announced the appointment of Sarah Eaton to Director of Media Relations. Eaton will oversee media relations for all programs of the non-profit Institute, including the annual Sundance Film Festival. She will begin November 14, reporting to Director of External Relations Jennifer Arceneaux.

Ed. note: This story was originally published in October 2011 when Sundance Institute held its first-ever New Frontier Story Lab.It’s been said that all the important ideas and projects in Sundance Institute’s storied 30-year history have started at picnic tables.

In my (minimal) experience as a filmmaker who’s traveled the festival circuit a bit, I’ve found that you go through all kinds of screenings for your own film—full ones, indifferent ones and empty ones with a handful of people. I’ve had my share of empty halls and have come to accept the disappointing ones as part of the learning curve.But, having said that, I’ve also had my share of great screenings.

Stacy Peralta is a Sundance Institute Alumni Advisory Board Member and the director of three Sundance Film Festival documentary selections (Dogtown and Z-Boys, Riding Giants, and Made in America). Below is a composite of the most frequently asked questions he’s received during his filmmaking career.
What’s it like to get your film into the Sundance Film Festival?
Peralta: As a filmmaker, it’s been the best experience I’ve ever had.

Marco Williams has directed four Sundance Film Festival selections including In Search of Our Fathers (1992), Two Towns of Jasper (2002), Without a Pass (2002), and Banished (2007). He is using Kickstarter to fund the final stages of his most recent project, The Undocumented, which exposes the annual recovery of dead bodies and skeletal remains of those who attempt to cross into the United States through the Sonora desert.When I started filming The Undocumented, I decided to keep a production diary.

From September 24th to October 1st, I traveled to Morocco as part of the Film Forward program. I had never been to Northern Africa or to an Arabic country so I was very excited about the trip. I left New York on Saturday night and after changing planes in Paris arrived in Rabat the capitol of Morocco on Sunday afternoon.