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Getting sick at Sundance is hell. Sleep deprivation, cold, elevation, and the sheer number of walking germ factories make it inevitable Festivalgoers will come down with something. Roadside Attraction’s Dusty Smith puts the experience best… “At Sundance 2008 I caught the vicious bug that everyone was passing around which caused me to pass out three times during ‘Man On Wire’ and gave me a massive 20-minute nosebleed during ‘Pretty Bird.

The 2010 Sundance Film Festival is bringing 50,000 people to a snowy decked-with -colored-lights Main Street, that from a postcard could be any fabled intersection of Americana. But it’s a far hop, skip, and jump from any old crossroads; it’s busting with creative energy complete with artists/cinephiles/activists/politicians/entreprenuers/humanitarians all who form a singular parka-bundled community eager to engage, connect, and be changed by a fundamental love for story. Once we leave the mountain and return to our respective towns that hopefully have already taken down their holiday lights, the challenge to propel the momentum of the Festival and find new reaches for these stories is still an uphill climb.

Park City, UT—The 2010 Sundance Film Festival announced today the lineup of panels and special events, offering festivalgoers in-depth conversation, lively debate, and critical insight into a broad range of cultural and social issues. As one of the premier film festivals in the world, the Sundance Film Festival annually attracts a diverse group of leaders from the worlds of art, entertainment, science, and technology and has become a global convergence for dialogue on art and culture – and art’s role as a catalyst for change.  The 2010 Sundance Film Festival will take place from January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah.

Park City, UT – Sundance Institute today announced the line-up for the 2010 Celebration of Music in Film, an annual concert honoring the art and imagination of film music. This year’s distinctive performances showcase the enduring and integral relationship of music to independent film. The Sundance Film Festival runs from January 21-31, in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

When I first came to Sundance many years ago, I couldn’t breathe. I had plenty to hyperventilate about. I was coming on my own dime.

If anyone has any doubt as to the ‘health’ of filmmaking, this year’s abundance of short film submissions can certainly provide ample evidence to the contrary. With 6,092 short film submissions to the Sundance Film Festival this year, it’s quite clear we’re living in a video culture, and men, women, children, not to mention monkeys (see Fiddlestix by the Zellner Bros.), are all part of the vast and growing world in which anyone can make a film.

Park City, UT— The 2010 Sundance Film Festival announced today the members of five juries awarding prizes at the Festival, which runs January 21-31, 2010 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The juries collectively are comprised of individuals from the global arts community, each of whom brings unique perspective and range of experience.
All awards will be announced the evening of January 30 at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony, to be hosted by David Hyde Pierce at the Park City Racquet Club.

When you’ve made it to Park City, you’re ready to zip up your fleece, watch some films, sample some restaurants, and get the whole show going. Whether you’ve flown from across the country or are a Park City local, you want to hit the ground with all the info you need to quickly move from point A to point B. This guide will help you navigate the Festival, and make the most of your trip.

If there’s one thing you don’t want to forget before you head to Park City for the Sundance Film Festival, it’s this: the Sundance Film Festival mobile app. Below, we’ve rounded up everything you need to know about the handy little guide—available for Android via Google Play and iPhone in the App Store. We guarantee it’ll provide you a whole new way to experience the Festival.

PARK CITY, UT—Sundance Institute announced today the addition of three world premieres: Gurinder Chadha’s IT’S A WONDERFUL AFTERLIFE, Lisa Cholodenko’s THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT and Galt Niederhoffer’s THE ROMANTICS, to the films screening out of competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. The Festival opens January 21 and runs through January 31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah. A complete list of films with their screening times is available at www.

Park City, UT-Sundance Institute announced today three seminal films selected for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival’s From the Collection screenings: Metropolitan directed by Whit Stillman; Poison, directed by Todd Haynes; and Harold and Maude, directed by Hal Ashby. Each year the Festival presents retrospective screenings of influential feature-length films from the Sundance Collection at UCLA, paying tribute to significant works in the history of independent film and reminding audiences and our filmmakers of the importance of film preservation. The Sundance Film Festival will run January 21-31, 2010 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah.

Los Angeles, CA – Sundance Institute today announced 23 film projects awarded grants across four funding categories which will receive financial and creative support from the Sundance Documentary Film Program. Three of the 23 projects are the first films to receive a grant from the Sundance Reach Fund, part of the Cinereach Project at the Sundance Institute. The Sundance Reach Fund provides emergency discretionary grants and support for risk-taking features and documentaries that evoke global cultural exchange and social impact.