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Sundance Film Forward is a touring program which introduces a new generation of audiences to the power of story through the exhibition of film and conversations with filmmakers to create greater cultural awareness.

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Showcasing a wide variety of story and style, the Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a 95-minute theatrical program of eight short films from the 2016 edition of the January Festival

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From the Archives

Robert Redford speaks with Native filmmakers during the 1994 Festival

From the Archives

Brad Pitt in 1992's Johnny Suede

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