Exploring Ways To Help In Haiti
January 14, 2010
From texting and twittering to flying there yourself, here are some of the many ways that we can all make a difference right now!
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A Warm Congratulations to all of our DFP grantees nominated for the IDA Doc Awards.
November 23, 2009
The Sundance Documentary Film Program would like to congratulate Ngawang Choephel (Tibet In Song) and Natalia Almada (El General), for their nominations at this year’s International Documentary Association Doc Awards.
DFP grantee receives Macarthur “genius”grant
September 23, 2009
Congratulations to James Longley (Iraq in Fragments) for the recent award of $500,000 over five years in recognition of filmmaking and contribution to the documentary field.
Interview with directors of Mrs. Goundo’s Daughter
September 12, 2009
Mrs. Goundo’s Daughter screened in the Sundance Institute Screening Series in Park City, Utah on September 10. Filmmakers Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater sat down for an interview ahead of their screening.
Iran: Open Letter to the Sundance Community from Robert Redford
July 20, 2009
July 20, 2009
This weekend, Iranian-born artist Shirin Neshat, a Sundance Institute Artist Trustee, sat at our annual Board Retreat and described in terrifying detail a situation we all know about, but perhaps not in enough detail. Among many others recently arrested in Iran’s post-election demonstrations are Iranian artists, journalists, filmmakers and human rights leaders, including [...]
2009 Documentary Edit and Story Lab Fellows Announced
June 10, 2009
Sundance Institute announced the selection of 12 Documentary Film Fellows representing six projects to participate in the sixth Documentary Film Edit and Story Laboratory, June 21 – 28 in Sundance, Utah. Complete list of projects and advisors included.
Q&A with directors Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer
May 25, 2009
OUT IN THE SILENCE filmmakers Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer sit for a Q&A prior to screening their work-in-progress to a packed house at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 19.
Al Gore presents 2009 REEL Current Award to Sundance Documentary Program Fellow Mai Iskander
May 1, 2009
Congratulations to DFP fellow Mai Iskander, 2009 recipient of the REEL Current Award. Former Vice President Al Gore presented Mai the award this week in a private meeting at the closing of the Nashville Film Festival. The REEL Current award is presented to a film that provides extraordinary insight into contemporary global issues.
During the meeting Iskander told [...]
Sundance Documentary Film Fellow Wins 2008 Peabody Award
April 3, 2009
MAPPING STEM CELL RESEARCH: TERRA INCOGNITA, directed by Maria Finitzo, received a grant award and creative and editorial support from the Sundance Documentary Film Program in 2006, and was selected for the Sundance Independent Producer’s Conference in 2007. We are excited to announce that the film has won a 2008 Peabody Award! The Peabody Awards [...]