Stories
Articles
Articles
Posted Jan 27, 2012, by Eric Hynes
One on One: Mark Webber & Antonio Campos Discuss the Perils and Pleasures of Working without a Script
On the surface, films couldn’t be more different than Mark Webber’s The End of Love and Antonio Campos’s Simon Killer. Whereas…
Posted Jan 27, 2012, by Jeff Hanson
Q&A: The British Invade California Solo
Marshall Lewy premiered more than his film, California Solo, at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. As he came out to welcome an…
Posted Jan 27, 2012, by Keith Harten
Celebrating the Festival's Army of Volunteers
Every January, over 1,800 volunteers ascend to Park City, Utah, to work tirelessly for no pay. Last night, Sundance Institute…
Posted Jan 27, 2012, by Bridgette Bates
Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program and the Skoll Foundation Showcase the Next Wave of Global Change Makers
For the last five years, Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program and the Skoll Foundation have partnered to showcase…
Posted Jan 27, 2012, by Claiborne Smith
For A Good Time, Call... Rings in a New Dimension of Female Storytelling
The buzz about Jamie Travis’ feature debut, For a Good Time, Call..., is that it’s a comedy starring raunchy women. That’s…
Posted Jan 27, 2012, by Claiborne Smith
Tainted Love: Sexual Transgression and Off-Kilter Romance Turn Up Early and Often at Sundance 2012
Love is so difficult to attain, and so elusive to keep, that it seems warranted to ask whether filmmakers who pile all manner…
Posted Jan 26, 2012, by Claiborne Smith
Alice Rohrwacher’s Corpo Celeste Explores the Perilous Intersection of Faith and Adolescence
It’s not technically true that Marta, the meek but intent girl at the heart of Alice Rohrwacher’s Corpo Celeste, is in every…
Posted Jan 26, 2012, by Eric Hynes
James Marsh Turns His Talents to Dramatic Filmmaking with the Belfast-Set Thriller, Shadow Dancer
Few filmmakers have the kind of range that James Marsh has, alternating between crowd-pleasing, Oscar-winning documentaries (…
Posted Jan 26, 2012, by Claiborne Smith
A Committed Group of Volunteers Reunites Each Year at Sundance and Film Festivals Around the Country
Phoebe Joecks remembers the first day she volunteered for the Sundance Film Festival. Joecks is by profession a “freelance…
Posted Jan 25, 2012, by Eric Hynes
Tree of Life Producer Sarah Green Headlines the 2012 Sundance Film Festival Producers Luncheon
Though it’s never been easy to make independent films—not by a long shot—the current economic climate has only made it harder…


