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Posted May 9, 2012, by Jennifer Prediger
Rachel Perkins' Bran Nue Day creates a sense of cultural pride in Mexico
Australian director Rachel Perkins wanted the world to see Aboriginal people in a different way. Their culture had been…
Posted May 4, 2012, by Jennifer Prediger
Buck Reaches At-Risk Youth on the Border
Spending an afternoon at Calexico High School just about a mile from the border of Mexico, Buck Director Cindy Meehl had a…
Posted May 4, 2012, by Nate von Zumwalt, Editorial Coordinator
Bran Nue Dae Hits Home with Imperial Valley Students
Imperial Valley and Australia would appear to be in diametric contradiction to one another. One resides in the Northern…
Posted May 2, 2012, by Charlie Reff, Assistant to Director of Programming & Coordinator, Shorts Labs
Reverse Angle: A Programmer Looks Back at Sundance London
It’s officially over. I’m back in our LA office finally able to process what happened over my five hectic days in London. …
Posted Apr 27, 2012, by Christine Spines
Sundance London: Harmony Filmmakers Tune Into Prince Charles' Efforts to Save the Planet
There are few pinch-yourself moments in a filmmaker's career as potent (and head-spinningly daunting) as being anointed by the…
Posted Apr 27, 2012, by Jacqueline Carlson
Headed West: FILM FORWARD Stops in Imperial Valley and Mexico
After a bustling March featuring FILM FORWARD stops in India and China, the program is headed to California for a week-long…
Posted Apr 25, 2012, by Nate von Zumwalt, Editorial Coordinator
Now Playing: Brit Marling Beguiles in Sound of My Voice
Time travel, cults, and a beguiling Brit Marling. What more can you ask of a film?
Zal Batmanglij’s debut feature, Sound of My…
Posted Apr 23, 2012, by Asif Kapadia, director, Senna
A Director's Homecoming: Asif Kapadia Recalls Bringing Senna to India
FILM FORWARD was a chance for me to continue the cultural dialogue I have been having with India through cinema all of my life.…
Posted Apr 11, 2012, by Braden King, director, HERE
Notes From the Road: Braden King's HERE
In the summer of 2009, I spent four months in Armenia directing HERE, a 35mm landscape-obsessed road movie that chronicles an…
Posted Apr 11, 2012, by Christine Spines
Sundance London: An Exclusive Q&A with Crispin Glover on River's Edge and Questioning the Status Quo
The pack of feral teenagers at the center of the 1987 cult thriller, River’s Edge inhabited a very different world, where…
