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Awards Weekend Wrap-Up: John Hawkes Earns Best Male Lead, Sugar Man Wins Best Documentary

Posted Feb 25, 2013, by Nate von Zumwalt, Editorial Coordinator

Awards Weekend Wrap-Up: John Hawkes Earns Best Male Lead, Sugar Man Wins Best Documentary

Sundance Institute is honored to congratulate the films and filmmakers recognized at the Film Independent Spirit Awards and the…

Meet the Sundance-Supported Oscar Nominees: Searching for Sugar Man

Posted Feb 20, 2013, by Nate von Zumwalt, Editorial Coordinator

Meet the Sundance-Supported Oscar Nominees: Searching for Sugar Man

Leading up to the 85th edition of the Academy Awards on Sunday, February 24, we’re profiling all 13 of this year’s…

Meet the Sundance-Supported Oscar Nominees: 5 Broken Cameras

Posted Feb 11, 2013, by Nate von Zumwalt, Editorial Coordinator

Meet the Sundance-Supported Oscar Nominees: 5 Broken Cameras

In 2005, Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat purchased a video camera to capture the birth of his youngest son, Gibreel. That…

A Director’s Homecoming: Asif Kapdia Recalls Bringing Senna to India

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.…

Peabody Awards Recognize the Best in Broadcast, from Sundance-Supported Docs to Stephen Colbert

Posted Apr 5, 2012, by Christine Spines

Peabody Awards Recognize the Best in Broadcast, from Sundance-Supported Docs to Stephen Colbert

What do Stephen Colbert, Jeopardy!, and four ground-breaking Sundance-supported documentaries have in common? Very little.…

Checking In With the Directors of Enemies of the People

Posted Feb 28, 2012, by Rob Lemkin, Director

Checking In With the Directors of Enemies of the People

Enemies of the People was supported by the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund and premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film…

A Closer Look at This Year’s Sundance-Supported Oscar Nominees: Hell and Back Again

Posted Feb 21, 2012, by Nate von Zumwalt, Editorial Coordinator

A Closer Look at This Year’s Sundance-Supported Oscar Nominees: Hell and Back Again

Leading up to the 84th edition of the Academy Awards this Sunday, February 26, we’re profiling all seven of this year’s…

Sundance Institute and Skoll Foundation Provide Filmmakers and Social Entrepreneurs a Framework

Posted Jan 23, 2012, by Kathy A. McDonald

Sundance Institute and Skoll Foundation Provide Filmmakers and Social Entrepreneurs a Framework for Action

Documentaries tell us both who we are and what we could be. By spotlighting challenging issues, documentaries can also be…

Fight Club: Two Films Tackle Violence

Posted Feb 9, 2011, by Mike Plante

Fight Club: Two Films Tackle Violence

Two of the international films in the Festival this year, Mad Bastards, from Australia and directed by Brendan Fletcher, and…

Meet the Artists: Phil Cox

Posted Jan 26, 2011, by Eric Hynes

Meet the Artists: Phil Cox

There’s never been a film quite like Bengali Detective. It has the jack-of-all-eclecticism of a big budget Bollywood…

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