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Posted Mar 10, 2011, by Yolanda Cruz
A Native Fellow Goes Full Circle
Yolanda Cruz was a 2010 Sundance Institute Native Program Fellow and participated in the 2010 Native Lab and Creative…
Posted Mar 8, 2011, by Cherien Dabis, Writer/Director of AMREEKA
From Istanbul to Eskisehir to Ankara
Part 1 - ISTANBUL Aside from its remarkable history and the fact that it’s the only city in the world to sit on two continents,…
Posted Mar 4, 2011, by Eric Mendelsohn
A Director Digs into 3 Backyards
Eric Mendelsohn is a longtime member of the Sundance Institute family. His short film Through an Open Window screened at the…
Posted Mar 2, 2011, by Havana Marking
Afghan Star in Istanbul
I have always wanted to go to Turkey, and Istanbul in particular. I have read various Orhun Pamuk books that describe both the…
Posted Mar 2, 2011, by Michelle Satter
In Memory of Gary Winick
All of us at the Sundance Institute are deeply saddened by the loss of our great friend and filmmaker Gary Winick. Over many…
Posted Feb 28, 2011, by Meredith Lavitt
Film Forward in Turkey
Turkey is rich in history, culture, and tradition and is literally where east meets west divided by the Bosphorus. It is an…
Posted Feb 22, 2011, by Liza Johnson
Three Things People Said That Seem Important Now That I Am Editing
Liza Johnson attended the 2008 Screenwriters and Directors Labs with Return, her first narrative feature film. With principal…
Posted Feb 16, 2011, by Keri Putnam
Help Save Funding for the Arts
We are facing a crisis.In 1981, with a grant from the NEA, Robert Redford founded the nonprofit Sundance Institute. In the past…
Posted Feb 9, 2011, by Sundance Institute
Checking In: January Screenwriters Lab
In the week before the masses arrived in Park City for this year’s Sundance Film Festival, a more intimate gathering was held…
Posted Jan 29, 2011, by Eric Hynes
HERE (THE STORY SLEEPS)
On the center screen, a man sits behind the wheel of a car. Simultaneously, on a narrower screen to the left, the landscape…
