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Posted Feb 28, 2011, by Sundance Institute
Awards Season Wrap Up
With the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday and the Academy Awards on Sunday, a number of Sundance alumni were honored last…
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 Jan 27, 2011, by Claiborne Smith
Social Entrepreneurs Gather in Park City
A casual passerby who entered the Stories of Change reception yesterday at Cafe Terigo might not have realized that the event…
Posted Jan 27, 2011, by Eric Hynes
Global Support for Filmmakers Grows
Sundance may be synonymous with American independent cinema, but in recent years the Institute has made far-ranging commitments…
Posted Jan 26, 2011, by Claiborne Smith
Youth Culture in Iran: A Vibrant, Unknown Place
It was like a veil was being lifted during the Youth Culture in Iran panel at the Filmmaker Lodge on Sunday—a veil that blocks…
Posted Jan 25, 2011, by Sundance Institute
Tip of the Hat to Sundance-Supported Oscar Noms
Sundance Institute had a great showing at the Oscar nominations this year! Congrats to all these projects which have been…
Posted Dec 15, 2010, by Patricia Finneran
Tunis, Tunisia Wrap-Up
We left Tunis on December 14 after presenting six films (12 screenings) over an intense four-day period that also included…
Posted Nov 30, 2010, by Nic Dunlop, Julie LeBrocquy, Ricki Stern, and Annie Sundberg
The Path to Peace
While the release of Burmese freedom fighter Aung San Suu Kyi is celebrated all over the world, the struggle in Myanmar, Burma,…
Posted Nov 29, 2010, by Faiza Saleh Ambah
Desert Stations
Based in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Faiza Saleh Ambah is a Saudi filmmaker with a background in journalism. She left her job as Gulf…
Posted Nov 22, 2010, by Greg Harrison
A Writer’s Refuge
Last month Creative Advisor Greg Harrison attended the Middle East Screenwriters Lab in search of “another round of magic.” In…


