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Day 6: Robert Pattinson, a Downcast Preacher, and a Mini Horse Bring Deadpan to the Old West in ‘Damsel’
Sundance.org is dispatching its writers to daily screenings and events to capture the 10 days of festivities during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Check back each morning for roundups from the previous day’s events.
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Presents Feature Film Prize to Search and Announces New Grants to Artists at 2018 Sundance Film Festival
Winners of Commissioning Grant, Episodic Storytelling Grant and Lab Fellowship Revealed
Search
Director-Screenwriter Aneesh Chaganty Honored
Park City, Utah — At a reception at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival today, the beneficiaries of $71,000 in grants
from Sundance Institute and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation were revealed.
Doron Weber, Sloan Vice President of Programs and Director of the Public Understanding of Science and Technology program, presented the Feature
Film Prize to
Search and announced the new winners:
Cherien Dabis’s
What The Eyes Don’t See (Sundance Institute | Sloan Commissioning Grant), produced by Rosalie Swedlin for Anonymous Content and executive produced by Michael Sugar;
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Day 5: Chloë Grace Moretz Brings Quiet Humor to a Vivid Portrait of Conversion Therapy
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Sundance Institute Announces 2018 Recipient of Merata Mita Fellowship for Indigenous Artists
Fellowship Honors Artistic Contributions of Late Māori Filmmaker
PARK CITY, Utah — Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Blackfoot/Sámi) from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is the 2018
recipient of the Sundance Institute Merata Mita Fellowship—an annual fellowship named in honor of the late Māori filmmaker
Merata Mita (1942-2010). The announcement was delivered today at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.
For the third consecutive year, Sundance Institute has identified an Indigenous filmmaker from a global pool of nominees
to award a cash grant and provide a year-long continuum of support with activities including a trip to the Sundance Film
Festival, access to strategic and creative services offered by Sundance Institute artist programs, and mentorship opportunities.
Day 4: Ethan Hawke Debuts ‘Blaze,’ the Tale of a Forgotten Outlaw Country Singer
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An Interview with Stephen Maing, Director of ‘Crime + Punishment’
It’s not often that a documentary film achieves both newsworthy timeliness and long-term, long-form, longitudinal depth. But that’s exactly what Stephen Maing pulls off with Crime + Punishment, a project that’s been years in the making, following more than a dozen characters, comprising over a thousand hours of footage, and yet the issues at hand and its attendant legal proceedings, couldn’t be more active or immediate. Building off of several shorter films made earlier in the decade, Maing (whose previous feature, High Tech, Low Life premiered at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival) spent time with New York City police officers who had decided to go public with their frustrations over what they were being asked to do—effectively meet arrest quotas that target citizens of minority communities, even though such quotas have been deemed illegal.
Day 3: Carey Mulligan Embarks on a Frantic Search for Meaning in Paul Dano’s ‘Wildlife’
Sundance.org is dispatching its writers to daily screenings and events to capture the 10 days of festivities during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Check back each morning for roundups from the previous day’s events.
Offscreen Tips and Picks: Darren Aronofsky, Steve James, and more
What’s the purpose of a film festival if the narrative ends when the reel runs out? Offscreen at the Sundance Film Festival was created to extend the life of the stories on screen, to ignite conversation, and to encourage debate. This year, with an Offscreen program as robust as ever, we’re highlighting the panels and presentations that will be keeping the pilot flame lit on conversations throughout the Festival.Ways of SeeingTuesday, January 23, 2:00–3:30 p.
Chloe Sevigny Delivers a Smack in the Face to Patriarchy with ‘Lizzie’
Since her debut as an HIV-infected teen in Larry Clark’s button-pushing drama Kids in 1995, Chloe Sevigny has portrayed nearly every type of character imaginable. The versatile actress/fashion icon has depicted the Midwestern girlfriend of a trans man in 1999’s Boys Don’t Cry, the dowdiest sister-wife of a polygamist on HBO’s series Big Love, a scheming Jane Austen social climber in 2016’s Love & Friendship, and even a legless nymphomaniac in FX’s American Horror Story.
Now she’s found a starring role to really sink her teeth into.
Day 2: Ethan Hawke is an Elusive Rocker in ‘Juliet, Naked’; Gus Van Sant Returns with ‘Don’t Worry’
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Day 1: Tamara Jenkins Returns with Infertility Dramedy; ‘Our New President’ is the Fake News Doc You Can’t Miss
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Robert Redford Encouraged by #MeToo and Time’s Up, Calls On Men to Listen
It should come as no surprise that transparency and accountability surfaced as vital themes on day one at the Sundance Film Festival. From Oscar snubs and questions surrounding diversity—ahem, or the lack thereof—to attacks on freedom of expression, the Festival’s Day One Press Conference has functioned in recent years as a moment to survey the state of affairs in independent film, and more importantly, our world at large. This year, as a seemingly endless stream of appalling sexual misconduct cases are brought to light alongside the #MeToo movement, Sundance Institute President and Founder Robert Redford did not mince words when addressing the widespread problem.
2018 Festival Panel Offers a Sneak Peek into Columbus and Unrest Distribution Case Studies
It’s that time of year when more than a hundred filmmakers hit the mountains of Utah to showcase their work in hopes of landing a dream distribution deal. The Sundance Film Festival is unique compared to other festivals in terms of acquisition offers: last year close to 95% of the films that played the Festival ultimately received distribution (more than 20% of which had distribution going into the Festival). The likelihood of receiving some kind of offer, whether all-rights or split-rights, is extremely high.
How to Follow the 2018 Sundance Film Festival from Anywhere in the World
Whether you’re on the ground in Park City or hunkered down in the far corners of the globe, Sundance.org is hosting an array of live video and editorial coverage of film premieres, panels, and music, as well as providing around-the-clock updates on Twitter, Instagram, and other social media. If you can’t be in Park City for the festivities this year, or your must-see event just isn’t in the cards, we’ve got your back.
8 Indigenous-Made Films Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival—and a 20th Anniversary Screening of ‘Smoke Signals’
See the five projects by Indigenous filmmakers that made their world premieres at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival here.Following President and founder Robert Redford’s original vision, Sundance Institute has remained committed to supporting Native American artists throughout the Institute’s history. This support has established a rich legacy of work and has supported more than 300 filmmakers through labs, grants, mentorships, public programs, and the platform of the Sundance Film Festival.