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Premieres, Midnight, Kids, And More: Latest Additions To 2017 Sundance Film Festival Lineup
Killing Ground
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The Polka King
Credit: Andrei Bowden Schwartz
My Life as a Zucchini
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Park City, UT — The final pieces of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival feature film program fall into place today, as Sundance Institute announces the lineup for Premieres, Documentary Premieres, Midnight, Spotlight, Kids and Special Events. The Festival hosts screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort January 19-29. Three projects announced today are part of The New Climate, the Festival’s new environmental program: Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman (Documentary Premieres), Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry (Spotlight) and RISE (Special Events).
New Frontier Showcases Storytelling’s Future at 2017 Sundance Film Festival
ASTEROIDS!
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Heroes
Credit: Jamie Caliri
Journey to the Center of the Natural Machine
Credit: Meta.
Park City, UT — Now in its second decade of breaking new ground at the forefront of art and technology, Sundance Institute has curated an in-depth vision of storytelling’s future for the 2017 edition of New Frontier at the Sundance Film Festival, January 19-29 in Park City. The full slate — including storyworlds in Augmented Reality headsets, projection-mapped acrobatics, a VR beauty salon producing neuroscience data via the internet of things and a host of socialized, interactive and immersively haptic VR story experiences — stands as a testament to New Frontier’s expertise in identifying, developing and amplifying the most relevant and high-impact modes of tech-enabled narrative.
Inside the Mind of a Programmer: Breaking Down the 2017 Festival Lineup
In times that are anything but ordinary, the filmmakers who infuse our world with perspective through storytelling continue to elevate their craft. That notion is as clear as ever in the slate of films announced in Competition and NEXT for the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. If we are a nation – or a world – weighed down by an undulating fear of isolation, these are the stories that encourage us to understand how we got that way and how to come together again.
2017 Sundance Film Festival: Competition And Next Lineup Announced
Casting JonBenet
Credit: Michael Latham
The Workers Cup
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Patti Cake$
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Park City, UT — Sundance Institute convenes a full slate of provocative and agenda-setting independent films at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, beginning with today’s announcement of the 66 films selected for U.S. Competition, World Competition and NEXT, as well as a slate of environmentally focused programming under the Festival’s The New Climate program.
A Place for Global Theatre Artists and Storytellers to Convene and Develop New Work
Los Angeles, CA — Four stories of family, gender, female empowerment and migration comprise the projects supported by Sundance Institute’s Theatre Program at its two-week Lab at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), taking place December 4-18. Dedicated to the creation and development of new musical theatre work, the Lab’s projects are cast individually, rehearsed daily and benefit from concentrated, uninterrupted time and resources.Theater makers representing a range of cultures come together to nurture and develop their projects, which draw inspiration from culturally specific storytelling techniques (Club Diamond) and modern geopolitics (36 Abbas Street, Haifa) as well as from films (Teeth, based on the 2007 independent horror film; Ma Vie En Rose, from the creators of Spring Awakening and based on the 1997 film).
Meet the Winners of the 2016 Sundance Ignite “What’s Next?” Challenge
“What’s Next?” That’s the question posed to filmmakers ages 18-24 by the Sundance Ignite x Adobe Project 1324 Short Film Challenge. 376 emerging filmmakers answered this question with 1-8 minute narrative, documentary, experimental, and animated short films. The films covered topics as wide ranging as dystopian futures, recovering from trauma, puberty, the afterlife, and the power of art — just to name a few.
The Worldwide Movement Toward Gender Parity in Media
A worldwide movement towards gender parity in film is gaining momentum. Not only have at least 15 new digital platforms, production companies, artist collectives, and committees devoted solely to women-driven content cropped up in the last year, but a host of television showrunners and directors have committed to diversifying their teams. Ava DuVernay staffed all women directors on her OWN drama Queen Sugar, and Melissa Rosenberg did the same for Marvel’s second season of Jessica Jones.
How Re-Discovering a Movie from 1983 Led ‘Uncle Howard’ to Sundance and Cinemas
Uncle Howard continues its run at the IFC in Greenwich Village this week, less than a mile from where Howard Brookner shot his first feature, which began in 1978 as an NYU film school thesis titled Burroughs: The Movie.But our journey began four years ago. As we searched for a viable print of that film, Aaron discovered a trove of material in a bunker on the Bowery.
Sundance Film Festival: London 2017 To Take Place 1-4 June At Picturehouse Central
Central London, 22 November 2016… Sundance Institute and Picturehouse are delighted to announce that the Sundance Film Festival: London will return to Picturehouse Central from 1-4 June 2017. The festival will feature the international and UK premieres of films from the 2017 edition of the renowned Sundance Film Festival which takes place 19-29 January in Park City, Utah, U.S.
Introducing the Class of 2017 Women at Sundance Fellows
Sundance Institute is thrilled to announce its fifth annual class of Women at Sundance fellows, a diverse group of filmmakers working as producers and directors in the documentary and narrative fields.This fellowship supports emerging and mid-career filmmakers as they strive to create sustainable careers in a highly competitive environment. Beginning with a daylong group orientation, Sundance Institute program staff work with fellows to help them define clear and realistic goals for the fellowship year.
A 5-Step Guide to Patrolling the Screenwriting Underworlds
Going into Sundance Institute’s Charlotte Screenwriters Intensive, I expected to receive general responsibilities and considerations of storytelling. Little did I know that advisor Joan Tewkesbury would take us on a journey through the center of the earth.The Fellows first shared names and loglines like a pack of speed daters milling about the earth’s surface.
The Power of Stories
Regardless of our political views, the results of this election rocked many of us, taking us by surprise. Win or lose, the rhetoric of divisiveness during the campaign was made manifest by a vote that tore our country in half, with each side barely recognizing the other.Let’s bravely stride into this breach to understand the anxiety and fear that have motivated both parts of our electorate this year — never to excuse hatred and bigotry, and always as allies with those whose voices are overlooked.
Inaugural Sundance Institute | YouTube New Voices Lab Incubates Next Generation of Digital Creativity
Los Angeles, CA — Sundance Institute has selected 18 creators of short form digital series for its inaugural Sundance Institute | YouTube New Voices Lab, November 10-12 at YouTube Space Los Angeles. Through hands-on workshops and story meetings with showrunners and industry leaders, the New Voices Lab will cultivate a growing group of emerging creatives who are shaping the form and content of episodic storytelling. The New Voices Lab is part of Sundance Institute and YouTube’s ongoing commitment to supporting independent creators working in narrative forms.
5 Reasons Native Storytellers Should Apply to the Full Circle Fellowship
It’s been a year since I applied to Sundance Institute Full Circle Fellowship, which aims to support the next generation of Native American storytellers with attendance at the Sundance Film Festival, a set internship at the Native Filmmakers Lab, meetings with industry mentors, and other opportunities.
I was going through the application process and was stuck in a rut. Having recently graduated from college with a Film and Digital Media degree, I was feeling a lot of pressure to find a job and begin my career.
“You Can Lie Down or Get Up and Play”: My Experience at Taylor Mac’s 24-Hour Concert
An hour and a half into Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music, the audience members orchestrated the removal of about half the chairs we were sitting on. Blindfolds were passed out by the “dandy minions” and we found our way to various seating positions ranging from sitting cross-legged on the floor to holding tight to a chair that was now claimed. Next, came the grapes.