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Sundance Institute Announces 12 Projects for 2015 January Screenwriters Lab
Los Angeles, CA — Sundance Institute announced today the 12 projects selected for the 2015 January Screenwriters Lab, an immersive, five-day writers’ workshop at the Sundance Resort in Utah taking place January 16 – 21. The Lab is one of the 24 residency programs the Institute hosts year-round, in addition to granting more than $2.5 million to independent artists each year.
Sundance Institute Adds Films, Events And New Frontier Installations For 2015 Sundance Film Festival
Park City, UT — Sundance Institute today announced the addition of 10 films, events and New Frontier installations to the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, January 22 to February 1 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The Festival is is the centerpiece of the year-round public programs for the Institute, which also hosts 24 residency labs and grants more than $2.5 million to independent artists each year.
First Look at the 2015 Sundance Program Guide
Get a first look at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival Film Guide! This printable PDF contains synopses, film stills, and screening times for films, New Frontier, and Power of Story panels.
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So You Got Into Sundance—Now What? Distribution Tips for the New Class of Sundance Filmmakers
Diane Bell’s debut feature, Obselidia, premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and won two awards. It’s a beautiful, intricate drama that was underserved by distribution offers. Films like hers were the reason we created the #ArtistServices program, and we’re grateful that her film was part of our inaugural launch in January 2012.
Sundance-Supported Films ‘Whiplash’, ‘Boyhood’, and ‘Ida’ Garner Golden Globe Nominations
Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, and Polish filmmaker Pawel Pawlikowski’s Ida each received Golden Globe nominations this morning, with Richard Linklater’s sweeping coming-of-age drama Boyhood leading the way with five. J.K.
‘Appropriate Behavior’ Director Desiree Akhavan’s 7 Takeaways From the Episodic Story Lab
I’ve been encouraged by Oprah and Deepak Chopra via my mother to keep a journal. On the evening of my arrival at the Sundance Institute Episodic Story Lab, I wrote the following entry: “This evening was kind of rough and soul-crushing and made me feel like I have no place in this industry.”I was never good at summer camp, or college, or any of those supposedly fun, nurturing places that outcasts are expected to flourish in.
Sundance Institute Accepting Open Applications for Second Episodic Story Lab
Los Angeles, CA — Sundance Institute is now accepting project submissions for its second Episodic Story Lab through Wednesday, February 11 at 5:00 p.m. MT at applications3.
Sundance Institute Announces Short Film Program For 2015 Sundance Film Festival
Park City, UT — Sundance Institute announced today the program of short films selected to screen at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, January 22 to February 1 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The 2015 Short Film program is comprised of 60 short films selected from 8,061 submissions. The Festival is the centerpiece of the year-round public programs for the Institute, which also hosts 24 residency labs and grants more than $2.
Sundance Institute Announces Films In Premieres And Documentary Premieres For 2015 Sundance Film Festival
Park City, UT — Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the out-of-competition Premieres and Documentary Premieres sections, as well as the selections for a new Special Events section and participants for two panels, at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, January 22 to February 1 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The Festival is the centerpiece of the year-round public programs for the Institute, which also hosts 24 residency labs and grants more than $2.5 million to independent artists each year.
3 Sundance Filmmakers Contributing to the Dialogue Around Police Violence
As the national dialogue surrounding police violence continues unabated following two Grand Jury decisions to not indict officers in the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, we turn to film to reflect on how we’ve arrived at the present climate. These three Sundance Institute alumni have already added their voices to the ever-growing conversation about the indelible connection between police brutality and race in America. We hope they will help illuminate the issues at hand in a time of grief and confusion.
Sundance Institute Announces Films in Spotlight, Park City at Midnight, New Frontier for 2015 Sundance Film Festival
Park City, UT — Sundance Institute announced today the films selected to screen in the 2015 Sundance Film Festival out-of-competition sections Spotlight and Park City at Midnight, as well as the films and installations to be featured in the New Frontier program. The Festival, which takes place January 22 to February 1 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah, is the centerpiece of the year-round public programs for the Institute, which also hosts 24 residency labs and grants more than $2.5 million to independent artists each year.
“A Space to Explore”: Filmmaker Mike Day on Sundance Institute’s Music and Sound Design Lab
Sundance Institute recently hosted the second edition of the Music and Sound Design Lab for Documentary Film at Skywalker Sound. This unique residency brings together four emerging film music composers with four Documentary Film Program-supported filmmakers and world-class Skywalker sound designers to experiment and discover new possibilities for music and sound design in documentary film. Often over-looked or eschewed by documentary filmmakers in favor of an “intimate” approach to shooting and often constrained by tight budgets, music and sound took center stage at the lab.
Sundance Institute Announces Films in U.S. and World Competitions, NEXT <=> for 2015 Sundance Film Festival
Park City, UT — Sundance Institute announced today the films selected for the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions and the out-of-competition NEXT <=> section of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, January 22 to February 1 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
An Insider’s Look at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival Program
It may not nullify the cliché that quality beats quantity, but for the third consecutive year total submissions for the Sundance Film Festival reached 12,000. That conspicuous statistic, however, only tells a small part of the story that Festival Director John Cooper, Director of Programming Trevor Groth, and their team work exhaustively to shape.
Today we revealed the official selections for the U.
Alicia Van Couvering on the 5 Stages of Sundance Institute’s Creative Producing Lab
The film business is preoccupied with lists. What other industry spends half of the year doling out awards and rankings? There are the public lists: the top ten’s, the best of’s, the critics’ picks, the shortlists for awards, the awards themselves. The industry lists: X’s to watch, Y’s of the year.