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Sundance London Film and Panel Programme Announced
Passes and ticket packages now on sale; Individual tickets on sale Friday online
The O2, 11 March 2013 — Sundance Institute and The O2 announced today the programme of panels, feature films and short films for the second Sundance London film and music festival, 25-28 April at The O2.

Shorts Break: ’92 Skybox and The Drift
Man about town and sandwich aficionado Todd Sklar shows that you can really do a lot with a little, by using a small amount of resources to sculpt what amounts to be a hilarious short with a cryptic title: ’92 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card. A real lesson in comic timing and sharp dialogue, Skybox draws from personal experience to offer great family insight through a unique comic voice. Before tackling this short, Sklar and his tight-knit group of frequent collaborators cut their teeth on his first feature, a scrappy do-it-yourself feature that taught them how to work fast and cheap, a practice that has contributed to their unmistakable style of comedy.

Stacey Peralta: Bones Brigade Heads to Slab City, Local High School
Stacy Peralta is an American filmmaker, former professional skateboarder, and original member of the Z-Boys. He joins Film Forward in Imperial Valley to screen and discuss his latest film ‘Bones Brigade: An Autobiography.’ Read Stacy’s previous blog here.

5 Things You Should Know About the Making of ‘Escape Fire’
ESCAPE FIRE premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival and made its official theatrical release this past October. Matthew Heineman and Susan Froemke’s new documentary couldn’t have come soon enough. As millions of Americans descended into a media fray wrought with glaring sensationalism and compulsive hyperbole surrounding last fall’s presidential election, the directing duo offered an unparalleled, unflinching, and—quite frankly—unflattering look at one of the most pressing contemporary American issues: our broken healthcare system.

Two Sides of a Fence
Jerry Rothwell is a British documentary filmmaker. He joins Film Forward in Imperial Valley to screen and discuss his latest film Town of Runners.The fence which runs along the U.

Jehane Noujaim on Why She Made ‘The Square’
Jehane Noujaim is a New York–based filmmaker whose 2013 Sundance Film Festival selection ‘The Square’ is seeking funding through Kickstarter.
It’s 2013. You have been oversaturated with news of the Arab Spring.

No One Ever Comes Here: Stacy Peralta Screens Bones Brigade for Imperial Valley
Stacy Peralta is an American filmmaker, former professional skateboarder, and original member of the Z-Boys. He joins Film Forward in Imperial Valley to screen and discuss his latest film ‘Bones Brigade: An Autobiography.’
(Read the first blog post from Stacy Peralta here.

Sundance Institute to Host 4-Day Summer Film Festival in Los Angeles, Aug. 8-11
NEXT WEEKEND, Presented by Sundance Institute to Offer Film Screenings and Panels at Sundance Cinema in West Hollywood
Screenings Around Los Angeles Co-Hosted with American Cinematheque at the Aero Theatre, Cinefamily, Cinespia at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA) and UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
LOS ANGELES, CA — NEXT WEEKEND, Presented by Sundance Institute will take place Aug. 8-11, 2013 at Sundance Cinema and additional venues throughout Los Angeles. The event is an extension of the popular NEXT <=> section at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, which showcases stylistically adventurous films that take a bold approach to storytelling.

John Cooper and Trevor Groth Talk NEXT WEEKEND
In recent years, one has needed to look no further than the NEXT <=> section of the Sundance Film Festival to witness the vitality of independent film. That’s where, in NEXT’s four-year existence, films with a penchant for innovative storytelling and a blatant disregard for boundaries have premiered at the Festival. Now that renegade filmmaking spirit is coming to Los Angeles.

Hungry for Culture: Stacy Peralta Screens ‘Bones Brigade’
Stacy Peralta is an American filmmaker, former professional skateboarder, and original member of the Z-Boys. He joins Film Forward in Imperial Valley to screen and discuss his latest film, Bones Brigade: An Autobiography.This is my first foray with Film Forward, and I’m with my wife, Stephanie, heading to Imperial Valley, California and Mexicali, Mexico.

Shorts Break: The Meaning of Life and Terminal Bar
Welcome back to Shorts Break Friday. We have two amazing shorts today, freshly released on the YouTube Screening Room, that you won’t want to miss. They are innovative, entertaining and brimming with talent.

Jerry Rothwell Brings ‘Town of Runners’ to Imperial Valley
Jerry Rothwell is a British documentary filmmaker. He joins Film Forward in Imperial Valley to screen and discuss his latest film, Town of Runners.“You going to El Centro?” says the immigration officer at LAX, “Why you going to El Centro? There’s nothing there.

Role Reversal: Philip Himberg Preps Paper Dolls For Opening Night
Philip Himberg is the Artistic Director of the Sundance Institute Theatre Program where he works to support the projects of theatre artists around the world. He is currently in London putting the final touches on his adapted play ‘Paper Dolls,’ which opens at the Tricycle Theatre on March 6.
For nearly 17 years, I’ve had the amazing good fortune to work as Artistic Director of the Sundance Institute Theatre Program.

Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins to Receive Tennessee Williams Award
SALLY FIELD TO PRESENT AWARD AT SUNDANCE INSTITUTE THEATRE PROGRAM BENEFIT APRIL 8, 2013
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING FOR THEATRE PROGRAM BENEFIT:
MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL, JUDY KUHN AND DAVID HYDE PIERCE TO PERFORM SELECTIONS FROM NEW MUSICAL “FUN HOME” BY LISA KRON AND JEANINE TESORI
CHERRY JONES TO PERFORM SCENES FROM NEW PLAY BY AWARD RECIPIENT JACOBS-JENKINS “APPROPRIATE”
New York, NY (2/27/2013) — Sundance Institute has announced that playwright and Sundance Institute Theatre Lab alum Branden Jacobs-Jenkins will receive the first-ever Tennessee Williams Award from the Institute’s Theatre Program, which supports the development of new work for the stage. Sundance Institute Emeritus Trustee Sally Field will present the honor and accompanying $10,000 grant at the Celebrate Sundance Institute benefit for its Theatre Program on April 8, 2013 at Stephan Weiss Studio in Greenwich Village.
The event will also include musical selections from the Sundance Institute-supported, much-anticipated new musical Fun Home by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori, featuring performances by Maggie Gyllenhaal, Judy Kuhn, David Hyde Pierce and others.

Sundance Institute and TED Announce New Collaboration, Sundance Institute | TED Prize Filmmaker Awar
Los Angeles, CA — Sundance Institute and TED today announced the first collaboration between the two organizations, which will jointly award $125,000 for a short documentary film project about the work of Sugata Mitra, winner of the annual TED Prize. The Institute’s Documentary Film Program and Fund will accept proposals March 1 through April 15, 2013 at sundance.org/ted and will design and oversee the selection process in collaboration with TED.