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Sundance Institute Announces FILM FORWARD: Advancing Cultural Dialogue Returns to Imperial Valley, C
Filmmakers Stacy Peralta (Bones Brigade: An Autobiography) and Jerry Rothwell (Town of Runners) to Lead Discussions and Workshops
Los Angeles, CA — Sundance Institute and the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities announced today that FILM FORWARD: Advancing Cultural Dialogue will return for a second year to host eight free film screenings, workshops and artist roundtables in Imperial Valley, California, and Mexicali, Mexico, February 26 through March 1. For a full schedule of events visit www.sundance.

Sundance Institute Begins 2013 Playwrights Retreat at Ucross Foundation
Radha Blank | Joy Harjo | Michael John LaChiusa Justin Levine | Matthew Paul Olmos | Stephen Wadsworth
New York, NY — The Sundance Institute Theatre Program has begun the 2013 Playwrights Retreat at Ucross Foundation. The 13th annual writing colony at the 20,000-acre working cattle ranch outside of Sheridan, Wyo. takes place through February 22 and provides a supportive environment for artists to create new work and receive guidance and reactions to it at an early stage.

Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology Makes Its Digital Premiere
Los Angeles, CA — Tiffany Shlain’s award-winning documentary Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology makes its digital premiere today through the Sundance Institute Artist Services access to distribution program, which provides Institute artists with exclusive opportunities for creative self-distribution, marketing and financing solutions for their work. The film premiered in competition at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, was released theatrically in 11 U.S.

2013 Sundance Film Festival Announces Feature Film Awards
Park City, UT — Sundance Institute this evening announced the Jury, Audience, NEXT <=> and other special awards of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival at the feature film Awards Ceremony, hosted by Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Park City, Utah. An archived video of the ceremony in its entirety is available at www.sundance.

2013 Sundance Film Festival Awards Updates
Read the live updates from the Awards Ceremony below or click here to jump to the full list of winners.
Hi everyone, and welcome to the live blog for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony. We’re Eric Hynes and Jeremy Kinser, and we’ll be your eyes and ears for tonight’s festivities.

Kentaro Hagiwara Wins 2013 Sundance/NHK International Filmmaker Award
Park City, UT — Sundance Institute and NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) have announced Kentaro Hagiwara, director of the upcoming film, Spectacled Tiger, as winner of the 2013 Sundance/NHK International Filmmaker Award. The award was presented at a private ceremony at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
Created in 1996 to celebrate 100 years of cinema, the annual award recognizes and supports a visionary filmmaker on his or her next film.

A Conversation with Sebastian Silva
Many are the filmmakers who’ve made return trips to the Sundance Film Festival. You think of Alex Gibney, the Cal Ripken Jr. of Park City who never seems to miss a year, and Richard Linklater, who’s debuted new films as Sundance for over 20 years.

Day Nine: Ashton Kutcher is jOBS, Jonathan Groff Inhabits Adapted Sedaris Story
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.

Day Eight: Isaiah Washington Thrills in Blue Caprice, Toy’s House Teems with Nostalgia
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.

Day Seven: Exploring Film Music, the Phenomenon of Julian Assange, and Volunteer Appreciation Day
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 Feature Film Prize Awarded to Computer Chess at 2013 Sundance Film Festival
Park City, UT — Sundance Institute today announced the winner of the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, as well as the recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Lab Fellowship, presented through the Sundance Institute Feature Film Program.

Q&A: A Chat with Robin Weigert, This Year’s Festival Breakthrough
Every Sundance Film Festival introduces the world to a new crop of filmmaking talent, with previously unknown directors and performers becoming Sundance-approved sensations overnight—or at least over 10 swift January nights. But not every one of those artists fits the cliché about the prodigious first-timer, or about the 20-something It girl of the year. In fact, one of this year’s great breakout performances comes courtesy of a TV and stage veteran, a 43-year-old actress whose work in the likes of Deadwood and Sons of Anarchy won her admirers but few high profile roles to date.

Day Six: Shorts Awards, Cutie and the Boxer, and In a World…
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 round-ups from the previous day’s events.


2013 Sundance Film Festival Announces Jury Awards in Short Filmmaking
Park City, UT— Sundance Institute this evening announced the jury prizes and honorable mentions in short filmmaking at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The awards were presented at a ceremony in Park City, Utah.
This year’s Short Film program is comprised of 65 short films selected from a record 8,102 submissions.