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What to Watch: 10 Sundance Festival Films to Stream Right Now During Hispanic Heritage Month
By Stephanie Ornelas Today marks the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, a time to celebrate, honor, and acknowledge the histories and cultures of Hispanic Americans
From the Archives: Director Keith Davis Recounts His Sundance Lab Experience
Writer/director Keith Davis is currently at the Sundance Resort in Utah developing his screenplay The American People as one of eight fellows at this year’s Directors Lab. Each fellow has the opportunity to rehearse, shoot and edit selected scenes from his or her screenplay in a workshop environment, where the focus is completely on creative exploration and discovery. We’ve asked Keith to share a glimpse into his process at the Lab in a couple of blog pieces, the first of which is below.
“Lucy and Desi” Takes Home Two Awards at 2022 Emmys
Last night the 2022/2023 award season kicked off with some interesting dance numbers and some great fanfare for an excellent season of television. Across the
Personnel Thoughts: Our Picks for Favorite Summer Sundance Film Festival Flings
photo courtesy of Focus Features Here at the Sundance Institute, we talk a lot about film. Whether it’s helping co-workers figure out what to
Mira Sorvino Started Her Film Career at the Sundance Festival
Patrick McGaw and Mira Sorvino starred in Amongst Friends, which played the 1993 Sundance Film Festival. By Vanessa Zimmer You might call Sundance Festival acting
Sundance Institute Announces Key Updates for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is supercharged to return in 2023, with an exciting new plan that complements in-person screenings and festivities in Utah with an online component
Sundance Institute Announces Next Festival Director: Eugene Hernandez
Dear Sundance community, Over the summer we have been conducting a search for the Sundance Institute’s next Festival Director and head of public programming. We
Meet the Sundance Institute Lab Fellows, Class of 2022
For 41 years, the Sundance Institute has hosted filmmaking labs, bringing emerging filmmakers together with veteran writers, directors, editors, actors, and producers to workshop the
Sundance Institute is Pleased to Announce…
photo by Henny Garfunkel Dear Sundance community, Over the summer we have been conducting a search for the Sundance Institute’s next Festival Director and head
“Sex, Lies, and Videotape” and “Girlfight” Among Sundance Films Celebrating September Anniversaries
Andie MacDowell plays a repressed wife in the 1989 Sundance Film Festival work, Sex, Lies, and Videotape. By Vanessa Zimmer The best films take us
What to Watch: The Many Faces (at Sundance) of Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton plays four roles in Teknolust, that of a biogeneticist and three automatons she creates from her own DNA. By Vanessa Zimmer No one
Release Rundown: What to Watch in September, From “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.” to “God’s Country”
Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown appear in Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. By Vanessa Zimmer Ah, September. When summer surfers, tent campers, and
What to Watch: 5 Latest Spine-Chilling Horror Films Supported by the Sundance Institute
[Pictured: Jamie Marks is Dead] By Stephanie Ornelas Summer settings and horror have always gone hand-in-hand. Think of Friday the 13th, The Hills Have Eyes, and
HARTBEAT AND SUNDANCE INSTITUTE ANNOUNCE 2022 “WOMEN WRITE NOW” COMEDIC SCREENWRITING FELLOWS AND DIRECTORS TIKA SUMPTER, LOGAN BROWNING, AND NICOLE BYER
Selected fellows Mayanna Berrin, Kiana Butler Jabangwe and Danielle Solomon to develop original comedic projects with the guidance of some of the most accomplished Black
Sundance Institute Announces Key Updates for the 2023 Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is supercharged to return in 2023, with an exciting new plan that complements in-person screenings and festivities in Utah with an