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Advice for Feature Filmmakers Hoping to Get Into the Sundance Film Festival
Ruby (Emilia Jones) and her father (Troy Kotsur) share a moment in CODA. Courtesy of Apple TV+ Every year, the independent film world anxiously awaits
Eight Sundance Festival Premieres About Women’s Rights to See on Women’s Equality Day
[pictured: Half the Picture] Eight Sundance Festival Premieres About Women’s Rights to See on Women’s Equality Day By Stephanie Ornelas Today is International Women’s Equality
Advice for Makers of Episodic Content Seeking Acceptance Into the Sundance Film Festival
Abby McEnany co-created and stars in the dark comedy Work in Progress, about a queer woman dealing with life and relationships. The Sundance Institute support
Kogonada and Justin Chong on the Lessons Learned and Risks Worth Taking While Making “PACHINKO”
By Stephanie Ornelas Making the transition from directing independent film to TV is a complex endeavor — just ask directors Kogonada and Justin Chon, who
From the Archives: Sundance Founder Robert Redford on Why He’s Always Believed in the Power of Documentary Filmmaking
The Sundance Film Festival’s longstanding commitment to documentary has been driven by the personal connection founder and president Robert Redford feels for the form. Leading up to the premiere of Chicago 10, the second doc to ever open the Festival, we talked to Redford about the past, present, and possible future of documentaries.You made an early commitment to documentary.
From the Archives: ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Director Taika Waititi on the Importance of Oral Storytelling: “The Brain Is Our Greatest Archive”
It’s been a great few days here in Michigan—Saginaw Chippewa country, to be exact. Whenever I encounter other indigenous communities, I always try to relate their cultures to my own. It’s amazing discovering the similarities and becoming enlightened to the differences.
Five Tips for “Building the Nightmare” in Your Horror Screenplay According to Owen Egerton
By Stephanie Ornelas Award-winning filmmaker and novelist Owen Egerton carries a notebook around with him quite often. As a horror screenwriter, he believes that it’s
Celebrate the 25th Birthday of “The Full Monty,” Plus 4 More Sundance Films With August Anniversaries
By Vanessa Zimmer Twenty-five years ago this month, many of us learned the meaning of the expression “the full monty.” It was 1997, and a
Pep Talks and Advice for Makers of Short Films, From our Sundance Programmers
Since the 1980s, the Sundance Film Festival Short Film Program has been a launching pad for independent storytellers. Directors like Dee Rees, Taika Waititi, Debra
What to Watch: 7 Sundance Festival Films to Marathon for National Book Lovers Day
By Bailey Pennick Whether you’re trying to savor the last few weeks of summer or rushing to jump into fall and the new school year,
What to Watch: 6 Purr-fect Sundance Premieres to View on International Cat Day
Pictured: The Voices By Stephanie Ornelas Cats have long been a staple in cinema dating all the way back to 1903 when director George Albert
TAAF and Sundance Institute Announce New Fellowship and Scholarship for AAPI Artists, Answering the Call for More Investments in AAPI-Driven Storytelling
12 AAPI Filmmakers Selected for the Annual Program, Collectively Representing Emerging Artists Working Across Fiction and Nonfiction. WASHINGTON, DC, AUGUST 3, 2022 — The Asian
When the Billy the Kid Gang — Emilio Estevez, Christian Slater, and Lou Diamond Phillips — Went to Sundance
By Vanessa Zimmer You know that Facebook meme that asks what you’d be now if you’d followed your childhood dreams? My answer: cowgirl. That’s why
Watch These Sundance Institute–Supported Films at the 2022 BlackStar Film Festival in Philadelphia
It’s been a couple of months since Cannes and we were starting to wonder when we’d be getting our next Festival fix! Thankfully, starting tomorrow,
Inaugural Sundance Institute Latine Program Launched; 2022 Latine Fellows & Collab Scholarship Recipients Announced
Los Angeles, CA – The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the launch of a new program, the Latine Fellowship and Collab Scholarship, created to have