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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: ‘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
Release Rundown: What to Watch in August, from “Emily the Criminal” to “The Princess”
The Princess, a documentary about Princess Diana created entirely from archive footage, was well-received at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The film begins streaming on
Announcing the Inaugural Sundance Institute Indigenous Non-Fiction Intensive and the 2022 Fellows
By Adam Piron Adam Piron (Kiowa and Mohawk Tribes) is the Director of Sundance Institute’s Indigenous Program There’s a history of documentary film and Indigenous