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2022 Sundance Film Festival Live Awards Updates
When it comes to championing the new voices, leaders, and narratives of independent storytelling, we’re ready to celebrate at the drop of a hat. Today,
Five Key Takeaways from “Calling All Artists: The Climate Crisis Is Recruiting”
By Bailey Pennick It’s well known that here at the Sundance Institute we’re committed to championing independent storytelling in all forms. By supporting the next
Get to Know Our Satellite Screens: Northwest Film Forum in Seattle, Washington
By Bailey Pennick There’s something special about the Capitol Hill space in which Northwest Film Forum operates in Seattle, Washington. “It’s like this old auto
“Navalny” Introduces the World to Alexei Navalny
by Bailey Pennick Up until yesterday, our tenth and final competitor in the U.S. Documentary section was simply known as “Untitled LP9.” Even in the
“Just Another Girl on the I.R.T.” Is This Year’s From the Collection Film
Nearly 30 years after it premiered at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Achievement in a First Feature,
Get to Know Our Satellite Screens: mama.film Brings Indie Films to You
by Bailey Pennick “Yeah, mama.film is in an interesting evolution,” says Lela Meadow-Conner with a light laugh over Zoom. The executive director and founder of
Animated Shorts Cover the Angry, the Disenfranchised, the Hungry
By Vanesssa Zimmer The Short Film Program, says longtime volunteer Nori Huntsman, of West Valley City, Utah, is her favorite part of the Sundance Film
“Framing Agnes”: A Film That “Crosses Gender and Genre”
By Bailey Pennick Jen Richards is being very honest right now. “As for the process of filming and the film itself, I found it a
Announcing the Recipients of the 2022 Sundance Institute | Adobe Mentorship Awards
On Thursday, January 27, we gathered digitally to honor all of the editors whose work screened at the 2022 Festival, across all categories (fiction and
Shifting Power from Within: Meet Color Congress
By Stephanie Ornelas When four leaders and program officers of newly-formed Color Congress were asked to have a bold conversation about the political and cultural
Animated Shorts Cover the Angry, the Disenfranchised, the Hungry
By Vanesssa Zimmer The Short Film Program, says longtime volunteer Nori Huntsman, of West Valley City, Utah, is her favorite part of the Sundance Film
“Utama”: Our Home is Dying
by Katie Small “They have taught you nothing. Do you know how a condor dies, Clever? When he feels that he’s not useful anymore. When
Meet the Artist: Gabriela Ortega on “Huella” Presented by Dropbox
Our Meet The Artist video series on YouTube takes you directly into the minds of the storytellers. It’s a series about the directors featured in the Sundance Fest submitted by the directors themselves, designed to take a deeper look into the films that will be premiering at the 2022 Festival.
“The Dark Heart” Finds Crime in the Forests of Sweden
Gustav Lindh and Clara Christiansson Drake appear in The Dark Heart by Gustav Möller. By Vanessa Zimmer True crime makes for the best stories, as director
What to Watch at the 2022 Festival: 40 Short Films Celebrating Our 40th Anniversary
A still from Shimásání by Blackhorse Lowe. By Katie Small In 1961, while on a cross-country motorcycle trip, Robert Redford fell in love with the wildness of