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Stellar Performances Fill “Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul.”
by Bailey Pennick Trinitie and Lee-Curtis Childs have been swirling around the heads of the Ebo twins for a while. Writer-director Adamma Ebo started writing

“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

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

Bullies Get Their Due in Bold and Bloody “PIGGY”
By Katie Small Bloody and laced with grim satire, PIGGY is a psychologically thrilling, nail-biting tale of justice, redemption, and the vulnerability of a tormented

“The Janes” Proves There’s No Time to Waste for Progress
by Bailey Pennick Halfway through The Janes, the new feature documentary from Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes, one of the titular Janes mentions a Bob

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