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The Producers of ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ on Shifting the Film’s Release to VOD

About two and a half months ago, the team behind Never Rarely Sometimes Always were premiering the project at Sundance to immense critical acclaim. Eliza Hittman’s incredibly moving, incredibly visceral film about two teenagers from rural Pennsylvania who travel to New York City so one of them can get an abortion went on to win the Silver Bear in Berlin ahead of the film’s theatrical release in the U.S. on March 13—just three days before movie theaters around the country started to close due to growing thread of COVID-19.

Today Is National Film Score Day: Here Are 8 Sundance Scores We're Listening To Now

Today is National Film Score Day, and since we're all working from home right now, we rounded up several Sundance Institute employees to ask them what their favorite Sundance soundtracks are (and why). Queue these up and be transported into a whole new world.

20 Films Sundance Programmers Are Watching from Home

Now Streaming: 'Crip Camp' Traces the Origins of the Disability Rights Movement

From the Fest: Eliza Hittman's Neorealist Drama 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always'

Veteran writer/director Eliza Hittman's moving neorealist drama 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' hits theaters this week—find out what she and her cast had to say during a screening at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, and see photos from the world premiere.

7 Women Filmmakers Who Have Gone Through Sundance Institute’s Labs

In celebration of Women’s History Month, we dug through Sundance Institute’s archives to get the stories behind seven women-directed films that went through the Sundance labs, offering up a peek behind the scenes and celebrating the careers of these groundbreaking women directors.

Sundance Institute Selects 12 First-Time Feature Filmmakers for Screenwriters Intensive

Writers and Advisors from a Broad Array of Backgrounds Come Together to Advance Distinctive Screenplays

What to Watch in March, from 'Crip Camp' to 'Hillary' and 'Lost Girls'

From Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht's documentary Crip Camp to Nanette Burstein's series Hillary, these are the Sundance-supported projects hitting theaters and streaming platforms in March 2020.

Sundance Ignite: Meet the Next Generation of Independent Filmmakers

Ignite is Sundance Institute's fellowship for filmmakers ages 18 to 25, and it serves as an incubator for up-and-coming independent auteurs looking to hone their craft. Meet Lance Oppenheim—the first Ignite Fellow to screen a feature (Some Kind of Heaven) at the Sundance Film Festival—as well as Maya Cueva, Leah Galant, and Rachael Moton, and learn more about the fellowship.

Introducing the 2020 Sundance Institute Knight Fellows—Here’s What They’re Working On

Celebrating Black Women Directors with Ties to Sundance Institute

February is Black History Month, and this year, we wanted to celebrate by spotlighting a wide range of black women directors who have gone through Sundance Institute's labs and premiered films at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, over the years. From Ayoka Chenzira to Gina Prince-Bythewood to Ava DuVernay and Radha Blank, the women you'll read about below are blazing a new trail in independent filmmaking.

SUNDANCE INSTITUTE, UCROSS FOUNDATION REDESIGN 2020 ARTIST RESIDENCY