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Contemplating the Cut: Takeaways and Tips for Documentary Editors

Program Spotlight

Do You Have a Screenplay Exploring Science and Technology?

In the Wake of ‘Julius Caesar’ Protests, We Must Prepare to Defend the Arts

"I fear that withdrawal of corporate support for art deemed controversial or offensive, coupled with the threat of removing all federal support for the arts, is just the beginning of a campaign against freedom of expression in this nation."

BBC World Service and Sundance Institute launch new collaboration

The BBC World Service and Sundance Institute have announced a new collaboration to produce a series of radio documentaries and podcasts for launch in 2018. The partnership will allow for up to six new projects exploring the theme of ‘Neighbour’, with the resulting radio programmes airing on the BBC World Service, also available as podcasts, and accompanied by visual storytelling online.

Sundance Institute Brings $151 Million in Economic Impact to Utah with 2017 Sundance Film Festival

Updated Survey Methodology and Technology Highlights at Least 71,600 Attendees, $14 Million in State and Local Tax Revenue, 2,778 Jobs Supported

Nonfiction’s Cutting Edge: Sundance Institute Selects Eight Projects for Documentary Edit and Story Lab

Projects Creatively Explore Modern Day Lynchings, Dakota Access Pipeline, Impeachment, Immigration Detention Centers and More

Sundance Institute Presents 20th Anniversary of Free Outdoor Film Screenings in Salt Lake City, Park City, Ogden and Kamas

Ten Sundance Favorites to Screen, Including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Napoleon Dynamite, Meru, Riding Giants and Walking Out Offscreen: Picnics, Games, Contests and a Vote for Final Film in the Series at sundance.org/utah

Sundance NEXT FEST Heats Up L.A. Aug. 10-13 with Movie Premieres and Electrifying Musical Performances at The Theatre at Ace Hotel

Quentin Tarantino and Dee Rees Selected as Vanguard Award Recipients25th Anniversary Screening of Sundance Classic Reservoir Dogs on 35mm & Outdoor Party on August 10Tickets to Music, Movies and Mischief are on Sale Now at sundance.org/next

Rise Up: It’s Time for Native Nations to Take Back Our Voice

I encourage young people of color to take heed and get out there to start telling their own stories. I feel a sense of urgency and haste as the current climate of the world is rapidly changing – we can be the seeds that grow to be the trees of change and restored balance.

Artist Spotlight

A Syrian Playwright Brings His Work to Life in Germany

Coming into Sundance Institute’s Playwrights Residency in Germany, I thought my play would require some adjustments – crossing off some ideas, adding a few details. But I thought mostly that it was almost done and that this residency would help me refine it. I thought one piece was missing to complete the puzzle; turned out, a lot of pieces were placed upside down and needed relocation.

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What to Watch in June

From Sundance to Cannes: 5 Feature Film Program-Supported Projects Make Their Premieres

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