In “Rock Springs,” a woman relocates to a new town with her family following the death of her daughter’s father. While settling into their remote home, they discover something lurks amid the town’s nearby woods.
In “Kikuyu Land,” Andrew H. Brown explores a land battle in Kenya, shedding light on the legacy of the Indigenous people and the decades of mistreatment they’ve endured at the hands of a corporation profiting from their labor.
By Lucy Spicer For some of us, the 2010s feel like they were just yesterday. (Granted, the end of that decade was only six years
By Lucy Spicer Lending credence to the theory that social history is cyclical, many Y2K trends appear to be back. And while younger folks become
By Lucy Spicer When you think of the 1990s, what comes to mind? The end of the Cold War? The advent of grunge music? The
By Lucy Spicer 1985: the first year that the Sundance Film Festival — then called the U.S. Film Festival — took place with Sundance Institute
The Sundance Film Festival is impossible to summarize because it has never followed one straight path. There is no set history of the Festival because
Great filmmaking starts with great writing. At the heart of every incredible movie is the script that lays the groundwork for its vision. Through our
By Lucy Spicer It takes a village to bring together an event like the Sundance Film Festival. While avid audiences fill seats in theaters, scores
Mark Borchardt appears in Chris Smith’s documentary “American Movie,” which premiered at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. By Lucy Spicer At Sundance Institute, we’re always
Writer/moderator Barbara Chai, Sundance Institute President and Founder Robert Redford, former Sundance Institute Executive Director Keri Putnam, and former Sundance Film Festival Director John Cooper
Get ready to bundle up and head to Utah for the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. From January 22 to February 1, Park City and Salt