By Stephanie Ornelas It was a full circle moment for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever director Ryan Coogler when he returned to the 2019 Sundance Film
This month, DFP Director Cara Mertes looks back at the Documentary Film Program over the last decade, and how it is evolving as a global resource for contemporary documentary filmmaking.
Tracy Droz Tragos is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and co-director of the work-in-progress film “Rich Hill.” To learn more about Rich Hill, go to www.richhillfilm.
Note from the Archives team: Today we’re sharing an early Documentary Film Program gem from the archives. Diane Weyermann launched the Soros Documentary Fund at
By Katie Arthurs Growing up, many of us had the school rhyme “In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue” fed to us along with heaps
A communal moment at the 2022 Creative Producing Lab. From left to right: Daffodil Altan, Violet Feng, Andrea Meditch, Amanda Spain, Carrie Lozano. (Photo by
We’ve been conditioned to think that storytelling is a solo journey — the brooding writer, the singular genius director, etc — but it doesn’t need
By Stephanie Ornelas There were several lessons director/screenwriter Rick Famuyiwa (The Wood, Dope) learned as he evolved into a successful filmmaker over the years. A
Greg Nava (far left) and Anna Thomas attend a Directors Lab at the Sundance Resort in 1981. By Vanessa Zimmer Director Greg Nava proudly points
Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Göransson have worked together on several films, including Fruitvale Station. By Vanessa Zimmer Why do people say they watched a movie?
By Adam Piron With the generous support of the Kellogg Foundation, Sundance Institute’s Indigenous Program holds an annual, open call for the Full Circle Fellowship.
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