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Invariably, wherever there is art, there is discussion. And waiting just beyond the nearly 200 films screening at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival is a haven for just that—dialogue, reflection, insight.
The Off Screen section of the Sundance Film Festival is both an incubator for ideas and a cultural outlet for Festivalgoers.

We are saddened by the loss of long-time Sundance Institute trustee George Gund III. George was a life-long devoted champion of American independent film, and a stalwart supporter of Sundance Institute, San Francisco Film Society, and the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Though he was a long-time resident of San Francisco, George was a native of Cleveland, where he was a founder of the Cleveland Cinematique, and a board member of the Cleveland Film Festival.

Artist Services Announces Collaboration with REELHOUSE, VHX, VIMEO and TUGG, Offering Filmmakers Additional Platforms and Tools
Los Angeles, CA — Keri Putnam, Executive Director of Sundance Institute, today announced that the Institute’s Artist Services program – which provides Institute artists with exclusive opportunities for creative self-distribution, marketing and financing solutions for their work – has expanded to include selected films supported by one foundation and five nonprofit organizations. Additionally, these organizations will join with Sundance Institute in continuing to shape the program and the services it offers.
The Bertha Foundation, BRITDOC, Cinereach, Film Independent, the Independent Filmmaker Project and the San Francisco Film Society will each select films that they have supported to receive access to best-in-class digital distribution arrangements that have been negotiated by Sundance Institute Artist Services.

Park City, UT — Sundance Institute and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation today announced the members of the Sloan Jury at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, who will also participate in the Science in Film Forum Panel at the Festival. The members of the 2013 Sloan Jury are: Paula Apsell (Senior Executive Producer, Nova and Nova ScienceNow, Director, WGBH Science Unit), Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, The Fountain, Pi), Scott Burns (writer, Contagion, Pu-239, The Informant and producer, An Inconvenient Truth), Dr.

Park City, UT — Sundance Institute today announced that singers Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Tata Vega and Judith Hill and multi-platinum recording artist The Fray will perform at the annual ‘A Celebration of Music in Film’ event on January 20, 8:00 p.m. MT, at Sundance House Presented by HP at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

Can’t make it to the Sundance Film Festival this year? Find relief in this year’s robust schedule of online coverage, from Google Hangouts to daily Guest Tweeters, and follow along as we trek through the 10 days of the Festival.Like : www.facebook.

LOS ANGELES — Sundance Institute today announced that 13 independent films are now available through a variety of platforms to rent, download or stream via the Institute’s Artist Services program. Titles include 2012 Sundance Film Festival films Detropia, I Am Not a Hipster, The Atomic States of America, and We’re Not Broke. For full details on where to access these films, please visit sundance.

Sundance Institute is thrilled to congratulate 13 Sundance-supported films and alumni on their Oscar nominations this morning. Leading the way with four nominations is Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild, which participated in the 2011 Sundance Institute Screenwriters and Directors Labs and took home the 2012 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize.
Best Picture
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Actress in a Leading Role
Quvenzhané Wallis for Beasts of Southern Wild
Actress in a Supporting Role
Helen Hunt for The Sessions
Best Director
Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild
Writing – Adapted Screenplay
Beasts of the Southern Wild, written by Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin
Music – Original Song
“Before My Time” from Chasing Ice, music and lyrics by J.

The world of Native American and Indigenous cinema saw exceptional growth in 2012. Along with the rise of producers and women filmmakers, there has been an emergence of mainstream filmmaking by Native filmmakers. Through artist support and public programs, the Sundance Institute’s Native American and Indigenous Program facilitated the discovery, support, and word-of-mouth marketing around these artists and their films seen this year.

Park City, UT — Sundance Institute today announced that Coral: Rekindling Venus, a full-dome film and augmented reality presentation featured in the 2013 edition of New Frontier at the Sundance Film Festival, will screen at 14 full-dome planetariums throughout the United States during the Festival, January 17-27. Created and directed by Australian media artist Lynette Wallworth, Coral: Rekindling Venus is an immersive film experience that takes viewers underwater through the mysterious realm of fluorescent coral reefs in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
In addition to multiple daily screenings in a specially designed dome at the New Frontier exhibition in Park City, Utah, the 45-minute film will also screen January 19th, 22nd and 26th at Salt Lake City’s Clark Planetarium.

Park City, UT — Sundance Institute announced today that actor, writer and director Joseph Gordon-Levitt will host the 2013 Sundance Film Festival feature film Awards Ceremony on January 26 in Park City, Utah and live-streamed at www.sundance.org/festival.

‘Keep the Lights On’ is returning to New York theaters this Friday, December 21, at Cinema Village. Below is an interview with director Ira Sachs that was originally published in September to coincide with the film’s theatrical release.The christening of films as brave or fearless is among the more abused banalities of film criticism.