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Q&A: A Chat with Robin Weigert, This Year’s Festival Breakthrough

Every Sundance Film Festival introduces the world to a new crop of filmmaking talent, with previously unknown directors and performers becoming Sundance-approved sensations overnight—or at least over 10 swift January nights. But not every one of those artists fits the cliché about the prodigious first-timer, or about the 20-something It girl of the year. In fact, one of this year’s great breakout performances comes courtesy of a TV and stage veteran, a 43-year-old actress whose work in the likes of Deadwood and Sons of Anarchy won her admirers but few high profile roles to date.

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Day One Sundance Film Festival Roundup

Sundance.org is dispatching its writers to daily screenings and events to capture the 10 days of festivities during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Check back each morning for round-ups from the previous day’s events.

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Exploring Off Screen at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival

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.

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In Memoriam: George Gund, 1937–2013

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.

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