Celebrate These Films With July Anniversaries: From “Pi” to “Garden State”
Terrence Howard earned an Oscar nomination for his performance in Hustle & Flow. By Vanessa Zimmer July truly is a month for independents. Pun intended.
Terrence Howard earned an Oscar nomination for his performance in Hustle & Flow. By Vanessa Zimmer July truly is a month for independents. Pun intended.
By Vanessa Zimmer Welcome to part three of our four-part series introducing the short films and their directors from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival Shorts
By Vanessa Zimmer ‘Tis July and the heat is on, both in our sun-filled days and in at least one Sundance Film Festival alum coming
By Stephanie Ornelas (Pictured: Frank and Lola) Las Vegas is a vibrant city full of secrets and glamor. It’s glitz and grit makes for a
By Vanessa Zimmer For Waldo Salt, writing a screenplay wasn’t about crafting a clever or witty piece of dialogue — although he could certainly do
By Vanessa Zimmer Welcome to part two of our four-part series introducing the short films and directors from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival Shorts Program.
Helen Shaver (second from left) portrays a New Yorker who travels to Reno, Nevada, to seek a divorce in 1959, in Donna Deitch’s Desert Hearts.
By Stephanie Ornelas We started this editorial series at the beginning of June 2022, looking at films that premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival
By Stephanie Ornelas Sometimes you have to let art speak for itself. As 2022 Sundance Film Festival favorites hit theaters and streaming sites, several new
By Stephanie Ornelas “When we organize and come together, we can change the world, but we need to take action to organize, and right now,
By Stephanie Ornelas “I can lead and grieve at the same time.” These powerful words spoken by Shawnee Benton Gibson during the 2022 Sundance Film
By Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs and Paola Mottura Five years ago, the Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program partnered with the Kendeda Fund to cultivate, fund, and elevate