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By Katie Small Bloody and laced with grim satire, PIGGY is a psychologically thrilling, nail-biting tale of justice, redemption, and the vulnerability of a tormented

by Bailey Pennick Halfway through The Janes, the new feature documentary from Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes, one of the titular Janes mentions a Bob

By Bailey Pennick It’s well known that here at the Sundance Institute we’re committed to championing independent storytelling in all forms. By supporting the next

By Bailey Pennick There’s something special about the Capitol Hill space in which Northwest Film Forum operates in Seattle, Washington. “It’s like this old auto

by Bailey Pennick Up until yesterday, our tenth and final competitor in the U.S. Documentary section was simply known as “Untitled LP9.” Even in the

​​Nearly 30 years after it premiered at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Achievement in a First Feature,

By Vanesssa Zimmer The Short Film Program, says longtime volunteer Nori Huntsman, of West Valley City, Utah, is her favorite part of the Sundance Film

Gustav Lindh and Clara Christiansson Drake appear in The Dark Heart by Gustav Möller. By Vanessa Zimmer True crime makes for the best stories, as director

A still from Shimásání by Blackhorse Lowe. By Katie Small In 1961, while on a cross-country motorcycle trip, Robert Redford fell in love with the wildness of

Actor Evan Rachel Wood’s journey from domestic violence survivor to activist is told in Phoenix Rising, in Special Screenings. By Laura Kern In these selections

By Vanessa Zimmer Instant Life is a saga of showmanship, stubbornness, and the love of Sea Monkeys. Showing in a three-hour block in the Indie