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Check out these Sundance Institute and Sundance Film Festival supported films hitting theatres, coming to DVD, or showing through #ArtistServices and the YouTube Screening Room this month.
Theatrical Releases
Friday, May 10
Stories We Tell, directed by Sarah Polley
Sightseers, directed by Ben Wheatley

Friday, May 17
Black Rock, directed by Katie Aselton
Friday, May 24
Before Midnight, directed by Richard Linklater

Fill the Void, directed by Rama Burshtein
We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, directed by Alex Gibney
Friday, May 31
Kings of Summer, directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts

The East, directed by Zal Batmanglij

Watch On TV
Wednesday, May 1
Manhunt, 8 p.m.

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Theatrical Releases
Friday, April 5
Upstream Color, directed by Shane Carruth

Simon Killer, directed by Antonio Campos

Wajma (An Afghan Love Story), 6:30 p.m.

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Theatrical Releases
Friday, March 1
Stoker, directed by Park Chan-Wook

A Place at the Table (fka Finding North), directed by Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush

The End of Love, directed by Mark Webber

A Fierce Green Fire, directed by Mark Kitchell

Friday, March 8
The Girl, directed by David Riker

Sunday, March 10
Escape Fire, 8 p.m.

Check out these Sundance Institute and Sundance Film Festival supported films hitting theatres across the country this month.
Opening Friday, October 5:
V/H/S, directed by David Bruckner, Glenn McQuaid, Radio Silence, Joe Swanberg, Ti West, and Adam Wingard

The House I Live In, directed by Eugene Jarecki

Escape Fire, directed by Matthew Heineman & Susan Froemke

Wuthering Heights, directed by Andrea Arnold

Opening Friday, October 12:
Smashed, directed by James Ponsoldt

Middle of Nowhere, directed by Ava DuVernay

Opening Friday, October 19:
Nobody Walks, directed by Ry Russo-Young

The Sessions, directed by Ben Lewin

Bestiaire, directed by Denis Côté
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Check out these Sundance Institute and Sundance Film Festival supported films hitting theatres across the country this spring.
Opening Friday, April 27:
Restless City, directed by Andrew Dosunmu

sound of my voice, directed by Zal Batmagli 

Opening Friday, May 11:
Under African Skies, directed by Joe Berlinger

Opening Wednesday, May 16:
Elena, Andrei Zvyagintsev

Opening Friday, May 25:
Oslo, August 31st, directed by Joachim Trier

Opening Wednesday, May 30:
5 Broken Cameras, directed by Emad Burna and Guy Davidi

Opening Friday, June 1:
HIGH School,  directed by John Stalberg, Jr.

Opening Friday, June 8:
Safety Not Guaranteed, directed by Colin Trevorrow

DVD Releases:
Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie, directed by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim
Kinyarwanda, directed by Alrick Brown
Crime After Crime, directed by Yoav Potash
We Were Here, directed by David Weissman.

Darren Dean is a producer who worked on Kinyarwanda, winner of the 2011 World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic at the Sundance Film Festival. We all think and say stupid things. I think one of the first things I thought when I got to Rwanda to work on Kinyarwanda was, “Gee, there really is no filmmaking infrastructure here.

Check out these Sundance Institute and Sundance Film Festival supported films hitting theatres across the country this month.
Opening Wednesday, October 5:

Hell and Back Again, directed by Danfung Dennis (@hellnbackagain)
Opening Friday, October 7:
Where Soldiers Come From, directed by Heather Courtney
Opening Wednesday, October 19:

Red State, directed by Kevin Smith (@ThatKevinSmith)
Opening Friday, October 21:

BEING ELMO: A Puppeteer’s Journey, directed by Constance Marks (@beingelmofilm)
Margin Call, directed by J.C.

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Opening Friday, August 5:

Bellflower, directed by Evan GlodellGun Hill Road, directed by Rashaad Ernesto GreenMagic Trip, directed by Alison Ellwood and Alex Gibney
Opening Friday, August 12:

Senna, directed by Asif Kapadia
Opening Friday, August 26:

Circumstance, directed by Maryam KeshavarzHigher Ground, directed by Vera FarmigaMy Idiot Brother, directed by Jesse Peretz
Now Playing in Theatres:

Another Earth, directed by Mike CahillBeats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest, directed by Michael RapaportCrime After Crime, directed by Yoav PotashThe Future, directed by Miranda JulyThe Guard, directed by John Michael McDonaghThe Interrupters, directed by Steve JamesLife in a Day, directed by Kevin MacdonaldProject Nim, directed by James MarshSalvation Boulevard, directed by George Ratliff
DVD Releases:
The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, directed by Morgan SpurlockThe Music Never Stopped, directed by Jim KohlbergSkateland, directed by Anthony BurnsWin Win, directed by Thomas McCarthy.

Check out these Sundance Institute and Sundance Film Festival supported films hitting theatres across the country this month.
Opening Friday, July 1:

Crime After Crime, directed by Yoav PotashTerri, directed by Azazel Jacobs
Opening Wednesday, July 6:
Septien, directed by Michael Tully
Opening Friday, July 8:

Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest, directed by Michael RapaportThe Ledge, Matthew ChapmanProject Nim, directed by James Marsh
Opening Friday, July 15:

Salvation Boulevard, directed by George Ratliff
Opening Friday, July 22:

Another Earth, directed by Mike Cahill
Opening Sunday, July 24:

Life in a Day, directed by Kevin Macdonald
Opening Friday, July 29:

The Future, directed by Miranda JulyThe Guard, directed by John Michael McDonaghThe Interrupters, directed by Steve James
Now Playing In Theatres:
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, directed by Marshall Curry
Submarine, directed by Richard Ayoade
Buck, directed by Cindy Meehl
Hot Coffee, directed by Susan Saladoff
DVD Releases:
Hobo with a Shotgun, directed by Jason Eisener.

Check out these Sundance Institute and Sundance Film Festival supported films hitting theatres across the country this month.
Opening Wednesday, June 1:
! Women Art Revolution, directed by Lynn Hershman
Opening Friday, June 3:

The Last Mountain, directed by Bill Haney
Submarine, directed by Richard Ayoade
Opening Friday, June 10:

The Troll Hunter, directed by Andre Ovredal
Opening Friday, June 17:

The Art of Getting By (Homework), directed by Gavin Wiesen
Buck, directed by Cindy Meehl
Page One: A Year Inside The New York Times, directed by Andrew Rossi
Opening Wednesday, June 22:

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, directed by Marshall Curry
Now Playing in Theatres:

The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, directed by Morgan Spurlock
Hesher, directed by Spencer Susser
Hobo With a Shotgun, directed by Jason Eisener
In a Better World, directed by Susanne Bier
Incendies, directed by Denis Villeneuve
Skateland, directed by Anthony Burns
Sympathy for Delicious, directed by Mark Ruffalo
DVD Releases:
Blue Valentine, directed by Derek Cianfrance
Cedar Rapids, directed by Miguel Arteta
Happythankyoumoreplease, directed by Josh Radnor
Kaboom, directed by Gregg Araki
Budras, directed by Julia Bacha 
Watch from Home:
How to Die in Oregon, directed by Peter Richardson, Thursday, May 26, at 8 p.m.

Eric Mendelsohn is a longtime member of the Sundance Institute family. His short film Through an Open Window screened at the 1992 Sundance Film Festival, his debut feature Judy Berlin premiered at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, and he is an alumnus of the Feature Film Program’s Screenwriters and Directors Labs. His most recent film, 3 Backyards, premiered in Dramatic Competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, where Mendelsohn won the Directing Prize.

Sundance Institute had a great showing at the Oscar nominations this year! Congrats to all these projects which have been supported through Sundance Institute or the Sundance Film Festival.
Nominees for Best Motion Picture:
The Kids Are All Right-Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, and Celine Rattray Winter’s Bone-Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorki
Adapted Screenplay:
Winter’s Bone-Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini
Original Screenplay:
The Kids Are All Right-Written by Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg
Best Documentary Feature:
Exit through the Gift Shop-Banksy and Jaimie D’Cruz Gasland-Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic Restrepo-Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger Waste Land-Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley
Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role:
John Hawkes in Winter’s Bone Mark Ruffalo in The Kids Are All Right
Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role:
Annette Bening in The Kids Are All Right Jennifer Lawrence in Winter’s Bone Michelle Williams in Blue Valentine
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role:
Jacki Weaver in Animal Kingdom
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year:
Incendies (Canada) In a Better World (Denmark)
Best Animated Short Film:
Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary).