Personnel Thoughts: Our Sundance Film Festival Picks From the Aubrey Plaza Archives
Aubrey Plaza getting ready for My Old Ass (photo by George Pimentel/Shutterstock for Sundance) Here at the Sundance Institute, we talk a lot about film.
Aubrey Plaza getting ready for My Old Ass (photo by George Pimentel/Shutterstock for Sundance) Here at the Sundance Institute, we talk a lot about film.
After premiering at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, Channing Godfrey Peoples’s debut feature is hitting digital platforms this Juneteenth—the day for which the film is named and which is very close to the director’s heart. “I feel like I’ve been living Miss Juneteenth my whole life,” she says.
The June 19 holiday—which commemorates the day slavery was finally abolished in Texas (more than two years after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation was issued)—is celebrated in her hometown of Fort Worth with a deep sense of reverence and community, with barbecues, a parade, and a scholarship pageant for young Black women.
(L–R) Lindsay Utz, Michelle Walshe, and The Right Honourable Dame Jacinda Ardern attend the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Prime Minister” at Eccles Theatre
Sally Ride appears in “SALLY” by Cristina Costantini, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by NASA.
PARK CITY, UTAH – JANUARY 20: Skye P. Marshall, Omari Hardwick, Cory Hardrict, Qasim Basir, Dana Gourrier, and Amin Joseph attend the 2023 Sundance Film
By Jessica Herndon In 2022, Reza Dahya took a pivotal step in shaping his debut feature, Boxcutter, by enrolling in the Sundance Institute Collab’s “Directing:
Felipe Aguilar Rodríguez, Gala del Sol, Celina Biurrun, and Jhon Bayron Quintero Valencia attend the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Rains Over Babel” at
(L–R) Evianne Casey and Vanessa Martino attend the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Bucks County, USA” at The Ray Theatre on January 28, 2025,
Rachel Fleit attends the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Sugar Babies” at Library Center Theatre. (Photo by Chad Salvador/Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival) By
Samrat Chakrabarti, George Basil, Kiran Deol, Katie McCuen and Vishal Vijayakumar attend the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Didn’t Die” at the Library Center
(L–R) Molly Gordon, Sophie Brooks, and Logan Lerman attend the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Oh, Hi!” at Eccles Theatre on January 26, 2025,
(L–R) Sam Schaefer, Mfaz Mohamed Ali, Noor Garoui, Josh Gad, Esther Oyetunji, and Noah Detiveaux attend the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Speak.” at
Aubrey Plaza getting ready for My Old Ass (photo by George Pimentel/Shutterstock for Sundance) Here at the Sundance Institute, we talk a lot about film.
After premiering at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, Channing Godfrey Peoples’s debut feature is hitting digital platforms this Juneteenth—the day for which the film is named and which is very close to the director’s heart. “I feel like I’ve been living Miss Juneteenth my whole life,” she says.
The June 19 holiday—which commemorates the day slavery was finally abolished in Texas (more than two years after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation was issued)—is celebrated in her hometown of Fort Worth with a deep sense of reverence and community, with barbecues, a parade, and a scholarship pageant for young Black women.
(L–R) Lindsay Utz, Michelle Walshe, and The Right Honourable Dame Jacinda Ardern attend the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Prime Minister” at Eccles Theatre
Sally Ride appears in “SALLY” by Cristina Costantini, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by NASA.
PARK CITY, UTAH – JANUARY 20: Skye P. Marshall, Omari Hardwick, Cory Hardrict, Qasim Basir, Dana Gourrier, and Amin Joseph attend the 2023 Sundance Film
By Jessica Herndon In 2022, Reza Dahya took a pivotal step in shaping his debut feature, Boxcutter, by enrolling in the Sundance Institute Collab’s “Directing:
Felipe Aguilar Rodríguez, Gala del Sol, Celina Biurrun, and Jhon Bayron Quintero Valencia attend the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Rains Over Babel” at
(L–R) Evianne Casey and Vanessa Martino attend the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Bucks County, USA” at The Ray Theatre on January 28, 2025,
Rachel Fleit attends the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Sugar Babies” at Library Center Theatre. (Photo by Chad Salvador/Shutterstock for Sundance Film Festival) By
Samrat Chakrabarti, George Basil, Kiran Deol, Katie McCuen and Vishal Vijayakumar attend the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Didn’t Die” at the Library Center
(L–R) Molly Gordon, Sophie Brooks, and Logan Lerman attend the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Oh, Hi!” at Eccles Theatre on January 26, 2025,
(L–R) Sam Schaefer, Mfaz Mohamed Ali, Noor Garoui, Josh Gad, Esther Oyetunji, and Noah Detiveaux attend the 2025 Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Speak.” at
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