By Ilyse McKimmie Now, more than ever… That’s a phrase so often used in the last few years that I’ve come to dread seeing it in notes like this one. And yet, when asked to reflect on what I’m looking forward to about our upcoming Sundance Labs, and why they are essential, these are the […]

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PARK CITY, UTAH – JANUARY 21: (L–R) Actors Kęstutis Cicėnas and Greta Grinevičiūtė, Director Marija Kavtaradze and Producer Marija Razgute attend the 2023 Sundance Film

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PARK CITY, UTAH – JANUARY 18: Jane Schoenbrun introduces the 2024 Sundance Film Festival “I Saw the TV Glow” premiere at the Library Center Theatre

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By Adam Piron In anticipation of this edition of the Indigenous Program’s Native Lab, it actually dawned on me that this will be our lab’s

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Even though we’ve been doing this for over 40 years, a spark of excitement rushes through us whenever we reveal the fellows for this year’s

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At our signature labs this spring, emerging artists will develop original projects under the guidance of accomplished advisors PARK CITY, UTAH, April 29, 2024 —

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What was the Sundance Film Festival like in the 1980s? Documentary filmmakers walk us through the Festival’s first decade.

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Sundance Film Festival CDMX 2024 kicks-off today with screenings in 5 theaters in Mexico City and the opening-night film, FRIDA, directed by Carla Gutiérrez During

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Sundance Institute Founder Robert Redford during a press conference at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival. Photo by Ken Regan By the Archives Team There’s no

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