Sundance London Adds 3 Features To Program Lineup

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Friday March 22, 2013 @ 2:19am PDT

Sundance London, the film and music festival whose sophomore edition kicks off next month, has added three features to its roster. Stuart Zicherman’s A.C.O.D. starring Adam Scott, Richard Jenkins, Catherine O’Hara, Amy Poehler, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Clark Duke; Sean Ellis’ Sundance Audience Award winner Metro Manila; and Jeff Nichols’ Mud, which premiered in Cannes last year before bowing Stateside in the Spotlight section of Sundance 2013, will join previously announced titles. The festival, which showcases American indie cinema, runs April 25-28 at London’s O2 Arena.

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Sundance Institute’s Cullen Conly Becomes ICM Partners Motion Picture Lit Agent

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Thursday March 21, 2013 @ 3:30pm PDT
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Cullen ConlyEXCLUSIVE: Cullen Conly, who has been Manager of the Feature Film Program of the Sundance Institute, has joined ICM Partners as a lit agent in its Motion Picture Department. At Sundance, he was involved in selection … Read More »

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Sundance Institute To Launch Next Weekend Film Fest In August

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday March 4, 2013 @ 2:00pm PST

Next Weekend Film FestivalSix venues in Los Angeles will play host to the new Sundance Institute-backed Next Weekend Film Festival, an extension of Sundance’s stylistically adventurous NEXT < => section to be … Read More »

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Sundance Awards 2013: ‘Fruitvale’ & ‘Blood Brother’ Win Grand Jury; Dramatic Directing Goes To Jill Soloway Of ‘Afternoon Delight’

Fruitvale and Blood Brother were the big winners tonight at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival Awards. Fruitvale, about the fatal shooting of 22-year old Oscar Grant on San Francisco’s BART by security guards in 2009, won both the Grand Jury … Read More »

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Sundance: Mahindra Global Filmmaking Awards Names Winners

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday January 22, 2013 @ 5:06pm PST

Five international filmmakers today won the Sundance Institute/Mahindra Global Filmmaking Awards at the Sundance Film Festival. The awards went to Sarthak Dasgupta’s The Music Teacher (India) Jonas Carpignano’s A Chjana (Italy/US), Aly Muritiba’s The Man Who Killed Read More »

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Sundance: Despite Strong Showing This Year, Women Still Behind Men In Indie Film, Study Says

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday January 21, 2013 @ 1:15pm PST

Women have made up 29.8% of all the filmmakers at the Sundance Film Festival over the last decade, a new study released today reveals. The report, Exploring the Barriers and Opportunities For Independent Women Filmmakers, comes in a year that sees for the first time female-helmed films making up half of the titles in the festival’s U.S. Dramatic competition. The Sundance Institute and Women in Film Los Angeles commissioned the study and looked at the gender of 11,197 producers, directors, writers, editors and cinematographers in 820 American movies programmed for Sundance from 2002-2012. While the Sundance data remains mostly flat, the report shows a stark contrast for women in the indie world and the studio world: The study finds female filmmakers made up 23.9% of directors in all categories at Sundance from 2002-2012, but just 4.4% among the top 100 box office movies over the same time frame. The study says that “gendered financial barriers” and “male-dominated industry networking” are seen as the two top reasons why women’s growth in the industry is stunted.

The Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at USC conducted the research. Read More »

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Sundance London Film And Music Festival Books Two More Years In British Capital

The inaugural Sundance London Film and Music Festival ran in April this year, hosting the UK and European premieres of movies that debuted in Park City in January, along with musical performances by 17 acts. Today, Robert Redford, the Sundance Institute and AEG Europe announced they’ve renewed the event for two more years. The 2013 Sundance London Festival will be held from April 25-28 at London’s O2 Arena. The program, which will again feature new work by American filmmakers and music artists, will be drawn up by the Sundance Institute. A series of panels and workshops is also being planned as a forum Read More »

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Disney’s Sean Bailey Joins Sundance Institute Board

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday May 24, 2012 @ 10:26am PDT

 

Los Angeles, CA —May 24, 2012 -  Sundance Institute today announced three new members of the Institute’s Board of Trustees: Sean Bailey, Anand Mahindra and Jacki Zehner.

Under the guidance of President & Founder Robert Redford and in close collaboration with Executive Director Keri Putnam, the 23-person Board is responsible for the governance of Sundance Institute and works to actively advance creative and financial support for artists developing original stories for the screen and stage. Wally Weisman continues as Chairman of the Board.

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Sundance Film Festival 2012 Generated $80M For Utah: Study

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday May 16, 2012 @ 8:25am PDT

Park City, UT — May 16, 2012 – Sundance Institute today announced that the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, which took place in Park City, Utah, in January, generated an overall economic impact of $80 million for the State of Utah, according to the independent annual economic and demographic study conducted by the University of Utah’s Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the David Eccles School of Business (BEBR).

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Sundance Institute And WorldView To Present New Awards At Sundance London

The first-ever Sundance London Film and Music Festival kicks off in the British capital on Thursday. It will host the UK premieres of films that debuted in Park City back in January and will have a music component featuring T … Read More »

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Sundance London Festival Brings Park City Premieres To British Capital

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Wednesday March 7, 2012 @ 5:22am PST

The Sundance Institute and London’s 02 arena have announced a slate of 14 features and documentaries that will screen at the inaugural Sundance London festival next month. All of the films debuted in Park City in January and are making their UK premieres in April. The festival will also include live music performances, panels, guest speakers and the opening night event: An Evening With Robert Redford And T Bone Burnett. On announcing the lineup, Sundance Institute founder and president Redford said: “I welcome the opportunity to see how people in the UK experience these films. While they are American productions they speak to universal experiences and global challenges.” The full list of premieres running April 26-29 follows: Read More »

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Sundance Creates Bingham Ray Creative Producing Fellowship

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday February 17, 2012 @ 10:19pm PST

Los Angeles, CA — Sundance Institute today announced the naming of a Creative Producing Fellowship in honor of independent film pioneer Bingham Ray. The recipient, to be announced this summer, will have access to project-specific support through Labs, grants and long-term advisor relationships with industry mentors and Sundance Institute Feature Film Program staff.

“Bingham embodied so much of what makes a great independent film producer – passion, unwavering commitment, tenacity and a deep love of cinema,” said Keri Putnam, Executive Director of Sundance Institute. “We hope that his clarity of purpose around films that he championed lives on in the spirit of a new generation of producers.”

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‘The Island President’, ‘Solar Mamas’ Take $25K Environmental Award: Sundance

By BRIAN BROOKS | Sunday January 22, 2012 @ 4:14pm PST

Sundance Institute announced two winners for its inaugural Hilton Worldwide LightStay Sustainability Award honoring documentaries that showcase “the connection between sustainability, economic growth and community development.” Jon … Read More »

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‘On The Ice’ Sets Distribution Through PMK*BNC Films, With Help From Sundance

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Wednesday December 7, 2011 @ 7:14am PST
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EXCLUSIVE: After debuting at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and then playing over 30 festivals, the Andrew Okpeaha MacLean-directed On The Ice will find its way to theaters early next year. The film will be released theatrically by On the … Read More »

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Sundance Institute Moving LA Headquarters

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday September 8, 2011 @ 2:40pm PDT

The Sundance Institute is moving its Los Angeles headquarters to the eighth floor of 5900 Wilshire in Los Angeles, the 31-story tower that counts Los Angeles Magazine among its tenants and sits across the boulevard from the L.A. County Museum … Read More »

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Sundance Institute Expands Film Output Via Online Platforms

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday July 27, 2011 @ 1:12pm PDT

Filmmakers at the Sundance Film Festival who don’t land a distribution deal don’t have to leave empty-handed: The Sundance Institute unveiled today an Artist Services program that will enable directors to show their movies on iTunes, Amazon, Hulu, Netflix, SundanceNOW and YouTube. They can charge viewers if they want, and don’t have to sacrifice their ownership rights. The Institute will help with marketing and promotion, and has a new deal with Topspin Media to provide direct marketing tools and retail fulfillment services. The program kicks off with two films from the 2011 festival: the documentary Connected: An Autoblogography about Love, Death & Technology directed by Tiffany Shlain, and a narrative film On the Ice directed by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean. Sundance says that filmmakers of Jess + Moss, Lord Byron, New Low, Obselidia, The Oregonian, Space Tourists, and The Woods plan to take advantage of the initiative. Read More »

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SUNDANCE OPENING DAY: Robert Redford Has “Not Thought About Retirement”

SUNDANCE OVERVIEW From Mike Fleming: Is Dealmaking Avalanche In The Forecast? Handicapping The High Priority Acquisitions

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Sundance Fest Adds Film Trio Covering Bank Robbers, A Time-Altering Stray Cat, And An LSD-Fueled Ken Kesey Road Trip

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The Sundance Institute has added three more films for out-of-competition world premieres at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. The late additions are:

* Flypaper, directed by Rob Minkoff from a script by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. The drama covers what happens when two gangs try to rob the same bank … Read More »

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Sundance Film Festival Sets Shorts Slate

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Park City, UT— Sundance Institute announced today the program of short films selected to screen at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. This year the Festival’s Short Film Program comprises 81 short films from U.S. and international filmmakers selected from

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