Sundance Film Festival

  • Watch Trailer for HORSE GIRL Starring Alison Brie at Sundance 2020

    Alison Brie appears in Horse Girl by Jeff Baena
    Alison Brie appears in Horse Girl by Jeff Baena, an official selection of the Premieres program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute

    Netflix released the trailer for the ‘darkly humorous psychological drama’ Horse Girl trailer starring Alison Brie that is set to premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. The film will debut on Netflix on February 7, 2020.

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  • Watch Trailer for THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE, Ukranian Doc at Sundance 2020

    The Earth Is Blue as an Orange by Iryna Tsilyk, an official selection of the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
    The Earth Is Blue as an Orange by Iryna Tsilyk, an official selection of the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

    Ukrainian documentarian and author Iryna Tsilyk released the trailer for her feature-length debut, The Earth Is Blue as an Orange set to World Premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

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  • Watch Trailer for Sundance Film CHARM CITY KINGS Starring Meek Mill, Jahi Diallo Winston

    Jahi appears in Charm City Kings by Angel Manuel Soto
    Jahi appears in Charm City Kings by Angel Manuel Soto, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by William Gray

    Sony Pictures Classics released a teaser trailer for Charm City Kings, a film by Angel Manuel Soto, starring Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Meek Mill, Will Catlett, Chino Braxton, Lakeyria “Wheelie Queen” Doughty, Donielle Tremaine Hansley, Kezii Curtis, Chandler DuPont, with Teyonah Parris, that is set to debut In Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Following the film’s festival premiere, Sony Pictures Classics will release Charm City Kings in select theaters on April 10, 2020, followed by a wide release on April 17, 2020.

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  • Sundance Premiere of THE CLIMB to be Simulcast in Theatres Nationwide

    Left to Right: Kyle Marvin as Kyle, Michael Angelo Covino as Mike in The Climb directed by Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin(Photo by Zach Kuperstein. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.)
    Left to Right: Kyle Marvin as Kyle, Michael Angelo Covino as Mike in The Climb directed by Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin(Photo by Zach Kuperstein. Courtesy Sony Pictures Classics.)

    In a first-of-its-kind, the Utah premiere of The Climb, screening in the Spotlight category of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, will be simulcast across ten cinemas across the U.S., with the following Q&A simulcast live from The Ray Theatre in Park City. Sundance Institute is partnering with& Sony Pictures Classics and Trafalgar Releasing to enable independent film fans in markets nationwide to participate in the buzz of Festival from afar.

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  • Fernanda Valadez’s Debut Film IDENTIFYING FEATURES Will World Premiere at 2020 Sundance

    David Illescas appears Sin Señas Particulares by Fernanda Valadez, an official selection of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
    David Illescas appears Sin Señas Particulares by Fernanda Valadez, an official selection of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Claudia Bercerril.

    Fernanda Valadez’s striking debut feature Identifying Features (Sin señas particulares), is set to have its world premiere in the World Dramatic Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival taking place January 23 – February 2 in Park City, Utah.

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  • Oprah Winfrey Steps Away from Controversial Russell Simmons Documentary

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    Oprah Winfrey has stepped away and will no longer be an executive producer of the upcoming untitled documentary about music executive Drew Dixon, who accused Russell Simmons of sexual misconduct. The documentary also will not air on Apple TV+, but is still expected to world premiere as scheduled at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

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  • Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson’s SUMMER WHITE to World Premiere at Sundance 2020

    Adrian Rossi appears in Summer White (Blanco de Verano) by Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson, an official selection of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Natalia Bermudez.
    Adrian Rossi appears in Summer White (Blanco de Verano) by Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson, an official selection of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Natalia Bermudez.

    Summer White (Blanco de verano), the debut fiction film by writer-director Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson, will have its world premiere as part of the World Cinema Dramatic competition at the 2020 edition of the Sundance Film Festival, taking place January 23 – February 2 in Park City, Utah.

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  • XR Experience PERSUASION MACHINES to World Premiere at Sundance 2020

    Persuasion Machines by Karim Amer and Guvenc Ozel,
    A still from Persuasion Machines by Karim Amer and Guvenc Ozel, an official selection of the New Frontier Exhibitions program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

    From the team behind the Oscar shortlisted documentary feature The Great Hack, Persuasion Machines’ Extended Reality (XR) experience will World Premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in New Frontiers.

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  • Watch Trailer for Eliza Hittman’s NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS Premiering at Sundance

    Sidney Flanigan appears in Never Rarely Sometimes Always by Eliza Hittman
    Sidney Flanigan appears in Never Rarely Sometimes Always by Eliza Hittman, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute

    Focus Features dropped the official trailer for Eliza Hittman’s latest film Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always, which is set to premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. The film stars Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin, Ryan Eggold, and Sharon Van Etten. Never Rarely Sometimes Always opens in select theaters on March 13th, 2020.

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  • THE SOCIAL DILEMNA and 2 Archival Films Added to Sundance Film Festival 2020 Lineup

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    Three feature films – The Social Dilemma along with Born into Brothels and High Art from The Collection Films have been added to the 2020 Sundance Film Festival’s robust slate of independent films. Additionally the Festival announced that previously-announced Special Event, Love Fraud, will screen on Day One of the Festival. The Festival will take place in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort January 23 to February 2, 2020.

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  • Sony Pictures Classics to Release CHARM CITY KINGS Following Premiere at Sundance

    Jahi appears in Charm City Kings  by Angel Manuel Soto
    Jahi appears in Charm City Kings by Angel Manuel Soto, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by William Gray

    Sony Pictures Classics will release “Charm City Kings,” a new film by Angel Manuel Soto, that is set to world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Following the Sundance premiere, Sony Pictures Classics will release the film in select theaters on April 10, 2020, followed by a wide release on April 17, 2020.

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  • Sundance 2020 Announces New Frontier Lineup of Cutting-Edge Indie and Experimental Works

    Lindsey Normington appears in Anti-Gone by Theo Triantafyllidis
    Lindsey Normington appears in Anti-Gone by Theo Triantafyllidis, an official selection of the New Frontier Exhibitions program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

    32 projects from 21 countries at the dynamic crossroads of film, art and technology will be showcased in the New Frontier program for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. This curated collection of cutting-edge independent and experimental media works are by creators who are pushing artistic innovation across mediums that include rocket travel, biotech, facial recognition, mixed reality (MR), smartphone AR, underwater VR, game engines, big data, AI, the human archive, and innovative uses of SMS text & iPhone video capture.

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