Netflix has acquired the global rights to the horror film His House from director/writer: Remi Weekes which world premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival in the Midnight section
Sundance Film Festival
The annual Sundance Film Festival, held in and around Park City, Utah, each January is widely considered the premier platform for American and international independent film. The Festival has introduced audiences to some of the most original stories of the last three decades including Reservoir Dogs, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, American Splendor, An Inconvenient Truth, Little Miss Sunshine, and The Cove.
Sundance Film Festival started in 1978 and takes place in Park City, Utah, USA
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Netflix Acquires Remi Weekes’ Sundance Horror Film HIS HOUSE
Wunmi Mosaku and Sope Dirisu appear in His House by Remi Weekes, an official selection of the Midnight program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Aidan Monaghan.
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Sundance 2020. Michael Almereyda’s TESLA Wins Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
Ethan Hawke appears in Tesla by Michael Almereyda, an official selection of the Premieres program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Cara Howe. At a reception at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Institute and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation awarded $70,000 in grants. Doron Weber, Vice President and Program Director at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation presented the Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize to Tesla and announced the new winners: Tim Delaney for The Plutonians (Sundance Institute | Sloan Commissioning Grant); Kiran Deol for Tidal Disruption (Sundance Institute | Sloan Development Fellowship); and Courtney Smith for Higher (Sundance Institute | Sloan Episodic Fellowship). Michael Almereyda’s Tesla was formally presented with a $20,000 check for winning the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize.
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Sundance 2020 Announces Short Film Award Winners. Sofia Alaoui Wins Grand Jury Prize
Fouad Oughaou appears in So What If The Goats Die by Sofia Alaoui, an official selection of the Shorts Programs at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Enviede Tempte. Winners of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival jury prizes in short filmmaking were announced last night in Park City, Utah with the Short Film Grand Jury Prize going to So What If The Goats Die, directed and written by Sofia Alaoui.
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Watch Trailer Clip from CRIP CAMP, Sundance Doc on 1970s Camp for Disabled Teens
Crip Camp by Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Steve Honigsbaum Netflix released a trailer clip from Crip Camp, the documentary about Camp Jened, a camp for disabled teens in the 1970s that shaped the future of the disability-rights movement. Crip Camp world premiered as the opening-night film in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival, and will hit the streaming service in March.
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Watch Trailer for Season Two of THE TRADE, Showtime Docu-Series Premiering at Sundance
The Trade by Matthew Heineman, an official selection of the Special Events program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Ross McDonnell Showtime released the trailer for the upcoming season of the IDA Award-winning series The Trade ahead of its premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
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Watch Trailer for MISS AMERICANA, Revealing Taylor Swift Documentary at Sundance
A still from Miss Americana by Lana Wilson, an official selection of the Documentary Premieres program at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. Netflix released the official trailer for the Taylor Swift documentary Miss Americana which World Premieres as the opening film of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival on Thursday. Directed by filmmaker Lana Wilson (After Tiller, The Departure) Miss Americana opens in select and on Netflix starting on January 31st, 2020.
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Watch Trailer for HORSE GIRL Starring Alison Brie at Sundance 2020
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. 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, 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.) 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. 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
Drew Dixon in On The Record (HBO) 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.