Sundance Film Festival

  • HBO Acquires LGBTQ Documentary WELCOME TO CHECHYNA Ahead of Sundance Premiere

    Welcome to Chechnya by David France
    Welcome to Chechnya by David France, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute

    HBO Documentary Films has acquired the powerful and eye-opening documentary Welcome to Chechnya, from Academy Award nominated director David France (“How to Survive a Plague,” “The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson”). This searing documentary shadows a group of brave activists risking their lives to confront the ongoing anti-LGBTQ persecution in the repressive and closed Russian republic of Chechnya. With unfettered access and a commitment to protecting anonymity, this documentary exposes these underreported atrocities, while highlighting an extraordinary group of heroic people confronting crushing brutality.

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  • Short Film LITTLE CHIEF by Indigenous Filmmaker Erica Tremblay to Premiere at Sundance 2020

    Little Chief directed by Erica Tremblay
    Little Chief directed by Erica Tremblay

    Little Chief, a narrative short film directed by Indigenous filmmaker Erica Tremblay (Seneca-Cayuga), will world premiere as part of the Shorts Selection at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. The story stars an Indigenous cast, including Starring Lily Gladstone as Sharon, Julian Ballentyne as Bear and Lily Gladstone (Certain Women, Billions); and was produced through the Sundance Institute Native Filmmakers Lab.

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  • Sundance Film Festival 2020 Reveals Indie Episodic, Shorts and Special Events Lineup

    A Love Song For Latasha by Sophia Nahli Allison
    A Love Song For Latasha by Sophia Nahli Allison, an official selection of the Shorts Programs at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Sophia Nahli Allison

    Sundance Film Festival announced the works selected across the Indie Episodic, Shorts and Special Events sections of the 2020 Festival. Of the projects announced, 48% were directed or created by one or more women, 33% were directed or created by one or more filmmaker of color, and 19% by one or more people who identify as LGBTQIA. 7 were supported by Sundance Institute in development, whether through direct granting or Labs.

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  • Hulu’s Hillary Clinton Docuseries to World Premiere at Sundance

    Hulu's Hillary Clinton Docuseries to World Premiere at Sundance
    Hulu’s Hillary Clinton Docuseries to World Premiere at Sundance

    Hulu announced the official premiere date for the new four-part docuseries, Hillary, about the life and 2016 presidential campaign of Hillary Rodham Clinton, which will world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

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  • Complete List of 118 Feature-length Films Selected for 2020 Sundance Film Festival

    Cuties by Maïmouna Doucouré,
    Fathia Youssouf, Medina El Aidi-Azouni, Esther Gohourou, Ilanah Cami-Goursolas, Myriam Hamma, Demba Diaw, and Maimouna Gueye appear in “Cuties” by Maïmouna Doucouré, an official selection of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute. ‘Courtesy of Sundance Institute.’

    The 2020 Sundance Film Festival revealed the 118 feature-length films, representing 27 countries and 44 first-time feature filmmakers that will be showcased at the upcoming festival. Films range from indie films to star studded cast featuring Meek Mill, Wilmer Valderrama, Elisabeth Moss, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck and more. The Festival hosts screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort, from January 23 to February 2, 2020.

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  • Sundance Film Festival Director John Cooper to Step Aside After 2020 Festival

    John Cooper
    John Cooper

    Sundance Institute announced today, that following the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival, will step down and move into a newly-created Emeritus Director role . 2020 will mark his 30th Sundance Film Festival, and his 11th year as Festival Director.

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  • KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE Starring Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wins Sundance Festival Favorite Award

    Knock Down The House
    U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Knock Down The House

    The documentary Knock Down the House that followed four women political candidates, including U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, during the 2018 mid-term elections, was voted the winner of the Festival Favorite Award of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Runners-up and other strong contenders for the Festival Favorite Award included Ask Dr. Ruth, The Biggest Little Farm, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind and Blinded by the Light.

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  • Australian Romantic Comedy TOP END WEDDING Releases Trailer

    Top End Wedding

    The trailer debuted for Wayne Blair’s highly anticipated Australian romantic comedy Top End Wedding starring Miranda Tapsell, and Bohemian Rhapsody breakout Gwilym Lee. Top End Wedding which also stars Kerry Fox, Huw Higginson, Ursula Yovich and Shari Sebbens, had it’s World Premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival  

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  • 2019 Sundance Film Festival Awards – CLEMENCY, ONE CHILD NATION, HONEYLAND, THE SOUVENIR Win Top Prizes

    Honeyland by Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska
    Honeyland by Ljubomir Stefanov and Tamara Kotevska, an official selection of the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Samir Ljuma.

    Bold, intimate, and humanizing stories won at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival with Grand Jury Prizes awarded to Clemency for U.S. Dramatic, One Child Nation for U.S. Documentary, Honeyland for World Cinema Documentary and The Souvenir for World Cinema Dramatic. 

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  • Sundance Film Festival Announces 2019 Short Film Awards – Soudade Kaadan’s AZIZA Wins Grand Jury Prize

    Aziza, directed by Soudade Kaadan

    Winners of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival jury prizes in short filmmaking were announced at a ceremony in Park City, Utah with the Short Film Grand Jury Prize, going to Aziza, directed by Soudade Kaadan and co-written by Kaadan and May Hayek.

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  • Jackie Chan, Jane Campion, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Boots Riley in OffScreen Events at 2019 Sundance Film Festival

    Jackie Chan, Jane Campion, Chiwetel Ejiofor
    Jackie Chan, Jane Campion, Chiwetel Ejiofor

    The 2019 Sundance Film Festival which kicks off later this week will host dozens of offscreen events, including inclusive and intersectional conversations on the next wave of storytelling, radical data transparency, the future of democracy at its intersection with the arts, behind-the-scenes panels on the art of filmmaking and musical performances that range from intimate to raucous.

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  • Damien Chazelle, Tessa Thompson, Jane Campion Among 2019 Sundance Film Festival Jury

    Damien Chazelle, Tessa Thompson, Jane Campion Among 2019 Sundance Film Festival Jury
    Damien Chazelle, Tessa Thompson, Jane Campion

    20 celebrated and revered expert voices across film, art, culture and science will award feature-length and short films shown at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival with 12 prizes, announced at a ceremony on February 2. Short Film Awards will be announced at a separate ceremony on January 29; both award ceremonies will be livestreamed. The Festival takes place January 24 through February 3 in Park City, Salt Lake City and Sundance, Utah.

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