Sundance Film Festival

  • Watch First Look Clip from REBEL HEARTS – Sundance Documentary on Pioneering Radical Nuns

    Rebel Hearts by Pedro Kos
    Rebel Hearts by Pedro Kos, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Corita Art Center, Immaculate Heart Community, Los Angeles.

    Watch the first clip from Rebel Hearts, the new documentary directed by Pedro Kos world premiering at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.

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  • NIGHT OF THE KINGS Trailer – Ivory Coast Oscar Submission Debuts in U.S. at Sundance

    NIGHT OF THE KINGS directed by Philippe Lacôte
    NIGHT OF THE KINGS directed by Philippe Lacôte

    Neon released the trailer for Philippe Lacôte’s sophomore feature, Night of the Kings, the Ivory Coast submission for this year’s Academy Awards, set to debut in the U.S. at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

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  • Alexis Gambis’ SON OF MONARCHS Wins Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at 2021 Sundance Festival

    Kaarlo Isaacs appears in Son of Monarchs by Alexis Gambis
    Kaarlo Isaacs appears in Son of Monarchs by Alexis Gambis, an official selection of the NEXT section at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

    Son of Monarchs directed by Alexis Gambis has been awarded the 2021 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival along with the $20,000 cash award from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The Prize is selected by a jury of film and science professionals and presented to an outstanding feature film focusing on science or technology as a theme, or depicting a scientist, engineer or mathematician as a major character, and will be recognized at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival closing Awards Night.

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  • Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Sundance Documentary FLEE Acquired by Neon

    Flee by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
    Flee by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, an official selection of the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

    The documentary Flee directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, and executive produced by Riz Ahmed along with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, which made its debut on opening night of Sundance Film Festival in the World Documentary Competition was acquired by Neon for release in the U.S.

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  • TRY HARDER! Trailer – Revisit the College Application Process in Sundance Documentary

    Try Harder! by Debbie Lum
    Try Harder! by Debbie Lum, an official selection of the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Lou Nakasako.

    Ahead of its online World Premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Documentary Competition, the first trailer debuted for Debbie Lum’s Try Harder!. The documentary follows seniors at Lowell High School in San Francisco as the pressure intensifies to impress admissions officers at elite universities with their report cards, test scores, and overall awesomeness.

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  • HBO Releases First Look Clip for IN THE SAME BREATH Premiering at Sundance

    In The Same Breath by Nanfu Wang
    A still from In The Same Breath by Nanfu Wang, an official selection of the Premieres section at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

    HBO released a video clip from the documentary In the Same Breath, which recounts the origin and spread of the novel coronavirus from the earliest days of the outbreak in Wuhan to its rampage across the United States. The film will make its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.

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  • PRISONERS OF THE GHOSTLAND Starring Nicolas Cage and Nick Cassavete Acquired by RLJE Films

    Nick Cassavetes and Nic Cage appears in Prisoners of the Ghostland by Sion Sono
    Nick Cassavetes and Nic Cage appears in Prisoners of the Ghostland by Sion Sono, an official selection of the Premieres section at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

    Ahead of its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, RLJE Films acquired the US rights to the action/adventure film Prisoners of the Ghostland.

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  • Sundance Film Festival Announces New Additions + Patton Oswalt to Host Awards Night

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    Sundance Institute today announced the latest additions to the programming slate of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, which kicks off Thursday, January 28th at Festival.Sundance.org and via a network of Satellite Screens across the U.S.

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  • 2021 Sundance Film Festival Unveils Jury – Cynthia Erivo, Joshua Oppenheimer, Lana Wilson and more.

    Cynthia Erivo, Joshua Oppenheimer, Lana Wilson
    2021 Sundance Film Festival Unveils Jury – (pictured) Cynthia Erivo, Joshua Oppenheimer, Lana Wilson

    Tony-, Emmy- and Grammy-winning actress Cynthia Erivo, filmmakers Julie Dash, Joshua Oppenheimer and Lana Wilson are among 22 celebrated voices across film, art and culture adjudicating this year’s awards on feature-length and short films at the Sundance Film Festival, presented at a digital ceremony taking place February 2nd.

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  • THE WORLD TO COME Trailer – 19th Century Romance Drama Starring Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Casey Affleck, to Premiere at Sundance

    Katherine Waterston and Vanessa Kirby appear in The World to Come by Mona Fastvold
    Katherine Waterston and Vanessa Kirby appear in The World to Come by Mona Fastvold, an official selection of the Spotlight section at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Vlad Cioplea.

    Bleecker Street released the trailer for The World to Come, set to world premiere in the Spotlight Program of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. The film directed by Mona Fastvold; and starring Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Christopher Abbott, along with Casey Affleck will open in theaters on February 12 and on digital Tuesday, March 2.

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  • Sundance ‘21 Reveals Special Events and Conversations Lineup

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    The lineup for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, taking place on a Sundance-built and feature-rich online platform, goes well beyond feature and short films, episodic work and the VR/XR of New Frontier — it also encompasses a curated program of free special events, conversations and activations available to the global public. These Talks and Events, presented on the Sundance platform, include the new Opening Ceremony, Sundance Dailies, and The Big Conversation series, trademark gatherings at Cinema Café and the Power of Story, Awards Night and the concluding “It’s A Wrap” session. Additional partner programming will take place in a bustling digital Festival Village, which includes Main Street, Satellite Screens and the Artist Lounge.

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  • Youtube Documentary ‘Life In A Day 2020’ to Premiere at Sundance Film Festival

    Life in a Day 2020 by Kevin Macdonald
    Life in a Day 2020 by Kevin Macdonald, an official selection of the Special Events section at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute.

    YouTube Originals’ documentary, “Life In A Day 2020,” will debut February 6 and be available for audiences worldwide for free on the film’s YouTube channel following its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on February 1.

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