Writer-director-producer James Mangold (Searchlight Pictures’ A Complete Unknown) were honored with the Trailblazer Award. Multi-hyphenate, Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award–winning and two-time Academy Award nominated actress, singer, producer, and author Cynthia Erivo, currently starring in Universal Pictures’ Wicked, were honored with the Visionary Award at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival’s gala fundraiser, Celebrating&nbs...
Volunteers have been the strength and stability of the Sundance Film Festival for 41 years. Each year are outfitted with a uniform color for team recognition. This year one group of the green clad volunteers gathered for a rousing group photograph at the ROSE Wagner Theater in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Sundance Film Festival photographer Juan Miguel Mendoza had the volunteers pose for a quick photo before the next movie started screening.
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Train Dreams Star Joel Edgerton on Red Carpet Premiere at SFF 2025 ROSE WAGNER THEATER in Salt Lake City, Utah
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Amy Redford is an American actress and filmmaker, daughter of Robert Redford and historian and environmental activist Lola Van Wagenen. She received her BA in Drama/Theatre Arts in 1994 from San Francisco State University. She also attended the University of Colorado Boulder and studied theatre in England at LAMDA.
A few words on the red carpet with James Nelson for filmfestivals.com
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Donyale West; photographer for Shutterstock at Sundance Film Festival 2025 discusses with filmfestivals.com James Nelson how photos are taken on the step and repeat and his role.
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EFP provides a meeting space for the European film industry at the DoubleTree Hotel, The Yarrow, to promote and celebrate the diversity of European cinema.
Jo Mühlberger is efp deputy managing director.
He sat down at Europe's Sundance Hub with James Nelson, filmfestivals.com Sundance correspondant.
Films from Norway, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium and Austria are running in the different sections of the festival and will be highlighted at t...
Jane Howze has covered 17 Sundance editions, returning to cover the action. for her Texas based publication. https://www.papercitymag.com/*
Interview by James Nelson
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Eugene is Head of Sundance filmfestival and public programming at sundanceorg Welcoming press attending Sundance the day before the opening this is what he had to say about Sundance relocating to another city (Cincinatti ?) The place for the new home for Sundance is Not Announced yet. Two more years in Park City !
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Antje Sieb who runs the LA office of ARD Radio and TV, (leading german channel) met with James Nelson chatting for filmfestivals.com audience.
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Our Sundance correspondant James Nelson returns to Park City to share ambiance, interviews and other Sundance exciting moments.
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EFP is heartily welcoming filmmakers and industry professionals to this year's EUROPE! HUB at the Sundance Film Festival (23 January – 2 February 2025). In collaboration with one of the most important film festivals in North America as well as the staunch backing of the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union and the co-hosting of five European national film promotion institutes, a light will shine on the latest European films from this year's festival line-up...
Celebrating Sundance Institute Presented by Google TV, at the Grand Hyatt Deer Valley, in Park City, Utah, starting January 24 at 6:30 p.m. MT with a cocktail reception. The dinner and program will begin at 8 p.m. MT.
Celebrating Sundance Institute Presented by Google TV, co-chaired by Ebs Burnough and Pat Mitchell, will celebrate Michelle Satter, Sundance Institute’s Founding Senior Director of Artist Programs, for her unparalleled commitment to nurturing and supportin...
AMC+ is thrilled to partner with the Sundance Institute again to celebrate independent filmmaking at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. AMC+ will spotlight the power of Indigenous stories with The Intersection of Indigenous Documentary & Narrative Storytelling, a dynamic panel on Saturday, January 25, at 1:30 p.m. in the Filmmaker Lodge.
This discussion will dive into how reality-based filmmaking transitions into captivating fictional narratives. ...
Step Inside the Acura House of Energy, Where Creativity Meets Innovation
This year marks Acura’s 15th year as the presenting sponsor and official vehicle of the Sundance Film Festival, and they’re pulling out all the stops to celebrate. Welcome to the Acura House of Energy — a vibrant, must-see space in Park City where independent minds and innovation collide.
Be among the first to experience the all-new Acura ADX premium co...
It’s awards day! We’re here at The Ray Theatre in Park City, Utah, for the much-anticipated 2024 Sundance Film Festival Awards Ceremony. We’re so excited to share the results as voted by our illustrious jurors, as well as the winners of the audience awards. Join us in congratulating these exceptional artists on their amazing contributions to independent film!
Watch this space; we’re updating this list live as we learn the results.
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The outstanding documentary Inheritance had its world premiere in January at the 2024 edition of Slamdance Film Festival. Produced and directed by Matt Moyer and Ann Toensing Set, Inheritance set itself apart from many issue oriented documentaries on middle and upper middle-class problems with frequent academic elucidations. Inheritance has no implicit appeals for funds to take on the problems depicted nor do producers call for political action. Inheritance takes a refresh...
The short film jury awards of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival were announced during the Shorts Awards Party in Park City.
The Festival, which kicked off on January 18 and runs through January 28 in person and across the country online, has long been known as the premiere showcase of short filmmaking talent. The Short Film Grand Jury Prize, awarded to one film in the program of 53 shorts selected from 12,098 submissions, went to The Masterpiece, directed and written by Alex...
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2024 Sundance Film Festival kicked off with a conversation with Joana Vicente (Sundance Institute CEO), Eugene Hernandez (Sundance Film Festival Director and Head of Public Programming), and Kim Yutani (Sundance Film Festival Director of Programming), moderated by Jason Blum (CEO & Founder, Blumhouse; Sundance Institute Board of Trustees) from the Filmmaker Lodge for the 40th edition
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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Sundance Institute Announce Recipients of Science-In-Film Initiative’s Feature Film Prize and Three Artist Grants
Juried Feature Film Prize Awarded to Love Me; Directors Sam and Andy Zuchero, Plus Four Grantees, Honored at Reception at 2024 Sundance Film Festival
L–R: Sara Crow, Lizzi Oyebode, Sam Zuchero, Andy Zuchero, Emily Everhard, Daniel Rafailedes.
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The Ray theater empties after movie screenings Movie fans leave The Ray theater after seeing one of the featured films at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. by James Nelson
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Promotion action for Utah beloved movie Napoleon Dynamite! The film which screened at Sundance 20 years ago returns to SFF 2024 with Glen Powell speaking in a panel at Park City, Utah. Main Street publicity fun for Napoleon Dynamite film involved fuzzy big hair, goofiness and tater tots from a nearby food truck all part of the zaniness!
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Interviewed by James Nelson Seeking Mavis Beacon, directed by Jazmin Jones investigates the disappearance and reexamines the legacy of one of the most influential Black women in technology. Cinematography and co-editing by Yeelen Cohen.
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A young Aboriginal couple brings home their second baby. What should be a joyous time takes a sinister turn, as the baby's mother starts seeing a malevolent spirit she is convinced is trying to take her baby.
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Richard Linklater revisits his hometown to explore its diverse inhabitants, painting a vibrant portrait that encapsulates the criminal justice system of Texas.
Interviewed in Park City by James Nelson
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