The Lowdown
Everything you ever wanted to know about Sundance but were afraid to ask... because Sundance is just THAT mysterious. In the fourth episode of the Internets Celebrities' journey to Sundance, Dallas Penn and Rafi Kam take their patented brand of genius to the Park City streets, spreading knowledge and bull&@#! to the rapt masses of enlightened festival-goers. Do the boys know something you don't know? Of course! Tune in to learn such tantalizing tidbits as the pricetag on an all-...
Friday, January 19----Photo Op: Sundance Film Festival Director Geoffrey Gilmore, Sundance Film Institute Founder Robert Redford and CHICAGO 10 Director Brett Morgen at yesterday's Opening Press Conference, held at the Egyptian Theater on Main Street in Park City.
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Thursday, January 18----I will freely admit it….I’ve got a little bit of a problem with Sundance. First, there is the location. As a New York City boy, I have always been more impressed with film festivals that happen in real cities, as opposed to the rarified environment of beach resorts (Cannes, Deauville), mountain retreats (Sundance, Telluride) or country wilds (The Hamptons). For me, there is no replacing the mixed vitality of a first class festival that is part of the fabric of a di...
Interview with Matthew Saville (writer/director) of Noise (AUS) World Dramatic Competition @ Sundance 07 plus preview of the Sundance Film Festival with Bruce Himmelblau
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Industry News
Sundance Film Festival announces short films to be available on iTunes plus podcasting of panels and events @ iTunes
Independent Film Channel (IFC) changes content and will screen series programs
New Line Cinema brawl with Peter Jackson
Dovetail.tv is paying filmmakers $0.10 p...
COMRADES IN DREAMS by Uli Gaulke (producer: Flying Moon Filmproduktion/Potsdam) can be seen in the World Cinema Competition - Documentaries section at the most important North American festival for the independent scene, the Sundance International Film Festival. In addition, two more German-international co-productions will be screened in the World Cinema Competition - Dramatic section, the German-Belgian co-production KHADAK by Jessica Woodworth and Peter Brosens (German co-producer: MA.JA.DE/L...
Sundance Institute founder Robert Redford and Festival Director Geoff Gilmore took the stage yesterday at the Kimball Art Center in Park City for the first Sundance press conference of this year’s event. Redford and Gilmore were joined by Nicole Holofcener, the director of the Festival opener FRIENDS WITH MONEY.Redford announced a major new initiative for the Institute, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The Sundance Institute Art House Project is collaborating with leading a...
Movie madness hits Park City at the Sundance Film Festival once a year and the town becomes the Hollywood Blvd of the Rockies in this eleven-day event. In most cases the city has year round residents of 7,400, but during the last two weeks in January it swells to over 50,000 visitors. For most intents and purposes people are here to immerse themselves with watching, reading, thinking, making, eating, and sleeping everything about films. Walking down Main Street you’ll see the “who’s wh...
Sundance Film Festival Opens With HAPPY ENDINGS in Park Cityand LAYER CAKE in Salt Lake CityRobert Redford’s opening night speech gave tribute the roots of independent filmmaking and how Sundance first started. With that, the beginning of the 24th Sundance Film Festival was open with Don Roos new feature film, HAPPY ENDINGS. This truly is a happy beginning to the Festival as this film created a deluge of interest towards the last part of 2004. On hand at the Park City event was the cast con...
Tale of Two Film Festivals: Telluride and SundanceI was in the lobby of a hotel in Telluride when the actress Laura Linney started singing and dancing to a song from the Broadway play Dreamgirls. Dylan Kidd, director of a film called P.S. starring Linney which premiered at Telluride, was in the lobby, too. Because Kidd may direct the film version of Dreamgirls, Linney was doing an impromptu, playful audition for a part. She received a smattering of applause from the hotel clerk and a small nu...
Getting Picked Up In Park City Films and People Hooking UpWith all the receptions, cocktails parties, sponsor parties, galas, and music concerts to be had in Park City for the Sundance Film Festival, the mingling of the singles and films hits a peak during the eleven-day event. With couples getting picked up all over Park City at these soirees there are now many by films that are now picked up by studio’s and distribution companies. The Festival still had two days to go but the deals and rela...
Sundance
Hollywood and Politics In Park City
2004
is a Presidential Election year and the players are out across the country
jocking for position. With
the major media eyes here in Park City for the Sundance Film Festival,
many of the candidates are making the rounds.
Al Gore is one most visible, visiting shops along Main St, viewing films and meeting
everyone form Hollywood elite or regular filmgoers. Gores presence added a buzz throughout the ...
Sundance Film Festival has been known as an innovator within the Film Festival Industry. First organized as a Festival to highlight independent films, Sundance is staying true to its roots with the wide selection of first time Independent feature directors. This past year at Sundance we saw many of the small independent films, with first time feature directors get recognition and were signed right in Park City with multi million dollars deals. Now some have gone out to wide distribution to t...
Robert Redford’s opening night speech gave tribute the roots of independent filmmaking and how Sundance first started. For a documentary film has now been highlighted as the opening night choice for this prestigious film festival. Redford admitted that in the 60’s he started surfing and now he rides waves much different than when he was younger. It was a joy and a pleasure to have RIDING GIANTS be a historical part of the Sundance Festival this 2004.Sundance Film Festival now it's 23rd ye...
The Fourth Annual Sundance Online Film Festival (SOFF) launched at www.sundance.org. This year’s Online Festival features 30 short films and interactive projects, and hours of new footage highlighting the activities and history of the Sundance Film Festival and Sundance Institute. Included in the new content are interviews with Sundance Film Festival programmers and Sundance Institute staff, behind-the-scenes looks at Institute programs, trailers from past Film Festivals, and highlights from t...
Enjoy the short film a day from the Sundance Online Film Festival The short of today:! click here to view in 100 300 700 kps Real player formatClick on the orange ticket to buy your $10 digital ticket and experience the Sundance Film Festival from your desktop. With over 30 short films, new forms projects, and new special features footage, there is something for everyone! You can view films everyday until February 15 do not eat the cake!...
How to get there?Fly into Salt Lake International Airport (SLC) with Delta Air Lines, a leadership sponsor of the 2004 Festival. Call Delta Meeting Network reservations at (800) 241-6760 and refer to file number 201041A for special rates. Get out from behind the wheel at this year's Sundance Film Festival! Express Shuttle is the Festival's official provider of shuttle service from the Salt Lake City International Airport to Park City and other Festival destinations. Call (800) 397-0773 for sched...
The Sundance Institute launched the Fourth Annual Sundance Online Film Festival (SOFF) at www.sundance.org. This year’s Online Festival features 30 short films and interactive projects, and hours of new footage highlighting the activities and history of the Sundance Film Festival and Sundance Institute. Included in the new content are interviews with Sundance Film Festival programmers and Sundance Institute staff, behind-the-scenes looks at Institute programs, trailers from past Film Festivals...
How to get there?Fly into Salt Lake International Airport (SLC) with Delta Air Lines, a leadership sponsor of the 2004 Festival. Call Delta Meeting Network reservations at (800) 241-6760 and refer to file number 201041A for special rates. Get out from behind the wheel at this year's Sundance Film Festival! Express Shuttle is the Festival's official provider of shuttle service from the Salt Lake City International Airport to Park City and other Festival destinations. Call (800) 397-0773 for sched...
