Sundance Institute Archives

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SHORT FILM SPOTLIGHT: BROKEN ORCHESTRA (DIR. CHARLIE TYRELL) The Symphony for a Broken Orchestra project collected hundreds of broken instruments from the Philadelphia public school system, fix...

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A beauty shot of the rehearsal hall, built in 1985. Peep a sneak peek of its construction in the last image | Photo by Jonathan Hickerson Resource Actors Brian Tyree Henry, Rebecca Naomi Jones...

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“Did you know your foot’s as big as your arm from your elbow to your wrist?” That’s a little bit of trivia offered by Julia Roberts’ Vivian in the 1990 film Pretty Woman. Another bit o...

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Some of the biggest moments and movements in modern human history have been (or are being) carefully documented by independent artists working in film, theatre, VR, music, and beyond. For Preser...

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Director and screenwriter Gina Prince-Bythewood workshopped her award winning film Love & Basketball at the 1998 Directors Lab and premiered it two years later at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival...

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Today marks the 10th anniversary of the release of Exit Through the Gift Shop in theaters. This acclaimed documentary premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival as a surprise screening. Fitting...

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Longtime alum Roger Ross Williams’ new documentary tells the rich history of the Apollo Theater in Harlem – The Apollo is available to stream for free in April on HBO.  > “It’s 85 ...

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In honor of World Theatre Day, we’re highlighting theatre artists and the work they do.  (pictured above) Director Chay Yew during a rehearsal of There’s Always the Hudson at the 2017 Th...

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© 2017 Sundance Institute | Photo by Herve Hote Self-isolating got you down? Take this as an opportunity to finally see all those films you keep moving to your “Watch Later” list. Here ar...

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SHORT FILM SPOTLIGHT: GREEN Green, an undocumented Turkish pedicab driver, unwittingly draws police attention, endangering his brother, his community, and himself. Director/screenwriter Su...

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Don’t say his name, but do check out the official trailer for Sundance alums director/screenwriter Nia DaCosta , screenwriter/producer Jordan Peele , and screenwriter Win Rosenfeld ’s new tak...

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© Sundance Institute | L–R, from top left: Ekwa Msangi by Caydie McCumber; Janicza Bravo by Jemal Countess; Ava DuVernay by Mark Leibovitz; Euzhan Palcy by Ron Hill; Gina Prince-Bythewood with...

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Brrr, it definitely feels like the first day of winter here in Park City, so we’re bundling up for December Archives Hashtag Party : #ArchivesSweaterWeather ! Pictured above is Roger Ebert, Me...

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SHORT FILM SPOTLIGHT: JÁAJI APPROX. > Against landscapes that the artist and his father traversed, audio > of the father in the Ho-Chunk language is transcribed using th...

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LET’S TAKE A LESSON FROM MR. ROGERS FOR WORLD KINDNESS DAY AND REMEMBER THAT: “THE GREATEST THING WE CAN DO IS TO HELP SOMEBODY KNOW THAT THEY’RE LOVED AND CAPABLE OF LOVING.” Watch Mor...

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The newly released  Honey Boy is a collaboration between director Alma Har'el and screenwriter/star Shia LaBeouf that explores the psychological fallout of growing up in a home marked by addic...

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#THROWBACKTHURSDAY…. Laura Dern , seen above on the set of The Tempter (Yu Waku Sha) , attended the 1986 Directors Lab as a resource actor. Other notable resource actors this year included He...

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Acclaimed artist and long-time Sundance alum Shirin Neshat  just opened her retrospective Shirin Neshat: I Will Greet the Sun Again at The Broad in Los Angeles. > Taking its title from...

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Spooky season is upon us and there are plenty of must-see films to celebrate Halloween. Three Sundance films made it onto IndieWire’s 12 Best Vampire Movies Ever Made . Swooping in at number 8...

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