Sundance Institute this week revealed all the trophy winners to emerge from the fest's short film program during a ceremony and party presented by Vimeo at venue The Park in Park City, Utah.
Each January, the Sundance Film Festival takes over the snow-tinged ski town of Park City, to celebrate original, independent storytelling. Movie enthusiasts, filmmakers and other members of the entertainment industry gather to share and discuss their art — and make important business deals to finance it.
Utah leaders, locals and longtime attendees of the Sundance Film Festival are making their final push to keep the world-renowned independent film festival in the state as its directors consider uprooting it.
The Sundance Film Festival has selected this year's Merata Mita and Graton Fellows for Artists from California-Based Tribes.
"Plainclothes," which screened at the Sundance Film Festival, presents a powerful drama of a cop coming out to his loved ones while doing a job that compromises LGBTQ people.
Bowen Yang, the “Wicked” actor and “Saturday Night Live” comedian, said he's in favor of having the Sundance Film Festival move to Salt Lake City, with some events remaining in Park City, rather than leave Utah entirely.
Our Sundance Institute team is thrilled for Rhayne, Roni Jo, and Stefan. Their roots and creative journeys are so different, and that speaks to why opportunities like the Merata Mita and Graton Fellowships are so important for uplifting Indigenous storytelling — they allow us to champion a variety of projects,
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox walked the press line for the Sundance Film Festival premiere of “Train Dreams” at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in Salt Lake City on Saturday night. “It’s going to be an amazing festival, 41 years of Sundance here in Utah,” Cox said. “I think this is going to be the best one ever.”
Naturally, The Verge is going to be taking in as much of Sundance as we can and posting bite-sized reviews of everything we see. We’ll also be posting longer reviews and sharing trailers, and you can follow along here to keep up with all of the news out of the festival.
Sundance Film Festival features an exciting lineup of 14 films from filmmakers who identify as African American, of African descent.
Rebuilding, is such a beautiful film — both narratively and visually — that it left few dry eyes in the packed audience of its Sundance premiere.