Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Ian Bonhte and Peter Ettedgui, the Filmmakers Behind Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

A Different Man, No Other Land, and More Sundance-Supported Films Secure Nominations for the 2024 Gotham Awards

The nominees for the 2024 Gotham Awards have been unveiled by the Gotham Film & ...

2024 Sundance Institute | Sandbox Fund Projects Selected

15 Projects From 35 Filmmakers Will Benefit From Increased Granting in 2024...

Hope for the Independent Documentary Ecosystem: How Artist Accelerator Envisions an Equitable Future

The Artist Accelerator team on day 3 of the Shangri La / Sundance / Building Bri...

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat: Political Machinations in the Congo

Writer-director Johan Grimonprez talks about his film Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat following its premiere January 22 at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. (P...

SUNDANCE INSTITUTE AND GOLD HOUSE ANNOUNCE SECOND COHORT OF ONE HOUSE FILMMAKERS FUND, MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM THE EAST WEST BANK FOUNDATION

Grantees Celebrated at First-Ever One House Filmmakers Fund Soiree at Academy Mu...

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Ian Bonhte and Peter Ettedgui, the Filmmakers Behind Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

By Bailey Pennick One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festi...

What to Watch: These 7 DFP-Supported Films From 2024 Will Inspire You to Organize for Change

It's easy to become overwhelmed when thinking about the current state of the...

Fall in Love With Your Monster

PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 18: (L-R) Tommy Dewey, Melissa Barrera, Kayla Foster, Meghann Fahy, and Edmund Donovan attend the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Your Mo...

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Greg Jardin, the Writer-Director of It's What's Inside

By Lucy Spicer One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival...

Benjamin Ree's Ibelin Takes Viewers to a Different World and Moves Them to Tears

From L-R: Robert Steen, Trude Steen, Mia Steen and Benjamin Ree (Marc Sagliocco/...

A Journalist Turns the Camera on Herself in Black Box Diaries

PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 20: Hanna Avqilin, Shiori Ito, and Ema Ryan Yamazaki attend the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Black Box Diaries premiere at Prospector...

Union: Story of Amazon Labor Union Gives Hope to Ordinary Workers

Jordan Flowers, Derrick Palmer, Chris Smalls, and Gerald Bryson - all present or former employees of Amazon - express their solidarity at the premiere of Union...

7 Uplifting Sundance-Supported Documentaries the DFP Team Recommends This Fall

By Jessica Herndon Life can be chaotic and rough, so when it's time to watch a film, we understand the urge to cue up a feel-good flick. Luckily, our Docum...

Exhibiting Forgiveness: An Exercise in Healing, On and Off the Set

PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 20: (L-R) Jaime Ray Newman, Andr Holland, Andra Day, Titus Kaphar, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and John Earl Jelks attend the 2024 Sundance...

Indigenous People Will Save the World: A Spotlight on Sundance Institute's Merata Mita Fellowship

Libby Hakaraia speaking at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Photo by Jovelle Tam...

Saw, An Education, and More Celebrate Anniversaries in October

Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is torn between the life she'd planned and an intriguing older man in An Education. (Photo by Kerry Brown/Sony Pictures Classics)...

Welcoming Our Trans Artists and Community to the 2025 Sundance Film Festival

Updated as of October 10 As we prepare for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, our fundamental intention remains for all who attend the Sundance Film Festival to ...

The Far-Reaching Effects of Colonization in Twice Colonized

PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 23: (L-R) Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Mark Bukdahl, Lin Alluna, Iris Ng, Emile Hertling P ronard, Aaju Peter, Bob Moore, Stacey Aglok MacDo...

2024 Sundance Institute Latine Fellowship & Collab Scholarship Artists Selected

Year-round Program Offers Pivotal Artist Support to Early Career Latine Artists PARK CITY, UTAH, October 10, 2024 - The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced...

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Christopher Jenkins, the Filmmaker Behind 10 Lives

By Lucy Spicer One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival...

The DFP Team Shares 18 Sundance-Supported Nonfiction Projects Not to Miss This Fall

By Jessica Herndon What does it take to move the needle through art? An origina...

A Risky Cat Seeks Another Chance in 10 Lives

PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 20: Mo Gilligan, Chris Jenkins, and Simone Ashley at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival 10 Lives premiere at the Prospector Theatre on ...

The Growing Family Album of the Documentary Film Program

By Kristin Feeley Chilean director Patricio Guzm n said, A country without documentary cinema is like a family without a photo album. We understand who we ar...

Food and Country: When Farmers and Chefs Cry

Georgia farmers Will Harris and daughters Jenni Harris (right) and Jodi Harris (left) are featured in Food and Country, which premiered at the 2023 Sundance F...

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know 4 Latine Filmmakers With Shorts at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival

A still from Daniel Barosa's Boi de Conchas (The Shell Covered Ox), which ...

Release Rundown: Your Monster, Union, and More Reach Wider Audiences This October

Aspiring actor Laura (Melissa Barrera) contends with a peculiar houseguest in wr...

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Nora Fingscheidt, the Writer-Director of The Outrun

By Bailey Pennick One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festi...

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Carla Gutirrez, the Director of FRIDA

By Lucy Spicer One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival is having a front-row seat for the bright future of independent filmmaking. Whi...

Lakota Nation vs. United States and More Sundance-Supported Documentaries Take Home 2024 Emmys

For many September marks the end of summer or the start of school, but around he...

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Ramona Diaz, the Filmmaker Behind And So It Begins

By Jessica Herndon One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Fes...

Film Festival Watch: Catch These 6 Sundance-Supported Films at the New York Film Festival

By Jessica Herndon This time of year, as leaves on the trees in Central Park ch...

Inside the Archives: Creating Access to Celebrate Community

2024 Documentary Producers Lab fellows, creative advisors, and staff share a moment. Photo by Lance Roth...

Soak Up the Last Days of Adolescence with My Old Ass

Aubrey Plaza getting ready for My Old Ass (photo by George Pimentel/Shutterstock for Sundance)...

A Different Kind of Funny: An Interview With Carol Kane on Between the Temples

Carol Kane, Between the Temples (photo by Presley Ann/Shutterstock for Sundance) By Matthew Eng There's a scene early in Nathan Silver's Between the...

19 Sundance Movies to Watch Before Seeing These Filmmakers' New Fall 2024 Releases

By Jessica Herndon It's time to stock up on pumpkin spice everything and g...

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Alessandra Lacorazza, the Writer-Director Behind In The Summers

by Bailey Pennick One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festi...

Writer-Director Jennifer Kent on the 10th Anniversary of The Babadook and Horror as an Independent Art Form

Writer-director Jennifer Kent's The Babadook is returning to the big scree...

A Different Man Is a Triumph That Lingers Long After Credits Role

Warning: This feature contains spoilers about the film. By Bailey Pennick Aaron Schimberg kept it brief in his introduction before A Different Man had its wor...

Will & Harper Takes a True Friendship on the Road

Harper Steele and Will Ferrell (Photo by George Pimentel/Shutterstock for Sundance)...

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Shines a Light on a Real-Life Hero

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 19: Matthew Reeve, Alexandra Reeve Givens, Peter Ettedgui, Ian Bonhote, and William Reeve attend the 2024 Sundance Film Festival...

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Megan Park, the Filmmaker Behind My Old Ass

By Bailey Pennick One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival is having a front-row seat for the bright future of independent filmmaking. ...

THE LATINX HOUSE, NETFLIX, SHONDALAND, AND THE SUNDANCE INSTITUTE LAUNCH NEW COHORT OF DIRECTOR FELLOWSHIP TO FUEL LATINE EXCELLENCE IN TELEVISION & FILM

Sundance Institute Selects Three Finalists to Host the Sundance Film Festival Beginning in 2027

Final Phase of RFP Process Will See a Decision Announced in Q1 of 2025...

Skeleton Twins Is 10! Reminisce Over Surprise Musical Moments From the Comedy-Drama and Other Fest Faves

By Jessica Herndon We all have moments from movies that we love to rewatch. Som...

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Shuchi Talati, the Writer-Director of Girls Will Be Girls

By Lucy Spicer One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival...

In The Summers: A Roller-Coaster Rite of Passage With Dad

PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 22: (L-R) Alessandra Lacorazza, Emma Ramos, Kimaya Thais Limon, Ren P rez Joglar, Dreya Castillo, Luciana Elisa Quinonez, L o Mehiel,...

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Asmae El Moudir, the Filmmaker Behind The Mother of All Lies

By Jessica Herndon One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Fes...

Look Into My Eyes Peers Into the Lives of New York City Psychics

PARK CITY, UTAH - JANUARY 22: (L-R) Eugene Grygo, Phoebe Hoffman, Lana Wilson, Michael Kim, and Nikenya Hall attend the 2024 Sundance Film Festival Look Into M...

Film Festival Watch: 11 Sundance-Supported Films Showing at the Toronto International Film Festival

By Jessica Herndon The buzz in Toronto for the next 11 days will be all about t...

Release Rundown: What to Watch in September, From My Old Ass to In The Summers

Elliott (Maisy Stella) meets an older version of herself (Aubrey Plaza) in Megan Park's My Old Ass....