All Articles

PARK CITY '06: Sabina Guzzanti: "...The restriction of freedom of expression is a problem that conce

Every day through the end of the Sundance Film Festival, including weekends, indieWIRE will be publishing two interviews with Sundance '06 competition filmmakers. Sixty filmmakers were given the opportunity to participate in an e-mail interview, and each was sent the same questions.

Sundance 2006.6: Return to Hot Chicken

ThemBOB in Mexico

Momentum Gets UK Rights To "Foot Fist"

Momentum Pictures has announced its acquisiition of all UK rights to Jody Hill's "The Foot Fist Way," at the Sundance Film Festival. The film is described in an announcement as "a martial arts screamer" that "tells the story of a small town Tae Kwon Do instructor, Mr. Fred Simmons, who tries to deal...

PARK CITY '06: Patrick Creadon: "Final Score: Happy Results = 1, Red Tape = 0."

Every day through the end of the Sundance Film Festival, including weekends, indieWIRE will be publishing two interviews with Sundance '06 competition filmmakers. Sixty filmmakers were given the opportunity to participate in an e-mail interview, and each was sent the same questions.

One of the World's Most Famous Stories Modernized

South African film "Son of Man" attempts to reconstruct the traditional Western image of Jesus and portray him as a contemporary black African born, like the traditional Jesus, in "an occupied state and preach[ing] equality at a time when that [isn't] very acceptable" (director Mark Dornford-May). H...

Rosie O'Donnell Discusses Her New Documentary

"All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise," a documentary by Shari Cookson about Rosie O'Donnell's cruise for gay and lesbian families, debuted on Tuesday afternoon at the Sundance Film Festival. The former talk-shot host and her partner Kelli chartered a ship from New York City to the Caribbean, on which Cookson documented the experiences of the passengers and their families, from the fun and excitement of the cruise itself to the horror of the bigotry they encountered at the final stop in Nassau. TIME reporter Desa Philadelphia interviewed Rosie about the inspiration for the film, difficulties they encountered during the cruise, and what she hoped...

Can I get a wi-fi?

PARK CITY BIZ DAILY: IFC Gets Crossword Doc, Lionsgate's "Door", Sundance Channel @ 10, and More

Does anyone remember "the old days" at Sundance, when the cool thing to do was arrive in Park City on the Tuesday or Wednesday of the festival? The second half of Sundance was when the fest really picked up. Some buzz had been generated from early screenings, and business seemed to intensify as the ...