Every day at Sundance, indieWIRE posts a rundown of news from our blog network as well as other outlets. Included today: Eugene Hernandez talks Sundance business, Spout likes what they see in Rutger Hauer, Cinema Blend interviews a very opinionated James Marsh, and Oscar coverage from Moviefone.
Read More »Notwithstanding a plot that might involve time travel and definitely involves quasi-religious indoctrination, Zal Batmanglij's directorial debut "Sound of My Voice" essentially revolves around the struggle to understand the inexplicable. Batmanglij defies conventional genre expectations with this ee...
Read More »In the second deal of the day for Sundance U.S. doc competition title "The Last Mountain," New Video announced that it has acquired U.S. DVD and Digital Rights to the film, directed by Bill Haney. Earlier today, Dada Films said it had picked up U.S. theatrical rights to the film.
Read More »Drake Doremus is a filmmaker born to play the Sundance game. Last year, Doremus brought his sophomore feature "Douchebag" to the festival. The movie contained a devious tale of sibling rivalry, and was shot with a shaky-cam style and semi-improvised performances, two aspects of production familiar t...
Read More »U.S. theatrical rights to Bill Haney's Sundance 2011 doc, "The Last Mountain," has been acquired by Dada Films, the distributor's MJ Peckos said Thursday morning. The film had its world premiere in the U.S. Documentary Competition last Friday and Dada plans a June 3rd theatrical release in the "top...
Read More »Day 7 is up and running as the Sundance Film Festival nears its end...
Read More »The Sundance Institute is throwing its support and name recognition behind online crowdfunding source Kickstarter with a three-year deal to serve as the program's creative funding collaborator.
Read More »With the entire town of Park City deeming her this year's big breakout, Elizabeth Olsen has been one of the biggest talking points at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. She's the lead in two well-received films - Chris Kentis and Laura Lau's haunted house thriller "Silent House" and Sean Durkin's "Mar...
Read More »IFC Films acquired North American rights to David Mackenzie's romantic thriller "Perfect Sense," which had its world premiere last night at the Sundance Film Festival in the Premieres section.
Read More »In their third pickup from this year's Sundance roster, Sony Pictures Classics acquired U.S. and Latin American rights to John Michael McDonagh's comedy/thriller, "The Guard," which is screening in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition.
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