The five jury prize winners of the $200K Focus Forward Filmmaker competition have been announced. The Grand Jury Prize of $100K will be announced at a live awards ceremony on January 22 at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
Read More »Making its world premiere in the World Dramatic competition at this month's Sundance Film Festival is Srdan Golubovic's anticipated ensemble drama "Circles." Indiewire has the exclusive trailer ahead of its debut in Park City on January 18. READ MORE: Sundance 2013: World Cine...
Read More »For the second year IFP and Sundance Institute’s joint initiative "American Independents in Berlin" will take place at European Film Market during the 2013 Berlinale. *EFM Accreditation period: Ends January 6, 2013 Applications received after January 6, 2013 may not be considered.
Read More »One of the funkier selections in the Sundance Film Festival’s NEXT <=> program is “Newlyweeds,” the filmmaking debut of writer-director Shaka King. In its look at the life of a couple in love with smoking up as much as with each other, the dark romance-comedy has the pungent ...
Read More »After a flurry of news reports Thursday that Open Road Films was actively trying to acquire “jOBS,” the new biopic about Apple mastermind Steve Jobs, the company has confirmed that it has purchased rights to the film three weeks before its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. In a service-deal ca...
Read More »Bastian Günther’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition entry “Houston” follows a corporate headhunter visiting the titular Texas town to look for a CEO candidate as his alcoholism increasingly corrupts his reality. The German-language film stars Ulrich Tukur and Garret Dillahunt.
Read More »Just over a month after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the story of another elementary school shooting will premiere in the U.S. Documentary Competition at Sundance. "Valentine Road," directed by Marta Cunningham, focuses on the fallout of 14-year-old Brandon McInerney's...
Read More »Who knew Dave Grohl would become such a film festival fixture?
Read More »KCRW to Program Three Nights of Live Musical Performances for Festival’s Music Café and Broadcast Live from Park City, Utah All Performances to be Free and Open to the Public (21 and Older)
Read More »We're generally anti-navelgazing here at The Playlist, but being the end of the year, it can't really be avoided. As we continue to take a look back at the cinematic year of 2012, we're trying to shake things up and keep things fresh outside of the usual Best/Worst lists. This year saw The Playlist ...
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