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In His Own Words: Joshua Leonard Shares a Scene From His Directorial Debut "The Lie"

Below indie stalwart Joshua Leonard ("The Blair Witch Project") shares a scene from his first solo directing credit "The Lie." Based on a T.C. Boyle short story that first appeared in the New Yorker, "The Lie" centers on a man who tells a lie to get out of work that ina...

Sundance Announces 2012 New Frontier Program

The Sundance Institute has announced the artists and projects involved in the New Frontier program at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

Sarah Eaton Named Director of Media Relations at Sundance Institute

Sarah Eaton has been named Director of Media Relations at Sundance Institute, the organization said Tuesday. In the position, she will oversee meida relations for the Sundance Film Festival as well as all programs of the Sundance Institute. Eaton will begin Nobember 14th and will report to Dire...

U.S. Distributors Are Popping Up Like Mushrooms: Adopt Films

Veteran distribution executive and October Films co-founder Jeff Lipsky has teamed with longtime Twin Cities entrepreneur and former exhibitor Tim Grady to form a new acquisitions-oriented independent distribution company called Adopt Films. They announced their first acquisition at TIFF 2011, the F...

Playboy and Bombay Sapphire Announce Short Film Competition

Playboy and Bombay Sapphire have announced an event at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, and are currently accepting short film submissions. The winner will have their work showcased at their event, in addition to a cash prize.

Lena Dunham, Robbie Pickering and Ry Russo-Young Among Sundance's First Indian Paintbrush Fellows

The Sundance Institute has partnered up with film company Indian Paintbrush for a new fellowship program aimed at filmmakers in the Institute's Feature Film Program. Filmmakers selected will receive grants to support the development, pre-production, post-production, distribution and/or mark...

Women to Watch: Nancy Gerstman U.S. Distributor

by Guest Blogger Peter Belsito

When Are Films Political? Hell and Back Again

Hell and Back Again, the feature documentary by Danfung Dennis that won the World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Award and the World Cinema Cinematography Award at the Sundance Film Festival 2011 opens on October 5th at Film Forum in NYC and on October 14th at Laemmle Monica in Santa Monica. New Vide...