The beloved Global Girls are at Sundance running around interviewing and plying their powers as "minority women" journalists and media pros...both of these teenage girls were trained during the World Cup, Lungile Buhale in Soweto (yes, she flew all the way to Utah on the plane for the first time and will be spending 6 more days in L.A.) and Jessica Cueva from East LA and a student at Santa Monica Community College. They have interviewed Robert Redford, Danny Glover (about his Black Power Mixtapes), Gloria Steinem, Jennifer Newsome (Miss Representation). Geena Davis, Tiffany Schlain (about Connected and Yelp), the producer of Project Nim and a...
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.
Read More »Day 6 at Sundance started off with the Oscar nominations, and with over a dozen Sundance '10 films up for awards this year, spirits are starting off high. Stay tuned to indieWIRE to see how day six continues...
Read More »At 21, British actress Juno Temple is no newcomer; she first appeared alongside Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal" in her early teens. But 2011 is primed to be her year. With "Little Birds" and "Kaboom" at the Sundance Film Festival and three mor...
Read More »Part family drama, part psychological thriller, "Take Shelter" manages to succeed as an otherworldly blend of "Field of Dreams" and Noah's Ark. Following up his 2007 festival hit "Shotgun Stories," director Jeff Nichols re-teams with Michael Shannon for the absorbing saga of a mentally disturbed hus...
Read More »The Creative Coalition is the premiere nonprofit, nonpartisan social and public advocacy organization of the arts and entertainment community. Founded in 1989 by prominent members of the creative community, The Creative Coalition is dedicated to educating, mobilizing, and activating its members on issues of public importance, primarily public education, the First Amendment, and arts advocacy. Actors Dana Delany and Tim Daly serve as the organization's Co-Presidents.The Spotlight Initiative was launched in 2008 by The Creative Coalition to support independent films with messages that make a positive difference in the world. Acclaimed actresse...
Read More »What is most notable as a trend in the films of Sundance is corporate patronage and investment as well as product placement enabling the 7th Art to go forward. From Morgan Spurlock's outright The Greatest Movie Ever Sold which examines the world of product placement, marketing, and advertising by making a film financed entirely by product placement, marketing, and advertising to Miss Representation directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom is showing in U.S. Documentary Competition screened today for the first time. The support it has received from Levis Strauss, whose Shape What's To Come is admirable in that it is built on a large idea for The Mi...
Read More »As the 2011 Sundance continues for its fifth day, more films have still to premiere, the snow on the ground is still glistening and deals are sure to keep rolling in. Check out indieWIRE for complete coverage of Sundance Day 5
Read More »As Sundance rolls on, we've got the best of Day 4, all for your consumption.
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