Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #36: Mike Birbiglia, "Sleepwalk With Me"

Comedian Mike Birbiglia is in the NEXT section with his debut film "Sleepwalk with Me."

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #35: Nicholas McCarthy, 'The Pact'

"The Pact" started off last year as a Sundance short; it makes its debut as a feature in this year's Park City at Midnight program. 

Meet the Sundance Filmmaker #34: Babis Makridis, 'L'

After generating buzz with an excerpt from his feature directorial debut "L" at the 2011 Karlovy Vary Film Festival, Greek filmmaker Babis Makridis is bringing the entire finished film to Sundance to screen it in the World Drama Competition. The film boasts a script penned by Efthymis Fili...

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #33: Musa Syeed, 'Valley of Saints'

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #32: Ira Sachs, 'Keep the Lights On'

New York filmmaker Ira Sachs returns to Sundance with his new feature "Keep the Lights On," an autobiographical gay romance that spans several years.

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #31: Alison Klayman, 'Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry'

"Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" (playing in the U.S. Documentary competition) chronicles the career of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who was arrested in 2011 for being a dissident, this after he entered the international stage for designing the Bird's Nest Olympic stadium and later calling the Be...

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #30: Erin Greenwell, 'My Best Day'

Sundance programmer Jon Korn calls "My Best Day" "a charming, up-to-the-minute slice of Americana" and says "Greenwell's quirky script and great ensemble performances ensure that My Best Day is both subversive and sunny." In the film, Karen's (Rachel Style) day ...

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #29: Sally El Hosaini, 'My Brother the Devil'

"My Brother the Devil," screening in the World Dramatic category, takes a look at two brothers making a life for themselves on the streets of London.

Meet the 2012 Sundance Filmmakers #28: Youssef Delara & Michael D. Olmos, 'Filly Brown'

Maria Jose 'Majo' Tonorio is "Filly Brown," the star within the film of the same name.  The film takes on the music industry and its mechanic image-molding practices through the story of the central powerful protagonist.