Sundance 2012 Films
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Kirby Dick Talks Oscar-Nominated 'Invisible War,' Re-releasing This Weekend in NY and LA [UPDATE]
Kirby Dick's "The Invisible War" has snagged one of the coveted five competing spots for the Academy's Best Documentary Oscar, and will be released January 18 at the Film Society at Lincoln Center and at Laemmle's Santa Monica, Pasadena and Claremont theaters January 19...
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New Sleepytime Artwork for Mike Birbiglia's Sundance Winner 'Sleepwalk With Me'
Check out the new artwork for Mike Birbiglia's Sundance NEXT winner "Sleepwalk With Me," which translates the comedian's successful 2008 standup routine into a film about a longterm couple who, like a shark, must either keep swimming or die...
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New Trailer and Early Reviews: Lynn Shelton's 'Your Sister's Sister' Triangle Stars Emily Blunt, Mark Duplass, Rosemarie DeWitt
Actress-writer-director Lynn Shelton's fourth feature, "Your Sister's Sister" (June 15), showcases an exhilarating trio of actors at the top of their improv game: Mark Duplass ("Humpday"), Rosemarie DeWitt ("Rachel's Getting Married," and Emily Blunt ("Young Victoria"). (See the new official trailer...
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Sundance Institute Returns from FILM FORWARD Initiative in China; Next Stops Include India, Morocco, Oklahoma
Sundance has been all over the world as of late. Sundance London debuted in early March, and the Institute has just returned from Beijing and Kunming, China, after its week-long "FILM FORWARD" initiative, which brought six Sundance titles and a host of workshops to emerging Chinese artists, filmmake...
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Strand Releasing Buys Sundance Drama 'California Solo' Starring Robert Carlyle
Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights to Marshall Lewy's "California Solo," which made its world premiere at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
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Wrekin Hill Finds "The End of Love"
Wrekin Hill Entertainment has bought North American rights to Mark Webber's "The End of Love," which premiered in competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
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Music Box Will Release Sundance HBO Doc 'Marina Abramovic The Artist is Present'
The rule changes for documentaries to qualify for next year's Academy Awards require a multi-city theatrical run and a review in The NY Times. In an interview, HBO Documentary Films czar Sheila Nevins told me that going forward, HBO will now choose a far smaller number of films to qualify for the Os...
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Sundance London Brings 14 Park City Titles Across the Pond
The Sundance Film Festival arrives in London at the end of next month. To put it mildly, it’ll be different from the real thing.
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Sundance Reviews: 'The Debutante Hunters,' Neil Young, and 'We’re Not Broke'
It may go down as one of the oddest double-bills in Sundance history. Prior to the premiere of Karin Hayes’ and Victoria Bruce’s earnest and timely documentary about the broken corporate tax system in the U.S., “We’re Not Broke,” Sundance programmers chose to show a short subject documentary entitle...
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Sundance News: Participant Media and AFFRM Acquire 'Middle of Nowhere'
Participant Media and AFFRM have acquired US rights to Ana DuVernay's "Middle of Nowhere." The director's sophomore film is an understated emotional drama chronicling a woman's separation from her incarcerated husband.
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