sundance film festival

  • Movie News

Sundance Survey 2022: 17 Moviemakers Take Us Inside Their Projects

Of the 17 Sundance Film Festival-bound moviemakers we questioned about their projects, three mentioned drinking Champagne when they got the…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

Paul Thomas Anderson On a Move to TV; Cha Cha Real Smooth and Other Sundance Hopefuls; Kevin Spacey Pays Up

Paul Thomas Anderson gets candid about working in television and ponders the ideal runtime; Writer-director-star Cooper Raiff follows up the…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Sundance Film Festival to Return in-Person, Require Vaccinations in 2022

The 2022 Sundance Film Festival will return in-person from January 20–30, and require proof of full vaccination for all participants,…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Sundance Film Festival Announces Its 2021 Lineup

Sundance Film Festival 2021 will look a lot different when it hits computer screens and arrives in satellite theaters around…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Skin Writer-Director Guy Nattiv On Turning His Oscar-Winning Short Into a Feature

In February Israeli-born writer-director Guy Nattiv and his producer-wife Jaime Ray Newman celebrated winning their first Academy Award for "Skin,"…

5 years ago
  • Winter 2019

Flash Forward: Jorge Lendeborg Jr. is Building a Promising Career With Good Instincts and His Family’s Steadfast Support

"I just always loved and enjoyed watching movies,” says Jorge Lendeborg Jr. of how he got bit by the proverbial bug. “My…

5 years ago
  • Winter 2019

The 2019 MovieMaker Sundance Survey: Eleven Sundance-Selected Films, and Their Mountain-Bound Makers

The 35th Sundance Film Festival received a record-breaking 14,000-plus submissions, with 4,000-plus feature-length films among them. Of the 112 features selected, 45…

5 years ago
  • Directing

Believer: Director Don Argott and Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds on Their Doc in Support of LGBTQ Youth

Molded by his Mormon upbringing, Dan Reynolds, lead singer of the internationally renowned band Imagine Dragons, values the sense of…

6 years ago
  • Movie News

Embracing Your Inner Masochist: WIP Your Project Into Shape With Work-in-Progress Screenings

Let’s assume you’ve achieved the impossible: you’ve stressed your way through pre-production on your first feature, shot it on a…

6 years ago
  • Moviemaking

ISET Trendsetters: VR Moviemakers Jessica Brillhart and Gabo Arora’s Five Tips for Working in a Brave New Medium

As VR breaks new territory, matures as a medium, and the market for VR storytelling grows, it edges ever closer…

6 years ago
  • Moviemaking

Sundance Film Festival: Seven Breakthrough Moviemakers at Park City in 2018

Much has been written about the smaller nature of this year's Sundance 2018 Film Festival. While some applauded this return-to-roots…

6 years ago
  • Directing

Stay Sad: Babis Makridis on Writing Pity With Oscar-Nominated Efthymis Filippou, Why There’s No “Greek Wave”

Drastic measures taken to attain a dangerous objective are a defining element in both of Babis Makridis’ feature-length auteur productions.…

6 years ago
  • Directing

Rabbits Out Of Hats: Five Basic Steps to Improvisational Indie Moviemaking From White Rabbit Director Daryl Wein

White Rabbit deals with a contemporary artist's journey, and aspects of our star Vivian Bang's performance art. The film presented some…

6 years ago
  • Directing

The 2018 MovieMaker Sundance Survey: We Take the Pulse of Nine Narrative Features Playing in Park City

The 34th Sundance Film Festival received 3,901 feature-length submissions, and selected 110—the line-up that largely sets the tone for the…

6 years ago
  • Directing

"Let Actors Lose Themselves, But Give Them Love and Desire": Luca Guadagnino and Walter Fasano on Call Me By Your Name

Call Me By Your Name was hailed by many at January's Sundance Film Festival as this edition's best, and given…

6 years ago
  • Directing

“Darkness on the Beach”: Writer-Director Eliza Hittman Chose 16mm to Help Create the Eerie New York of Beach Rats

In her second feature Beach Rats, writer-director Eliza Hittman has once again crafted an atmospheric coming-of-age story set in her…

7 years ago
  • Festivals

The Cutting Edge: Tips on Working Better With Your Editor, From the Sundance NEXT FEST 2017 Panel

Cinema royalty descended on Downtown Los Angeles from August 10-13, 2017 for another year of Sundance NEST FEST: from Quentin…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

On Accountability: Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis Tell the Story Less Told in the Piercing Whose Streets?

In the now perpetual state of tension that engulfs this country, it’s easy to forget recent events that have been…

7 years ago
  • Summer 2017

Flash Forward: Patti Cake$’s Danielle Macdonald and Geremy Jasper are the Duo Responsible for Your Next Summer Jam

She spits out rhymes with savage ease, and faces her New Jersey combat zone armed only with her enlarged aspirations.…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

Under Pressure: With Her Bitingly Excellent Horror-Comedy Bitch, Filmmaker Marianna Palka Wages a War Against Time

Sometimes a logline just calls your name. “A woman snaps under crushing life pressures and assumes the psyche of a…

7 years ago
  • Interviews

Bear Hug: Brigsby Bear, From Dave McCary and Kyle Mooney, is an Unabashed Love Letter to Filmmaking With Friends

I had a feeling I’d like Brigsby Bear. As a comedy fan, how could I not? I’ve been a fan…

7 years ago
  • Whats in Your Kit

What’s in Your Kit? The Underwater Gear Used in Jeff Orlowski’s Gorgeous Environmental Doc Chasing Coral

How do you show irrefutable proof that the world’s coral reefs are rapidly dying due to climate change? Director Jeff…

7 years ago
  • Spring 2017

Killer Instincts: Florence Pugh’s Steely Performance in Lady Macbeth Foretells a Rapid Ascension

“Everybody get the bongos out,” laughs 21-year-old Florence Pugh when describing her English childhood. A bohemian upbringing she says was…

7 years ago
  • Moviemaking

Congratulations, You Got Accepted! Now What? Producer Jared Ian Goldman’s 10 Steps For Festival Premiere Prep

I repeatedly ask myself one question as I ready for a festival premiere: What’s my goal at the festival? What…

7 years ago