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good girl jane sarah elizabeth mintz
June 30, 2022
Good Girl Jane writer-director Sarah Elizabeth Mintz explains her difficult decision to throw out her "poppy," "page turny" script and…
Yuan Yuan Sundance January Screenwriters Lab
January 14, 2022
Sundance Institute has announced the 16 writers chosen for the January Screenwriters Lab, including Eliza McNitt, Yuan Yuan, Olive Nwosu…
New Sundance CEO Joana Vicente
September 30, 2021
Sundance Institute has chosen Joana Vicente as its next CEO. She comes from Toronto International Film Festival, where she's served…
summer reading recommendations
August 5, 2021
Summer reading recommendations from 14 moviemakers, critics and programmers. This supersized list will keep you busy from summer onward
Sundance
April 17, 2020
The Sundance Institute announced Friday that it will pay out $1 million in COVID-19 emergency relief money for independent artists and organizations.
December 13, 2018
"Be available to your audience!" often falls on deaf ears. Here's how building your personal brand can take your indie's…
November 8, 2017
Learn to own your release and make self-distribution a viable route for your future from the Sundance Institute's Creative Distribution…
August 7, 2017
With The Creative Distribution Fellowship, Sundance Institute is making sure moviemakers don't get cut out of the distribution and marketing…
February 21, 2017
Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winner Macon Blair shares what he learned in the director's seat making his debut film I Don't…
February 7, 2017
The founder of Southern City explains how he delivered a robust cultural experience and hands-on film education to the small…
January 31, 2017
25 years after it debuted at Sundance, Quentin Tarantino talks Reservoir Dogs, what he learned from the festival's labs and…
November 30, 2016
The Sundance Film Festival today announced 66 feature selections for its 2017 edition, which runs January 19-29 in Park City,…
September 8, 2016
Navigating the landscape of the indie film world can be challenging for veteran LGBT moviemakers and newbies alike. So here…
July 20, 2015
Amid page after page of damning statistics, and interviews with 50 women directors across the industry, the ACLU letters specifically…
February 16, 2011
MovieMaker Magazine speaks with jack-of-all-trades Robert Redford about his role as founder of the Sundance Film Festival and his storied…