Navigating Sundance as a First Timer | Festivals & Awards
Sundance! As a creator, this iconic film festival once felt like an untouchable dream reserved for stars or those who had “made it.” But after boldly attending the Cannes Film Festival years ago, I realized Sundance wasn’t out of reach. With a push from my Chicago filmmaker friends, including Dashawna
“El Norte” Screening Commemorates Sundance Institute History at Pivotal Moment | Festivals & Awards
The Sundance Film Festival is at a crossroads. Within the next year, the organization may announce a new home, leaving behind the Park City vistas filmmakers have been flocking to for generations. Yet, in looking back at its storied history for this year’s From the Collection section, the festival selected
Sundance 2025: The Things You Kill, Sukkwan Island, LUZ | Festivals & Awards
The World Cinema Dramatic program of Sundance often leaves a bit to be desired as it feels like accomplished international cinema waits for Berlin, Rotterdam, or Cannes in the first half of the year. This is not to say that there’s never anything of value in this program, but the
Sundance 2025: Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears), DJ Ahmet, André Is an Idiot | Festivals & Awards
Unlike the rest of the dispatches I’ve written out of Sundance, the selections here are not defined by their competitive category. This one is a little bit more of a hodgepodge. “Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears)” and “DJ Ahmet,” for instance, are from the World Dramatic section, while “André Is an
Sundance 2025 Is a Weirdo Menswear Feast
Fashion-wise, the Sundance Film Festival—if mainly by virtue of it taking place in snowy Park City, Utah—has a reputation for being the crunchiest of the major film festivals. Where Cannes has couture gowns on seaside red carpets and Venice has designer duds on canal-bound speedboats, Sundance has parkas and snow
