Julian Assange may be free now, but the WikiLeaks founder won't find himself on the big screen at next month's Sundance Film Festival after all. Just under two weeks after the Robert Redford created snowy shindig unveiled the bulk of its 2025 program, the Assange-centric documentary The Six Billion Do…

EXCLUSIVE: MAD Distribution, the theatrical arm of Cairo-based studio MAD Solutions, has acquired MENA rights to Tunisian director Amel Guellaty's coming-of-age road movie Where The Wind Comes From ahead of its world premiere in Sundance. The movie – described by MAD Distribution as "a refreshing…

The 2025 Sundance Film Festival gala will be lauding Wicked star Cynthia Erivo and A Complete Unknown filmmaker James Mangold at their Jan. 24 fundraiser dinner at the Grand Hyatt Deer Valley in Utah. Erivo will be honored with the Visionary Award for her uncompromising work and notable contributions…

Sundance on Monday debuted the list of short films to be presented at this year’s festival. 57 were selected, in total, with shorts to screen as part of eight curated programs that will include fiction, nonfiction, and animated titles from the U.S. and globally. Chosen from 11,153 submissions, this…

For his Oscar-contending documentary The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, filmmaker Benjamin Ree drew inspiration from literary sources as much or more than cinematic ones. "One of my main interests is dramaturgy… and structure," he says over a breakfast of an omelet and waffles in Amsterdam. "I’m…

UPDATED with details on documentaries from Elegance Bratton, Amy Berg, Jesse Moss, and Amanda McBaine, and Sally key art. Some of the biggest talents in documentary film will be unveiling new work at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, including Oscar winners Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Davis Guggenheim, and…

The Sundance Film Festival is considering a big move for 2027, but the 2025 feature film and episodic programs find the Robert Redford founded gathering very much in its traditional wheelhouse with a mix of big-name projects, politics, and what might just be the next big thing. See the full list of Su…

One of the most thrilling scenes in recent cinema history comes not from a big budget Hollywood production but via independent documentary filmmakers Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw, directors of Gaucho Gaucho. To capture the tremendous horsemanship of cowboys and cowgirls in a remote area of…

The Sundance Institute announced today that Michelle Satter, Founding Senior Director of Artist Programs at Sundance Institute, will be honored at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival gala fundraiser, taking place at the Grand Hyatt Deer Valley in Utah on January 24, 2025. The event, dubbed Celebrating…

Sundance Institute has announced the storytellers selected for the 2024 Latine Fellowship and Collab Scholarship, which is in its third year. Supporting 10 early career artists, the program aims to expand Latine representation in independent media by offering professional and creative development…

After months of proposals and site visits, Sundance has whittled the swath of contenders for a potential new home for the festival down to three. Among the trio, there is a bit of the old, a bit of the new, and a bit of WTF? To that end, with a possible relocation set for 2027, the united Utah…

Editor’s Note: In this article Utah Film Commission director Virginia Pearce stated that state, county, and local governments in Utah are “supporting the Sundance Institute with a little over $4 million right now annually, and with another $2 million with in-kind services.” Actually, as Deadline has been i…