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Three Finalists Selected for New Sundance Venue

The sun is about to set—at least on Park City, Utah where the Sundance Film Festival has been for nearly half a century. Beginning in 2027, the annual extravaganza will be moving to a new venue, says the Sundance Institute, which announced on Thursday the three finalists: Boulder, Colorado; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Salt Lake City/Park…

Dìdi : Exclusive Interview with Actor Izaac Wang on the Sundance Winning Film

Photo by [Courtesy of Focus Features / Tal, LLC. © 2024 All Rights Reserv – © Talking Fish Pictures, LLC. © 2024 All Rights Reserved. Dìdi: In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, an impressionable 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns what his family can’t teach him: how to skate, how to…

DÌDI (弟弟) : Exclusive Interview with Actress Joan Chen on the Sundance Winning Film

Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel Joan Chen is a Chinese-American actress and film director. In China, she starred in the 1979 film Little Flower [zh] and came to the attention of American audiences for her performance in the 1987 film The Last Emperor, which won nine Academy Awards including Best Picture. She is also known for…

NYAFF: Interview with Director Tony Bui on the 4k Restoration of Sundance Winning Film, “Three Seasons”

Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel Tony Bui is a Vietnamese-born American independent film director in the U.S., most famous for his 1999 film Three Seasons, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and became the first film to win both an Audience Award and a Grand Jury Prize….

Leaving Park City? Sundance Seeks Proposal for Future Location

After almost 40 years in Park City, Utah, it’s possible that the Sundance Film Festival will be moved to another location. After the contract ends, the festival created by Robert Redford will be open to bids for a possible relocation to another city, According to Deadline.com. On the other hand, the 2025 and 2026 festivals…

Sundance Review / Sasquatch Sunset: Beasts in the Wild

There are ways to tell stories that aren’t strictly straightforward and require creative thinking to turn into a reality. Not all ideas are good ideas, and certainly may not appeal broadly. If someone is open to a fresh take on filmmaking and a new kind of experience, experimental cinema may be just what they love….

Sundance Review / Girls State: Gender Inequality in Politics Drives Doc Sequel

Taking the reins of representational government is a vital journey for all women in political leadership roles. But that campaign is especially essential for female students who are determined to improve gender equality in the present and future. The seven main girls who are fighting such disparity in the new documentary, Girls State, are confronting…

Sundance Review / Union: The Uphill Battle for Workers at Amazon

In the nearly three decades since its founding as a bookseller, Amazon has become a giant in the world. So many rely on two-day Amazon Prime free shipping for anything they could possibly need, and it’s become nearly impossible for brick-and-mortar establishments, not just bookstores, to compete with their prices and ability to deliver products…

Sundance Review / As We Speak: The Criminalization of Rap

Rap is a music genre like so many others, and yet it’s not regarded that way by some. An experimental survey that utilized a folk song from the 1960s got predictably skewed results when respondents thought its lyrics came from a rap song and assigned malicious real-life intent to many of its words. That rappers…

Sundance Film Festival’s Winner / ‘Daughters’ : A Heartwarming Reunion of Fathers and Daughters

©Courtesy of Sundance Institute Your relationship with your parents has a significant impact on who you became as an individual. Since most children can’t choose their parents when they’re born, it’s really impactful on a kid if their dad was incarcerated for a very long time. In “Daughters,” a heart-wrenching film that was recently shown…