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Sundance without Redford

Nobody ever considered Robert Redford a “horror icon,” but neither the Saw or V/H/S franchises would be what they are today without the buzz they generated at the Sundance Film Festival, famously founded by Redford. From its inception, the festival quickly emerged as launching pad for important films and talented filmmakers, of all genres. The…

Sundance Film Festival : “Half Nelson” 20th Anniversary : Interview with Director Ryan Fleck & Co-Writer Anna Boden

Check out more of Our YouTube Channel  Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on  TV Tokyo’s program called “Morning Satellite” at…

Sundance Film Festival interview : “Public Access” / Director David Shadrack Smith & TV Personality Jake Fogelnest

©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival Public Access : An unprecedented look inside one of the greatest media experiments to hijack American screens. Rare archives from New York’s underground capture a world of creators who shattered rules, defied censors, and transformed our televisions into a free-speech battleground where anyone could be a star. The internet and…

Gregg Araki’s “I Want Your Sex” Gets First Photos, Starring Olivia Wilde, Charli XCX

©Courtesy of Black Bear Gregg Araki is the director of the upcoming movie, “I Want Your Sex”which has Olivia Wilde, Charli XCX, Cooper Hoffman, Mason Gooding, Chase Sui Wonders, Daveed Diggs, Johnny Knoxville, Margaret Cho, and Roxane Mesquida as its actors. The film depicts the story of a man (Hoffman) who gets hired by a…

“Cutting Through Rocks” : Exclusive Interview with Directors Sara Khaki & Mohammadreza Eyni on the Sundance Winning Film

©Courtesy of Gandom Films Check out more of our YouTube Channel  Nobuhiro Hosoki grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.” After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on  TV Tokyo’s program…

The Sundance Winning Film ‘Cutting Through Rocks’ Captures The Activism Of A Woman In Iran / DOC NYC

The Latin saying ‘gutta cavat lapidem’ (a drop of water digs through the rock) clearly reflects the spirit of the documentary directed by Sara Khaki & Mohammadreza Eyni. Cutting Through Rocks portrays the feminist fight of a woman in a patriarchal land. Sara Shahverdi is a former midwife, she is divorced, rides her motorcycle, dresses…

Robert Redford, Oscar-winning Filmmaker and Sundance founder, dies at 89

©Courtesy of “This Property is Condemned”(1966) Robert Redford, one of Hollywood’s most critically acclaimed directors, producers and leading actors, has died. His publicist Cindi Berger, Chairman and CEO of Rogers and Cowan PMK, confirmed the news. The Oscar-winning filmmaker, who also co-founded the Sundance Film Institute, passed away this morning at the age of 89….

Life After : Exclusive Interview with Director Reid Davenport and Producer Colleen Cassingham

©Courtesy of Multitude Films In 1983, a disabled Californian woman named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the “right to die,” igniting a national debate about autonomy, dignity, and the value of disabled lives. After years of courtroom trials, Bouvia disappeared from public view. Disabled director Reid Davenport narrates this investigation of what happened to Bouvia and her story’s relevance…

‘Life After’ To Die Or Not To Die, That Is The Question Thrust Upon The Disabled

Who holds the right to decide whether a life is worth living? What factors determine the quality of a human existence? Should their be limitations to the right to die with dignity? All these questions are explored by disabled filmmaker Reid Davenport in his investigative documentary Life After.  The motion picture — which was presented…

‘Aum: The Cult At The End Of The World,’ A Harrowing Exemplum of Fanaticism

The documentary Aum: The Cult At The End Of The World, marks the directorial debuts of Ben Braun and Chiaki Yanagimoto. The  film is based on the book The Cult at the End of the World by investigative reporter David E. Kaplan and journalist Andrew Marshall. The picture, that had its world premiere at the…

Sundance Moving to Boulder, Colorado in 2027

  After a thoughtful and thorough process to identify the future location of the Sundance Film Festival, today the nonprofit Sundance Institute’s Board of Trustees is proud to announce that Boulder, Colorado, will become the Festival’s home beginning in 2027. Boulder offers small-town charm with an engaged community, distinctive natural beauty, and a vibrant arts scene, making…