©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 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…
©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….
©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…
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…
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…
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…
@Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival Selected for the Next platform at the Sundance Film Festival 2025, the fourth feature film directed by Amanda Kramer deals with the human desire to find a deep meaning to life even in a world where everything seems to be shallow, superficial, almost pointless. At the center of By Design…
©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival After participating in the most prestigious European Film festivals like Cannes, Venice and Berlin, the American Iranian author Alireza Khatami lands at the Sundance Film Festival with his latest, stunning feature film. Selected for the World Cinema Dramatic Competition, The Things You Kill tells the story of Ali, a college…
©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival The dedicated obsession many young adults develop to social media and technology isn’t always just a mindless addiction. The new film, Sugar Babies, is both a deeply personal and broadly resonant documentary. Its story offers a poignant commentary on how young adults, through the lens of its protagonist, Autumn Johnson,…
©Courtesy of Sundance Film Festival The most difficult challenge that the first-time screenwriter/director/protagonist Eva Victor had to face with Sorry, Baby was certainly to find the difficult, delicate balance between the tones that she wanted to develop through the story. Her feature film starts with the reunion of two college best friends, Agnes (Victor) and…
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