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Sundance Film Festival: ‘Omaha’ is a Heartbreaking Family Portrait with Terrific Performances

It’s hard for many people to imagine what it really means to be out of options. There are so many things that would have to go wrong and fall apart for those who live in relative affluence to lose their homes and be forced to live either on the street or out of their cars….

Sundance Film Festival / Gen_ : Exclusive Interview with Writer/Director Gianluca Matarrese

©Courtesy of Ballota Films Gen_: At Milan’s Niguarda public hospital, the unconventional Dr. Bini leads a bold mission overseeing aspiring parents undergoing in vitro fertilization and the journeys of individuals reconciling their bodies with their gender identities. He navigates the constraints set by a conservative government and an aggressive market eager to commodify bodies. In…

Love Me | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street : Starring Kristen Stewart, Steven Yeun

Bleeker Street Films has dropped a first trailer for “Love Me” which deal with the advancement of AI and the end of humanity, one of the two main topics that dominate our conversation in our current society. It also happens to be a comedy about romance. Imagine the possibilities of learning about humanity solely through…

2025 Sundance Film Festival Full Program Lineup Announcement!

©Courtesy of Sundance Institute  Today the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the 87 feature films and six episodic projects selected for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, revealing a lineup full of bold independent storytelling. The Festival will take place from January 23–February 2, 2025, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, with all of the…

Briarcliff Acquires Jonathan Majors’ Magazine Dreams

Briarcliff Entertainment has acquired the American domestic distribution rights to Magazine Dreams, Deadline is reporting. The company plans to release the drama during the first quarter of 2025, but an exact date has yet to be announced. The news comes after the project received critical acclaim following its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film…

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…

Daughters : What Does It Mean to Be an Incarcerated Father?

©Courtesy of Netflix After winning Festival Favorite and Audience Award: U.S. Documentary Competition at the last Sundance Film Festival, Daughters by Natalie Rae and Angela Patton finds its streaming platform on Netflix. The documentary focuses on the Daddy Daughter Dance, a program run in a Washington D.C. jail that allows incarcerated men to spend a…

Tribeca Festival : A Mistake : Exclusive Interview with Director Christine Jeffs

Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel Christine Jeffs is a New Zealand-born director, editor, and screenwriter. Jeffs has a 2018 master’s degree in fine arts from the University of Auckland, examining the relationship between a photographer and their subject. She began her career by working locally in post-production, most notably…

‘MoviePass, MovieCrash,’ A Film That Sets The Record Straight

The HBO Original documentary MoviePass, MovieCrash — directed by award-winning filmmaker Muta’Ali — reveals how the prodigious subscription service for cinemagoers soared and suddenly faced bankruptcy. But the film brings to light way more than a failing business, it exposes how xenophobia is still engrained in the social fabric of the multicultural United States. How…

Slamdance Film Festival Moving to Los Angeles in 2025

Slamdance is pulling up stakes in snowy Utah and heading for sunny California. After 30 years, the indie-oriented Slamdance Film Festival is quitting its traditional Park City locale, where it has played in tandem with the Sundance Film Festival. Sundance is also in the process of contemplating a move of its own. As a result…

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….