Sundance Film Festival
The 2024 Sundance Film Festival runs January 18 through 28 and celebrates independent storytelling both in person and online at the 40th edition of the Sundance Film Festival.
The Sundance Film Festival is the ultimate gathering of original storytellers and audiences seeking new voices and fresh perspectives. The annual program includes dramatic and documentary features, short films, and episodic content. There are also daily filmmaker conversations, panel discussions, and other events. Since 1985, hundreds of films launched at the Festival have gone on to gain critical acclaim and reach new audiences worldwide.
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Get more details and set up your new Festival account at festival.sundance.org. All tickets on sale now.
Sundance Diaries: Composer Amanda Jones
Posted January 30th, 2021Composer Amanda Jones has been busy since I interviewed her one year ago at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival for a KRCL piece on music in film. In the past 365 days, she has worked on two episodes for HBO Max's "Adventure Time" series; composed for a Free Form project called "Love in the Time of Corona" (as well as another Free Form project called "Good Travel," which airs in February); began working on docs for CNN and National Geographic and became the first African-American female to be nominated for an Emmy in the Primetime Score category for her work on Apple TV+'s "Home."
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Sundance Diaries: Supporting Local Film Orgs
Posted January 29th, 2021By now you know: Sundance, like most everything else, has gone virtual. While there are many great things about this new experience, there are certainly things we will miss, such as watching the films in some of our local theaters. During our Sundance Kick-Off Party, the KRCL Sundance team talked with Utah Film Center's executive director, Patrick Hubley, and Salt Lake Film Society's director of public relations, marketing and communications, Barb Guy, about what their organizations will be sponsoring at this year's Sundance. Check out what they've got going on and mark your calendar so you can still show some love to our local film organizations from the comfort of your own home.
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Summer of Soul (…Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Posted January 29th, 2021"I know everything in music history and there is no way this happened. It started with disbelief." Questlove when asked where the documentary started.
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