[ad_1] Sundance Institute CEO Joana Vicente, who helped bring the beloved indie film festival back in person after the COVID pandemic shutdown, is stepping down, the nonprofit organization announced Friday. As part of the unexpected leadership shake-up, Amanda Kelso, who has served on the institute’s board of trustees for four years, has been named acting… Continue reading Sundance Institute CEO exits in surprise leadership shakeup
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Sundance Film Festival advice: Erica Tremblay on using the exposure
[ad_1] (Illustration by Jess Hutchison / Los Angeles Times; photographs, Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) Erica Tremblay attributes much of her film and television career to the Sundance bounce. It was being accepted into the Native Filmmakers lab that provided her the resources to create her short film “Little Chief,” which debuted at the… Continue reading Sundance Film Festival advice: Erica Tremblay on using the exposure
Sundance Film Festival advice: ‘The Stroll’ directors on why festivals matter
[ad_1] (Illustration by Jess Hutchison / Los Angeles Times; Photographs by Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) Kristen Lovell and Zackary Drucker look back at the Sundance Film Festival as a bit of a Cinderella experience. Their film, “The Stroll,” about the history of trans sex workers in New York’s Meatpacking District before its gentrification,… Continue reading Sundance Film Festival advice: ‘The Stroll’ directors on why festivals matter
Sundance Film Festival advice: C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi on financing
[ad_1] (Illustration by Jess Hutchison / Los Angeles Times; photographs by Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) As the first Nigerian-based director to have a feature selected by the Sundance Film Festival, C.J. “Fiery” Obasi had no idea how his movie “Mami Wata” would be received by the crowd in Park City, Utah. A mesmerizing… Continue reading Sundance Film Festival advice: C.J. ‘Fiery’ Obasi on financing
Sundance Film Festival advice: Thembi Banks on finding a distributor
[ad_1] (Illustration by Jess Hutchison / Los Angeles Times; photographs, Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) Director Thembi Banks saw her film “Young. Wild. Free.” play at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, this year as part of the Next section, which focuses on adventurous, left-of-center storytelling. A New York native, Banks was… Continue reading Sundance Film Festival advice: Thembi Banks on finding a distributor
Sundance Film Festival advice: Nida Manzoor on box office
[ad_1] (Illustration by Jess Hutchison / Los Angeles Times; photographs, Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) Heading into Sundance, where it premiered as part of the freewheeling Midnight section, Nida Manzoor’s “Polite Society” already had distribution in place with Focus Features. The film had a theatrical release in the U.S. in April and is already… Continue reading Sundance Film Festival advice: Nida Manzoor on box office
Sundance Film Festival advice: Raven Jackson on movie trailers
[ad_1] (Illustration by Jess Hutchison / Los Angeles Times; photographs by Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times) Coming into this year’s Sundance Film Festival with her debut feature, “All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt,” poet-turned-filmmaker Raven Jackson was in an enviable position, with A24 already set to distribute the film and “Moonlight” director Barry Jenkins… Continue reading Sundance Film Festival advice: Raven Jackson on movie trailers