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“We Need to Find a New Independent Ecosystem”: Four Quotes From Our Episodic Storytellers Panel

Ash Hoyle, Mel Eslyn, Nzingha Stewart, Mark Duplass and Keyonna Taylor (photo by Michael Hurcomb/Shutterstock for Sundance) On Wednesday, January 24, Filmmakers Lodge was treated

Derek Drescher, Coss Marte and Syretta Wright of Conbody (Photo by Micheal Hurcomb/Shutterstock)

The Cast and Crew of “Conbody VS Everybody” Have Each Other’s Backs for Life

By Veronika Lee Claghorn “We are not a fake movement. We want to help people,” says Syretta Wright at the January 23 premiere of episodic

(L-R Back Row) Flóra Anna Buda, Maddie Brewer, Christopher Rutledge, Maks Rzontkowski, Alisi Telengut, Landon Zakheim, Kerstin Zemp, Phoebe Jane Hart, Jalen Colbert, and Natasha Jacobs. (L-R Front Row) Sami Jano, Daniel Zvereff, Julia Woronowicz, Rose Hart, Bianca Caderas and Geoff Strasser

Sundance Animated Shorts Veer Into Wild, Uncharted Places

By Patty Consolazio Sundance Film Festival programmers sifted through more than 12,000 film submissions for the 2024 Short Film Program. This year’s animated shorts selected

Two Black men, one with a beard and dreadlocks, the other with a long gray beard and wearing an orange-and-black-striped coat, stand in front of a Sundance Film Festival backdrop.

Shorts Illustrate a Chess Game Among Social Classes, Man vs. Stag, and the Monetization of Climate Change

Sterling Hampton IV and Andre Chambers attended the premiere of “Merman” in Shorts Program 2 at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock

What to Watch at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival: Films Spotlighting the Gamut of Fatherhood Experiences

By Patty Consolazio Regardless of our relationship with our father (if any), all the father figures in our lives play a pivotal role in our

A group of Festivalgoers at the #FilmTok event for TikTok creators

Inside #FilmTok: Meet TikToker Spencer Cook aka @filmupdatetime

TikToker Spencer Cook believes in the power of film festivals. A devoted film enthusiast from Salt Lake City, Utah, and host of the podcast After

Sam Zuchero and Andy Zuchero are sitting in chairs at the Filmmaker Lodge. Andy Zuchero is speaking into a microphone.

Grappling with AI and Art in “The Big Conversation: Screen of Consciousness”

PARK CITY, UTAH – JANUARY 22: (L–R) Sam Zuchero and Andy Zuchero speak as panelists at the Beyond Film discussion The Big Conversation: Screen of

“Napoleon Dynamite” Returns to Sundance Film Festival After 20 Years

PARK CITY, UTAH – JANUARY 24: (L–R) Jerusha Hess, Jon Heder, Shondrella Avery, Efren Ramirez, and Jon Gries attend the 2024 Sundance Film Festival “Napoleon

“War Game” Examines the Real Possibility of Another Insurrection in the U.S.

PARK CITY, UTAH – JANUARY 23: (L–R) Jesse Moss and Tony Gerber attend the 2024 Sundance Film Festival “War Game” premiere at Prospector Square Theatre