Highlights

“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

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

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

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

40 Years of Volunteers: Meet Festival Volunteer Nori Huntsman
“[Sundance] is a bright spot in the cold of winter.” – Festival volunteer Nori Huntsman Dedicated volunteers from across the country have generously devoted their

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

Give Me the Backstory: Get to Know Alessandra Lacorazza, the writer-director Behind “In The Summers”
When asked about one thing that people don’t know about her, Alessandra Lacorazza offers up her secret skill: “I’m excellent at untying knots.” The writer-director

Meet the Members of the 2024 Press Inclusion Initiative Cohort
By Sylvy Fernandez The 2024 Sundance Film Festival is hosting hundreds of members of the press attending in-person and online to watch conversation-starting, challenging, and

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