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After 40 years in Park City, Sundance exploring options for 2027 film festival and beyond
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The Sundance Film Festival may not always call Park City, Utah, home. The Sundance Institute has started to explore the possibility of other U.S. locations to host the independent film festival starting in 2027, the organization said Wednesday. The 2025 and...
Joana Vicente steps down as Sundance Institute CEO
Joana Vicente is stepping down as the CEO of the Sundance Institute, the nonprofit behind the annual Sundance Film Festival, after two and a half years. “She has been a true advocate for independent storytellers, and I know she will continue to positively impact this community,”...
'In the Summers' and 'Porcelain War' win top prizes at Sundance Film Festival
“In the Summers,” an affecting, years-spanning drama about a complicated parent-children relationship, nabbed the Grand Jury prize at the 40th Sundance Film Festival, while the top honor for documentary went to “Porcelain War,” about a Ukrainian couple who craft fragile, intricately painted...
A star is born? After time away, Maisy Stella makes her film debut at Sundance
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — “Who’s that girl?” has been a common refrain from Sundance Film Festival goers walking out of “My Old Ass” this week in Park City, Utah. Its star Maisy Stella, 20, will be a familiar name to some, for her years on “Nashville” playing Daphne...
Carol Kane on working with Jason Schwartzman and her dream of being in a Martin Scorsese film
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Carol Kane really wanted to work with Jason Schwartzman, but the opportunity would require her to step a little outside of her comfort zone. Filmmaker Nathan Silver came to her with an idea for “Between the Temples,” about a widow and a widower who become...
Q&A: Visual artist Titus Kaphar makes a personal film debut with ‘Exhibiting Forgiveness’
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Titus Kaphar wanted to find a way to talk to his children about his life experience, his addict father, generational trauma and healing. An acclaimed painter and MacArthur fellow, Kaphar found that images were insufficient on their own. Words were, too. He even tried making...
Incarcerated fathers and daughters reunite at a daddy-daughter dance in Sundance documentary
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Angela Patton has devoted her career to listening to the needs of young girls. Over a decade ago, the CEO of the nonprofit Girls For a Change and founder of Camp Diva Leadership Academy helped start a program in Richmond, Virginia, that created a daddy daughter dance for...
At 94, June Squibb is a leading lady at last in the Sundance breakout ‘Thelma’
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — June Squibb is perhaps the busiest 94-year-old in Hollywood. This year alone she’ll voice a role in “Inside Out 2,” head to New York to star in Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut and film a television series that she can’t quite talk about just yet. ...
In the biographical drama ‘Rob Peace,’ Chiwetel Ejiofor reframes a life
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Chiwetel Ejiofor had read Jeff Hobbs’ “The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace” years before Antoine Fuqua asked if he might consider writing and directing an adaptation. The book, which explores the complex life of a brilliant boy who grew up in the...
Jesse Eisenberg had to throw out his playbook to direct Kieran Culkin in 'A Real Pain'
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Jesse Eisenberg had not seen “Succession” when he was writing his new film “A Real Pain.” But his sister Hallie Eisenberg knew from years of watching Roman Roy that Kieran Culkin would be perfect. The film, which premieres at the Sundance Film...
