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Sundance 2021 Preview: 21 Films We Cant Wait to Watch Sundance 2021 might be virtual, but these 21 films are actually our most-anticipated of the fest. Sundance Institute Another Sundance Film Festival is upon us, only this one will be a little different than most. The event is going mostly virtual due to the pandemic, and therefore we’re all covering remotely this year. Not that you should even notice, since the plans don’t really change anything for you the reader. As far as you know, we...

Seeking the next big thing at Sundance 27 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 6 minutes to read Passing, the directorial debut by Rebecca Hall which stars Ruth Negga, left, and Tessa Thompson, will premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Photo / AP NZ Herald Three years ago, filmmakers Julie Cohen and Betsy West got a dream Sundance debut. They premiered their film RBG to a sold-out crowd with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg not only in attendance but seeing it for the first time. There was a standing ovation,...

This years Sundance Film Festival (running January 28 - February 3) is a little bittersweet, as you might imagine. The good: Bathrooms have never been more accessible during festival time, and every viewer has a better shot at getting a good seat, instead of scurrying for the ones on the aisle inside the festivals "cozy" Library Theater ( sigh, I already miss it). The sad: The movies will not be premiering to eager crowds of film-lovers in Park City. Instead this new class of selected mo...

G. Allen Johnson January 27, 2021Updated: January 28, 2021, 6:21 pm Anne Lai, a former Sundance Institute executive, became the executive director of SFFilm on March 11. Photo: Pamela Gentile, SFFilm Last year, Anne Lai left Utah’s Sundance Institute and moved to the Bay Area to lead SFFilm. She never dreamed that when the Sundance Film Festival returned on Thursday, Jan. 28, it would be screening films near her new home in San Mateo and not in its base in Park City, Utah. That�...

Today, we have an exciting announcement here at Rotoscopers. This Thursday, January 28th, begins the annual Sundance Film Festival, which normally takes place in Park City, Utah. However, this year, the festival is taking place virtually via an online festival. To celebrate the festival, we are interviewing as many of the animators, both for shorts and features, as we possibly can. This year, at the festiva,l there are nine shorts and two features, e.g., one documentary and one dramatic featur...

Our 15 Most-Anticipated Sundance 2021 Premieres January 25, 2021 The 2021 Sundance Film Festival, beginning Thursday, will look quite different. Forging ahead during the pandemic, they’ve to continue offering some of the year’s finest independent discoveries, with a new online platform, drive-ins, screenings at independent arthouses around the country, and more. We’ll have extensive coverage from the festival (which one can follow here or on Twitter). Before reviews arrive, we’re counti...

Sundance 2021 Market: 15 Movies That Could Sell Big in a Year of Virtual Discovery IndieWire 1/25/2021 In 2020, the Sundance Film Festival kicked off with a splashy premiere for Netflix’s new Taylor Swift documentary. When the 2021 edition gets underway on Thursday, there will be none of that. As a virtual affair, this year’s Sundance is a back-to-basics event, one where a plethora of smaller-scale films without distribution will vie both for awards and acquisition. But don’t let the re...

What do Miss Juneteenth, and Promising Young Woman all have in common? Aside from being among the frontrunners in this highly unusual awards season, they all premiered at last year’s Sundance Film Festival. Typically held in Park City, Utah, the festival has a long history of determining what films you’ll be talking about through the end of the year. 2021 will be no different, with this year’s virtual-only lineup available to stream from the safety of your living room. The tightly sched...

Here are 10 titles playing at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival likely to grab attention Sean P. Means The ticket buyer asks the veteran Sundance Film Festival hand: “What looks good this year?” The old hand shrugs his shoulders and replies, “Heck if I know.” That’s always the dilemma with Sundance: The slate of feature films is loaded with mysteries — and, despite what any prognosticators say, nobody knows for sure what’s going to be good until after they screen. In...

18 movies you can see at Sidewalk during Sundance Film Festival Updated Jan 13, 2021; Posted Jan 11, 2021 "Philly D.A.," a documentary about Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s district attorney, will be screened in Birmingham on Feb. 2, 2021, at the Sidewalk Cinema and Sidewalk Starlite Pop-Up Drive-In. The screenings are part of the Sidewalk lineup as a satellite venue for the Sundance Film Festival.(PBS) Facebook Share The Sidewalk Film Festival has announced the lineup of movies that will scr...