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LGBTQ+ films have long been "a bedrock" of the Sundance Film Festival, which will be held online again this year, says Tabitha Jackson, the first queer woman at the helm.

In the years leading up to Roe v. Wade, a Chicago group helped thousands of women obtain the procedure safely. A documentary and a feature tell their story.

Utah's January film festivals press ahead through uncertain times.

In October 2019, Coodie, a former stand-up comedian-turned-music video and documentary...

The Sundance Film Festival was set to open tomorrow, bringing the apres ski glitz and glamor of years’ past to the film community who had their parkas and boots ready. But Omicron changed that. As the number of Covid cases surged, two weeks prior, festival organizers made the decision to turn the event into a fully virtual experience for a second year. This left sponsors hustling to pivot to digital, leaving behind their high tech gear, shot glasses and handshakes.

This week on The Treatment, Elvis welcomes Tabitha Jackson, Director of the Sundance Film Festival. This year’s festival has shifted to an online format because of the pandemic.

Theres pivoting, and then theres whiplash.

Ahead of the festival which launches Jan. 20, we spoke with Jackson and Duncan about how they've transformed the Sundance experience.

The annual Sundance Film Festival will be held completely online this year due to the rising numbers of coronavirus cases, according to Independent. Organisers said it was a “deep loss” not to have an in-person event but that pressing ahead as planned was neither “safe nor feasible”. The 2022 festival

For the second year in a row, the Sundance Film Festival won’t be screening films in Utah because of the COVID-19 pandemic.