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In a covid-era cinematic phenomenon, the movie year is lapping itself.

Things will be very different for the largely virtual 2021 Sundance festival. Here's how to get the most out of the experience from wherever you are.

ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images; Kevin Mazur/Getty Images; teve Granitz/WireImage The U.S. indie film showcase is turning mostly to online forums for moments and buzz during its pandemic-era 2021 edition. With more streaming than screening, the Sundance Film Festival is looking to virtual panels and forums to generate audience moments and momentum for its upcoming pandemic-era 2021 edition. In place of red carpets and screaming paparazzi, Sundance festival director Tabitha Jackson will host a...

Illustration by Verity Slade The Oscars’ April 25 date appears safe, but the Grammys and the SAG Awards are on the move, while Sundance is slimming down and Cannes is drawing up COVID-19 contingency plans. With COVID-19 cases showing no sign of abating, organizers of Hollywood awards shows and global film festivals are grappling with whether to postpone or scuttle their planned industry events. On Jan. 5, Sundance opted for a version of the latter by canceling its Los Angeles-area drive-in sc...

‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Added to Sundance Lineup Egyptian soccer documentary “Captains of Zaatari” also a late additionBrian Welk | January 12, 2021 @ 10:00 AM "Judas and the Black Messiah" / Warner Bros. Sundance has made two late additions to its 2021 festival lineup: an Egyptian soccer documentary called “Captains of Zaatari,” and Warner Bros.’ upcoming “Judas and the Black Messiah,” a rare example of a big studio film with ambitious Oscar hopes landing a big pre...

The film stars Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield in the story of slain Black Panther leader Fred Hampton and FBI informant William O’Neal.

Brookline’s Coolidge Corner Theatre to co-host Sundance Film Festival Wicked Local Coming soon to a theater near you: The 2021 Sundance Film Festival, to be co-hosted by Brookline’s own Coolidge Corner Theatre. The famed independent film festival is typically held in Park City, Utah, each year. This year, however, the Sundance Institute has partnered with local theaters and community organizations across the country — so-called “Satellite Screens” — to share its programming through ...

Listen to this report as it aired on KPCW 91.7 Renata de Lélis appears in The Pink Cloud by Iuli Gerbase, an official selection of the World Cinema Dramatic Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Credit Courtesy of Sundance Institute The Sundance Institute has unveiled its line-up for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, modified to be a largely online event in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.   Passes and tickets for the festival go on sale on Jan. 7, and it takes place from Jan. 28 t...

Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. The Sundance Film Festival announced its 2021 program this week, a slimmed-down lineup of 72 feature films to be unveiled during an ambitious hybrid event that will be mostly online. Festival director Tabitha Jackson acknowledged how things may still change between now and the beginning of the festival, and how hard it is to predict their impact on the event. “I think that one of the amazi...

CODA (or Child Of Deaf Adults), and House of Cards’ actor Robin Wright’s directorial debut Land. African-American racial-issues themed Rebecca Hall’s debut, the Tessa Thompson-starrer drama Passing, and the premiere of Questlove’s (Ahmir Thompson’s) Black Woodstock music documentary, Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised). India will send three powerful stories of and about women: Fire in the Mountains Writer-director Ajitpal Singh’s feature debut in H...