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Opening night kicks off with the premieres including the Summer of Soul documentary from Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson.   Jan. 28 / 10PM (premiere)  Courtesy of Sundance Institute Making his directorial debut, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson takes viewers to the Harlem Cultural Festival, which took place three months before Woodstock in 1969. The event hosted over 300,000 people and featured Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, and Nina Simone. However, no one has seen the footage since it’s been “stored in a basement for 50 years,” according to Sundance. Until now. To Miss the Ending Courtesy...

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 relative lack of A-list names suggest that sales activity will be sluggish. Amid a dearth of productio...

Let's imagine a better world with the Immaculate Heart College. Courtesy Sundance Always a utopia for great documentaries, one selection to watch for this year is in many ways about just that: making a better world. Rebel Hearts follows a group of nuns who started the Immaculate Heart College to ensure women could access degrees previously out of reach. The documentary features the nuns' activism during the 1960s, highlighting a confrontation with the archbishop of Los Angeles over their actions. It is from director Pedro Kos who previously co-directed Bending the Arc, which was about how ...

Save this story for later. When the Sundance Film Festival kicks off on January 28, 2021, in Park City, Utah, there won’t be a long line of people standing outside the Eccles Theater, watching their breath catch in the cold winter air—and Main Street surely won’t be packed with revelers and sponsor activations, either. Instead, on account of the coronavirus pandemic, next year’s Sundance will actually expand amid the contraction of live events. Rather than relying solely on in-person experiences, the festival has plans that extend far beyond the theater: a digital platform where patro...

Here are the 72 feature films in the 2021 Sundance Film Festival, which will mostly screen online The festival will be shorter with limited in-person events, to avoid spreading COVID-19. (Daniel Power | courtesy of Focus Features / Sundance Institute) Robin Wright directs and stars in the drama "Land." It's an official selection of the Premieres section at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. | Updated: Jan. 5, 2021, 12:33 a.m. With everything that will be different about the 2021 Sundance Film Festival — a shorter event, with fewer films, most of it happening online — the quality of movi...