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Sundance from home: A virtual wrap on 2021’s unprecedented all-digital festival [Los Angeles Times] This year’s Sundance Film Festival, its first virtual incarnation, ran Jan. 28 to Feb. 3 and Times film staffers were collectively glued to our TVs, laptops, smartphones and other devices to join in the annual celebration of independent cinema. Critic Justin Chang and reporters Mark Olsen and Jen Yamato discuss a most unusual festival experience and nod to some standout films and a few rather puzzling decisions by the festival’s awards juries. JUSTIN CHANG: At a normal Sundance Film Festi...

Nine standout Sundance films that we hope make it to streaming services soon FacebookTwitterEmail "Judas and the Black Messiah" screened at the Sundance Film Festival and will premiere on HBO Max on Feb. 12.Glen Wilson Like most everything in 2020 and 2021, the Sundance Film Festival looked very different. The cancellation of in-person screenings in Park City, Utah undoubtedly disappointed regular attendees, but the show went on, with screenings at drive-ins across the country (including Fort Mason) as well as surprisingly affordable tickets to stream the individual films online. Most films d...

Virtual Buzz Led to the Biggest Movie Sale in Sundance History Vulture.com 2/4/2021 Chris Lee © Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images Apple TV+ picked up the opening night film CODA for an impressive $25 million. Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images This year’s COVID-19-edition Sundance Film Festival ran four days shorter than usual, screened nearly 40 fewer features than in 2020, and unfolded entirely online. Ahead of opening night, attendants and competitors wondered whether or not this version of North America’s preeminent showcase for indie cinema would retain its luster as a hot ...

Sundance Film Festival 2021: Writing With Fire, Indian documentary about Khabar Lahariya, wins audience award Writing With Fire, which marks the feature debut of directors Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh, follows the rise of Khabar Lahariya, India's only newspaper run by Dalit women. FP Staff February 03, 2021 11:37:07 IST A still from Writing with Fire. Twitter @812filmreviews Writing with Fire, an Indian film chronicling the rise of Khabar Lahariya, India's only newspa...

Her film, a breakout of the festival, sold to Apple TV+ for a reported $25 million. Heder had her kids and husband join her for the directing honor. Questlove, who made his directing debut with "Summer of Soul (...or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)" at the largely forgotten 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival, was caught a little more off guard and got word his first award, the audience prize, from the passenger seat of a car. “Wait a minute, this is too soon,” he said. “I didn’t even know this was a contest, yo.” His film also won the grand jury prize.