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Sundance 2021 Preview: 21 Films We Can't 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’re on the ground in Park City watching movies at the Egyptian Theatre and writing reviews while ...

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, a bidding war and a big sale. It also went on to be a major awards contender. It's the kind of Sund...

This year's 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 festival's "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 movies (following last year's "The 40-Year-Old Version," "Kajillionaire," "Minari," "Palm Springs,"...

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’s because the first major film festival of 2021 is mostly virtual, with select in-person events hap...

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 feature. Features Cryptozoo – directed by Dash Shaw who previously created My Entire High School is Sin...