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'Homeroom' The new crop of films that screened at the Sundance and Berlin film festivals are evidence that the global pandemic is having an impact on the stories filmmakers want to tell: "The pandemic has just exposed and revealed so many issues that were in our society." The coronavirus pandemic has obviously changed how movies are being made, with the extra costs involved in testing and implementing strict hygienic regimes, and the constant threat hanging over every shoot that a local outbreak or lockdown could shut things down.  But what impact has the once-in-a-lifetime, global experienc...

Ana Katz, The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be Quiet, 2021, DCP, black-and-white, sound, 73 minutes. THE PRIZES WERE AWARDED a month ago, some very big deals have closed in recent weeks, and the Sundance Film Festival has closed its streaming platform, hopefully never to be used again—at least not as the primary means of connecting Sundance’s chosen movies to Sundance audiences. Having covered the festival for thirty-two years, the place—Park City, Utah—and my ten-day routine there is stamped into my neurological pathways, so it’s no wonder that I had flashes of déjà vu while sitting at ho...

Scoob! Title Sequence (Title Design Competition) Significant Other (Midnight Shorts Competition) Sonic the Hedgehog Title Sequence (Title Design Competition) Sophie and The Baron (Documentary Shorts Competition) Space Explorers: The ISS Experience Episode 2: Advance (Virtual Cinema Competition) Squeegee (Narrative Shorts Competition) Stuffed (Midnight Shorts Competition) Swamp Thing Title Sequence (Title Design Competition) Ten Leaves Dilated (Documentary Shorts Competition) The 100 Title Sequence (Title Design Competition) The Avalanches – ‘Running Red Lights’ (Music Video Competition)...

Canon Creative Studio Presents: Sundance 2021 Standouts - Part 1 Examining a selection of the recent festival’s most interesting features, with an eye toward outstanding camerawork. At top, from the feature Coda, which won multiple awards at Sundance this year. Going mostly virtual for the first time, the 2021 Sundance Film Festival featured fewer movies than usual (73) but attracted an audience 2.7 times larger than its typical 11-day Utah edition, according to festival reps.  Though the excitement of unveiling new work in front of a live audience was a rare privilege — tickets for th...

click to enlarge Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Jack Mitchell This year the 2021 Sundance Film Festival was virtual, and its offerings trimmed down from previous years. It included 73 feature films, 50 short films, four Indie Series, 23 talks and events, and 14 New Frontier multimedia projects. We watched 38 of the 73 films, including most of the award winners. Here are some sneak peaks of our favorites to look for in the year t...