Sundance
Film Festival Report
news
& festival information for the
Sundance Film
Festival in Park City, Utah
Sundance, a
small town event no more, now might be considered
more the elder statesman of all film festivals.
It is also more crowded & perhaps
more focused on & nationally famous for its
celeb sightings, super-posh gift bag swag, and
sales of commercial films than ever before. But
it's still not an event for a indie filmmaker
to miss. The documentaries that make it at Sundance
actually have a chance at getting seen by a wider
audience (a hit in my opinion, gives a decent
shot at getting distribution that would be next
to impossible without such a high profile screening)
and while the chances are slim for a Napoleon
Dynamite-like breakout for every narrative dramatic
film that screens there, the Sundance Film Festival
remains the Mecca or Holy Grail for filmmakers,
and getting your film screened there most definitely
does not suck. Here are some resources to help
you make the most of your Sundance experience,
fill you in on the history, help you navigate
while attending, and give you some perspective
on what to do if your film is one of the lucky
ones that get in out of the thousands who apply
for admission every year. Some of the articles
are from festivals past, but they've been left
up because I think they still offer valid perspectives
and educational insider, first-person looks at
the evolution & history
of the Sundance Film Festival.
My
own diary on
a week at the festival
Sundancing : Hanging Out And Listening In At America's Most
Important Film Festival
JOHN ANDERSON,
chief film critic for New York Newsday, attended
his ninth Sundance in 1999, but this time
he did more than screen films and leap for
tables at overbooked restaurants. He interviewed
performers and filmmakers of all kinds, including
top prize winners, but also uncovered the
effect of all this ballyhoo on the indie
film scene--and on the bemused Park City
locals. Alongside the thoughts of Diane Lane,
Steve Buscemi, Mike Figgis and other distinguished
film people are conversations with festival
volunteers, bus drivers, policemen, shopkeepers,
and more. Together, they form candid, fascinating,
hilarious, and 100% human-sized coverage
of the Sundance Film Festival.
Sundance
Tips for Filmmakers
(Excellent Advice!)
Secrets
to Success at Sundance
(for Filmmakers & Festival Goers)
How
to Survive & Thrive at Sundance (Indiewire)
Sundance
on $31 (Airfare Included)
My
Film Got Into Sundance or
Be Careful What You Wish For
Sundance
Dish - Swaggery and Scumbaggery in Utah
(Sundance 2005)
My
Sundance Experience: Or 'How I learned
To Stop Watching Movies and Embrace Swag.(2004)
Swag,
Booze and One Utter Cooze: The Sundance
Party Scene (2004)
Sundance
Pointers
Hey,
Harvey! Sundance's N.Y. delegation
(NY Daily News, 2005)
At
the Sundance Film Festival, A New
Power Broker Is Born
(NY Times 2005, Small Archive Fee)
...(Cinetic
Media's John) Sloss has become pioneering
example of new kind of operator at film festivals;
filmmakers are increasingly turning to sales
specialists like him instead of relying solely
on talent agents, lawyers or their producers
to help them sell movies...
Steve's
Sundance Diary: 2002
Sundance
2003: A Post-Mortem Review
from Indiewire Readers
Efilm
Critic: Sundance 2003
Comprehensive
Sundance Coverage
Indie
Wire: Park City Central
Yahoo@Sundance
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