This year’s Sundance Film Festival will boast an eclectic mix of 66 short films across four sections, including U.S. Narrative, International Narrative, Animated, and Documentary. This year’s slate includes new offerings from filmmakers like Don Hertzfeld, who is bringing the followup to his previous Sundance effort, “World of Tomorrow,” to the annual festival, plus names like Marshall Curry, Diane Obomsawin, and Marc Johnson. Talents best known for their on-screen skills, like Dev Patel and Anna Margaret Hollyman, will also be bringing directorial efforts to the festival.
After debuting at Sundance, select short films will be presented as a traveling program at 75 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, and short films and filmmakers take part in regional Master Classes geared towards supporting emerging shorts-makers in several cities. The Short Film program is presented by YouTube.
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After debuting at Sundance, select short films will be presented as a traveling program at 75 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, and short films and filmmakers take part in regional Master Classes geared towards supporting emerging shorts-makers in several cities. The Short Film program is presented by YouTube.
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- 12/4/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
I love this short — The Polaroid Job — now up on the New York Times Op Doc page by producer, director and Sundance shorts programmer Mike Plante. A trip home to visit his parents leads to Plante sifting through stacks of their old Polaroids, photos that not only document family moments but also a family business. For a short time, while Plante was 11, his parents had “the Polaroid job,” a gig that involved taking a large-format Polaroid camera to various events — a store opening, a haunted house, etc. — and taking pictures of attendees posing with various […]...
- 10/26/2017
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Keep up with the always-hopping film festival world with our weekly Film Festival Roundup column. Check out last week’s Roundup right here.
Lineup Announcements
– BAMcinématek has announced the full lineup for the ninth annual BAMcinemaFest (Jun 14 – 25, 2017), which features 24 New York premieres, one North American premiere, and two world premieres. Opening the festival on Wednesday, June 14 is the New York premiere of Aaron Katz’s “Gemini.” This year’s Closing Night selection is the New York premiere of Brooklyn filmmaker Alex Ross Perry’s fifth feature, “Golden Exits.”
Other highlights include “En el Séptimo Día,” “A Ghost Story,” “Landline,” and “Whose Streets.” Check out the full lineup here.
– The Greenwich International Film Festival is proud to announce the full film slate and programming for the 3rd annual festival running June 1 – 4, 2017 in Greenwich, Connecticut.
“Bending the Arc,” a documentary about the extraordinary team of doctors and activists whose work thirty years...
Lineup Announcements
– BAMcinématek has announced the full lineup for the ninth annual BAMcinemaFest (Jun 14 – 25, 2017), which features 24 New York premieres, one North American premiere, and two world premieres. Opening the festival on Wednesday, June 14 is the New York premiere of Aaron Katz’s “Gemini.” This year’s Closing Night selection is the New York premiere of Brooklyn filmmaker Alex Ross Perry’s fifth feature, “Golden Exits.”
Other highlights include “En el Séptimo Día,” “A Ghost Story,” “Landline,” and “Whose Streets.” Check out the full lineup here.
– The Greenwich International Film Festival is proud to announce the full film slate and programming for the 3rd annual festival running June 1 – 4, 2017 in Greenwich, Connecticut.
“Bending the Arc,” a documentary about the extraordinary team of doctors and activists whose work thirty years...
- 5/4/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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Come Swim
Credit: John GuleserianNight Shift
Credit: Estee OchoaThe Robbery
Credit: Lowell Meyer
Sixty-eight short films will complement the lineup of longer fare at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. The short film slate aligns thematically with other Festival categories, including Midnight and The New Climate, the Festival’s new programming strand highlighting climate change and the environment. The Festival hosts screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort January 19–29.
The Institute’s support for short films extends internationally and year-round. Select Festival short films are presented as a traveling program at over 50 theaters in the U.S. and Canada each year, and short films and filmmakers take part in regional Master Classes geared towards supporting emerging shorts-makers in several cities. Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program, supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and in partnership with The Guardian and The New York Times’ Op-Docs,...
Come Swim
Credit: John GuleserianNight Shift
Credit: Estee OchoaThe Robbery
Credit: Lowell Meyer
Sixty-eight short films will complement the lineup of longer fare at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. The short film slate aligns thematically with other Festival categories, including Midnight and The New Climate, the Festival’s new programming strand highlighting climate change and the environment. The Festival hosts screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort January 19–29.
The Institute’s support for short films extends internationally and year-round. Select Festival short films are presented as a traveling program at over 50 theaters in the U.S. and Canada each year, and short films and filmmakers take part in regional Master Classes geared towards supporting emerging shorts-makers in several cities. Sundance Institute’s Documentary Film Program, supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and in partnership with The Guardian and The New York Times’ Op-Docs,...
- 12/29/2016
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Sundance Film Festival just gave attendees 68 new reasons to look forward to the January event with the announcement of their short films program that features several titles for genre fans to keep an eye on, including the creature short feature Kaiju Bunraku, the suburban satanic cult-centric Fucking Bunnies, and the post-apocalyptic Dawn of the Deaf.
We have the official press release below with full details, and stay tuned to Daily Dead for our upcoming coverage of the festival.
Press Release: Park City, Ut — Sixty-eight short films, announced today, will complement the lineup of longer fare at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. The short film slate aligns thematically with other Festival categories, including Midnight and The New Climate, the Festival’s new programming strand highlighting climate change and the environment. The Festival hosts screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort January 19-29.
The Institute’s support for...
We have the official press release below with full details, and stay tuned to Daily Dead for our upcoming coverage of the festival.
Press Release: Park City, Ut — Sixty-eight short films, announced today, will complement the lineup of longer fare at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. The short film slate aligns thematically with other Festival categories, including Midnight and The New Climate, the Festival’s new programming strand highlighting climate change and the environment. The Festival hosts screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City and at Sundance Mountain Resort January 19-29.
The Institute’s support for...
- 12/6/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Short film lovers, never fear, the Sundance Film Festival has not forgotten about you. After rolling out their various feature categories, the annual winter festival has now announced their full short film lineup, including narratives, documentaries, animated offerings and midnight chillers. The slate is packed with picks from such diverse filmmakers as Laura Poitras (who will screen her latest, “Project X,” co-directed with Henrik Moltke, at the festival) and Kristen Stewart (who will make her directorial debut with “Come Swim”), along with Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Zachary Zezima, E.G. Bailey and many, many more.
If you’re hoping to find the next big thing in independent filmmaking, start here. Among the shorts the festival has shown in recent years are “World of Tomorrow,” “Thunder Road,” “Whiplash,” “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom” and “Gregory Go Boom.”
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Mike Plante,...
If you’re hoping to find the next big thing in independent filmmaking, start here. Among the shorts the festival has shown in recent years are “World of Tomorrow,” “Thunder Road,” “Whiplash,” “The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom” and “Gregory Go Boom.”
Read More: Sundance 2017 Announces Competition and Next Lineups, Including Returning Favorites and Major Contenders
Mike Plante,...
- 12/6/2016
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
A film directed by Kristen Stewart is among a diverse and provocative roster of 68 shorts announced by festival brass on Tuesday.
Stewart’s Come Swim, described as a two-part study of a man’s day, will play in the U.S. Narrative Short Films section, which includes stories about family struggles, love and technology.
The international category includes Chilean filmmaker Francisca Alegría’s And The Whole Sky Fit In The Dead Cow’s Eye, about a visit by a ghost, and Shola Amoo’s Dear Mr. Shakespeare from the UK, which draws parallels between Othello and immigration and race in the UK today.
Documentary subjects cover a broad range from a sewer system diver in Mexico City (The Diver, by Esteban Arrangoiz), to cigarette smuggling from Oscar-nominated Lewie Kloster (Legal Smuggling With Christine Choy), to harvest season in the Florida Everglades (The Rabbit Hunt, by Patrick Bresnan).
Midnight section brings tales of a satanic sex cult (Fucking...
Stewart’s Come Swim, described as a two-part study of a man’s day, will play in the U.S. Narrative Short Films section, which includes stories about family struggles, love and technology.
The international category includes Chilean filmmaker Francisca Alegría’s And The Whole Sky Fit In The Dead Cow’s Eye, about a visit by a ghost, and Shola Amoo’s Dear Mr. Shakespeare from the UK, which draws parallels between Othello and immigration and race in the UK today.
Documentary subjects cover a broad range from a sewer system diver in Mexico City (The Diver, by Esteban Arrangoiz), to cigarette smuggling from Oscar-nominated Lewie Kloster (Legal Smuggling With Christine Choy), to harvest season in the Florida Everglades (The Rabbit Hunt, by Patrick Bresnan).
Midnight section brings tales of a satanic sex cult (Fucking...
- 12/6/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Read More: The Complete 2016 Sundance Film Festival Lineup Although there's no masterpiece on par with Don Hertzfeldt’s "World of Tomorrow," which won the Grand Jury Prize last year and is currently nominated for an Oscar, the short films at the Sundance Film Festival are particularly strong this year, especially the comedies. This year’s 72 official selections were culled from 8,712 submissions. "Each year, the big hurdle is not the amount of submissions but the number of amazing shorts we see – we never have enough room for them all," says Mike Plante, Senior Programmer, Short Films. "The animation and documentaries spill into every program, comedy is everywhere, and we are lucky enough to add a midnight shorts program this year." Here, in alphabetical order, is a look at five standout shorts at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. There are four world premieres at the festival, and one is available to watch online.
- 1/19/2016
- by Kim Adelman
- Indiewire
Sundance Institute has revealed over 70 short films to premiere at Sundance 2016 Film Festival, which begins on January 21st. Also: details on Double Take's free Ultimate Night of the Living Dead comic, the Mystery Science Theater 3000 livestream, Fright Rags' holiday horror sweaters, and Voices from the Grave release details.
Sundance 2016's Midnight Shorts: Press Release: "Park City, Ut — Sundance Institute announced today its full lineup of 72 short films that will leave a lasting impact on audiences long after the lights go up at their screenings at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Sundance and Ogden, Utah. Among the short films the Festival has shown in recent years are World of Tomorrow, Whiplash, The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom and Fishing Without Nets. This year’s short film lineup will include both a Midnight and a New Frontier section, tying into the Festival’s other programmatic strands.
Sundance 2016's Midnight Shorts: Press Release: "Park City, Ut — Sundance Institute announced today its full lineup of 72 short films that will leave a lasting impact on audiences long after the lights go up at their screenings at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Sundance and Ogden, Utah. Among the short films the Festival has shown in recent years are World of Tomorrow, Whiplash, The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom and Fishing Without Nets. This year’s short film lineup will include both a Midnight and a New Frontier section, tying into the Festival’s other programmatic strands.
- 12/9/2015
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
Sundance today announced the 72 short films that will play in its various short film sections at the 2016 festivals. Spanning narrative and documentary, animation and experimental, the films include plenty of 25 New Faces filmmakers (Darius Clark Monroe, Eva Vives, Calvin Lee Reeder, Terrence Nance, Eddie Alcazar, Kim Sherman, Sebastian Silva, Jack Dunphy, to name just a few) as well as the usual assortment of discoveries that will undoubtedly place on our list in the coming year. In a press release, Mike Plante, Senior Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival, said, “Our longstanding showcase of short films has become […]...
- 12/8/2015
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Sundance today announced the 72 short films that will play in its various short film sections at the 2016 festivals. Spanning narrative and documentary, animation and experimental, the films include plenty of 25 New Faces filmmakers (Darius Clark Monroe, Eva Vives, Calvin Lee Reeder, Terrence Nance, Eddie Alcazar, Kim Sherman, Sebastian Silva, Jack Dunphy, to name just a few) as well as the usual assortment of discoveries that will undoubtedly place on our list in the coming year. In a press release, Mike Plante, Senior Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival, said, “Our longstanding showcase of short films has become […]...
- 12/8/2015
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Read More: Sundance Announces Premieres and Documentary Premieres, Including New Films From Kelly Reichardt, Werner Herzog and Whit Stillman The Sundance Film Festival continues the epic rollout of its 2016 slate today with the unveiling of its Short Film program. Made up of 72 short films, this year's lineup will include a Midnight and a New Frontier section. The shorts that go on to win awards during the festival the will tour arthouse theaters throughout the year. Previous shorts that have screened at Sundance to great success have included Don Hertzfeldt's "World of Tomorrow" and Damien Chazelle's "Whiplash," which was then adapted into the Oscar-winning feature of the same name. In a statement regarding this year's Short Film program, Mike Plante, Senior Programmer for the Sundance Film Festival, said, "Our longstanding showcase of short films has become a home for audiences who love watching these rowdy, sweet, scary and surprising.
- 12/8/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Festival top brass on Tuesday announced the line-up of 72 short films that for the first time will encompass Midnight and New Frontier sections.
“Our longstanding showcase of short films has become a home for audiences who love watching these rowdy, sweet, scary and surprising stories,” said Sundance senior programmer Sundance Mike Plante.
“In recent years shorts have taken on a bigger presence within the film and media industries, helping more and more people feel the power and potential of these short-on-time, big-on-ideas films.”
Us Narrative Short Films selections include Bryce Dallas Howard’s Solemates, Sebastian Silva’s Dolfun and Kim Sherman’s Dogwalker.
Fyzal Boulifa’s Rate Me (UK), Don McKellar’s It’s Not You (Canada) and Ziya Demirel’s Tuesday (Turkey-France) screen in International Narrative Short Films.
Documentary Short Films include Jason Reitman’s Roast Battle (USA), Sol Friedman’s Bacon & God’s Wrath (Canada) and Verónica Jessamyn, López Sainz and...
“Our longstanding showcase of short films has become a home for audiences who love watching these rowdy, sweet, scary and surprising stories,” said Sundance senior programmer Sundance Mike Plante.
“In recent years shorts have taken on a bigger presence within the film and media industries, helping more and more people feel the power and potential of these short-on-time, big-on-ideas films.”
Us Narrative Short Films selections include Bryce Dallas Howard’s Solemates, Sebastian Silva’s Dolfun and Kim Sherman’s Dogwalker.
Fyzal Boulifa’s Rate Me (UK), Don McKellar’s It’s Not You (Canada) and Ziya Demirel’s Tuesday (Turkey-France) screen in International Narrative Short Films.
Documentary Short Films include Jason Reitman’s Roast Battle (USA), Sol Friedman’s Bacon & God’s Wrath (Canada) and Verónica Jessamyn, López Sainz and...
- 12/8/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
At this year's festival, the SundanceNow Doc Club hosted a series of panels on contemporary documentary filmmaking. Themes ranged from black lives on film to documenting celebrities, and short form documenting. Featured panelists include Lucy Walker, Liz Garbus and Daniel Junge and were be moderated by SundanceNow Doc Club Curator Thom Powers. For those of you not in Park City this past weekend, Indiewire has exclusive footage from panel on short-form filmmaking. The SundanceNow Doc Club shorts panel derives from the Doc Club's digital program, "The Best of Sundance Shorts," curated by Sundance Shorts programmer Mike Plante. Check it out two excerpts from the panel as well as the full-length recording below: Short Is The New Long panel, clip 1: Short Is The New Long panel, clip 2: Full Short Is The New Long Panel: Read More: The 2015 Indiewire Sundance Bible: Every Review, Interview and News Item Posted During Run...
- 1/30/2015
- by Elizabeth Logan
- Indiewire
Congrats are in order for Shaka King and Reinaldo Marcus Green, whose short films ("Mulignans" and the timely "Stop") made the cut. Here is the final lineup announcement from the Sundance Film Festival, which includes its slate of short films that will be screened there next month. A total of 60 short films culled from a record-high 8,061 submissions were selected. “This year's short filmmakers have broken through their limited time frame with a high level of artistry and story that will resonate with audiences long after each film has ended,” Sundance senior programmer Mike Plante said. The next installment of the festival runs Jan....
- 12/9/2014
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Top brass have announced 60 films culled from 8,061 submissions across four categories – Us and international narrative, documentary and animation.
“This year’s short film-makers have broken through their limited timeframe with a high level of artistry and story that will resonate with audiences long after each film has ended,” said senior programmer Mike Plante.
The Short Film programme is presented by YouTube.
Sundance 2015 is set to run in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah, from January 22 to February 1.
All synopses provided by the festival.
Us Narrative Short Films
Actresses
Jeremy Hersh
The film follows the relationship between a young, aspiring actress and an established off-Broadway star.
A.D. 1363, The End Of Chivalry (USA-New Zealand)
Jake Mahaffy
A little-known historical catastrophe leads to the definitive end of the era of chivalry and questing.
Color Neutral
Jennifer Reeves
A color explosion sparkles, bubbles, and fractures in this handcrafted 16mm film. Jennifer Reeves utilises...
“This year’s short film-makers have broken through their limited timeframe with a high level of artistry and story that will resonate with audiences long after each film has ended,” said senior programmer Mike Plante.
The Short Film programme is presented by YouTube.
Sundance 2015 is set to run in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah, from January 22 to February 1.
All synopses provided by the festival.
Us Narrative Short Films
Actresses
Jeremy Hersh
The film follows the relationship between a young, aspiring actress and an established off-Broadway star.
A.D. 1363, The End Of Chivalry (USA-New Zealand)
Jake Mahaffy
A little-known historical catastrophe leads to the definitive end of the era of chivalry and questing.
Color Neutral
Jennifer Reeves
A color explosion sparkles, bubbles, and fractures in this handcrafted 16mm film. Jennifer Reeves utilises...
- 12/9/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Let me start by recognizing how silly it would be to say a specific movie is “the best film ever made.” Studios made tons of classics every year for a hundred years, independents have been churning out work and breaking expectations for fifty years at least. And that’s just feature films. With shorts it's even more difficult. There are so many you haven’t seen. Or more importantly, didn’t see the right way. So let’s talk about "essential" short films. If you haven’t seen many shorts, here is a roller-coaster sample of incredible work. More importantly, if you love short films, you need to see these. With little to lose and even less to spend, shorts can take risks. Think of all your favorite short stories or anecdotes from life—those can be just as insightful, powerful or as funny as a novel. Add invigorating style,...
- 7/30/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
Let me start by recognizing how silly it would be to say a specific movie is “the best film ever made.” Studios made tons of classics every year for a hundred years, independents have been churning out work and breaking expectations for fifty years at least. And that’s just feature films. With shorts it's even more difficult. There are so many you haven’t seen. Or more importantly, didn’t see the right way. So let’s talk about "essential" short films. If you haven’t seen many shorts, here is a roller-coaster sample of incredible work. More importantly, if you love short films, you need to see these. With little to lose and even less to spend, shorts can take risks. Think of all your favorite short stories or anecdotes from life—those can be just as insightful, powerful or as funny as a novel. Add invigorating style,...
- 7/30/2014
- Keyframe
Dates announced, short film competition to return and a new workshop for filmmakers unveiled.
The 2014 edition of the Sundance London film and music festival will take place from April 25-27 at The O2.
Hosting the same number of films and events as previous years, the third edition of the festival will feature an expanded filmmaker development programme, including the return of the Sundance London Short Film Competition and a Shorts Workshop.
John Cooper, director of the Sundance Film Festival, said: “In keeping with the event’s purpose of celebrating independent artists, the Short Film Competition and workshop allow us to tap into the vibrant artistic community in the UK and connect that work with audiences at the festival.”
The Sundance London Short Film Competition will invite UK-based filmmakers to enter original works between three and five minutes in length, with the winning entry screening at Sundance London.
Entries will relate to a theme of ‘Making a go of...
The 2014 edition of the Sundance London film and music festival will take place from April 25-27 at The O2.
Hosting the same number of films and events as previous years, the third edition of the festival will feature an expanded filmmaker development programme, including the return of the Sundance London Short Film Competition and a Shorts Workshop.
John Cooper, director of the Sundance Film Festival, said: “In keeping with the event’s purpose of celebrating independent artists, the Short Film Competition and workshop allow us to tap into the vibrant artistic community in the UK and connect that work with audiences at the festival.”
The Sundance London Short Film Competition will invite UK-based filmmakers to enter original works between three and five minutes in length, with the winning entry screening at Sundance London.
Entries will relate to a theme of ‘Making a go of...
- 11/25/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Robert Redford, the Sundance Institute and Aeg Europe announced today that a mini version of the popular Park City, Utah festival would return for a third edition to London running April 25-27 2014 at the O2 Arena. Redford and the Sundance Institute remained committed to the London festival, scheduled to return for the third time since its debut in April 2012. According to Variety, the Sundance Institute also confirmed an expanded filmmaker development lab in addition to the film screenings, concerts and a short film competition with the theme of “Making a go of it” as well as a shorts workshop facilitated by Sundance short film programmer Mike Plante.
- 11/25/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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