HBO Max has acquired the documentary On The Record following the film’s premiere at Sundance Film Festival, and after Oprah Winfrey’s exit from the film.
Sundance Film Festival
NAME OF FESTIVAL: Sundance Film Festival
SINCE: 1978
WHERE: Park City, Utah, USA
WEBSITE: www.sundance.org
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL: The annual Sundance Film Festival, held in and around Park City, Utah, each January is widely considered the premier platform for American and international independent film. The Festival has introduced audiences to some of the most original stories of the last three decades including Reservoir Dogs, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, American Splendor, An Inconvenient Truth, Little Miss Sunshine, and The Cove.
Documentary GIVING VOICE Wins Sundance Festival Favorite Award
Giving Voice is the winner of the Festival Favorite Award, selected by audience votes from the 128 features screened at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
Sundance Film Fest Announces 2020 Awards: MINARI, CRIP CAMP, BOYS STATE, CHARM CITY KINGS
The 2020 Sundance Film Festival’s Awards Ceremony took place last night with Grand Jury and Audience Prizes awarded to Minari for U.S. Dramatic.
Sundance 2020. HBO Acquires SIEMPRE, LUIS, John James’ Doc on Luis A. Miranda Jr.
HBO acquires John James’ Sundance documentary Siempre, Luis, an inspiring portrait of Luis A. Miranda Jr. father of Hamilton’s Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Netflix Acquires Remi Weekes’ Sundance Horror Film HIS HOUSE
Netflix acquired the horror film His House from director/writer: Remi Weekes which world premiered at 2020 Sundance Film Festival in the Midnight section.
Sundance 2020. Michael Almereyda’s TESLA Wins Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize
At the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation presented Feature Film Prize to Michael Almereyda’s Tesla starring Ethan Hawke.
Sundance 2020 Announces Short Film Award Winners. Sofia Alaoui Wins Grand Jury Prize
Sundance Film Festival announced 2020 short film jury prizes with the Grand Jury Prize going to So What If The Goats Die, directed by Sofia Alaoui.
Watch Trailer Clip from CRIP CAMP, Sundance Doc on 1970s Camp for Disabled Teens
Watch a clip from Crip Camp, the documentary on Camp Jened, a camp for disabled teens in the 1970s that shaped the future of the disability-rights movement.
Watch Trailer for Season Two of THE TRADE, Showtime Docu-Series Premiering at Sundance
Watch the trailer for season two of the IDA Award-winning Showtime series The Trade ahead of its premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
Watch Trailer for MISS AMERICANA, Revealing Taylor Swift Documentary at Sundance
Watch the official trailer for the Taylor Swift documentary Miss Americana which World Premieres as the opening film of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
Watch Trailer for HORSE GIRL Starring Alison Brie at Sundance 2020
Watch the trailer for the ‘darkly humorous psychological drama’ Horse Girl trailer starring Alison Brie, premiering at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
Watch Trailer for THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE, Ukranian Doc at Sundance 2020
Watch the trailer for the Ukrainian documentary “The Earth Is Blue as an Orange” by Iryna Tsilyk, World Premiering at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
Watch Trailer for Sundance Film CHARM CITY KINGS Starring Meek Mill, Jahi Diallo Winston
Watch teaser trailer for Charm City Kings, by Angel Manuel Soto, starring Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Meek Mill, set to debut at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
Sundance Premiere of THE CLIMB to be Simulcast in Theatres Nationwide
In a first-of-its-kind, the premiere of The Climb, screening at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, will be simulcast across ten cinemas across the U.S.
Fernanda Valadez’s Debut Film IDENTIFYING FEATURES Will World Premiere at 2020 Sundance
Fernanda Valadez’s striking debut Identifying Features (Sin señas particulares) will world premiere in the World Dramatic Competition at 2020 Sundance Festival.
Oprah Winfrey Steps Away from Controversial Russell Simmons Documentary
Oprah Winfrey has stepped away and will no longer be an executive producer of the upcoming untitled documentary about Russell Simmons.
Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson’s SUMMER WHITE to World Premiere at Sundance 2020
Summer White (Blanco de verano), the debut fiction film by Rodrigo Ruiz Patterson, will have its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
XR Experience PERSUASION MACHINES to World Premiere at Sundance 2020
Persuasion Machines’ Extended Reality (XR) experience from artists Karim Amer and Güvenç Özel, will World Premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
Watch Trailer for Eliza Hittman’s NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS Premiering at Sundance
Watch the official trailer for Eliza Hittman’s latest film Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always, which is set to premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
THE SOCIAL DILEMNA and 2 Archival Films Added to Sundance Film Festival 2020 Lineup
The Social Dilemma along with Born into Brothels and High Art from the Collection Films have been added to the 2020 Sundance Film Festival lineup.
Sony Pictures Classics to Release CHARM CITY KINGS Following Premiere at Sundance
Sony Pictures Classics will release “Charm City Kings,” a new film by Angel Manuel Soto, that is set to world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
Sundance 2019 Announces New Frontier Lineup of Cutting-Edge Indie and Experimental Works
32 projects from 21 countries at the dynamic crossroads of film, art and technology will be showcased in the New Frontier program for the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.
HBO Acquires LGBTQ Documentary WELCOME TO CHECHYNA Ahead of Sundance Premiere
HBO Documentary Films has acquired the powerful and eye-opening LGBTQ documentary Welcome to Chechnya, from Academy Award nominated director David France.
Short Film LITTLE CHIEF by Indigenous Filmmaker Erica Tremblay to Premiere at Sundance 2020
Little Chief, a narrative short film directed by Indigenous filmmaker Erica Tremblay (Seneca-Cayuga), will world premiere as part of the Shorts Selection at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.