Sundance Film Festival
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SFF
34th edition
Jan 19 - Jan 29, 2021
Estimated
Park City Utah, United States
Open Call Open to Public Competitive Market Special Fees
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Documentary, Narrative fiction
Film length Full length, Short
Mission / description
The Sundance Film Festival is the premier showcase for U.S. and international independent film, held each January in and around Park City, Utah. Presenting dramatic and documentary film…s from emerging and established artists, innovative short films, filmmaker forums and panels, live music performances and film composer events, cutting-edge media installations, engaging community and student programs, the Festival brings together today’s most original storytellers in a vibrant community.
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Festival website www.sundance.org/festivals/sundance-film-festival
Rating Summary
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Sundance is a wonderful experience but a complicated festival. Unparalleled great vibes and a fantastic networking experience is dampened by some challenges of the actual festival. Logistics in Park City make it difficult to actually see films-- and the films are sometimes more edgy than entertaining or illuminating. But more than anything the spread out venues, snow, simultaneous programming, difficulty of getting tickets, expense, etc, make it a real challenge and many simply give up and enjoy the filmmaker comraderie without seeing films. The Sundance Institute is superb, the half a dozen or so Sundance hosted events I have attended in the past two years are amazing, and the environment is wonderful, it is simply grueling to actually try to see films. The mysterious "RSVP necessary" parties are also frustrating because the invitations are random and create an unwelcoming and random atmosphere. Filmmakers and curators are often shut out, it's often truly random.
Wow. What an experience. Met a great deal of people and made a deal for our first feature so it was successful however, it was expensive to get and be there. The guest relations were amazing - everyone in the Sundance office works incredibly hard to help you out. Don't be shy to ask them to put you in touch with other filmmakers there. They can get lost amongst the other industry people attending. Literally saw one film until the last day we were there because we were so busy with sales meetings and organised meetups, press interviews, and trying to get from one place to another!
FFL feels responsible for only allowing legitimate and relevant festivals to accept submissions through our platform. Thus we verify the festival's legitimacy and relevance before pushing the call for submissions live. Some festivals are not being allowed to accept submissions at all. For festivals allowed to accept submissions FFL separates among:
VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy. There is no doubt that they are established and/or legitimate events.
NOT VALIDATED FESTIVALS
These festivals don't fully comply with FFL's festival validation policy but appear to be legitimate events. We will leave you to decide whether you should submit to this event or not. We also welcome any feedback about these events. You can report your experience at verification@filmfestivallife.com
Click to reed more about FFl's validation policy.
SFF
34th edition
Jan 19 - Jan 29, 2021
Estimated
Park City Utah, United States
Festival type Real Venue Festival
Types of films Documentary, Narrative fiction
Film length Full length, Short
Mission / description
The Sundance Film Festival is the premier showcase for U.S. and international independent film, held each January in and around Park City, Utah. Presenting dramatic and documentary film…s from emerging and established artists, innovative short films, filmmaker forums and panels, live music performances and film composer events, cutting-edge media installations, engaging community and student programs, the Festival brings together today’s most original storytellers in a vibrant community.
full text
Festival website www.sundance.org/festivals/sundance-film-festival
Rating Summary
One-on-One
Sundance is a wonderful experience but a complicated festival. Unparalleled great vibes and a fantastic networking experience is dampened by some challenges of the actual festival. Logistics in Park City make it difficult to actually see films-- and the films are sometimes more edgy than entertaining or illuminating. But more than anything the spread out venues, snow, simultaneous programming, difficulty of getting tickets, expense, etc, make it a real challenge and many simply give up and enjoy the filmmaker comraderie without seeing films. The Sundance Institute is superb, the half a dozen or so Sundance hosted events I have attended in the past two years are amazing, and the environment is wonderful, it is simply grueling to actually try to see films. The mysterious "RSVP necessary" parties are also frustrating because the invitations are random and create an unwelcoming and random atmosphere. Filmmakers and curators are often shut out, it's often truly random.
Wow. What an experience. Met a great deal of people and made a deal for our first feature so it was successful however, it was expensive to get and be there. The guest relations were amazing - everyone in the Sundance office works incredibly hard to help you out. Don't be shy to ask them to put you in touch with other filmmakers there. They can get lost amongst the other industry people attending. Literally saw one film until the last day we were there because we were so busy with sales meetings and organised meetups, press interviews, and trying to get from one place to another!