Sundance

Film Festivals, International Films, Interviews, Sundance

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Sundance 2025: Amel Guellaty, Eya Bellagha and Slim Baccar on “Where the Wind Comes From”

by Rebecca Martin

February 13, 2025

It was an honor to speak with Tunsian filmmaker Amel Guellaty about her feature film “Where the Wind Comes From.” The film is about two young people in Tunsia, Alyssa

Chicago, Interviews, Short Films, Sundance

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Sundance 2025: Alex Heller on her Short Film “Debaters”

by Rebecca Martin

February 12, 2025

One of my favorite things to do at Sundance is hop around to different restaurants and coffee shops, and just chat with people. When I went to a pizza place

International Films, Interviews, Sundance

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Sundance 2025: Dea Kulumbegashvili on “April”

by Rebecca Martin

February 10, 2025

One of the great honors I had at this year’s Sundance Film Festival was the time I got to spend with Georgian filmmaker Dea Kulumbegashvili. We spoke about the genius of her

Film Festivals, Interviews, Sundance

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Sundance 2025: An Interview with the Makers of “Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?”

by Peyton Robinson

February 5, 2025

Park City is currently under an ambush of snow. As a born and bred Midwesterner, this is fine. As a creature of the flatlands, it’s the series of Utah inclines

Film Festivals, reviews, Sundance

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Sundance 2025: “Touch Me,” “Sauna,” “East of Wall,” “Sugar Babies,” and “The Librarians” 

by Emily Jacobson

January 31, 2025

When I was thirteen, I remember scrolling through the movie channels of my parents’ television and finding a film called “Like Crazy,” which was labeled as a “breakout Sundance hit.”

Film Festivals, International Films, Interviews, Sundance

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Sundance 2025: Nadia Fall, Ebada Hassan and Safiyya Ingar on “Brides”

by Rebecca Martin

January 29, 2025

Shortly after 9/11, two things happened to me. I was 18 and in college at the time. And I was starting to feel different than everyone else. My mental health

Film Festivals, reviews, Sundance

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Sundance 2025: “April,” “The Ugly Stepsister,” and “Are You Scared to Be Yourself Because You Think That You Might Fail?”

by Peyton Robinson

January 28, 2025

It’s Saturday, January 25th and today is my last day at my first in-person Sundance Film Festival. Writing from a sardined high top table at Atticus, where yesterday I met

Film Festivals, Interviews, Sundance

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Sundance 2025: Megan Griffiths and Mindie Lind on “View from the Floor”

by Rebecca Martin

January 28, 2025

Sometimes you just need a best friend to collaborate with to bring something beautiful and meaningful into the world. It’s tiring and painful for me to see women who feel

Film Festivals, Profile, Sundance

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Sundance 2025 Preview – Highlighting Eleven Projects we are excited about

by cinemafemme

January 21, 2025

For the first time since 2020, Cinema Femme will be on the ground at Sundance this year! We are beyond thrilled to be returning to the festival in person, and

2024 Films, Documentaries, reviews, Sundance, Sundance 40

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Shiori Ito’s “Black Box Diaries” is a Triumph

by Rebecca Martin

October 27, 2024

Sexual assault is sadly the most inclusive crime there is. I don’t know a single person, man or woman, who has not been somehow, whether they know it or not,

Coming of Age, Interviews, Sundance, Sundance 40

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Sundance 40: Mel Eslyn’s coming-of-age debut series “Penelope” will have you yearning for simpler times

by Dawn Borchardt

February 17, 2024

Have you ever stood on a bridge and been tempted to throw your phone down into the water? Or chuck it right out the car window, letting it smash into

Film Festivals, Profile, Sundance, Sundance 40

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Sundance 40 Wrap-Up

by Rebecca Martin

January 31, 2024

25 features, 10 interviews, 12 reviews, and two profile pieces. That might not seem like a lot, but with a team of 4, that’s a lot! What I value the

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